ITunes 7.5 Takes 5-6 minutes to Load!

If ever. I get the spinning beach ball for a good five minutes. What is wrong with this update?

Roy, it is happening each time iTunes starts.
This is a synopsis of what I have found so far:
It started happening immediately after updating iTunes 7.5
The problem is repeatable.
For my iTunes collection (4,000 + songs, 163 GB), it takes abut 9 minutes before I get iTunes back from the spinning ball.
I have two iTunes Libraries. It only happens for one of the libraries, but it happens consistently for that Library.
I have renewed the iTunes Library database based on an import of the .xml file.
I have regenerated the .xml file from just the database.
I have replaced the .plist preference file.
None of this has had any effect.
While watching iTunes in the Activity Monitor, I can see it opening each and every music file while the HD thrashes. This is what is taking all the time.

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I have totally "uninstalled" what I had and then reinstalled the newest
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