Unable to paste album artwork to selected albums

I've noticed that, for some of my albums in iTunes, I am not able to set any album artwork. I can copy it (from the web) or download an image (jpg), but even though I paste or add it, the artwork does not stick.
I've also noticed that some of the tracks *do not* allow me to add artwork at all (the Artwork tab is greyed out).
Any ideas on why?
Thanks,
Michael Frankel
Agoura Hills, CA

I only just noticed that I've got the exact same problem. So far I've only found one example, but that's because I just don't feel like going through my entire library just to see how bad this is.
In my case, iTunes simply deleted the artwork from an album that's been in my library for about a year already, and it steadfastly refuses to let me paste it back in.
Frankly, for an app that always functioned perfectly in the past, these bugs are starting to get irritating. I haven't yet had time to correct all the track info that had characters altered by the last iTunes update, and now this. What is going on?

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