Recovering Deleted Original Tracks in iTunes

Hi - I'm devastated. My son, wanting to clear up some disk storage space went to to 'All Documents' in the Macintosh HD window and put all the itunes files that were in the trash and then secure deleted them thinking that they had no reason to be in a Documents Folder. Now nothing plays in iTunes and an icon comes up saying that the original needs to be located and asking if I want to locate the original. When this is done the files are not there. What can I do? over a thousand tracks accumulated over the years. The same with my photos in iPhoto, he deleted these as well, but the thumbnail icons are still there. I have the iTune tracks on my iPhone's iPod application but don't dare sync it with computer as I'm worried these will be deleted on iPhone as well. Helppppppppp!

let's put it this way:
whatever you have on your iPod/iPhone can be salvaged with the instructions/tips provided by Zevoneer.
whatever was deleted (and was not backed up !) is gone.
if purchased content was deleted, and is not currently present on your iPod/iPhone, you might want to contact iTunes Customer Support, explain your situation, and ask them nicely if you can re-download your purchases.
all the best !

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