Thursday, November 26, 2015

The First Single... (a Warpig is born)

The first single from Motorhead is aptly titled, Motorhead. With the song "Motorhead" as the A-side of the single. (it all seems so simple, doesn't it! Don't get ahead of yourself..) The B-side being "City Kids", the Larry Wallis penned song that they recorded in their first sessions, which consisted of mostly covers. That is, songs re-recorded by those members who wrote and released them from their prior bands respectively. The single was released as a 7" & 12" simultaneously, which at the time was a new format and therefore, the single ended up the first rock record released as such. Nothin' like setting trends right out of the gate!
Chiswick S13 - 12"
Chiswick/Barclay - 640123

  • Chiswick Records NS13, S13 - U.K. 7" - 1977
  • Chiswick Records S13 - U.K. 12" - 1977
  • Chiswick Records S13 - U.K. 12" (Ltd. White) - 1977
  • Chiswick Records S13 - U.K. 7" - 1977
  • Chiswick Records, Barclay 640123 - France - 1977
  • Chiswick Records NSP13 - U.K. 7" (PicDisc)- 1977
  • Big Beat Records NS13 - U.K. 7" (Orange) - 1979
  • Big Beat Records NS13 - U.K. 7" (RE, Blue) - 1979
  • Big Beat Records NS13 - U.K. 7" (RE, Pink) - 1979
  • Big Beat Records NS13 - Europe 7" (RE) - 1979
  • Big Beat Records NS13 - U.K. 7" (RE, White) 1979
  • Chiswick Records NSP13 - U.K 7" (Pic, Blue) - 1979
  • Chiswick Records NSP13 - U.K 7" (Pic, Black) - 1979
  • Big Beat Records NS13 - U.K. 7" (Label Variation) - 1979
    Chiswick NSP - 13 (Blue)
  • Movieplay 02.3130/7 - Spain 7" - 1981
  • Chiswick Records S13 U.K. (RE)7" - 2006
  • Chiswick Records S13 U.K. (RE) 12" - 2006
  • Barclay Records 640.123 France (RE) - 2006
This list should be taken in general. Having exhausted all my usual resources, there's a good chance that I've missed something along the way. As always, when in doubt, just spend some time and do you own research. This should be enough to get you started anyway.


Movieplay - 02.3130/7 - Spain




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