Duplicates on iPad following DRM-free music upgrade.

After upgrading a few hundred songs to the new higher quality DRM-Free music on iTunes I have discovered a few dozen duplicates on my iPad. There are no duplicates on the desktop only the iPad. Unable to determine which file is the 128 kbps and which is the 256 kbps, so unable to delete.
1) There is a problem in the upgrade process that leaves the old version on the iPad for only "Some" of the songs.
2) I could use a way to determine which song is the old version. Its easy to do on the desktop, but not so easy on the iPad.
Thanks....... Gary

Sync with the desktop & transfer purchases.
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Add back the ones you want..
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