On Parole
Motorhead
Caroline, 2007
1 CD
Catalogue #: SI901611
EAN: 0724385479427
UPC: 724385479427
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Personnel: Lemmy (vocals, bass); Larry Wallis (guitar); Phil Taylor (drums).
Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales.
Released in the Netherlands, this 2003 collection features alternate takes.
Along with such bands as the Who, the Sex Pistols, and the Stooges, legendary British heavy metal outfit Motorhead have been the subject of numerous collections of rarities over the years. Often the same songs are repackaged under different album titles (usually without the band having any involvement whatsoever).
But Motorhead's 1979 release, ON PAROLE, was the very first such collection in a soon to be long line. The 1997 CD reissue beefed up the tracklisting to a total of 13 tracks (originally ON PAROLE was only nine tracks long), highlights being the early anthem "Motorhead," plus "Watcher," "Iron Horse/Born to Lose," "Lost Johnny," and "Leaving Here." Although the material has been made available many times in different configurations over the years, ON PAROLE is still a highly effective collection of uncommon early Motorhead tracks.
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Motorhead
After he departed Hawkwind in the mid-1970s, bassist/gravel-voiced singer Lemmy formed the hard-rocking Motorhead. Referred to by punk rockers as "the only metal band that matters," the rowdy trio was one of the leaders of the early-'80s New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, and an important influence on future thrash and speed metal bands.
