Album with mixed artists is being split by iTunes and loses cover art?

It's got different artists for each track, and the album is split up and the cover art goes when put onto iTunes. How to fix?

Generally all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist. For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
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I know this is a bit late... But maybe it will help someone else in the future!
I resolved this annoying problem on albums that were split out by "one album per song", even if they came from the same album (and they were purchased through the iTunes Store, BTW!).
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http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iphf2d8534c
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Generally all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist. For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
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Album with mixed artists is being split by iTunes and loses cover art?

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