Deleting Duplicates - Apple dropping the ball for almost 11 years now.

I have searched extensively on this "knowledge" base, but the "genius"es here have had no meaningful input. Just the hollow suggestions that:
1: I sort the files by date added and simply delete the later files, silly. Answer: No.
2. I go through one by one and CTRL(apple) click every other file through 3900 DUPLICATE FILES. Silly. Answer: No.
3rd, and most helpful: Get third party software to implement what should be a relatively simple simple fix to an Apple-created problem(iTunes is the reason for all the duplicate files in the first place).
If anyone else has a Gem they want to throw at me, please do. I was on the verge of buying an iPhone when I was reminded what an utter piece of crap iTunes is.
Side note: How do I get rid of the "Album by Artist" column in iTunes? It is redundant and has no utility in a music browsing program. Also, I should just be able to get rid of it if I want to. But Apple says I can't. Typical.

iTunes will only create duplicate files if, in essence, you tell it to. A particular combination of its import settings and the way you add music to the application are required in order to create a problem.
I've discussed some of the issues in this recent thread and written a script called DeDuper which can help tidy up.
As to the Album by Artist column this is the Album column in one of three modes Album, Album by Artist or Album by Artist/Year. Simply turn off the Album column and it will disappear. As to its utility I guess that is a matter of opinion, but I generally have it as my sort column. See Grouping tracks into albums for details.
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