Why do songs appear in itunes match but not play?

Ive got loads of duplicate song titles appearing in Song list in Music on iPad, but only one plays of the duplicates 'works'. The other is phantom, and causes continuous play to stall. Solutions please.
BTW I've tuned Match off on my devices as it is more hassle than it is worth.

Do you mean that the songs are being skipped by your devices when iTunes Match is on? Cause I believe I am having the same issue. Turning off iTunes Match and reloading all the music back on your devices from scratch fixes that, until you turn back on iTunes Match and the problem results again.
Doesn't appear to be a permanent fix. I've been looking.

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Apologies Brandon, we have moved on somewhat from your original question.
What I have done is effectively used Michael's idea. I'll try to explain a little further.
You can run iTunes match on up to 5 computers, and you can edit the iCloud library on any of them. Michael's idea works on the basis that, whilst you can edit the iTunes library, you can't remove songs from other computers.
I have basically the same setup as you, but I also have a MacBook Air, which is running iTunes Match but without any music downloaded so it all streams.
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Our other discussions have moved onto the 25,000 son limit, which I note from your comment you may also be interested in. Watch this space.
If you don't have access to a second computer to run the other library on then look back at Michael's post where he explains how to set it up on your main computer.
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