Album artwork not syncing

Ever since the new iTunes and Yosemite I find most of my album art is missing on my iPhone 5S. It's all in iTunes and looks just fine. It's mostly missing on my iPhone. I've tried removing my music library from the iPhone and then re-syncing it from scratch. Still hasn't worked. I thought maybe some one here might have an answer.
Yosemite 10.10.1 (14B25)
iTunes 12.0.1.26
iOS 8.1.2
Thanks!
Steve

These instructions will have to be modified if you've moved the iTunes folder from its usual location.
Back up all data before proceeding.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cache
Right-click or control-click the line and select
Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with a subfolder named "Cache" selected. Quit iTunes if it's running. Move the selected folder to the Trash. Relaunch the application and re-download all album artwork.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
See also:
http://www.mcelhearn.com/itunes-album-art-not-syncing-to-ios-devices-album-art-s ize-could-be-limiting-factor/

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