ITunes Library severe regression! :-(

Hi there,
I've just noticed my iTunes Library has regressed to one from 1997. All my Playlists, all my files I've added in the past year and a bit have disappeared from the library.
It would appear the files themselves are still intact, but my Library has maybe become corrupt and reverted to a really old version. Can anyone please please help? My iTunes Library is my life (well nearly)...
I stopped doing Time Machine backups because I ran out of disk space what an idiot...
thanks
:-Joe

Sorry I meant 2007 not 1997

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