Lost album art when upgraded to itunes 6.0.4

I just upgraded to Itunes 6.0.4 and now all of my album art is gone. Anybody else have this happen? Any ideas about what to do?
Mac OS X (10.4.5)

If they were MP3's, the artwork should show up if the ID3 tag was version 2 or higher.
MP3 ID3 Tags: What Are They? tells you the very basics of the ID3 tags.
You can add artwork to songs with ID3 tag 1 or 1.1, but I've no idea where iTunes stores that picture.
Sorry, no hints available.
M

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