Capitalization errors in iTunes 7.2 Cover Flow view

iTunes 7.2 running under OS X 10.4.9 on MBP. Today I ripped a brand new cd to iTunes and two very strange things happened. One is that after ripping, I downloaded the cover art from iTunes and then decided to erase the downloaded artwork, but it still shows up in Cover Flow view. Nothing shows up for the individual files when I look at them individually with Get Info inside iTunes; there's no artwork shown to delete, yet it's still there in Cover Flow. I deleted the ripped music and emptied the Trash, reripped the cd, did NOT download the new album art, and it was still there in Cover Flow view! How could that possibly happen?
The other weird thing is that the workaround I used to fix capitalization errors in Cover Flow view no longer works. The cd I ripped is titled "Myths and Legends" but I changed it to "Myths And Legends". It shows up correctly on the individual tracks but "And" remains uncapitalized in Cover Flow view. The old workaround was to simply add any new character to the album name, e.g. "MMyths And Legend", apply that change, and then reedit to take out the extra "M". Stubbornly, this no longer works! After taking the extra "M" back out, the "And" remains uncapitalized in Cover Flow view. I think 7.2 introduced a bug that breaks this fix and leaves the original bug in tact. Can anyone verify this?
iMac G4/17" MacBook Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   30GB iPod w/video

Over at Dougs:
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/searchTheScripts.php
You will find a script which fixes all the "cap" issues. Try it on a few for a test. Beware of classical music though as it gets funky with stuff like "EMI", etc. breaks it to "Emi".
Cheers, S.

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