Can I download an older version of iTunes?

Here is my situation:
I had iTunes running fine on my machine under Windows7 64bit, that is until I had a hard drive failure and needed to reinstall. I was running iTunes version 8.2, and was able to backup my iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Music Library.xml files, along with all of my music.
I have reinstalled Windows7 64bit and have downloaded iTunes and installed it, but when I place my old .itl and .xml files into the folder, it tells me I have an invalid library and it scraps it and builds a new one. Is this because the new iTunes version is now 8.2.1? I can see in the xml file where it identifies itself as version 8.2. Is there someplace I can go to download the older version and try again?
Is there something I am doing wrong, or a different approach I should take?
Thanks,
-David
Message was edited by: Floyd1212

You should be able to recreate your library using the backed up xml file, see here for instructions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451

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