Songs in iTunes showing as not on computer

Why are some songs already in my iTunes library showing as not on my computer when I am looking at purchased items under my account? If I download it from the cloud download icon, I end up having two copies of the same song. Could it be the Apple made some kind of change to the file, and now I can download the newer version?

If the songs have been changed then it will be the rights-holder/content provider that have changed them - unless they are a number of years old. But I wouldn't expect them to show as being available for download if you still have them in your library, you usually have to delete the previous download (or not having the version that was downloaded e.g. having converted it to MP3) for it show as available for download
There is nothing else that looks different between the tracks, all their other properties are the same ?

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