MOTORHEAD – BOMBER LP – Nr MINT A2/B2 UK 1979 ORIG  LEMMY

Motorhead – Bomber
(Bronze Records  1979  BRON523)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– some slight wear to edges/corners & a little light rubbing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Motörhead were an English rock band formed in June 1975 by bassist, singer, and songwriter Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister, who was the sole constant member, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox. The band are often considered a precursor to the new wave of British heavy metal, which re-energised heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Though several guitarists and drummers have played in Motörhead, most of their best-selling albums and singles feature the work of “Fast” Eddie Clarke on guitar and Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor on drums.

Motörhead released 23 studio albums, 10 live recordings, 12 compilation albums, and five EPs over a career spanning 40 years. Usually a power trio, they had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Top 40 chart. The albums Overkill, Bomber, Ace of Spades, and particularly No Sleep ’til Hammersmith cemented Motörhead’s reputation as a top-tier rock band. The band are ranked number 26 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. As of 2016, they have sold more than 15 million albums worldwide.

Motörhead are typically classified as heavy metal, and their fusion of punk rock into the genre helped to pioneer speed metal and thrash metal. Their lyrics typically covered such topics as war, good versus evil, abuse of power, promiscuous sex, substance abuse, and, most famously, gambling, the latter theme being the focus of their hit song “Ace of Spades”.

Motörhead has been credited with being part of and influencing numerous musical scenes,thrash metal and speed metal especially. From the mid-1970s onward however, Lemmy insisted that they were a rock and roll band. He has said that they had more in common with punk bands, but with their own unique sound, Motörhead is embraced in both punk and metal scenes.

Lemmy died on 28 December 2015 after being initially diagnosed with an undisclosed aggressive form of cancer, which was later revealed as prostate cancer, and heart failure, after which drummer Mikkey Dee and guitarist Phil Campbell both confirmed that Motörhead would not continue as a band.

Bomber is the third studio album by British heavy metal band Motörhead. It was recorded in 1979, the same year as Overkill. The album reached #12 on the UK charts and brought some of Motörhead’s most popular songs, like “Bomber”, “Dead Men Tell No Tales” and “Stone Dead Forever”.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor and Eddie Clarke.

Credits

Motörhead

• Lemmy (Ian Kilmister) – vocals, bass guitar, eight-string bass
• “Fast” Eddie Clarke – guitar, vocals on “Step Down” and “Stone Dead Forever (Alternative version)”
• Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor – drums

Additional Personnel

• Adrian Chesterman – sleeve artwork
• Joe Petagno – War-Pig logo
• Recorded on 7 July – 31 August 1979 at Roundhouse Studios and Olympic Studios
• Produced by Jimmy Miller
• Engineered by Trevor Hallesy
• Tape operations by Darren Burn and Nigel Brooke-Hartz