UK 1st Pressing Near Mint - Motörhead, 'Rock 'N' Roll'. Issued - 5th Sept 1987.

	£		39
	$		52

1st Pressing of Motörhead ?– Rock 'N' Roll

Released: 05 Sep 1987

Country: UK

Label: GWR Records ?– GWLP 14

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal

    Recorded At – Master Rock Studios

    Recorded At – Redwood Studios

    Mixed At – Britannia Row Studios

    Mixed At – Eden Studios

    Mixed At – The Roundhouse

    Mastered At – CBS Studios, London

    Published By – Motor Music Ltd.

    Bass, Vocals – Lemmy

    Drums, Other [Howling Leg Etc.] – Philthy Animal Taylor*

    Engineer – Guy Bidmead (tracks: A1, A3 to B5)

    Engineer [Assistant At Master Rock] – Roland Herrington

    Guitar, Backing Vocals – Philip Campbell*, Wurzel*

    Producer – Guy Bidmead, Motörhead

    Written-By – Kilmister*, Burston*, Campbell*, Taylor*

Printed inner sleeve.

Recorded at Master Rock and Redwood, London.

Mixed at Britannia Row, Eden Studios and The Roundhouse, London.

Cut at CBS Studios, London.

? © 1987 GWR Records.

Matrix / Runout (Side B label): GWLP 14-B

Rock 'N' Roll is the eighth studio album by the band Motörhead, released 5 September 1987, and their last studio album with the GWR label, as more legal issues enthralled the band with yet another label. It saw the return of 'classic line up' drummer "Philthy Animal" Taylor, albeit only for a few more years before being fired again.

In 1987, Motörhead appeared in the Peter Richardson film Eat the Rich, which starred the regular cast of The Comic Strip and Motörhead bassist/vocalist Lemmy Kilmister himself in a small part as "Spider". The band supplied six songs for the soundtrack as well. As the band was about to film their cameo, however, drummer Pete Gill was fired and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor rejoined after having quit in 1984. In his autobiography White Line Fever, Lemmy states the sacking of Gill was a long time coming:

   "Peter was his own worst enemy, he was another one who wouldn't just be content in the band. He went up against me on a couple of decisions, and he was making Phil and Wurzel upset too. I got tired of him moaning, so when he kept us waiting while he hung around in the lobby of his hotel for twenty minutes while he read the paper or something, that was the proverbial last straw. I know it sounds trivial, but most flare-ups in families are, aren't they? And a band is a family."

Lemmy adds that he knew Taylor, who had been playing with Frankie Miller and ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian "Robbo" Robertson, wanted to come back. Rock 'N' Roll would be the final album recorded by Motörhead on the GWR label and the last before Lemmy would relocate from the UK to Los Angeles.

The studio manager informed them that the studio they were recording in was owned by Michael Palin, and Motörhead – who were all huge Monty Python fans – invited Palin to come down and do a recitation for the album. Palin showed up dressed in a 1940s cricketer outfit, with a V-necked sweater and his hair all brushed to one side. Lemmy remembers Palin walking in and saying, "Hello, what sort of thing are we going to do now, then?" and Lemmy answering "Well, you know in The Meaning of Life, there was this speech that began 'Oh Lord —?.'" Palin replied "Ah! Give me some cathedral!" and went in and recorded the 'Oh Lord, look down upon these people from Motörhead' speech.

The song "Eat the Rich" was written specifically for the Richardson film and a music video was released as well (in addition to Lemmy, Koo Stark, Bill Wyman, and Paul McCartney also appear in the film).

Record Condition: Near Mint.

Sleeve Condition: Near Mint.

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