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Motörhead - On Parole (Expanded And Remastered)

10/27/2020

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​by GE 138.

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     I've forgotten just how bad this record really is. 😅 For a third generation ZZ Top soundalike knockoff record it's pretty good, but for a Motörhead record? It's pretty bad. Recorded with the original lineup, pre Philthy and "Fast" Eddie even, and produced by Dave Edmonds, this was the first Motörhead recording ever made back in 1975, a recording that was rejected by their record label at the time as not being commercially viable, which is a funny thought listening to it now, and although most of this stuff ended up being recorded much better and much, much faster on the first self titled Motörhead album released in 1977, but it's still kind of cool to hear what the songs sounded like originally before they got revved up and punked out and unleashed to the world on that first Motörhead album.
     This record was released as a cash in, put out years later after the success of Overkill and Bomber, and this is strictly a 'for completists nerds only' kind of release, but for what it's worth, it sounds killer but it is definitely more of a Rock and Roll release than a Punk one, that's for sure. Songs like Vibrator, City Kids, and the title track sound like they'd be more at home on a ZZ Top or Rockpile record, and future classics like Iron Horse and Motörhead give terrifying glimpses into the monster band that Motörhead would become years later. Released as part of that stupid Record Store Day thing, this release has been remastered and fleshed out with alternative takes and demo versions of a majority of the 9 songs that originally made up the album. New cover, new mix, same old spirit of Rock and Roll shining through like it does on every Motörhead album. This might not be the first Motörhead album you reach for when you need your Motörhead fix, but it has it's place in the Motörhead musical canon, that's for sure. A small piece, but a piece nonetheless. 


Available from Parlophone Records. I'm sure it's available digitally everywhere but I'm too lazy to list them and it's really not that good of an album, so go listen to something else by Motörhead instead, something good! 
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