How do I remove some songs (albums) from iTunes library and put them back later?

I have too many songs and albums for my iPhone to be convenient. I can remove an album, but might want to put it back on later. Should be easy but I am probably missing something. I found the music>itunes>iTunes Media> files that have all the albusms listed. But clicking on a deleted one does not offer anything to put it back. Must be missing something.
Thanks for responses.

iOS: Syncing with iTunes - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1386 - You can sync everything or selected playlists. "WIth iTunes 10, when automatically syncing, you can also manually drag items to the iDevice. These will show up in Manually Added Songs at the bottom of the Music tab after Playlists, Artists Genre, Albums." - https://discussions.apple.com/message/18919754

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