Post subject: [2020-11-20] Motorhead "Ace Of Spades" 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Box Set / 2CD versions (BMG)
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In recognition of the 40th anniversary of their most famous album, Motorhead are preparing special vinyl reissues of Ace of Spades that will arrive on Oct. 30.
The Super Deluxe edition adds a host of musical goodies to a new, half-speed master made from the original tapes. This includes two full and previously unreleased concerts from the period - the March 5, 1981, show from Parc Expo in Orleans, France, and the Dec. 23, 1981, set at Whitla Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The set also includes nine instrumental demos on a 10" EP; alternate versions and other rarities; a DVD of TV appearances and the Belfast show; and a limited-edition replica of the Dutch 45 of "Ace of Spades."
Housed inside its wooden box are a 40-page book with photos, memorabilia and interviews; a gambling set comprised of a Hold 'Em mat, casino chips, playing cards and five poker dice; a program from the Ace Up Your Sleeve tour; a Rock Commando comic book; and two shot glasses.
The Deluxe edition contains all the music but removes the mat, chips and cards. A two-CD set that adds the Belfast show and the book is also available. You can check out all the merchandise bundles and pre-order them at Motorhead's web store.
Released in November 1980, Ace of Spades became Motorhead's highest-charting studio album in the U.K., where it reached No. 4; the live No Sleep 'til Hammersmith topped the chart a year later. The record's success was bolstered by the title track, which reached No. 15 on the British pop chart.
Post subject: [2020-11-20] Motorhead "Ace Of Spades" 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Box Set / 2CD versions (BMG)
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 12:14 am
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From rollingstone.com:
Motörhead’s commercial breakthrough, Ace of Spades, will be the subject of a massive reissue this fall with two previously unreleased live albums and a clutch of alternate versions of the album’s songs. The group is previewing the collection with a previously unheard, gritty live version of the ripping title track recorded at Belfast’s Whitla Hall in December 1981.
The box set, which comes out on October 30th, features a collection of instrumental demos, B-sides, outtakes and alternative versions. Some of the material came out on various reissues, but the live albums are previously unreleased. Those include the Whitla Hall gig and a March 1981 show recorded in Orleans. It also includes a DVD with footage of Motörhead on TV at the time, their appearances on the BBC and a 5.1 audio mix of Ace of Spades.
The deluxe box set will also include the OG album, which has been half-speed mastered from the original tapes, a 40-page book with previously unpublished interviews and photos, the Ace Up Your Sleeve tour book, a comic and a reproduction of the Dutch seven-inch for “Ace of Spades.” It also contains five poker dice, which can be used for a board game printed on the inner lid.
Motörhead will also release a hardback, two-CD set, and a triple-LP version of the reissue that features one of the concerts.
“It’s still very popular,” Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister said of the song “Ace of Spades” in a 2016 Rolling Stone interview. “When we do it onstage, everyone loves it. But when we wrote it, we were just doing an album. It’s just fucking another song. … I was surprised when the song took off. It’s no better than all the others.”
The reissue is similar to last year’s 1979 collection, which collected the trio’s Overkill and Bomber albums along with all of the attendant material from that time. “It’s not a total 360 view of the band that year … but it’s holistic enough to show how and why they became one of the most important forces in hard rock, inspiring Metallica, Ramones, Mudhoney and the black-metal group Immortal, among countless others,” Rolling Stone wrote upon its release.
Ace of Spades Box Set Tracklist:
LP One: Ace of Spades (original album)
Side One
“Ace of Spades” “Love Me Like a Reptile” “Shoot You in the Back” “Live to Win” “Fast and Loose” “(We Are) the Road Crew”
Side Two
“Fire Fire” “Jailbait” “Dance” “Bite the Bullet” “The Chase Is Better Than the Catch” “The Hammer”
LP Two: a Fistful of Instrumentals
Side One
“Ace of Spades” (demo) “Hump on Your Back” (demo) “Shoot You in the Back” (demo) “Fast and Loose” (demo)
Side Two
“Dirty Love” (demo) “Love Me Like a Reptile” (demo) “Dance” (demo)
LP Three: Riders Wearing Black: Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, December 23rd, 1981
Side One
“Ace of Spades” “Stay Clean” “Over the Top” “The Hammer” “Shoot You in the Back” “Metropolis”
Side Two
“(We Are) the Road Crew” “No Class” “Bite the Bullet” “The Chase Is Better Than the Catch”
Side Three
“Jailbait” “Leaving Here” “Capricorn” “Too Late, Too Late”
Side Four
“Overkill” “Bomber” “Motörhead”
LP Four: Dead Man’s Hand, Live at Parc Expo, Orleans, March 5th, 1981
Side One
“Ace of Spades” “Stay Clean” “Over the Top” “Metropolis” “Shoot You in the Back”
Side Two
“The Hammer” “Jailbait” “Leaving Here” “Fire Fire” “Love Me Like a Reptile”
Side Three
“Capricorn” “Too Late, Too Late” “(We Are) the Road Crew” “No Class”
Side Four
“Bite the Bullet” “The Chase Is Better Than the Catch” “Overkill” “Bomber”
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