Help with cleaning out my library

Like many users I have a large iTunes library where most tracks are conveniently organised into Playlists or Albums. However, over the last couple of years, it is true that some playlists have been deleted and, indeed, tracks added to the Library which do not appear in any playlist but which I may or may not want to keep.
Is it possible, therefore, to do something within iTunes to help me find those tracks that do not belong in any Playlist (for example) so that I can then listen to each one and decide if I want to keep it or not? (perhaps using a Smart Folder or something?)
Also, assuming I end up with a bunch of tracks in a Smart Folder which are not attributed to any playlist, how do I delete these tracks from the folder AND from the Library at the same time?

The way I have my music organised is by Playlists representing either Albums or pieces of work by the same artist. However, for quite some time, iTunes has also been my default mp3 or aiff player which means that quite a lot of random audio has drifted in there. Since iTunes doesn't have any clever way of tidying up the Library (e.g. Library Folders or "Shelves") I am looking at a way to quickly weed out the stuff I don't want to keep. Using the logic that most of the stuff I want has already been placed in PLAYLISTS, I would like to find a way to push all the stuff that Isn't allocated to a playlist into one Folder where I can decide whether to keep or to trash.
Therefore - my question is.....Can I quickly sort un-allocated music to a Folder and then trash individual items from that folder (and the Library) at the same time if necessary?
By "un-allocated music" I mean the tracks in the Library which do not belong to any Playlist in iTunes.
Alternatively - can anyone suggest a neat way to tidy the library with 1708 items in it, some of which may be unwanted.

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