Cassette tapes. Remember those? Those things with the dual spools and loads of wide brown plastic recording string that’d occasionally unravel and hang out of the shell, requiring a pencil and firm wrist to spin back into place?
Yeah, well, once upon a time, old-school sound systems contained cassette decks for the express purpose of recording shows, and these “cassette” things were a standard part of every tour. Motörhead were certainly no exception, recording show after show. They contain gold, pure aural gold, and had for many years sat hundreds of feet underground in a small cave Lemmy owned, guarded by small, hairy centurions in Roman armour with small spears and bad attitudes.
Only the magic password would release them, and thankfully, Lem had scribbled it down and left it inside an old sketch book for us. There were loads of the dirty, dusty, greasy little buggers gathered, with the likes of Malmö, Madrid, Heilbronn and Norwich scrawled in biro on the tiny labels alongside a date…and thus we started to make available this unique collection of live gems via carefully digitized transfers, in a series of releases titled The Löst Tapes.
To date five concerts from these tape cassette documents of Motörhead’s ear splitting live performances from across the decades have been released digitally, with volumes 1 to 4 also receiving limited edition vinyl editions. Now, due to overwhelming demand the collection of volumes 1 to 5 will now be available as a CD box set collection from February 23rd, with the latest volume 5 also pressed on vinyl.
See below for full details of the The Löst Tapes releases and be sure to visit www.iMotorhead.com for news and updates!
TRACKLISTING
| Volume 1 : Live at Sala Aqualung, Madrid, 1st June 1995 Ace of SpadesSex and DeathOver Your ShoulderI’m so Bad (Baby I Don’t Care)MetropolisOn Your Feet or On Your KneesLiarStay CleanBurnerOrgasmatronDog Face BoyBorn to Raise HellNothing Up My SleeveLost in the OzoneThe One to Sing the BluesYou Better RunSacrificeGoing to BrazilKilled by DeathSilver MachineIron FistOverkill | Volume 2 : Live at University of East Anglia, Norwich, 18th October 1998 BomberNo ClassI’m so Bad (Baby I Don’t Care)Over Your ShoulderCivil WarTake the BlameThe Chase Is Better Than the CatchNothing Up My SleeveBorn to Raise HellShineLove for SaleDead Men Tell No TalesSacrificeToo Late Too LateOrgasmatronStone Dead ForeverGoing to BrazilKilled by DeathIron FistAce of SpadesOverkill |
| Volume 3 : Live at KB Hallen, Malmö, 17th November 2000 We Are MotörheadBomberNo ClassI’m so Bad (Baby I Don’t Care)Over Your ShoulderCivil WarMetropolisShoot You in the BackGod Save the QueenBorn to Raise HellStay Out of JailDamage CaseSacrificeOrgasmatronLemmy Bass SoloGoing to BrazilBrokenIron FistKilled by DeathAce of SpadesOverkillWe Are Motörhead | Volume 4 : Live at Sporthalle, Heilbronn, 29th December 1984 Iron FistStay CleanHeart of StoneThe HammerMetropolisShoot You in the BackJailbaitKilled by DeathAce of SpadesSteal Your FaceNothing Up My SleeveRoad Crew Introduction – Adrian(We Are) The Road CrewBite the BulletThe Chase Is Better Than the CatchNo ClassMotörheadBomberOverkillIron FistStay Clean |
Volume 5 : Live at Download Festival, Donington, England, June 13, 2008 (Also releasing on double LP)
| Doctor Rock |
| Stay Clean |
| Be My Baby |
| Killers |
| Metropolis |
| Over the Top |
| One Night Stand |
| Rosalie |
| In the Name of Tragedy |
| Just ‘Cos You Got the Power |
| Going to Brazil |
| Killed by Death |
| Ace of Spades |
| Overkill |
Release Date – 23rd Feb