Tear Ya Down: The Rarities

Recording

Tear Ya Down: The Rarities features many alternative recordings and rare tracks throughout Motörhead's early history from 1977 to 1980.

The compilation was also released a second time in 2002 under the title Speed Not Comfort through the Label Eagle Records with a shuffled track listing and three live tracks from Blitzkrieg on Birmingham '77 as a bonus.

CD1 (originally released as Dirty Love)

1. Hump on Your Back (3:42) (Eddie Clarke)
2. Shoot You in the Back (3:09) (Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor)
3. Dirty Love (1:02) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
4. Dirty Love (Full Version) (3:51) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
5. Love Me Like a Reptile (4:15) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
6. Fast and Loose (3:03) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
7. Waltz of the Vampire (3:38) (Clarke)
8. Ace of Spades (Rare Version) (3:02) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
9. Bastard (3:04) (Clarke)
10. Godzilla Akimbo (2:20) (Clarke)
11. (We Are) the Road Crew (3:22) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)

CD2 (originally released as Stone Dead Forever)

1. Like a Nightmare (4:13) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
2. Treat Me Nice (3:52 (Clarke)
3. Stone Dead Forever (4:35) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
4. Sharpshooter (3:17) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
5. You Ain't Gonna Live Forever (3:11) (Clarke)
6. The Hammer (3:12) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
7. Bomber (3:36) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
8. Love Me Like a Reptile (Alternative Version) (3:31) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
9. Fun on the Farm (2:59) (Clarke)
10. Tear Ya Down (2:40) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
11. Fire Fire (2:41) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
12. Louie, Louie (2:45) (Richard Berry)
13. Jailbait (3:33) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
14. Step Down (3:27) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)

Track listing of Speed Not Comfort

Speed Not Comfort features the same tracks as Tear Ya Down: The Rarities but on this compilation the tracks are shuffled and not in the same order as on the original semi-official releases Dirty Love and Stone Dead Forever. This compilation also added three live tracks from the semi-official live album Blitzkrieg on Birmingham '77. Another difference is that Speed Not Comfort includes a longer version of the song "Dirty Love", which consists of the short outtake and the so-called "Full version" (look at the track listing of Tear Ya Down: The Rarities), although the "Full version" itself (without the outtake) is included as well. On this compilation the song "Like a Nightmare" is called "Nightmare", like on the original release Stone Dead Forever. While the booklet of Tear Ya Down: The Rarities includes descriptions about the songs of this compilation, Speed Not Comfort contains liner notes by Roy Davies.

CD1

1. Shoot You in the Back (3:09) (Eddie Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor)
2. Dirty Love (4:53) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
3. Hump on Your Back (3:42) (Clarke)
4. Love Me Like a Reptile (4:15) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
5. Fast and Loose (3:03) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
6. Waltz of the Vampire (3:38) (Clarke)
7. Nightmare (4:13) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
8. Treat Me Nice (3:52 (Clarke)
9. Stone Dead Forever (4:35) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
10. Sharpshooter (3:17) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
11. You Ain't Gonna Live Forever (3:11) (Clarke)
12. The Hammer (3:12) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
13. Bomber (3:36) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
14. Love Me Like a Reptile (Alternative Version) (3:31) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)

CD2

1. Ace of Spades (Rare Version) (3:02) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
2. Bastard (3:04) (Clarke)
3. Godzilla Akimbo (2:20) (Clarke)
4. (We Are) the Road Crew (3:22) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
5. Fun on the Farm (2:59) (Clarke)
6. Tear Ya Down (2:40) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
7. Fire Fire (2:41) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
8. Louie, Louie (2:45) (Richard Berry)
9. Jailbait (3:33) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
10. Step Down (3:27) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
11. Dirty Love (Full Version) (3:51) (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor)
12. The Train Kept A-Rollin' (Live) (3:55) (Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann) (Bonus Track)
13. City Kids (Live) (3:38) (Larry Wallis, Duncan Sanderson) (Bonus Track)
14. Vibrator (Live) (3:38) (Wallis, Des Brown) (Bonus Track)

Alternative Recordings

All the alternative versions of these songs were later included on the 2005 released deluxe editions of the albums Overkill, Bomber and Ace of Spades.

Rare Tracks

Live Versions (Speed Not Comfort Only)

All three live versions were recorded at the Town Hall in Birmingham on June 3, 1977 and were originally released on the semi-official live album Blitzkrieg on Birmingham '77 in 1989. The tracks are also included in the 2002 released live compilation Keep Us on the Road – Live 1977, which contains both semi official-live albums Blitzkrieg on Birmingham '77 and Lock up Your Daughters.