Duplicates with "iCloud icon w/ exclamation mark"

What I did:
I have an iTunes library on my MacBook Pro and another on my home iMac. I ran iTunes Match on the MacBook Pro and re-downloaded all songs from iTunes so I can be sure I have the best quality files in my library. All works fine on the MacBook Pro.
Then I turned to iTunes on the iMac at home. Have most of my songs in an almost identical iTuns library on the iMac too. Since I activated iTunes Match on the MacBook Pro I also find the iTunes Match option in iTunes on my iMac. Great! I run iTunes Match on the iMac with the following result:
Number of songs on the iMac almost doubled. Searching for duplicates in iTunes revealed that most songs are now twice in my iTunes library: one as 256 kBit/s version and another as a "256kBit/s (VBR)". All of the latter ones with an iCloud symbol with an exclamation mark, telling me that the object was not added to iCloud due to a problem. All of the other songs do not show any symbol in the iCloud column.
What shall I do now? Can I simply delete all songs with the iCloud/exclamation mark symbol without danger of deleting any files from my library? How about all the songs that do not show any iCloud symbol? Have they actually synced with iCloud?

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Don't worry about others asking the same question, that's fine!
Try these helpful articles/posts about the folder with exclamation point, and a "sad iPod". I suggest reading all three links, because the "sad iPod" is similar to the folder with exclamation point:
iPod displays a folder icon with an exclamation point
iPod displays sad iPod icon
Exclamation point and folder and nothing else
For right now, I wouldn't suggest restoring it. It could possibly create a situation of the iPod displaying that 3 gig has already been used when all the songsjust got wiped off by the restore.
On the other hand, if you've tried the above, I suggest doing the following:
Here's something that worked for lots of people on here, and even an Apple staff told someone this once.
Pick up your iPod, stand over a surface that’s not hard (like carpeted), hold the iPod vertically and so that the bottom (play/pause side) faces the ground, and drop it.
This will jerk your iPod’s inner disk “back to life”. I know it might sound silly, but it works for people with similar problems. That’s because you’re probably having a problem with the inner disk. So, give it a try!
Hope this answers the question!

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