Caroline Munro made many a celebrity appearance at international conventions dedicated to cult
fantasy, sci fi and horror. In recent years, the renewed interest in the schlock horror films has
given Munro a kind of cult status of her own as Carla, the campy sidekick of Captain Kronos. In
fact, while accompanying Christopher Lee to Hammer horror revivals worthy of a Kate Bush song,
Munro met future musical collaborator Gary Wilson. (See "Wilson ~ Munro.") Up until these
events, however, Munro's music career was in large part a matter of self-promotion, and she
relied on her popular appearances at the genre conventions to provide exposure for her demo
tracks--which, of course, included her Gary Numan collaboration, "Pump Me Up."
The audio cassettes displayed on this page represent two
different conventions where Caroline Munro distributed
her promo tapes. AT LEFT is the Monster Model Fest '96
issue, and BELOW, AT RIGHT, is the 1993 Atlanta Fantasy
Fair issue; the two are identical in content. Included on
the three track demo is the familiar "Pump Me Up," as
well as a "newer" song, "Everything I Need," that
advocated a country music sensibility Munro hoped would
be her new musical direction (though, in reality, the song
actually harkens back to older recordings with ex-husband
Judd Hamilton). The demo also contains one older song
fragment that perhaps was included because it made the
entire demo cassette relevant at a horror-fantasy
convention: "Warrior Of Love, " which she co-wrote and
performed for the 1984 slasher Don't Open 'Til Christmas.
(Click the title to link to the IMDB listing.) "Warrior Of
Love" was clearly a relic from the recently retired era of
disco, but it was nonetheless suited to the film, which was
itself somewhat a hold-over from the 1970's Psycho-
inspired mysogynistic slashers. (A redux of the song is
available exclusively in this site's Caroline Munro Lobby).
The pleasantly
surprising cohesive thread for these three very different
works is Munro's own spoken-word commentary and
introductions, which make the overall effect more like an
anthology of her recent musical career. Following is the
general transcript and liner notes of the demo tapes:
Warrior Of Love/ Intro
Demo excerpt only (no track information available)
Clip Duration: 1:07
Introduction
"Hello. This is Caroline Munro. I'd like to welcome
everybody to the convention, and I hope you'll all enjoy
your time here."
Segue (following the song)
"Here are several songs I recorded recently. The first was a
demo for 'Warrior Of Love,' which I co-wrote and was used in
the film Don't Open 'Til Christmas."
Everything I Need
Demo (of full length track)
Full Clip Duration: 3:47
Introduction
"The second song lso a demo, written by an English friend; it's entitled, "Everything I Need." It
has a more Country feel to it, which is something I'm going to explore in the near future."
Pump Me Up
Studio release (mono)
Full Clip Duration: 3:57
Introduction
"The last song was written for me by Gary Numan, who has a very large following in England and
Europe, and has had many hits. And, if you listen very carefully, you can hear him on the backing
vocals."
Warrior Of Love / Outro
Demo excerpt only (no track information available)
Clip Duration: 0:52
Conclusion
"Well, that's all from me for now, but thanks for listening to my music. And I hope you all had a
good time. I know I have. Take care, and see you soon. All my love. --Caroline"