Spin That 45 - Part 8: Lee Kristofferson

What looks like a 70s Porn-Funk 45 with the silver font and the terrible pink picture is actually a pretty decent Horror Rock'n'Roll 7". Take a close look at the chick's throat. There are two small bite-marks! Woooo scary!  Even scarier is the guys haircut, or better non existing haircut and the fact that he shoves his right hand into the chick's armpit. What's that about? Weirdo!

This 45 is a classic example how it should not be done as packing and content don't have anything in common. The front sleeve looks like any crappy 70s Disco record but as I said already, the music is pretty much the opposite. Side A is a cover of the 1958 John Zacherle song 'Dinner With Drac'. I'm not too crazy about it, I don't even like the original too much and novelty songs in generell so let's talk about the real reason why you want this record in your collection: The B side. 'Night Of The Werewolf'!

Some may remember that I mentioned the song already in part 7 of 'Spin That 45' about UK Revival band Black Cat's 'Strollin' After Dark' EP. So here is the original of Black Cat's creepy Instrumental. Released in 1977 it sounds as if it could have been recorded in the early 60s and that's probably the reason why the song can be found on Ace Record's 'Teenage Rock'n'Roll Party' CD and Liverpool based Viper Label's 'The Ultimate 50s and 60s Rockin' Horror Disc' CD. Not many bands had the guts to cover this obscure 70s song, one of them are the kings of Psychobilly, the Meteors, who recorded it for their 1985 album 'Monkey's Breath'. But it seems that some band's own compositions are heavily influenced by 'Night...' such as Something Else's(pre-Mess Of Booze, pre-Lou Cifer) 'Werewolf Stroll' and Johnny and the Roccos 'I Was A Teenage Werewolf From Outer Space'.

Kristofferson's real name is John Lewis Wagstaff and his artist name is, you've guessed it, a reversal of Christopher Lee. He made a few more records and in the early/mid-80s he was programming popular computer games under his artist name Lee Kristofferson. His haircut was still weird.