Nö Sleep at All

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Nö Sleep At All
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Live album by Motörhead
Released October 15, 1988
Recorded July 2, 1988
Hämeenlinna "Giants of Rock" Festival, Finland
Genre Heavy Metal
Length 51:37
Label GWR
Producer Motörhead and Guy Bidmead
Professional reviews
Motörhead chronology
Rock 'n' Roll
(1987)		 Nö Sleep At All
(1988)		 1916
(1991)

Nö Sleep At All is Motörhead's second official live album, the first being No Sleep 'til Hammersmith, released in 1981. It was recorded on July 2, 1988 at a Giants of Rock Festival performance in Hämeenlinna, Finland.

Würzel is quoted in the insert of the re-mastered CD release, saying; "A lot of fans were saying that they want to hear this line-up on a live album. EVERYBODY seems to record at the Hammersmith Odeon don't they? Or the Fillmore East when that was going, or the Budokan and all those flash places. So we thought we'd do it in Finland".

EMI Greece pressed a 7" vinyl called "Live In Athens", featuring "Metropolis (Acropolis)", it was shrinkwrapped to the first 1,000 copies of the Nö Sleep At All album. The songs had been taped for the Greek Antenna Metal Show, for which Lemmy retitled "Metropolis" to suit the occasion.[1]

Lemmy recalls that the album was a mistake and failed sales-wise, he considers it to be 'all right' but thinks it could have been better,[2] explaining:

we had Guy Bidmead mix it because we wanted to give him another try, mainly because he had been Vic Maile's boy and Vic was a great live mixer. After that, I think we finally figured out that Guy just wasn't Vic Maile. Don't get me wrong, though — after all I've said about Guy, it was only 'cause he was taking orders from us. He was too nice! Vic knew when to tell us to shut the fuck up![2]

To promote the album the band engaged in a tour of the States, opening for Slayer.[2]

Contents

[edit] Track listing of original vinyl and cassette release

  1. "Doctor Rock" (Würzel, Phil Campbell, Pete Gill, Lemmy) – 3:17
  2. "Traitor" (Würzel, Campbell, Lemmy, Phil Taylor) – 2:40
  3. "Dogs" (Würzel, Campbell, Lemmy, Taylor) – 3:24
  4. "Ace of Spades" (Eddie Clarke, Lemmy, Taylor) – 2:51
  5. "Eat the Rich" (Würzel, Campbell, Lemmy, Taylor) – 4:34
  6. "Built for Speed" (Würzel, Campbell, Pete Gill, Lemmy) – 4:56
  7. "Deaf Forever" (Würzel, Campbell, Gill, Lemmy) – 4:02
  8. "Just 'cos You Got the Power" (Würzel, Campbell, Lemmy, Taylor) – 7:28
  9. "Killed by Death" (Würzel, Campbell, Gill, Lemmy) – 5:58
  10. "Overkill" (Clarke, Lemmy, Taylor) – 6:32

[edit] Track listing of original CD release

  1. "Doctor Rock" (Würzel, Campbell, Gill, Lemmy) – 3:17
  2. "Stay Clean" (Clarke, Lemmy, Taylor) – 2:37
  3. "Traitor" (Würzel, Campbell, Lemmy, Taylor) – 2:40
  4. "Metropolis" (Clarke, Lemmy, Taylor) – 3:18
  5. "Dogs" (Würzel, Campbell, Lemmy, Taylor) – 3:24
  6. "Ace of Spades" (Clarke, Lemmy, Taylor) – 2:51
  7. "Eat the Rich" (Würzel, Campbell, Lemmy, Taylor) – 4:34
  8. "Built for Speed" (Würzel, Campbell, Gill, Lemmy) – 4:56
  9. "Deaf Forever" (Würzel, Campbell, Gill, Lemmy) – 4:02
  10. "Just 'cos You Got the Power" (Würzel, Campbell, Lemmy, Taylor) – 7:28
  11. "Killed by Death" (Würzel, Campbell, Gill, Lemmy) – 5:58
  12. "Overkill" (Clarke, Lemmy, Taylor) – 6:32

The CD re-issues (on Essential and Sanctuary, each a subsidiary of Castle records - the re-issues are identical) claimed to have two 'bonus' tracks, 'Stay Clean' and 'Metropolis'. However, these were not bonus tracks to the original CD release (GWR GWCD 31 in the UK), the tracklisting of which is as above. Oddly, the reissues had the original vinyl and cassette running order and tacked the two tracks cut from those releases onto the end of the CD.

[edit] Credits

  • Recorded in Finland at the Hämeenlinna "Giants of Rock Festival"
  • Produced by Motörhead and Guy Bidmead
  • Assisted by Richard Dowling and Steve Orchard
  • Mixed at PRT Studios, London, UK
  • Photography by Ray Palmer
  • Design by John F McGill

[edit] References

  1. ^ Burridge, Alan; Mick Stevenson (July 1993). "Motörhead". Record Collector (167): 72. 
  2. ^ a b c Kilmister, Ian and Garza, Janiss White Line Fever (2002) — Simon & Schuster p. 211. ISBN 0-684-85868-1.

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