HT4914 Why has iTunes lost a lot of my music after cancelling iTunes Match?

Hi
After cancelling my iTunes Match subscription I find a whole lot of my music has disapearred!
The songs have gone from the iTunes music folder and also from my original music folder where I had ripped all my music.
Why is this and is there any way to get my songs back?
Or do I have to rip all my CDs again?
Thanks

Try the steps shown in: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3623151.

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