Friday, December 03, 2010

What's Words Worth?


Back in 1978 Motorhead played a benefit show to preserve some William Wordsworth manuscripts. Motorhead wasn't getting a lot of attention at this point, and even though their set was recorded, it wasn't released until 5 years later as the What's Wordsworth? LP...a cash in from the band's former label to capitalize on the bands success. This recording is rough and ugly, but so aren't Motorhead, therefore, it is perfect.

I've picked up and handful of Back On Black re-issues this past year, and the best looking ones have got to be the ones for Motorhead. The inside gatefold sleeve is full of photos, plus a story of how the album came to be. I wish that Back On Black would do more layouts like this.

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