Itunes Match remembers incorrect album artist

Hi all,
I'm having an issue with Itunes Match with a particular CD that I imported which is a compilation from various artists.
After importing the CD, I noticed that on my Ipad and Iphone, the album was appearing as 16 separate albums rather than one compilation album.
I also noticed that the Album Artist name read "Compliation" (spelling mistake deliberate as that is what it was).
I am aware of the need to make sure that artist and album names are synced up, and the "This is a compilation" flag to be checked and all that stuff.
So, I changed the Album artist to "Various Artists".  However, when I go back into my devices (other than Windows Itunes), only a couple of them have changed to "Various Artists", and most of them still appear as "Compliation", but still as 16 separate albums even though all the data looks the same.
So to be clear, even when the data appears to be the same on the iphone (regardless whether it's the same as on Windows or not), it is NOT grouping them as one album - it's 16 albums with 1 track on each.
I have tried changing various meta data.  In fact I've pretty much changed every field.  When I change fields, the changes are coming through on the devices, except this "Compliation" which appears to be completely stuck.
I've even tried deleting the CD completely from Itunes and Icloud twice, changing all the metadata on the PC to remove all references to "Compliation" and reimporting, but it still somehow remembers the "Compliation" that I told it to delete from the Cloud.
I have also tried switching off Itunes Match on the devices and on again, but this also didn't make any difference.
I don't really understand how meta data that I've removed before I even import that CD, and previously told to be deleted from the cloud, is magically returning.
The only other thing I noticed is that each track has a different album art (some of which are wrong anyway), but even if I deleted all the album art from every track on that CD in Itunes, it still appeared in Ipad and Iphone.  Can different album art cause an album to be split into multiple albums?
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this issue?

That happens sometimes:
Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost      
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all music and resync
To delete all music go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Music>Tap edit in upper right and then tap the minus sign by All Music
- Reset all settings                            
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:                                               
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.                       

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