Duplicate itunes tracks

after doing a restore of my of all my Mac stuff, I can see duplicated itunes tracks after opening itunes.
I have tried removing the duplicated tracks, yet after importing tracks via time machine restore, the same problem reappears.
Help please......
themint, UK

Have a look at Doug's AppleScripts, there are a couple in there to help you identify and delete duplicates: Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes

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LOL - just clicked 'Solved' on one of my replies when or if you are happy!
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