How do i download old purchases

My hard drive crashed and I lost all my files.  I had an old backup and I've been able to piece some back together now but there are A LOT of albums/songs still missing.  They show in my iTunes but when I try to sync or play it says original file is missing.  I have tried to delete them from iTunes and then go to the store but there is no option to re-download?  It shows "Purchased" but no cloud showing and no option to download?  How do I get all those files back?

I completely agree with you, it's driving me crazy!  I have tried on the computer and on my iPhone.  When  I go to the album, let's say, The Hives, Black White and Run (one of them).  In the "buy" spot it says "purchased" but there is no button there.  I touch it and nothing happens, the Purchased is greyed out so unlike before when I've done this it gave me the option to download.  Nothing like that.  There also isn't a cloud to the right or left of any of the albums or songs.  it will allow me to play the song or album but not download it and it doesn't show in the cloud.  I have to search for it in the store.  I've sent an email to apple support as well but I was hoping someone else had this issue and had an easy fix because it just doesn't make sense to me.  Thanks for your quick reply and if you think of anything else let me know!

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