| Hammer Horror | ![]() |
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| Country: UK |
| | Label/Number: EMI 2887 | |
| | Release date: October 27, 1978 | |
| | Chronology: Kate's 3rd UK single; the 1st from Lionheart. | |
| | Highest chart position: 44 | |
| | Cover photo by Gered Mankowitz | |
| | Hammer Horror Lyrics | |
| | What it's about: An actor, who gets thrust into the lead role of The Hunchback of Notre Dame upon the untimely death of a friend, ends up being haunted by the jealous decedent. | |
| | Running time: 4:39 | |
| | Coffee Homeground Lyrics | |
| | What it's about: A funny look at paranoia. The protagonist is convinced his paramour is trying to kill him! | |
| | Running time: 3:38 | |
| | Etc: First pressings have an angled thumb notch on the rear sleeve and "We're all playing a hunch" etched into the dead wax on side A. For additional information on first pressings vs. reissues, look here. | |
| | Etc2: The back-lit cover photo, shot during the Lionheart sessions in August, 1978, is my all-time fave Kate pic! (Here are a few more frames from the same session...) |