AllBum.Art - Alternative Art-Work for Album and Single Covers

Ferrante & Teicher? Never heard of them? No, us neither but since when has that stopped us remixing the cover of someones single or album. This is their 1996 album (of piano based jingling) called, inventively, We Wish You A Merry Christmas. They have the right idea, with a pretty girl in a Santa outfit adorning the front cover. All we have done is remove her Santa outfit, given her a friend in the same state of undress and added a bit of seasonal snow where it's necessary!

Joy To The World was a mini-album (or EP) by incredulous crooner Michael Bolton. The original cover has Mr Bolton looking ludicrous singing earnestly against a backdrop of snow covered trees. But lo! It seems that the cover has been airbrushed - the correct version has one of Mr Bolton's fans (who may well be called Joy) standing behind showing her joy to the world. Good job that we at AllBum.Art were able to recover the original from Mr Bolton's recycle bin!

Wintersong was a 2006 album by Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan. On the cover we see Ms McLachlan looking very wintery in a snowy scene in a floaty white dress, eh? The remix is equally wintery but the difference is that it seems the lady in the picture has foregone the wearing of the floaty white dress altogether. To be honest, she looks a bit chilly, but it is an album full of winter songs so what did she expect, eh?

Not exactly a Holiday hit, but one that deserves to come out in the Winter. Those crazy 1990s dance acts - Jinny was apparently Italian. And apparently the way they Keep Warm is to wear over-sized ballet shoes. In terms of warmth, they must be about as cozy as standing around in the snow wearing nothing but hold-up stockings, high heels and a smile. Which oddly, is exactly how the babe in the remixed cover is standing. If anything, she looks warmer than Jinny. Then again, she is hot!

Rat-ta-tat-ta-tat is probably the most famous lyric uttered by The Manhattan Transfer but their style of relaxed harmonic chirping is ideally suited to melodic Christmas moaning and on The Christmas Album, that is what they surpass themselves at. The cover is odd in that it is Christmassy but also has palm leaves on it. Must be a NY thing. The remix is just as Christmassy but has a cute chick wearing little but a smile and some tinsel - the best kind of clothing in the Holidays.

Another seasonal remix for Bon Jovi, this time for their 1994 single Please Come Home For Christmas. The original cover is a case of 'what is wrong with this picture'. It shows Mr Jovi kissing a cute babe. But, and here's the issue, if he is kissing her, who exactly is it that he wants home for Christmas? It can't be her, as she is already home, right? The remixed cover art shows a girl who is trying to entice Mr Jovi to go to her home for Christmas, instead of getting cosy with the girl in the picture. No doubt she is a fan of his power ballads. Someone has to be!

I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas was originally a B-side for Bon Jovi but was later released as a single in its own right. The original cover shows the Bon Jovi broken heart with a vaguely Holiday feel to it. The remix shows what we think Mr Jovi would rather everyday was like at Christmas. In fact, we strongly suspect that a naked girl wearing only tinsel and a hat is exactly what it is like for Mr Jovi every Holiday. As would many men...

As is so often the case with obscure songs of long ago, the original cover is difficult to find. The 'original' cover for In The Bleak Midwinter by Bert Jansch is therefore a remix in itself, being the cover of his album The River Sessions on which the song can be found. The remix is, well, a lot bleaker and a lot more wintery. Who the girl is we do not know but the winter is looking very bleak for her, standing around in the snow in nothing but silver high heel boots. Poor girl.

Not content with his very own Status Quo week, Mark Hodson of England has supplied us with yet another remix of a cover by his favorite band. The original cover of It's Christmas Time sees the band hanging up their electric guitars on a tree. The remix shows pin-up queen Bettie Page hanging up something else on the tree. And wouldn't you know it, she's gone and forgotten to get dressed (other than for a furry Xmas hat!)

Ring-a-ling-a-ling... This version of the Holiday hit Sleigh Ride comes to us courtesy of The Ronettes. We have had to use a little poetic license for this remix, as there is no original cover to remix. So we have invented one! The original shows the band in their seasonal skirts, sitting on a wall in the snow. The remix shows an altogether different scene with a girl in the altogether sitting on a sleigh ready to ride. Any offers to pull her? Giddy up!