MOTORHEAD Ace Of Spades 1980 UK BRONZE 1st PRESS VINYL MINT
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May 5, 2019
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MOTORHEAD Ace Of Spades 1980 UK BRONZE 1st PRESS VINYL MINT
MOTORHEADAce Of Spades
UK BRONZE (BRON 531) FIRST PRESSING (November 1980)
GREAT COPY - ONCE PLAYED AND DELIVERING PERFECT SOUND
MATRIX: BRON 531 A - 2U / BRON 531 B - 1U SOUND CLINIC
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE COVER
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" PRINTED IN BLACK AND DATED OCTOBER 1980 ('1080')
With the 1980 release of Ace of Spades, Motörhead had their anthem of anthems -- that is, the title track -- the one trademark song that would summarise everything that made this early incarnation of the band so legendary, a song that would be blasted by legions of metal-heads for generations on end. It's a legendary song, for sure, all two minutes and 49 bracing seconds of it. And the album of the same name is legendary as well, among Motörhead's all-time best, often considered their single best, in fact, along with Overkill. Ace of Spades was Motörhead's third great album in a row, following the 1979 releases of Overkill and Bomber, respectively. Those two albums have a lot in common with Ace of Spaces. The classic lineup -- Lemmy (bass and vocals), "Fast" Eddie Clarke (guitar), and "Philthy Animal" Taylor (drums) -- is still in place and sounding as alive and crazed as ever. The album is still rock-solid, boasting several superlative standouts. Actually, besides the especially high number of standouts on Ace of Spades -- at least relative to Bomber, which wasn't quite as strong overall as Overkill had been -- the only key difference between this 1980 album and its two 1979 predecessors is the producer, in this case Vic Maile. The result of his work isn't all that different from that of Jimmy Miller, the longtime Rolling Stones producer who had worked on Overkill and Bomber, but it's enough to give Ace of Spades a feeling distinct from its two very similar-sounding predecessors. This singular sound (still loud and in your face, rest assured), along with the exceptionally strong songwriting and the legendary stature of the title track, makes Ace of Spades the ideal Motörhead album if one were to choose one and only one studio album. It's highly debatable whether Ace of Spades is tops over the breakthrough Overkill, as the latter is more landmark because of its earlier release, and is somewhat rougher around the edges, too. Either way, Ace of Spades rightly deserves its legacy as a classic.
Side 1:
Ace Of Spades
Love Me Like A Reptile
Shoot You In The Back
Live To Win
Fast And Loose
(We Are) The Road Crew
Side 2:
Fire, Fire
Jailbait
Dance
Bite The Bullet
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
The Hammer
LABELS: MINT/NEAR MINT
An immaculate set of clean, unmarked labels with just one possible light spindle trace on one side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new and even under bright light there is barely a mark to be seen
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays perfectly throughout with nothing to fault
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Light wear to the edges and spine but the cover is good and solid and all of the spine text is clear and bold
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
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