The Torero Band – Tijuana Christmas (Australia) album art
Tight-not-touching Carousel and Romantique No. 5 a.k.a. Bracelet for the sleeve of an Australian pressing of Tijuana Christmas. The former is a Letraset original designed by Gary Gillot and released in 1966, the latter is a 19th-century design that was adopted by Letraset around the time this album was issued.
From the back cover:
On this record you will find your favourite carols in an unfamiliar guise – we’ve called the album ‘Tijuana Christmas’, but you will hear the mariachi sound taking on a richer and more varied flavour as the Torero Band bring out the charms of our most beautiful carol tunes in imaginative brand new arrangements. ‘The Holly & the Ivy’ sets the pace with a bright, sparkling beat that even adds to the gaiety of one of our oldest and liveliest carols; ‘Silent Night’ a much more recent and a more devout carol, is given quite a contrasting treatment, slow and tender. ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’ sets off again at a brisk, bouncy pace – and if you feel like dancing, why not? It may come as a surprise to you that our oldest carols used to be dances and that the word itself described a form of circular dance.
See also another cover design used by Music For Pleasures, and the design by Harmony Records.
