Motörhead upset over price of ‘Early Years’ box set
Motörhead loves when fans buy their records, but not this time. A new box set of 15CDs and a bonus vinyl 7″, called Complete Early Years Box Set, has been released by Sanctuary in the U.K., who apparently has the rights to the band’s early recordings, and they are charging over $600 (On Amazon U.S., it is “temporarily out of stock” as an import and a whopping $644.03, to be exact).
“Unfortunately greed once again rears its yapping head,” says Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister. “I would advise against it even for the most rabid completists!”
The set compiles all of the band’s pre-1984 releases, including singles and EPs, in a detailed Motorhead box.
Here’s the tracklist:
Disc 1 – Motörhead (1977)
Motörhead
Vibrator
Lost Johnny
Iron Horse / Born To Lose
White Line Fever
Keep Us On The Road
The Watcher
The Train Kept A-Rollin’
Disc 2 – Beer Drinkers And Hellraisers (1977)
Beer Drinkers And Hellraisers
On Parole
Instro
I’m Your Witchdoctor
Disc 3 – Overkill (1979)
Overkill
Stay Clean
(I Won’t) Pay Your Price
I’ll Be Your Sister
Capricorn
No Class
Damage Case
Tear Ya Down
Metropolis
Limb From Limb
Disc 4 – Louie Louie (1978)
Louie Louie
Tear Ya Down
Disc 5 – Bomber (1979)
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Lawman
Sweet Revenge
Sharpshooter
Poison
Stone Dead Forever
All The Aces
Step Down
Talking Head
Bomber
Disc 6 – Golden Years EP (1980)
Leaving Here (Live)
Stone Dead Forever (Live)
Dead Men Tell No Tales (Live)
Too Late Too Late (Live)
Disc 7 – Ace Of Spades (1980)
Ace Of Spades
Love Me Like A Reptile
Shoot You In The Back
Live To Win
Fast And Loose
(We Are) The Roadcrew
Fire Fire
Jailbait
Dance
Bite The Bullet
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
The Hammer
Disc 8 – St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (EP) (1980)
Please Don’t Touch
Emergency
Bomber
Disc 9 – No Sleep Till Hammersmith (1981)
Ace Of Spades
Stay Clean
Metropolis
The Hammer
Iron Horse – Born To Lose
No Class
Overkill
(We Are) The Roadcrew
Capricorn
Bomber
Motörhead
Disc 10 – Iron Fist (1982)
Iron Fist
Heart Of Stone
I’m The Doctor
Go To Hell
Loser
Sex And Outrage
America
Shut It Down
Speedfreak
(Don’t Let ‘Em) Grind You Down
(Don’t Need) No Religion
Bang To Rights
Disc 11 – Stand By Your Man EP (1982)
Stand By Your Man
No Class
Masterplan
Disc 12 – Another Perfect Day (1983)
Back At The Funny Farm
Shine
Dancing On Your Grave
Rock It
One Track Mind
Another Perfect Day
Marching Off To War
I Got Mine
Tales Of Glory
Die You Bastard!
Disc 13 – Shine (1983)
Shine
(I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (Live)
(Don’t Need) Religion (Live)
Disc 14 – No Remorse (1984): Parts 1 and 2
Ace Of Spades
Motörhead
Jailbait
Stay Clean
Too Late, Too Late
Killed By Death
Bomber
Iron Fist
Shine
Dancing On Your Grave
Metropolis
Snaggletooth
Overkill
Please Don’t Touch
Stone Dead Forever
Like A Nightmare
Emergency
Steal Your Face
Louie Louie
No Class
Iron Horse
(We Are) The Roadcrew
Leaving Here (Live)
Locomotive
Disc 15 – Killed By Death (1984)
Killed By Death
Under The Knife
Motörhead have no control over what’s done with these early songs, and claims that they don’t want fans to think that the band is involved in putting out such a costly box set.
Motörhead endorse another new record and DVD out. The CD is The Wörld Is Yours and DVD is The Wörld Is Ours-Vol 1 – Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else (read Powerline’s review here), and the band hopes fans will choose these new releases over the expensive box set.
I would pay a fortune just to have this albums from Motorhead!