HAMMER FILMS: WHEN THE VINYL VAMPIRE WAS KING.

Two great gems from the later years of Hammer Films.  The DRACULA album has been available for sometime on CD and as download, but in some cases it's minus the suites from Hammer Films She and Vampires Lovers.

The album Hammer presents Dracula with Christopher Lee

when first released was available as a gate fold sleeve. When it was re released some years later

economically the sleeve was just a single sleeve minus the great colour photograph of Christopher Lee as Dracula from The Satanic Rites of Dracula and the supporting notes.

A		DRACULA Composed By – James Bernard Narrator – Christopher Lee Arranged By, Conductor – Phillip Martell Script By – Don Houghton
		Four Faces Of Evil
B1		Fear In The Night Composed By – John McCabe
B2		She Composed By – James Bernard
B3		The Vampire Lovers Composed By – Harry Robinson
B4		Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Composed By – David Whittaker

The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires released a few months after the Dracula album featured the voice of Peter Cushing narrating the story of the Hammer/Vampire Run Run Shaw Brothers movie. Complete with more sound effects than you could shake a stake at, this was to be the second of a series of three albums from Hammer. A Frankenstein album was in the works when diminished returns from the first two albums put the nail in the coffin.

The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampire (Original Soundtrack)

1974|Vinyl|Warner Bros. Records|K56085

Narrator: Peter Cushing

Producer Roy Skeggs Producer The Legend Of Ancient China Prologue The Seven Golden Vampires The Chinese ... James Bernard (2) The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires (Original Soundtrack) Warner Bros. Records K ... The Vampires The Lovers' Death Count Dracula's Death And Disintegration Epilogue The Legend Of Ancient

The good news, for those who have never heard either album, copies can be found on EBAY quite regularly of the Christopher Lee Dracula album, though the chop socky vampire outing is quite rare. If you see them, snap them up and splash out a tenner for that old record player in that thrift store. They are a treat!