Released 5 March 1983 Length 35:24 Artist Motörhead Label Astan | Recorded 18 February 1978 Producer Duncan Cowell Release date 5 March 1983 Genres Heavy metal, Hard rock | |
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Venue The Roundhouse, London, England What's Words Worth?
(1983) Another Perfect Day
(1983) Similar Motörhead albums, Heavy metal albums | ||
Motorhead on parole what s words worth version avi
What's Words Worth? is the second live album by the band Motörhead, recorded on the 18 February 1978, but not released until 5 March 1983 on Big Beat Records, some five years later. It is a collection of songs they played in the mid-late 70s; pretty much none of this material has been part of their live set since the early-mid 80s.
Contents
Background
Wilko Johnson organised a charity event on 18 February, 1978, at The Roundhouse in London, to raise money for the preservation of William Wordsworth manuscripts. Motörhead & Chiswick Records labelmates The Count Bishops, plus Wilko Johnson, were on the bill, but for contractual reasons Motörhead needed to perform under the name Iron Fist and the Hordes from Hell, part of which would later be used for the name of a studio album, Iron Fist. During this performance Mick Farren joined them on-stage for a rendition of "Lost Johnny", which wasn't, and hasn't, been released to date. The Rolling Stones Mobile recording studio had been hired to record the 'Bishops live for an upcoming LP, and Motörhead manager at the time Tony Secunda asked if they could record his band also. Following issues with Secunda shortly after this gig, the band changed managers back to Doug Smith, though Secunda had been given a copy of the concert after the show. Secunda left England and returned to the USA not long after this, but the master tape had been kept by Chiswick. As money was always an issue with the band in these days, Smith remembered the tapes and a deal was done to release the recordings (partly) in 1983. As Ted Carroll states in the liner notes:
"..this may not be the greatest live album ever recorded: it is not even the greatest live Motörhead album ever....the album stands as a testament to a band that had the balls to keep on keeping on..".
Lemmy is heard at the end of the concert to say "read plenty of Wordsworth" and as a result the album got its title because of this.
Release
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). Since then it has been re-released with other titles and/or other sleeves, among others as "The Watcher" in Canada, "City Kids," "Live, Loud and Lewd" and "Iron Fist and the Hordes from Hell."
Songs
1The Watcher4:06
2Iron Horse / Born to Lose5:05
3On Parole (in A)5:27