iTunes 12.2.2.25 - Purchased (but not downloaded) songs now appear in Smart Playlists

To the 21 people (at time of this post) who have this same question... I tweeted Kirk McElhearn the iTunes Guy, and he responded by sending me the link to this article he wrote on the topic:

http://www.mcelhearn.com/how-to-view-content-purchased-from-the-itunes-store-in- itunes-12-2/

It still hasn't answered my question on how to make the previous purchases in Playlists, I have posted a comment on his page and will update here if I find out more. Cheers JD

Kirk has said other people with this issue (including him) have been able to make the clouds go away by repeatedly logging out then in to the iTunes Store. I have tried half a dozen times and still doesn't work for me.

Hmm good idea but I've got a lot of Playlists!

Here's what Apple told me (glad I've got extended AppleCare), it has worked. Basically you need to delete all the cloud songs so they don't appear in the Playlists.

1) Select Music Library in the sidebar.

2) View > All Music

3) Click on the Cloud icon column to sort songs by that. (If you don't see the cloud column heading, right click in the column headings and tick "iCloud Download" to make it appear. Sort so that your cloud tracks appear at the top.

4) Select all your cloud tracks (or just select the ones you don't want to appear).

5) Delete!

6) Go back to your Smart Playlist, the cloud songs will have disappeared.