Default album artwork

When I add songs to my library that don't have artwork in the id3 tag (or anywhere else in the file) - I get a default album artwork on the left (not in the info-artwork), and it recently changed to a "pdf page" from a recent book I imported to ibook for my iphone.
I thought I remember seeing an option, somewhere in itunes, that was something like "reset default album artwork thumbnail". Can't find it now. Anyone know how to fix this, and what it was I might have seen?
Thanks

Here is the default artwork I'm talking about: This one is the "music note" on a black background, but I think there is also one with a white background that is used by itunes in certain views of the artwork.
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/attachments/os-x-applications-games/8650d121105 1721-itunes-default-art-picture-2.jpg

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The forum TOS requires me to say: "I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link" because I have a paypal donation link on my webpage, but the program is free (donation totally optional)
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