What's Words Worth?

What's Words Worth?
Live album by Motörhead
Released 5 March 1983
Recorded 18 February 1978, The Roundhouse
Genre Heavy metal
Length 35:24
Label Big Beat Records
Motörhead chronology

Stand by Your Man (EP)
(1982)		 What's Words Worth?
(1983)		 Another Perfect Day
(1983)

What's Words Worth? is a Motörhead live album recorded in 1978 but not released until 1983.

History

Wilko Johnson organised a charity event on 18 February 1978 at The Roundhouse to raise money to help preserve some William Wordsworth manuscripts. The Count Bishops and Motörhead were also on the bill, but for contractual reasons Motörhead needed to perform under another name. Lemmy came up with the name Iron Fist and the Hordes from Hell, part of which would later be used for the name of a studio album. During this performance Mick Farren joined them onstage for a version of "Lost Johnny".[1]

Chiswick Records boss Ted Carroll organised the Rolling Stones mobile truck to record the event, and later released the album through his Big Beat Records label in 1983 (NED 2).[2] Since then it has been re-released with other titles and/or other sleeves, amongst others as "The Watcher" in Canada, "City Kids", "Live, Loud and Lewd" and "Iron Fist and the Hordes from Hell".[3]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "The Watcher" (Lemmy Kilmister) 4:01
2. "Iron Horse/Born to Lose" (Phil Taylor, Derek Brown, Guy Lawrence) 4:55
3. "On Parole" (Larry Wallis) 5:12
4. "White Line Fever" (Eddie Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) 2:33
5. "Keep Us on the Road" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor, Mick Farren) 5:25
6. "Leaving Here" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland) 3:12
7. "I'm Your Witchdoctor" (John Mayall) 3:08
8. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann) 2:43
9. "City Kids" (Wallis, Duncan Sanderson) 3:43

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Funtopia - Motörheadbangers interview with Mick Farren. Alan Burridge
  2. ↑ Ace Records
  3. ↑ motorheadoverkill.se - Motörhead discografie

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