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The backside of the picture sleeve for SHONEN KNIFE's 'A Shonen
Knife Christmas Record For You' - the overall title for a single
pairing 'Space Christmas' and 'Christmas Message '91' (Rockville
6075) - pays homage to the one for Philles X-EP. (See also Part
6: The Sincerest Form Of Flattery and Part 4: Free Samples)
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'A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR YOU FROM ZERO HOUR'
is that label's various-artists entry in the Homage to Phil's Christmas
Album Sweepstakes. Issued as CD 1110, its front cover mimics that
of the original, and the art inside its booklet takes its inspiration
from the Philles album's back cover photos. (See also Part 3: It
Says Here… and Part 2: Quote Unquote)
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The cover photo on MIKE RANDLE's CD 'The Music
Loves You (Even If I Don't)' (Eggbert 80029) is suspiciously similar
to that on Leonard Cohen's 'Death Of A Ladies' Man'. (See also Part
3: It Says Here…)
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The front and back covers of THE 5.6.7.8'S CD
EP 'Bomb The Twist' (Sympathy For The Record Industry 371) are both
inspired by well-known pictures of the Ronettes. The front cover
is a re-posing of the Ronettes' Philles album sleeve, while the
photo on the back recreates a commonly seen publicity shot of the
girls.
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The photo on the picture sleeve of the single 'Rain
& Dole & Tea' by (Stranglers) D. GREENFIELD AND J.J. BURNEL
(Epic [UK] 4076) also revisits the look of the Ronettes' album cover;
this time, however, it's not women in the high hair, heavy makeup
and tight outfits.
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The various-artists CD anthology 'JAPANESE POP CHRISTMAS
IN DREAMY '60s' (Teichiku [Japan] 25685) has on its tray card
a collage imitating the front cover of Phil's Christmas album.
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The various-artists compilation CD 'JUST SAY NOËL'
(Geffen 25107) uses cover art ripping off the theme of 'A Christmas
Gift For You'.
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A collection of '90s recordings of all the songs from
Phil's Christmas album, done in soundalike style, has been reissued
on CD several times through the years, with a total of six different
titles and covers known at press time. Two of those releases are
tributes not only in their content but also in their packaging.
First, in 2000, came 'A Christmas Gift To You: A Tribute To Phil
Spector', attributed to THE DELTA WALL OF SOUND, on ABM Hallmark
[UK] 1065, in which the original Philles art is rendered in silhouette.
Two years later, it was 'The Christmas Album: A Tribute To Phil
Spector', Platinum [UK] 771, this time with no artist credited and
featuring a cartoon version of the Philles sleeve. (See Part 6:
The Sincerest Form of Flattery, for track information and for details
on the other variations on this release)
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