Photos in iPhoto 11 albums disappeared...

Hey all!
I recently had pictures from an old drive recovered. I was given the iphoto library folder but I had built a new library with new pictures since. I used iPhoto Library Manager to merge both libraries and it worked fine until recently, all the pictures from the albums disappeared. They are all in the photos and events but all the albums are empty. I tried repairing iPhoto but it didn't work. Any suggestions anyone? Thanks in advance for the help!

I tried that Terence and it doesn't work... I really don't want to go through 35,000 pictures one by one...

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