Exporting iTunes Library to desktop?

Hi guys,
How would I go on about creating a folder that has all the tracks in my iTunes Library on my desktop? I need to do this as Ableton Live cannot locate the tracks that are burned from commercial CDs into the iTunes lib.
Any ideas?
Cheers.
G4 Dual 867 Mac OS X (10.3.8)

It's Live 5. It sees the folders that I copied the Aiff and Wav files and their content but the actual tracks that are burnt from commercial CDs don't come up. Strange..
G4 Dual 867 Mac OS X (10.3.8)
G4 Dual 867 Mac OS X (10.3.8)

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