Cover Flow Broken

My cover flow has gone like this:
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/6314/itunescoverflow.jpg
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6457/itunesissue.jpg
Anyone else had this problem or know how to fix it? Tried re-installing iTunes, switching to grid etc and back, none of the usual fixes are working.
Message was edited by: 0xygen
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I have the exact same problem. I found a solution here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12623727&#12623727
I rebuilt the iTunes Library ITL and XML files and it resolved the issue. However, the first draw back as stated was that it reset the 'Date Added' information. The second issue I found is it that it lost all custom/manually added album art.
Is there another fix for this that exists? Or a way to port over the album art that was manually added?

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