40th Anniversary Deluxe 3LP Box Set!
The Most Necessary Live Album Of All Time!
Brand New Remaster From Original Tapes For Venue Demolishing Volume!
Includes A Newly Unearthed, Previously Unreleased Concert From the Short Sharp Pain In The Neck Tour!
Motörhead in 1981 was a band of extremes; a flammable mix of non-stop celebration over their rising success and punishing graft, underscored by an inter-band powder-keg dynamic. After recording Ace Of Spades, it had shot to number four in the UK; the killer breakthrough after Overkill and Bomber had done essential groundwork, late 1980's Ace Up Your Sleeve UK tour was a triumphant lap of honour that spilled into the recording of No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith. The album took its title from an inscription painted on one of the trucks, referencing the 32 gigs they were playing with only two days off. The track listing ended up featuring three tracks from Ace Of Spades, five from Overkill, Bomber's title track and two from their self-titled debut. Originally released on June 27, 1981, Lemmy is quoted as saying of it "I knew it'd be the live one that went best, because we're really a live band. You can't listen to a record and find out what we're about. You've got to see us."
Upon release No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith went straight to number one, their first and only in the UK and is still the most necessary live album of all time.
The No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith album; brand new remaster created from the original tapes. Pressed on vinyl as a triple album in a 20 page bookpack. Includes a live album of a newly unearthed, previously unreleased concert from the Short Sharp Pain In The Neck tour.
...what makes it all the more noteworthy - and more than simply a run-of-the-mill, gap-filling live album - is the performance: in a word, it's breakneck. Motörhead could do no wrong at this point in time, as they were laying the foundation for the coming thrash movement, in a way, and their winning streak continues here on No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith, one of the best live metal albums of all time.
Features
- 40th Anniversary
- 3LP Box Set
- Brand new remaster created from the original tapes
- Double live album of previously unreleased full concert recorded at City Hall, Newcastle on March 30, 1981
- Packaged in a 20-page bookpack
- The story of No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith, told through previously unpublished & new interviews with the people on the road at the time
- Never before seen photos & rare memorabilia
- Explicit Content
- Made in Czech Republic
Selections
Side A:
- Ace Of Spades
- Stay Clean
- Metropolis
- The Hammer
- Iron Horse
- No Class
Side B:
- Overkill
- (We Are) The Road Crew
- Capricorn
- Bomber
- Motorhead
Side C:
- Ace Of Spades (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- Stay Clean (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- Over The Top (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- Metropolis (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- Shoot You In The Back (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- The Hammer (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
Side D:
- Jailbait (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- Leaving Here (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- Iron Horse (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- Fire Fire (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
Side E:
- Capricorn (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- Too Late, Too Late (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- No Class (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- (We Are) The Road Crew (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
Side F:
- Bite The Bullet (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- The Chase Is Better Than The Catch (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- Overkill (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- Bomber (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)
- Motorhead (Live at Newcastle City Hall, March 30, 1981)