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| On Parole | ||||
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.jpg) United Artists 1979 release | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2 November 1979[1] | |||
| Recorded | September & December 1975 January & February 1976[2] | |||
| Studio | Rockfield (Rockfield, Wales)[2] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 36:59 | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Producer | Fritz Fryer, Dave Edmunds[2] | |||
| Motörhead chronology | ||||
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| 1981 LP | ||||
.jpg) Liberty Records vinyl LP reissue. This cover is also used for the 2020 Expanded & Remastered reissue by Parlophone. | ||||
| 1991 CD | ||||
_1991_reissue.jpg) Cleopatra Records First CD reissue. This CD cover has the original line-up of Lemmy, Larry Wallis and Lucas Fox. | ||||
| 1997 CD | ||||
.jpg) EMI CD remastered reissue with bonus tracks | ||||
On Parole is a studio recording released by British rock band Motörhead, which at the time consisted of Lemmy Kilmister on vocals and bass, Larry Wallis on guitar, and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor on drums (replacing Lucas Fox). It was intended as their first album and left unreleased at the time of its completion in 1976, and it was not released until over three years later, in November 1979, after the commercial success of Overkill and Bomber that same year. It was released without the band's permission, and they consequently distanced themselves from it.[3] As a result, it was not considered an official release by the band at the time and they did not want it released, as they had moved on, since then, first to Chiswick Records and then to Bronze Records.[2] The LP entered the UK charts on 8 December, where it peaked at No. 65.[4]
With guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clark replacing Larry Wallis, most of On Parole's songs were re-recorded in April 1977, and they became the band's official first album, Motörhead, released the same year.
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 37.
- ^ a b c d Motörhead, On Parole, EMI Records, CDGO 2072, 1997 liner notes, page 4 & Cleopatra Records, CDLL-57666, 1991 liner notes, page 5
- ^ Gibbons, Vince (10 January 1980). "Record View". Crewe Chronicle. p. 10.
- ^ "Motorhead official charts". Official Charts.