Purchased Music Has Disappeared

Hi, would've sent this e mail to i tunes but unable to locate an e mail address...
Have recently had to un/reinstall i tunes and as a result music purchased thru i tunes has disappeared - how do I get it back as can't transfer from Ipod back to computer.
Any help is appreciated.......
Thanx

you can contact itunes store using http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html
You can transfer purchased content from an ipod back to the computer: (that is if you have one)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848
have you could also try searching for your missing music on your computer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408

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