Duplicate iTunes Folders within One iTunes folder

Multiple iTunes folders with some artists and songs duplicated. Consolidating doesn't clean it up. We'll have one iTunes folder with most of the same songs stored under another iTunes folder but it's impossible to see what's overlapping. It's a total disaster. Please help!

Dennis
In iTunes preferences, select the advanced tab and the general tab. You can change or select a different library there.

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https://discussions.apple.com/message/12497755#12497755
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My old computer crashed and I couldn't recover the most recent iTunes folder on that drive. However, I did back-up the folder to an external drive a few months ago (I know, why so long).
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