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I think I have solved this problem myself. Anyway here is the info in case anyone else has the same question.

ALBUM ARTIST AS 'VARIOUS', TRACK ARTIST AS INDIVIDUAL PERFORMER.
In Media player:
In the Contributing Artist view, each track artist is shown.
In the Artist view, the album artist of 'Various' is shown.
In Media Center:
In the Artist view, the album artist of 'Various' is shown
In the Album Artist view, the album artist of 'Various' is shown

ALBUM ARTIST AS blank, TRACK ARTIST AS INDIVIDUAL PERFORMER.
In Media player:
In the Contributing Artist view, each track artist is shown.
In the Artist view, each track artist is shown
(Media player does not list the album as unknown artist)
In Media Center:
In the Artist view, each track artist is shown
In the Album Artist view, each track artist is shown

The Album Artist view in VMC is a text based layout.
The VMC Artist view shows the artist name written vertically, with the album art of the compilation CD stacked next to the name. If there are 10 different artists on the CD, the CD will be listed 10 times.

There is a minor downside in Media Player in leaving the Album Artist blank. When you view by album, a compilation CD will be shown not with 'Various" as the artist, but the first artist MP finds, in alphabetical order, on the album.

The Advanced Tag Editor inside Media Player is very powerful, and will allow changes to multiple selections in certain cases. There is no need for 3rd party id3 taggers to be used.

Now we just have to figure out how to display the track artist next to each track, when viewing a compilation album in VMC.