Unable to play files purchased with prior Apple ID

I have been an iTunes customer for many years and have purchased tracks using two different email addresses as my Apple ID. My original Apple ID information was updated with my current email address. It was not created as a second account. When I view my purchase history from the support page all of the tracks I have purchased with either email address appear in the list. However, any track I purchased with the older email address will not play. iTunes skips through these tracks immediately but DOES increment the play count. I do not receive an error message of any kind. What do I need to do to fix this?

If you purchased music from 2 accounts, you need to authorise both accounts on your PC.
If that's not it try contacting customer service:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/browser/

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