"Quit iTunes" greyed-out

Since updating to Lion and iTunes 10.4, I'm frequently having an issue after adding files to iTunes. The menu item "Quit iTunes" is greyed-out and I'm unable to quit the application without force-quitting (command Q also doesn't work).

Same problem here, though I don't have Lion installed. Also lost the ability to change view via keyboard shortcuts - it will work if I click on the icons to the right of the play/info window but the menu options under View are greyed out. Same with Control functions - space bar works to play and pause, clicking the icon works but the menu options are greyed out. Requires a force quit to recover, but as soon as I add new things to iTunes the condition returns.

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