Motörhead's current series of live recordings, The lost tapes, is collected in a new eight-CD box set arriving on February 23rd. Also, a fifth volume in the series, Live at Donington Download Fest '08has been announced as part of the box set and as a standalone vinyl release.
Motörhead camp opened The lost tapes series in 2021, restoring previously unreleased Motörhead concert recordings obtained from cassette tapes discovered in the archives of the late Lemmy Kilmister.
“[Cassettes] “They were a standard part of every tour… Motörhead was certainly no exception, recording show after show,” reads the press release for the box set. “They contain gold, pure auditory gold, and for many years they were hundreds of feet underground in a small cave owned by Lemmy, guarded by little furry centurions with Roman armor, small spears, and bad attitudes. Only the magic password would free them, and luckily, Lem had scribbled it down and left it inside an old sketchbook for us.”
“There were a lot of dirty, dusty, greasy tapes,” according to the press release, which were then made available through “carefully digitized transfers.”
The CD case contains the recently announced fifth volume (Live at Donington Download Fest '08) as well as the four previous volumes, which were originally released on vinyl and digitally: Living in Madrid 1995; Living in Norwich 1998; Living in Malmö 2000; and Living in Heilbronn 1984.
The lost tapes The CD box set arrives on February 23 and can be pre-ordered here. Meanwhile, the independent vinyl release of Live at Donington Download Fest '08 It also comes out on February 23 and can be pre-ordered here.
You can see the track listing for the CD box set below.
The lost tapes CD Case Set Illustrations:
The lost tapes CD Box Set Track Listing:
Volume 1: Live at the Sala Aqualung, Madrid, June 1, 1995
01. Ace of spades
02. Sex and death
03. On your shoulder
04. I'm so bad (Baby, I don't care)
05. Metropolis
06. Standing or kneeling
07. Liar
08. Stay clean
09. Burner
10. Orgasmatron
11. Boy with a dog face
12. Born to cause hell
13. Nothing up your sleeve
14. Lost in the ozone
15. The one who sings the blues
16. You better run
17. Sacrifice
18. Go to Brazil
19. Killed by death
20. Silver machine
21. Iron Fist
22. Excess
Volume 2: Live at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, 18 October 1998:
01. Bomber
02. No class
03. I'm so bad (Baby, I don't care)
04. On your shoulder
05. Civil War
06. Take the blame
07. The chase is better than the capture
08. Nothing up your sleeve
09. Born to cause hell
10. Brightness
11. Love for sale
12. Dead men tell no tales
13. Sacrifice
14. Too late, too late
15. Orgasmatron
16. Stone dead forever
17. Go to Brazil
18. Killed by death
19. Iron Fist
20. Ace of Swords
21. Excess
Volume 3: Live at KB Hallen, Malmö, November 17, 2000 :
01. We are Motörhead
02. Bomber
03. No class
04. I'm so bad (baby, I don't care)
05. On your shoulder
06. Civil War
07. Metropolis
08. Shoot yourself in the back
09. 01. God save the queen
10. Born to cause hell
11. Stay out of jail
12. Damage case
13. Sacrifice
14. Orgasmatron
15. Lemmy Bass Solo
16. Go to Brazil
17. broken
18. Iron Fist
19. Killed by death
20. Ace of Swords
21. Excess
22. We are Motörhead
Volume 4: Live at Sporthalle, Heilbronn, December 29, 1984:
01. Iron Fist
02. Stay clean
03. Heart of Stone
04. The Hammer
05. Metropolis
06. Shoot yourself in the back
07. jail bait
08. Killed by death
09. Ace of spades
10. Steal your face
11. Nothing up your sleeve
12. Road Team Introduction: Adrian
13. (We are) the road team
14. Bite the bullet
15. The chase is better than the capture
16. No class
17. Motorhead
18. Bomber
19. Excess
20. Iron Fist
21. Stay clean
Volume 5: Live at Download Festival, Donington, England, June 13, 2008:
01. Doctor Rock
02. Stay clean
03. Be my baby
04. Assassins
05. Metropolis
06. Above all
07. An adventure at night
08. rosalía
09. In the name of tragedy
10. Just because you have the power
11. Go to Brazil
12. Killed by death
13. Ace of Swords
14. Excess
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