Hammer Horror - UK 7" Single: Reissue

The reissue sleeve is cheap paper, and the photo colours and sharpness are very much off compared to the first issue release. The back of the sleeve has angled corners along the folds and the opening has been changed to a curve shape.

The typeset and positioning of the text on the label labels differs to the labels on the first issue release. There is also no inscription on the run off area of Side A.

This reissue can also be found in the Single File box set.

Hammer Horror - UK 7" Single: First Issue

Although the original release of Hammer Horror comes in a thicker card picture sleeve, it's not nearly as thick as some of the other earlier sleeves. Despite that, when you compare it to the reissue sleeve, which is cheap paper, there is still a considerable difference between the two.

The back of the sleeve has rounded edges on the folds, and the opening is a long rectangular shape with angled cuts at the sides.

The typeset and positioning of text differ on both the first issue and the reissue. Also, first issue releases have the inscription "We're All Playing A Hunch!" etched into the run off vinyl on Side A. Reissues do not have this inscription.

Hammer Horror - Japan 7" Single

The artwork on the front of this insert features the exact same artwork that's found on the UK release – except this is a reversed shot. There's also some nice bold Japanese text on the cover as well.

The reverse side of the insert features the lyrics for both Hammer Horror and Coffee Homeground in Japanese and English text.

Japanese releases were normally issued in a green Toshiba EMI company sleeve like the one you see here. However, Japanese white label promos tended to be issued in a plain white generic sleeve instead – but they still came with the picture inserts, or in some cases full picture sleeves.

Despite some minor differences, the record labels are fairly typical to the UK ones at the time. The distribution information is in a much smaller typeset on the outer perimeter of the labels.    

Hammer Horror - Australia 7" Single

The Australian 7" release of Hammer Horror came in a basic paper sleeve with the EMI company logo on both sides, along with EMI Australia info on the reverse.

The record labels are pretty standard.

This is probably the last Australian vinyl single that I have. I was never too interested with collecting multiples of the same single if they all looked fairly similar, and I especially wasn't fussy about releases that were issued in generic company sleeves.