Why is iTunes match not matching a few specific tracks in an album?, why is iTunes match not matching a few specific tracks in an album?

iTunes Match has worked relatively well for me (I have almost 12,000 tracks), but there are a few oddities:
1. I'm not sure that iTunes Match has propery identified the 2009 re-mastered Beatles albums, which I bought as CDs before being released on iTunes. There is something distinctly odd with the stereo separation, and some vocals have thus disappeared (especially on Abbey Road).
2. I have a protected classical Naxos CD by the Kodaly Quartet, playing string quartets by Debussy and Ravel. Three of the tracks are identified as being unsuitable for matching. Why would this be? There are other instances of this elsewhere in my library.
3. 'Jerry Springer: The Opera' won't match at all. I assume this is censorship, which is an absolute shame. What would Mr Jobs be saying about that, I wonder?
4. Quite a lot of album art is missing. This is not to obscure albums, necessarily, but to well known works, such as The Beatles White Album.
5. Smart Playlists seems to be a bit of a disaster.
If anyone has any thoughts or solutions, I'd love to hear from you.
Thanks!
John

Hi,
Read this https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4113
Jim

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