The
English
heavy metal group
Motörhead have been consistently
releasing studio and live albums throughout their career, from 1975
through to the present day. In addition to albums recorded
under contract specifically for release, as detailed on the
Motörhead discography
article, the group have been subject to "unofficial" releases of
studio out-takes, live recordings and radio sessions.
These "unofficial" releases have been compiled from recordings
usually several years old and generally released without the given
consent of the then current group and management. The release of
the recordings are legitimate and have been licensed by former
members of the group, their management, or where the copyright is
held by the record company or radio station for whom the recordings
were made.
Studio albums
On Parole
Recorded under contract to
United
Artists Records in 1975-6 as their debut album, the record
company refused to release it despite pressure from the group,
having deemed it commercially unviable. After the group started to
receive attention, the record company released it as
On
Parole at the end of 1979.
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
- "Motorhead" (Ian Kilmister) – 2:57
- "On Parole" (Larry Wallis) –
5:38
- "Vibrator" (Wallis, Des Brown) – 2:53
- "Iron Horse/Born to Lose" (Phil Taylor,
Des Brown, Guy "Tramp" Lawrence) – 5:17
- "City Kids" (Wallis, Duncan Sanderson) – 3:43
- "Fools" (Wallis, Brown) – 5:35
- "The Watcher" (Kilmister) – 4:50
- "Leaving Here" (Lamont
Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland) – 2:56
- "Lost Johnny" (Mick Farren,
Kilmister) – 3:31
- "On Parole" (Wallis) [Alternate Take] – 6:58
- "City Kids" (Wallis, Sanderson) [Alternate Take] – 3:48
- "Motorhead" (Kilmister) [Alternate Take] – 2:48
- "Leaving Here" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) [Alternate Take] –
3:01
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Dirty Love
A
Receiver Records release in 1990
licensed from guitarist
Eddie Clarke,
this album is composed of studio rehearsals and demos for the 1980
album
Ace of Spades.
The tracks have subsequently been included as a bonus disk on the
Sanctuary Records 2CD deluxe edition of
Ace of Spades.
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
All tracks written by Eddie Clarke, Ian
Kilmister and Phil Taylor
- "Hump On Your Back"
- "Shoot You In The Back"
- "Dirty Love"
- "Dirty Love" (Full Version)
- "Love Me Like A Reptile"
- "Fast And Loose"
- "Waltz Of The Vampire"
- "Ace Of Spades" (Rare Version)
- "Bastard"
- "Godzilla Akimbo"
- "The Road Crew"
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- Released: 1989, Receiver Records, RRCD 123
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Stone Dead Forever
Various studio rehearsals and demos made by the Lemmy-Clarke-Taylor
line-up from 1979-81, this was licensed by former guitarist
Eddie Clarke to
Receiver Records for release in 1997.
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
All tracks written by Eddie Clarke, Ian
Kilmister and Phil Taylor, unless
otherwise stated
- "Nightmare"
- "Treat Me Nice"
- "Stone Dead Forever"
- "Sharpshooter"
- "You Ain't Gonna Live Forever"
- "The Hammer"
- "Bomber"
- "Love Me Like A Reptile"
- "Fun On The Farm"
- "Tear Ya Down"
- "Fire Fire"
- "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry)
- "Jailbait"
- "Step Down"
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- Released: 1997, Receiver Records, RRCD 238
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BBC Live & In-Session
A double CD collection of studio sessions and live recordings made
for various
BBC Radio 1 programmes
between 1978 and 1986, this
BBC Live & In-Session
collection was released by
Sanctuary
Records in 2005.
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
All tracks written by Eddie Clarke, Ian
Kilmister and Phil Taylor, unless
otherwise stated
- CD 1
- "Keep Us on the Road" – 5:18
- "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) –
2:44
- "I'll Be Your Sister" – 3:14
- "Tear Ya Down" – 2:38
- "Stay Clean" – 3:14
- "No Class" – 2:46
- "White Line Fever" – 2:38
- "I'll Be Your Sister" – 3:28
- "Too Late, Too Late" – 3:27
- "(I Won't) Pay Your Price" – 3:16
- "Capricorn" – 4:14
- "Limb from Limb" – 5:28
- CD 2
- "Fast and Loose" – 4:19
- "Live to Win" – 3:34
- "White Line Fever" – 2:22
- "Like a Nightmare" – 4:11
- "Bite the Bullet"/"The Chase Is Better Than the Catch" –
6:06
- "Killed by Death" (Phil
Campbell, Michael Burston,
Kilmister, Pete Gill) – 5:23
- "Orgasmatron" (Campbell, Burston, Kilmister, Gill) – 5:06
- "Doctor Rock" (Campbell, Burston, Kilmister, Gill) – 3:25
- "Deaf Forever" (Campbell, Burston, Kilmister, Gill) – 4:19
- "Orgasmatron (Spoken Word)" (Kilmister) – 1:30
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- Recorded CD 1 tracks 1-4: John Peel In-Session, Maida Vale
Studios
, 18 September 1978 (broadcast 25 September
1978)
- Recorded CD 1 tracks 5-12: In-Concert,
Paris
Theatre
, London, 16 May 1979
- Recorded CD 2 tracks 1-5: David
Jensen Show, Maida Vale Studios, 6 October 1981
- Recorded CD 2 tracks 6-10: Friday
Rock Show, Maida Vale Studios, 16 August 1986
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Live albums
What's Wordsworth?
Recorded
by Chiswick Records on 18 February
1978 at a benefit concert at the Roundhouse
, What's Wordsworth? was released in 1983
by Big Beat
Records.
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
- "The Watcher" (Ian Kilmister)
- "Iron Horse/Born to Lose" (Phil Taylor,
Mick Brown, Guy Lawrence)
- "On Parole" (Larry Wallis)
- "White Line Fever" (Eddie Clarke,
Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Keep Us on the Road" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor, Mick Farren)
- "Leaving Here" (Lamont
Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland)
- "I'm Your Witch Doctor" (John
Mayall)
- "Train Kept a-Rollin'" (Tiny
Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann)
- "City Kids" (Wallis, Duncan Sanderson)
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Live – Blitzkrieg On Birmingham '77
Recorded live in 1977, this 1989 release was the first in a series
licensed by former guitarist
Eddie
Clarke from his own personal archives to
Receiver Records.
It is credited as
being taken from Birmingham Town Hall
, 3 June 1977 during the group's support slot on a
Hawkwind UK tour just prior to the release
of their debut album Motörhead.
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
All tracks written by Eddie Clarke, Ian
Kilmister and Phil Taylor, unless
otherwise stated
- "Motorhead" (Kilmister)
- "Vibrator" (Des Brown, Larry
Wallis)
- "Keep Us On The Road" (Mick Farren,
Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "The Watcher" (Kilmister)
- "Iron Horse/Born To Lose" (Brown, Guy Lawrence, Taylor)
- "Leaving Here" (Lamont
Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland)
- "On Parole" (Wallis)
- "I'm Your Witchdoctor" (John
Mayall)
- "Train Kept A Rollin'" (Tiny
Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann)
- "City Kids" (Wallis, Duncan Sanderson)
- "White Line Fever"
- "I'll Be Your Sister" – 1999 Meldac bonus track
- "Lost Johnny" (Kilmister) – 1999 Meldac bonus track
- "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) –
1999 Meldac bonus track
- "Tear Ya Down" – 1999 Meldac bonus track
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- Released: 1989, Receiver Records, RRCD 120
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Lock Up Your Daughters – Live
A live recording from 1978 licensed by guitarist
Eddie Clarke to
Receiver Records for release in 1990.
Recorded after their debut album
Motörhead, but just prior to the
group releasing the "
Louie Louie" single for
Bronze Records.
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
All tracks written by Eddie Clarke, Ian
Kilmister and Phil Taylor, unless
otherwise stated
- "Motorhead" (Kilmister)
- "I'll Be Your Sister"
- "Leavin' Here" (Lamont
Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland)
- "Lost Johnny" (Kilmister)
- "The Watcher" (Kilmister)
- "Keep Us On The Road" (Mick Farren,
Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry)
- "Tear Ya Down"
- "Iron Horse/Born To Lose" (Des Brown, Guy Lawrence,
Taylor)
- "White Line Fever"
- "Instro"
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- Recorded: St. Albans
, Civic Hall, 23 September 1978
- Released: 1990, Receiver Records, RRCD 130
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The Birthday Party
Recorded
during the group's 10th Anniversay show at the Hammersmith
Odeon
on 26 June 1985. The show had previously
been issued as the
The
Birthday Party video, but in 1990 after the group had
parted company with their manager Douglas Smith and his record
company
GWR Records, he chose to issue
the soundtrack as an album.
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
All tracks written by Eddie Clarke, Ian
Kilmister and Phil Taylor, unless
otherwise stated
- "Iron Fist"
- "Mean Machine" (Michael Burston,
Phil Campbell, Pete Gill, Kilmister)
- "On The Road" (Burston, Campbell, Gill, Kilmister)
- "We Are The Road Crew"
- "The Hammer"
- "Metropolis"
- "Ace Of Spades"
- "Steal Your Face" (Burston, Campbell, Gill, Kilmister)
- "Nothing Up My Sleeve" (Burston, Campbell, Gill,
Kilmister)
- "Bite The Bullet"
- "The Chase Is Better Than The Catch"
- "No Class"
- "Killed By Death" (Burston, Campbell, Gill, Kilmister)
- "Bomber"
- "Motorhead" (Kilmister)
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- with guests
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Live 1983
Recorded during the UK tour of
Another Perfect Day, this recording
was issued in 1991. "(Don´t Need) Religion" had been released as
the B-side to the single "
Shine".
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
All tracks written by Brian Robertson, Ian
Kilmister and Phil Taylor, unless
otherwise stated
- "Back At The Funny Farm" (Eddie
Clarke?, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Tales Of Glory"
- "Shoot You In The Back" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Marching Off To War"
- "Iron Horse/Born To Lose" (Des Brown, Guy Lawrence,
Taylor)
- "Another Perfect Day"
- "(Don't Need) Religion" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "One Track Mind"
- "Go To Hell" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "America" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Shine"
- "Dancing On Your Grave"
- "Rock It" (Clarke?, Kilmister, Taylor) – CD bonus track
- "I Got Mine" (Clarke?, Kilmister, Taylor) – CD bonus track
- "Bite The Bullet" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – CD bonus
track
- "The Chase Is Better Than The Catch" (Clarke, Kilmister,
Taylor) – CD bonus track
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Live Jailbait
This double album is comprised of two shows, from the beginning of
the 1982 North America tour of
Iron Fist, and from a 1980 UK
television In-Concert performance. The recordings were licensed by
former guitarist
Eddie Clarke to
Receiver Records for release in
1992. The
Iron Fist recordings are from the soundtrack of
the video
Live in Toronto, and these recordings were
included as a bonus disk on the Sanctuary Records 2CD deluxe
edition of
Iron Fist. The final 2 tracks are taken from
the 1977 "
Leaving
Here"
Stiff Records 7" single.
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
All tracks written by Eddie Clarke, Ian
Kilmister and Phil Taylor, unless
otherwise stated
- "Iron Fist"
- "Heart Of Stone"
- "The Hammer"
- "Jailbait"
- "America"
- "(Don't Need) Religion"
- "Capricorn"
- "Grind Ya Down"
- "(We Are) The Road Crew"
- "No Class"
- "Bite The Bullet"
- "The Chase Is Better Than The Catch"
- "Overkill"
- "Too Late Too Late"
- "Step Down"
- "Shoot You In The Back"
- "Metropolis"
- "Train Kept A' Rollin'" (Tiny
Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann)
- "Motorhead" (Kilmister)
- "Bomber"
- "White Line Fever"
- "Leaving Here" (Lamont
Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland)
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- Released: 1992, Receiver Records, RRLD 005
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Live At Manchester Apollo 10.6.83
Recorded during the UK tour of
Another Perfect Day, this recording
was issued in 1994 by
Dojo Records in a
limited edition of 1000. "Hoochie Coochie Man" had been released as
the B-side to the single "
Shine". The set has
subesequently been included as a bonus disk on the Sanctuary
Records 2CD deluxe edition of
Another Perfect Day.
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
All tracks written by Brian Robertson, Ian
Kilmister and Phil Taylor, unless
otherwise stated
- "Back At The Funny Farm" (Eddie
Clarke?, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Tales Of Glory"
- "Heart Of Stone" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Shoot You In The Back" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Marching Off To War"
- "Iron Horse/Born To Lose" (Des Brown, Guy Lawrence,
Taylor)
- "Another Perfect Day"
- "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie
Dixon)
- "(Don't Need) Religion" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "One Track Mind"
- "Go To Hell" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "America" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Shine"
- "Dancing On Your Grave"
- "Rock It" (Clarke?, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "I Got Mine" (Clarke?, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Bite The Bullet" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "The Chase Is Better Than The Catch" (Clarke, Kilmister,
Taylor)
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- Released: 1994, Dojo Records, DOLE CD 104
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Live At Brixton
Recorded
at Brixton
Academy
in 1987, it was considered for release as a live
album at the time, but overlooked in favour of the Finland Giants
of Rock festival recording which was released as Nö Sleep at All.
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
All tracks written by Michael Burston, Phil Campbell, Ian
Kilmister and Phil Taylor, unless
otherwise stated
- "Doctor Rock" (Burston, Campbell, Kilmister, Gill)
- "Stay Clean" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Traitor"
- "Metropolis" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Dogs"
- "Ace Of Spades" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Stone Deaf In The USA"
- "Eat The Rich"
- "Built For Speed" (Burston, Campbell, Kilmister, Gill)
- "Rock 'n' Roll"
- "Deaf Forever" (Burston, Campbell, Kilmister, Gill)
- "Just 'Cos You Got The Power"
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King Biscuit Flower Hour
Recorded by the New York
King
Biscuit Flower Hour radio programme during the group's 1983
tour of North America for the
Another Perfect Day album, this was
released in 1997.
| Track listing |
Personnel and credits |
All tracks written by Brian Robertson, Ian
Kilmister and Phil Taylor, unless
otherwise stated
- "Back At The Funny Farm" (Eddie
Clarke?, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Tales Of Glory"
- "Marching Off To War"
- "Iron Horse/Born To Lose" (Des Brown, Guy Lawrence,
Taylor)
- "Another Perfect Day"
- "Shine"
- "I Got Mine" (Clarke?, Kilmister, Taylor)
- "Interview With Lemmy"
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- Released: 1997, BMG
(USA), 70710-88029-2
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EPs
Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
The
Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers EP is a collection of
studio out-takes from 1977 as the band were recording their debut
album
Motörhead for
Chiswick Records. Chiswick Records
label boss Ted Carrol released the EP in 1980 on his
Big Beat Records label.
The tracks have been included as bonus tracks on the CD re-issue of
the debut album.
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Personnel and credits |
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