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.