artwork

Check the following:

1. the size of the artwork. If it's too large, iTunes may not display it and it won't go onto any portable device. I typically use pictures of between 300x300 pixels and 600x600 pixels
2. to see if you have write permission to the song's file. To do this:
   1. In iTunes right-click on the song and from the pop-up menu that appears, choose Show in Windows Explorer
   2. in Windows explorer, right-click the file and choose Properties
   3. the file's attributes must not be marked as Read Only. If it is, turn that off

A few thoughts, that might help. (No guarantees, unfortunately.)

• Perhaps the ION EZ Vinyl Tape Converter has corrupted the file somehow. If that's the case, simply re-importing the same file probably won't fix the issue
  • do you have access to an mp3 editor (such as Audacity)? If so, perhaps opening the file in that editor and creating a new (replacement) file from the audio might solve the problem. Audacity has a bit of a learning curve, so if you 're not already familiar with it, it may not be worth your while trying it
  • can you use ION EZ to record the music again, from scratch?
• I'm not sure how artwork can be saved into the file by iTunes if the file is read-only. The only possible explanation I can think of is if the audio file is a wav file. WAV files cannot contain artwork, so what iTunes does is remember that the particular wav file has a specific piece of artwork associated with it. In that situation, the file is not being changed. What is also means is that if the file is added to a different Library, the artwork will not be present.

Sorry I can't provide a suitable remedy.