ITunes random track loss issue - help please!

i recently discovered that random songs from random albums have been lost from my iTunes library. I don't know the cause of this, but it could be related to an iTunes software update?
Another potential cause is the recent consolidation of my and my partner's iTunes libraries on this machine (rather than having some music in both accounts hogging drive space). Could the resolve duplicates option have caused this?
even albums that were bought from iTS are now missing songs. Luckily i have most of the library backed up on a previous system (powerbook) but reinstating this will involve an exhaustive search to consolidate the 2 libraries.
any help or tips would be greatly appreciated!
cheers

My shuffle settings are the same as yours. Perhaps iTunes preference file is corrupt.
Move .com.apple.itunes.plist and com.apple.iTunesHelper.plist from your User Library>Preference folder to your desktop and restart iTunes. New preference files may correct the problem. If it does, you'll need to reestablish your personal preferences for iTunes. If there is no change, move these files back to their original location, writing over the new files. Again, you'll need to restart iTunes.
Please post back with results.

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