Songs not syncing - greyed out & dotted circle next to them

When I updated my iPod Touch 5th gen to IOS 8.1 most of my artwork did not sync.
Today I updated to IOS 8.1.1 in the hope this would sort the above problem. SOME of the missing artwork has been restored but not all. however
the recent additions to my library from CD and purchases from a supplier other than iTunes Store are now showing under Recent Purchases and are
GREYED OUT WITH A DOTTED CIRCLE next to them. They are showing & playing correctly in my library on my PC. Can anyone help to explain this.
APPLE - IF YOU WANT TO LOSE LONG STANDING CUSTOMERS YOU ARE CERTAINLY MAKING A GOOD JOB OF THAT WITH ALL THESE PROBLEMS !.

Tried to sync again today in hope.
The Good News - All the greyed out & circled items have synced to my iPod.
Now the Weird News - 1) Although the items have synced they still are greyed out with circle when you look at Music under My Device.
2) Of the 6227 items ticked to sync from my library of 8000 there has been 6414 synced - 50 songs purchased very recently from iTunes Store have duplicated & another 137 random songs show a cloud with downward arrow which were items which were unticked in my library so should not have been synced. 3) It is showing 44.14 GB of free space when there is only 2.9 GB of space left.
APPLE - Every time I update or sync my iPod my stress levels now go through the roof. If any other companies goods/services had this much hassle they would be out of business !

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