Art for album different from songs art

Windows 7, iTunes 11.4. I'm looking at the "show album art" view. It's showing the wrong album art for an album, but when I right click on a song and click "get info", that window shows the right art. Hitting next for each next song shows the right art. The album as a whole has the wrong art. How do I fix this?

Can anyone please answer my question?

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I am using iTunes 7 and my brother just recorded an indie album which I added to my iTunes library. I then scanned the CD cover and made two copies:
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But here's the problem - there are some albums that just WILL NOT display the art. I drag the art to the window, and it appears there, but does not "stick." When you play another song, then go back to the previous, the artwork is gone again.
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*tell application "iTunes"*
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