How to get rid of iTunes match artefacts on iPhone?

After using iTunes match with iTunes on Windows, I've decided that I wanted to have full control of what is synced to my iPhone4 and disabled iTunes Match on the iPhone. I'm using a secondary iTunes library on my PC now to sync with the phone while I still have iTunes match in place for use with my Apple TV.
Problem is, that after disabling iTunes match on the iPhone, it still shows leftover iTunes match contents, e.g. in the Albums list of the music application. The problem existed with iOS 5.0 and is still there after upgrade to iOS 5.1.
Is there any way for me to get rid of the iTunes match artefacts on the iPhone? They are also dysfunctional, i.e. cannot be downloaded, played, etc...
Kind regards,
Andreas

After reading https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3593632? my problems are still the same:
I cannot delete the iTunes match albums from the phone similiar to not being able to play them
I cannot disable "show all music" as that would require me to enable iTunes match again on the phone which is what I don't want
I'm thinking about trying to re-enable, change the setting, wipe the albums, disable again and then sync with local library. I'll report after testing..

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