Ghost tracks appearing in library

I have a strange occurrence.
In my iTunes library, two tracks that I've bought from iTunes keep appearing as ghosts (attached).
I bought 55 Cadillac by Andrew W.K. from the iStore a few weeks ago, downloaded it, converted the tracks from Purcahsed AAC to regular AAC (just some OCD), then deleted the Purchased tracks from the library. Starting today, I've been seeing these ghost tracks—these first two tracks from Cadillac—appearing as gray ghost tracks in my library. They don't download, they can't play, and I can delete them just fine. When I do, they come back in a few minutes (along with the "Purchased" playlist that I don't like).
Running the latest version of iTunes, tried restarting the app and the machine, tried hiding the purchases in my iTunes purchase hisotry, tried unhiding them, and now I'm here.
Does anyone know what's going on? Has this happened to anyone else?
If this has been solved elsewhere, I'd appreciate the link—
Thanks!

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