Have too many duplicates?

I've crashed my computer a couple times in the past, and luckily I've always been able to get on one last time to back everything up.  I often wind up with a back up of a back up of a back up... and have mutiple copies of the same song.  I know iTunes has a way to see duplicated, but I have enough music like the beatles where there are multiple, unique versions of the same song, it get to be a hassle.
I highly suggest getting Duplicate Cleaner (http://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/content/duplicate-cleaner).  Since iTunes will save copies as songname#, it will number the copies and it becomes difficult to find them because they have different file names.  This program allows you to search files that have the same size within the same folder (like the music folder). 
This isn't a spam post, just a genuine recommendation from someone who gets some annoying unique problems from my particular iTunes set up and the way I back up

I've written a script called DeDuper which can help remove unwanted duplicates. See this  thread for background.
See also this User Tip for an effective backup strategy.
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