Soundtrack from the
Apple film
Son of Dracula, starring
Harry Nilsson as Count Down, son of
Dracula, and
Ringo Starr as
Merlin. The album credits include
Klaus Voorman on bass,
Peter Frampton on electric guitar, and
George Harrison on
cowbell.
Really.
Count Down falls in love with Amber, played by Suzanna Leigh, and wishes to become mortal. Merlin, seeing in the stars that a change is coming to the House of Dracula, comes to advise the Count. Everybody is in this movie -- Frankenstein, Von Helsing, The Wolfman, The Mummy, everybody.
The cover of this LP is lavish and stylish, a perfect example of reasons why vinyl is better than CDs. Batwings open from the front, revealing a photomontage from the film. Tucked inside is an iron on transfer of the count hovering over Merlin with the words "Bite It" in gothic script.
Track List
- It Is He Who Will Be King
- Daybreak
- At My Front Door
- Count Down Meets Merlin And Amber
- The Moonbeam Song
- Perhaps This Is All A Dream
- Remember Christmas
- Intro: Without You
- The Count's Vulnerability
- Down
- Frankenstein, Merlin, and The Operation
- Jump Into The Fire
- The Abdication Of Count Down
- The End (Moonbeam)
"Drink this, it'll be for the last time, and then you'll no longer be able to sustain yourself as a vampire. I've drawn your fangs."