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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's useful to know what this CD is, and what it isn't. It's not really an 'official' release, but neither is it yet another of the millions of'live/rare' Motorhead compilations.
This is Motorhead's unreleased debut album, recorded for UA in 1975 with Larry Wallis [Pink Fairies] on guitar. The original drummer, Lucas Fox, left/was removed after the recording and when Phil Taylor then joined he rerecorded all the drum parts except Lost Johnny.
[For the history buffs, Eddie Clarke was then recruited as second guitarist but Larry Wallis left after one rehearsal, resulting in the familiar Kilmister/Clarke/Taylor lineup.]
UA didn't release it until 1979, on the back of Motorhead's 'Overkill/Bomber' popularity.
All the tracks but one [Fools] were rerecorded in better versions for Motorhead's self-titled official debut on Chiswick. If you like the raw, gruff, underproduced 'British MC5' sound of that album, give this a spin.
Inessential? Yes. Minor? Yes. Bad? No- and it's part of the story.
I'm not 100% sure about this but I think that three of the four 'alternate takes' [City Kids, Motorhead and Leaving Here] are Motorhead's very first studio efforts produced by Dave Edmunds, which exist only on acetate.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Oh man, I'd forgotten how good this album was! If you only know Motorhead for it's bludgeoning metal force, then this could be a massive disappointment for you. Overkill it certainly ain't. However if you love the Ladbroke Grove scene of Hawkwind and the Pink Fairies then this album is an essential purchase. Picture the scene, Lemmy's left Hawkwind and wants to put all of his previous band's cosmic fripperies behind him, plug in his bass, and get down to some serious rock n roll. Who better to ask along for the ride than Larry Wallis, guitar slinger with the anarchic Pink Fairies.
The album kicks things off with the gutteral roar of a motorbike before piling headlong into the riff for Motorhead. No violin solos or electronic space effects on this version boy. Just straight ahead rock n roll as it was intended to be played.
Of the original 9 tracks on the album Lemmy takes lead vocals on 7, and perhaps surprisingly for some listeners, Larry sings 2. Of the two that Larry sings, 'Fools' is by far the best. A fabulously venemous rant against the evils of managers and agents. Oh yeh!
My largest gripe with this album is perhaps the fact that they recorded a version of City Kids, originally from the Pink Fairies' Kings of Oblivion album. The three ex-Hawkwind tracks all benefit greatly from their stripped down reworking, but City Kids was already an excellent rock blast, and unfortunately Motorhead's version doesn't quite do it justice.
But enough of this wittering. If you hunger for some in yer face rough and ready rock played by a group of social misfits with nothing on their minds but having a good time at the loudest possible volume - then this is the baby for you.
The album kicks things off with the gutteral roar of a motorbike before piling headlong into the riff for Motorhead. No violin solos or electronic space effects on this version boy. Just straight ahead rock n roll as it was intended to be played.
Of the original 9 tracks on the album Lemmy takes lead vocals on 7, and perhaps surprisingly for some listeners, Larry sings 2. Of the two that Larry sings, 'Fools' is by far the best. A fabulously venemous rant against the evils of managers and agents. Oh yeh!
My largest gripe with this album is perhaps the fact that they recorded a version of City Kids, originally from the Pink Fairies' Kings of Oblivion album. The three ex-Hawkwind tracks all benefit greatly from their stripped down reworking, but City Kids was already an excellent rock blast, and unfortunately Motorhead's version doesn't quite do it justice.
But enough of this wittering. If you hunger for some in yer face rough and ready rock played by a group of social misfits with nothing on their minds but having a good time at the loudest possible volume - then this is the baby for you.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I bought this in the early eighties after buying Ace Of Spades and No Sleep To Hammersmith and it was the most pleasant surprise I have ever had from a record. Sure, there's no heads down 100 mph heavy metal here but what there is is a very entertaining blues/boogie/rock album with some great tunes and some quality lyrics. And it shows that there is another side to Mr Kilminster from the one we all know and love. Go on treat yourself.
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on parole revisited
If like me you originally bought this album on vinyl, then this remastered cd edition is a must. I'd forgotten just how good this album is, Larry Wallis' input is truly staggering... Read more
Published 9 months ago by navybalders
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What More Can I Say But This Is A Classic Album, Everybody Should Have This In Their Household
Published 21 months ago by Daves Pen Name
Essential Motorhistory
Wonderful historic artifact. Documenting Lemmy's transition from Hawkwind to Motorhead with Pink Fairies' Larry Wallis along for the (albeit short) ride, and containing, similar to... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2008 by plastererneil
listenable spaced out postHawkwind blues !
Sure . this isnt the all out hell for leather 'aaaaaaaarrrrrrghhhhh we're moterr eddddd' of later years , but if this had been the only album they ever released then collectors of... Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2007 by noddy g
Chilled Motorhead!!.
Call me odd but this has always been my favourite. Not really for headbangers who like repetitive chords. I love Fools, City Kids, Iron horse - all of them in fact! Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2006 by Leighton J. Williams
Motorhead open the throttles...
Indeed, the United Artists album recorded with Larry Wallis on guitar, the tracks produced by Fritz Fryer. Read more
Published on 29 May 2006 by Alan Burridge
its motorhead........nuff said
This album is great. Remember that this was released in 1975, well started recording then as the album was released after Overkill. Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2004 by Tom Child
If I could give this a zero I would!
This is possibly the worst album I have ever hear. Put simply, this is the Motorhead we all know and love minus speed, power, heaviness and all of the qualities that made Motorhead... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2003 by Jean Bradbury
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