Another Perfect Day -- 40 years in Patches

 

The War of 1916

 The War of 1916.

 Before we get into the meat of this story, we have to take a quick background trip through history. to 1812 and the assassination  of  Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the spark that set off  world war one.

   Austria-Hungary, with German encouragement, declared war on Serbia on 28 July. Russia's support of Serbia brought France into the conflict. Germany declared war on Russia on 1 August and France on 3 August.

Fast forward to 1991, enter our heroes, Motorhead, release their 16th album "1916" -- A fucking bombshell of music not to be trifled with. And gorgeous artwork to boot! But wait, something is amiss. Decorated with all of the flags of the countries who were part of the war. All except France! Which Lemmy was quick to bring to light.. 

 THE FUCKING FRENCH FLAG WAS NOWHERE ON THE FUCKING ALBUM!!! This sent Lemmy into a frenzy of outrage. until...

Enter Philly Lamf and it is his words that follow: 

 "Ah, the ‘1916’ artwork saga…… it still brings me out in night sweats thinking back to it! As I recently had to go clear out my old Storage Unit, I found a few bits that I thought had been long-lost, but there they are, so to clear out the mildew in my old brain cells, it went something like this…… Lem loved the work I’d one on the reissue of the earlier Motorhead stuff. Over a stiff drink or three after a show, he told me (again) how pissed off he was with Sony and their artwork for the 1916 album. ‘How the fu*k can you have an album about the horrors of the Somme without the French flag on it?!’ I got my thinking cap on. I contacted Sony to see about licensing the album. I had three different artists come up with a re-imagining of the sleeve. It looked like a done deal. I recall we even had some promo posters printed. Done deal…. Or so I thought. Then Sony got in touch again. Apparently, there was another UK label that had first refusal on vinyl reissues of Sony back-catalogue. This was at the time when Vinyl had supposedly ‘died’, remember, so Sony weren’t interested in doing it themselves. Anyhoo, it wasn’t all bad news, as I knew the owner of the label that had first dibs, Pure Pleasure. I knew their mastering (Ray Staff, legendary Master Engineer) and pressing (Pallas, Germany, the greatest pressing plant in Europe) was the best in the business, so ‘happy days’! I offered them the revised artwork (for free), but one stumbling block – they told me Sony wouldn’t allow ANY change of front cover. Wouldn’t budge. Bummed out. So me (and my trusty interns) got to work thinking of ways around the problem. I did manage to get my sleeve notes into the inner packaging of the reissues. Ultimately, it led to the ‘Art Print’ edition, limited to 150 copies and only available through DJB mailorder. We tried different card stocks, and different styles of printing. It was either going to be over-priced, so nobody would buy it, or I was going to have to lose money. It was important to Lem, it was important to me, so the 150 copies was a nice compromise to allow it to happen, albeit on a small scale, and whereby I’d only lose a little. I was worried at the time that when we launched it on the website, it wouldn’t sell, so we’d prepared ‘Promo Packs’ to send out to the press to get some interest, but the 7”s for the packs were delayed (!!!!), so by the time we launched it, it sold out overnight so the promo packs weren’t needed. They just got boxed up and lost in the chaos that was the DJB racking. I do remember the promo 7” (of the ‘Almost 1916’ promo interview) caused me a whole bunch of headaches. I know we had around 30 made - Lem got 1, I got 1, 5 went with the promo pack LPS and the other 10 or so were produced for f*k knows what reason!), and had to have them made at a dubplate plant – who had no idea how to etch catalog numbers– why would they, they normally did one-off 12”s for shit*y dance music DJs, and tried to push us into changing from 12” to 7”! – their first attempt, they etched the catalog number into the body of the f**king 7”! Aaaargh. After my near-coronary, they did it properly after that! Anyhoo, I found a few of each oddity, and also a pile of proof prints that had been printed on costlier stock, but which we’d had to reject because of the price. Also found a few of the press releases that had both sets of artwork on – these are slightly different to the ones that came with the PP test pressings. There ya go, there it is, the ‘1916’ artwork saga. Somewhere, in the mists of time, I remember the original artwork for this being on a 3’ x 3’ canvas, as well as a digital file."  

There you have it. If you were lucky enough to own one of these pieces of gold as it was a first come first serve situation, you were at the right place at the right time! I was lucky enough to score a 7", but promo packs, at the time they came to market, were snatched up like piranha feast. the total I think comes out to 20 or so the 7", and only 5 (!!!) lucky bastards got the promo pack

Ahhhhh... to be a collector

The Promo pack #3

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The Boys Of Ladbroke Grove

 

The Boys Of Ladbroke Grove compilation 

A mix-up of a bunch of stuff from all over from Pink Fairies to HeadCat,.. .

A unique compilation that tells the story of two rock legends from a small West London neighborhood called Ladbroke Grove, metal icon Lemmy Kilmister and guitar renegade Larry Wallis!

• Features the essential family tree of bands and projects from Kilmister and Wallis including Motörhead, Pink Fairies, and The Head Cat plus brand new mixes of solo tracks by psychobilly heroes The Brains that have never before appeared on physical media!

• Packaged with loads of photos and detailed liner notes tracing the remarkable history of these two pivotal figures!

Now Available on clear, blue , red marlbled or haze splatter vinyl

Genre:	Rock
Style:	Hard Rock, Rock & Roll
Year:

Tracklist

	Lemmy & The Upsetters–	Paradise (The Brains Mix)
	Motörhead–	Keep Us On The Road (The Brains Mix)
	Larry Wallis–	Police Car
	The Pink Fairies–	Lone Wolf
	Lemmy–	Shout It Out Loud
	Larry Wallis–	Crying All Night
	The Head Cat–	Good Rockin’ Tonight (Alt Take)
	Motörhead–	On Parole (The Brains Mix)
	Lemmy–	Twist & Shout
	Larry Wallis–	Leather Forever (The Brains Mix)
	Lemmy & The Upsetters–	Blue Suede Shoes
	Larry Wallis–	I Think It’s Coming Back Again
	Larry Wallis–	Old Enough To Know Better
	The Head Cat–	Stuck On You

"Smoke on the water"

black

 "We ALL WENT DOWN TO MONTREUX  by the Lake Geneva shoreline"

Well, this time the fire in the sky was made by was the blistering sounds of MOTORHEAD.  

and "The set played this night would be the sounds of:

“ Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival 07” 

• Snaggletooth.
• Stay Clean.
• Be My Baby.
• Killers.
• Metropolis.
• Over The Top.
• One Night Stand.
• I Got Mine         

• Pressed on black vinyl as a double album in a gatefold. Includes the full live show recorded on 7th July 2007 as part of the Montreux Jazz Festival and released for the first time ever. 

  Motörhead loved playing live and never ever judged their audiences. Everyone was encouraged, all were welcome. And that included people who like jazz! So when the Montreux Festival called requesting them, it made perfect sense in its own, unique way. ‘Tis worth noting, too, that the Festival has always been about stepping beyond the boundaries of that ‘J’ word, and embracing unique artists of all genres, styles and sensibilities, the only true consistent requirement being that they represent the best and most adventurous of their ilks. This now legendary performance from 2007 is now released to the world in all its greasy-biker glory and includes the first official release of their cover of Thin Lizzy’s, ‘Rosalie’.
  
  

  PREORDER: This item is currently on pre-order and will begin shipping after the street date of June 16, 2023.  All other items purchased with this item will be held until that time. Items will not ship separat

Lemmy bust

Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY BAD MAGIC Boxset

 Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY Bad Magic enjoys a bonus-packed refresh, adding two previously unreleased tracks from those furious sessions:

“Bullet in Your Brain”and “Greedy Bastards” as well as a snarling, fangs-out live performance from that subsequent tour at the giant Fuji Rock Festival in Japan in 2015.

Fans will also get “War, Love, Death and Injustice”, an audio interview with Lemmy conducted by Motörhead expert Robert Kiewik during the tour, and should the desire to have a chat with Lem or anyone beyond this mortal coil arise, the box-set will exclusively contain a MURDER ONE ouija board (complete with the Ace of Spades planchette to spell out the conversation).

As the title says, that is some SERIOUS BAD MAGIC!

- Double CD of “Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY BAD MAGIC” including bonus CD of “Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 - Sayonara Folks!”:

1. Victory Or Die
2. Thunder & Lightning
3. Fire Storm Hotel
4. Shoot Out All of Your Lights
5. The Devil
6. Electricity
7. Evil Eye
8. Teach Them How To Bleed
9. Till The End
10. Tell Me Who To Kill
11. Choking On Your Screams
12. When The Sky Comes Looking For You
13. Sympathy For The Devil
14. Heroes
15. Bullet In Your Brain
16. Greedy Bastards

Bonus Disc:
1. We Are Motörhead (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
2. Damage Case (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
3. Stay Clean (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
4. Metropolis (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
5. Over the Top (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
6. String Theory (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
7. The Chase is Better Than the Catch (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
8. Rock It (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
9. Lost Woman Blues (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
10. Doctor Rock (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
11. Just ‘Cos You Got the Power (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
12. Going to Brazil (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
13. Ace of Spades (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)
14. Overkill (Live at Mt Fuji Rock Festival 2015 – Sayonara Folks!)

- Double Vinyl of “Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY BAD MAGIC”:

Disc 1
1A. Victory Or Die
2A. Thunder & Lightning
3A. Fire Storm Hotel
4A. Shoot Out All of Your Lights
1B. The Devil
2B. Electricity
3B. Evil Eye
4B. Teach Them How To Bleed
5B. Till The End

Disc 2
1A. Tell Me Who To Kill
2A. Choking On Your Screams
3A. When The Sky Comes Looking For You
4A. Sympathy For The Devil
1B. Heroes
2B. Bullet In Your Brain
3B. Greedy Bastards

- 12” vinyl of “Lemmy – War, Love, Death and Injustice” (audio interview)
Side A – Part 1 / Running Time: 14:50
Side B – Part 2 / Running Time: 15:30

Lemmy action figure "Classic era"

 Everything Louder Than Everything Else!  The latest 7” scale ULTIMATES! Figure immortalizes heavy metal legend Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister of Motörhead! The Lemmy ULTIMATES! Figure captures his iconic 1980s era with lavish paint, details, and details to recreate his larger than life personality and attitude. It comes packaged in a deluxe slipcase-style collectors box and features a badass assortment of interchangeable accessories

 

 

LIVE

.... The next two instalments of the "Lost Tapes" Series on colored vinyl:

Metal Edge bust out some cool shits

REVOLVER x MOTÖRHEAD: MOTÖRHEAD SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION

THREE MAGS FOR INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE

“We are Motörhead and we play rock & roll” — this was the favorite refrain used by their late frontman Lemmy Kilmister to kick off the band’s notoriously rowdy live shows. Across five decades — from their 1977 self-titled debut to 2015 finale Bad Magic — Lemmy and Company tirelessly lived up to the declaration, delivering, year after year, their unique brand of speed-laced heavy metal with maximum volume and gritty outlaw-punk attitude

Revolver is celebrating Motörhead’s exceptional career with a new Motörhead: Revolver Special Collector’s Edition issue. It tells the complete story of the British icons — from their raucous London origins and triumphant Ace of Spades era to Lemmy’s early Nineties move to Hollywood’s Sunset Strip and eventual death in 2015 — through classic and new interviews with singer-bassist Lemmy, guitarist Phil Campbell, drummer Mikkey Dee and more. This 100-page deluxe magazine also features commentary by famous fans including Rob Halford, Max Cavalera, Slash, Ice-T, Kat Von D and more. Thicker than a standard issue of Revolver, the collectible magazine features embossed type and UV coating on its cover, as well as all-access photography throughout.

The Motörhead: Revolver Special Collector’s Edition issue comes with three alternate covers — a Lemmy solo portrait, a classic live Lemmy, and the longstanding, final band lineup. The cover you select is the one you will receive. The issue is strictly limited, so order yours today!

Limited Edition one-time printing.

The options are as follows: $16 per issue. OR the special collectors box that houses all three mags is going to set you back $59 plus shipping and as you predicted there's a Die-Hard version / bundle.

  This Motörhead bundle is for the diehards — it includes both collector boxes with Revolver Collection branding and much more.

The LP box set exclusive features five classic albums from the group newly pressed to colored vinyl and packaged in a numbered durable, leather-like collector’s slipcase with a gold foil Snaggletooth logo on the front: Overkill on “clear with blue and yellow swirls,” Bomber on “clear with silver and orange swirls,” Ace of Spades on “clear with cream and blue swirls,” No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith on “clear with copper and black swirls” and Sacrifice on “clear with orange and black swirls.”

Motörhead: Revolver Special Collector’s Edition issue comes with three alternate covers — a Lemmy solo portrait, a classic live Lemmy, and the longstanding, final band lineup. This diehard bundle includes all three editions in a durable, leather-like numbered collector’s slipcase with a gold foil Snaggletooth on the front.

Plus, this bundle includes three pieces of limited-edition merch only available here — a hat, long sleeve shirt and Snaggletooth slipmat.

Revolver is celebrating Motörhead’s exceptional career with a new Motörhead: Revolver Special Collector’s Edition issue. It tells the complete story of the British icons — from their raucous London origins and triumphant Ace of Spades era to Lemmy’s early Nineties move to Hollywood’s Sunset Strip and eventual death in 2015 — through classic and new interviews with singer-bassist Lemmy, guitarist Phil Campbell, drummer Mikkey Dee and more. This 100-page deluxe magazine also features commentary by famous fans including Rob Halford, Max Cavalera, Slash, Ice-T, Kat Von D and more. Thicker than a standard issue of Revolver, the collectible magazine features embossed type and UV coating on its cover, as well as all-access photography throughout.

We’ll also throw in a one-year membership to Revolver magazine (starting with the next issue). 

It’s limited to 200 worldwide — so order yours today!

it's $300.00 plus shipping

Order Here

Tales of Glory - LIVE L'amour New York August 10, 1983 FM Broadcast

 Same recording as the King Biscuit Flour Hour. First time on LP