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Presenting the one thousandth Motorhead live album. A compilation of Motorhead performances (most taken from the first tour). Mostly these arealready available by other tiny record companies in their entiretly (though I didn't really have time to play back-to-back tracks with 'Blitzkrieg On Birmingham 77' and 'Lock Up Your Daughters' to figure out which track comes from where). But what's cool is that this is put together by the great audiophile label DCC Compact Classics, so all these tracks are in the optimum sound quality. So, while they aren't neccessarily 'new' (or even new old tracks) you won't find them anywhere else sounding this good.
Like most Motorhead re-issue CDs, the inner sleeve of the CD tells you nothing about the recordings (where were they recorded, when, or anything), just features yet another re-hash of the band's story (Lemmy started out in Hawkwind, etc.) up to the present-day. That is getting really tired - there must be at least forty unauthorized CDs, imports, re-releases, compilations, and other sorts of rehashes the band has no input on. Next time, how about some cool photos inside the booklet instead. The only picture here is circa 1991 and looks silly (but then I'm a fanatic - the average person couldn't tell Lemmy in 1991 from Lemmy in 1975 from Lemmy in 1999).
The performances here are very good, if a little uninspired (they don't sound like they know they're being recorded for posterity). It - like the recordings these are culled from - are mainly interesting to hear the 'classic' line-up of Lemmy, Eddie, and Phil in their early stage playing a lot of great songs Motorhead don't play anymore (and probably never will again) like "White Line Fever," "I'm Your Witch Doctor," "Iron Horse/Born To Lose" and their then-anthem "Motorhead" (which Lemmy once told me personally that he doesn't like anymore). Great record for the fans, but not a great introduction for the uninitiated.
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