My files are there but itunes can't 'see' them.

I recently relocated my itunes library using itunes own settings for where to put the ibrary, then running Conslidate.
Several random files are unable to be played, giving me the 'I can't find that file' message.
I looked into the XML file for two examples:
This is the XML for a song that iTunes CANNOT find:
<key>22379</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>22379</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>Flamingo</string>
<key>Artist</key><string>Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass</string>
<key>Album Artist</key><string>Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass</string>
<key>Composer</key><string>Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass</string>
<key>Album</key><string>SRO</string>
<key>Genre</key><string>Latin</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>AAC audio file</string>
<key>Size</key><integer>3533983</integer>
<key>Total Time</key><integer>141190</integer>
<key>Disc Number</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Disc Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Track Number</key><integer>12</integer>
<key>Track Count</key><integer>12</integer>
<key>Date Modified</key><date>2010-01-20T20:42:20Z</date>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2010-01-20T20:42:16Z</date>
<key>Bit Rate</key><integer>256</integer>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Part Of Gapless Album</key><true/>
<key>Comments</key><string>24-bit conversion from 33 rpm LP</string>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3347294248</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2010-01-26T02:57:28Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>1ECF1829851D272F</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>File</string>
<key>File Type</key><integer>1295270176</integer>
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Volumes/1TB/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Music/Herb%20Alpert%20& #38;%20Tijuana%20Brass/SRO/12%20Flamingo%201.m4a</string>
<key>File Folder Count</key><integer>5</integer>
<key>Library Folder Count</key><integer>1</integer>
</dict>
And THIS is the XML for a song that iTunes CAN find:
<key>22357</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>22357</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>Our Day Will Come</string>
<key>Artist</key><string>Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass</string>
<key>Album Artist</key><string>Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass</string>
<key>Composer</key><string>Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass</string>
<key>Album</key><string>SRO</string>
<key>Genre</key><string>Latin</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>AAC audio file</string>
<key>Size</key><integer>3778576</integer>
<key>Total Time</key><integer>142437</integer>
<key>Disc Number</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Disc Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Track Number</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Track Count</key><integer>12</integer>
<key>Date Modified</key><date>2010-01-20T20:41:21Z</date>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2010-01-20T20:41:16Z</date>
<key>Bit Rate</key><integer>256</integer>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Part Of Gapless Album</key><true/>
<key>Comments</key><string>24-bit conversion from 33 rpm LP</string>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>2</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3352045542</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2010-03-22T02:45:42Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>62E6584021054038</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>File</string>
<key>File Type</key><integer>1295270176</integer>
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Volumes/1TB/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Music/Herb%20Alpert%20& #38;%20Tijuana%20Brass/SRO/01%20Our%20Day%20Will%20Come.m4a</string>
<key>File Folder Count</key><integer>5</integer>
<key>Library Folder Count</key><integer>1</integer>
</dict>
The relevant file path information from both seems to be:
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Volumes/1TB/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Music/Herb%20Alpert%20& #38;%20Tijuana%20Brass/SRO/12%20Flamingo%201.m4a</string>
AND
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Volumes/1TB/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Music/Herb%20Alpert%20& #38;%20Tijuana%20Brass/SRO/01%20Our%20Day%20Will%20Come.m4a</string>
Both file paths are valid - both real files exist in the listed folder.
I SUPPOSE I can go through my entire 12,000+ track library searching for randomly lost media links within iTunes, then use the 10+ clicks it takes PER TRACK to tell iTunes where the file is. Even though the path in the XML look accurate.
Any ideas? And please don't tell me to dump my iTunes library itl and xml files and start from scratch. I have dozens of playlists, layers smart playlists, etc. I can't even imagine getting all that setup again.

OK, here's what REALLY doesn't make sense.
After manually fixing a lost file, NOTHING in the XML changes. Not one single character changes in the XML file. I diff'd the whole file before and after - no difference. So, basically, it goes out and 'finds' it and updates something that we can't see to repair the connection, meanwhile we are left to think that this XML file has the library data in it.
Mind you, the media file(s) are present and accounted for in the file system - correct name and path and everything - before and after I go Locate the file when iTunes complains about it being missing..
iTunes is so overbloated, we can't even fix stuff when we see precisely how it is broken.

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