Deleting "Duplicates" quickly in my itunes library

I have over one thousand "Duplicates" in my itunes library. They are AIFF and AAC or both. I want to quickly delete all the duplicates, focusing on getting ride of compressed files first. Is there a way?

from the horse's mouth:
_*How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library*_
also, there are these 3rd party tools:
_*http://www.araxis.com/find-duplicate-files/*_ (free trial)
_*http://dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/dupin.php*_ (commercial)
JGG

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Hi, if this is in regards to your library simply open up itunes and do the following steps:
Click File
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Be sure to CAREFULLY review each song to make sure it is a duplicate ( as I have some music that is the same song but live, acoustic etc...)
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When deduping use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin. Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
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If you have an iOS device that syncs with contact & calendar data on your computer you should migrate this information too. If that isn't possible create a dummy entry of each type in your new profile and iTunes should offer to merge the existing data from the device into the computer, otherwise the danger is that it will wipe the information from the device.
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