Replacing a Broken Song in iTunes Match...

I ran into a problem with a song in iTunes Match (thankfully, and hopefully, just the one...) where, 25 seconds into the song, there are three or four little glitch pops, like when the song file was created, it was reading a scratch on the CD or something. Normally that's not an issue: delete the song, reupload the song. Presto.
Only, with iTunes Match, that doesn't seem to be the solution. As with iTunes Match on everything else, logic is never the solution. But I digress.
Here are my steps.
1. 'What the...? The Beatles "Wait" has a glitch on it.'
2. Delete the song from computer and from iCloud.
3. Go get Rubber Soul. Check CD for scratches. None. Perfectly clean like the first rain of the season in the stillness of a clear, cool dawn. Reupload 'Wait.'
4. Check new actual file of 'Wait' before uploading it to iCloud. Sounds fine! Thumbs up all around!
5. Update iTunes Match.
6. Song still sounds fine on computer—even after deleting it from the computer and streaming it from iCloud. But the fun isn't over. Not yet.
7. Check iPad. 'Wait' is gone before update, new 'Wait' is there after update.
8. New 'Wait' has the glitch.
9. Repeat steps 1 through 8, get same results.
10. Change name of file and song, try to trick iCloud into thinking it's a new song or something. 'Wait' still has the glitch.
11. Angrily make sandwich. Insult cat. Think about other things. Can't think about other things.
12. Use MediaHuman's Audio Converter to make a new file of the song with a new name and everything. 'Wait' still has the glitch.
13. Delete song again from computer and iCloud, wait (no pun intended) for like a day. In case it, you know, needs to think about what it's done.
14. Repeat steps 3 through 8. And lo, it maintains the glitch.
15. Try downloading the song on the computer. Because remember Step 6?
16. Yeah, turns out Step 6 was a dirty lie. The song I downloaded to the computer has the glitch.
17. Say all of the swear words. Say, 'I don't care about first world problems.' Say, 'Okay, I totally care about first world problems.'
18. Swallow pride.
19. Ask for help online.
Help. Help me. How does work. Can't... I've...never felt so...powerless before... need structure...need order...need...con...trol.........I die!

Hi,
I have just checked my copy of "Wait". The Matched version has the fault as described by you. It appears on my downloaded copy on my computer as well as when I stream it from my Ipad.
I used a CD which dates back to when the CD was originally released. I have had match for almost 2 years and "Wait" was matched with the version that was available in irunes store at the time.
I believe that newer Remasters are now available and this a possible reason for older disc not being matched with those versions.
Anyway, I have just purchased "Wait" from itunes Store - plays fine and has better sound quality!!  However, it seems that the original is still on Apple servers, thus matching with faulty version.
Jim

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