MOTORHEAD – Port Vale 1981 (2CD)

Audience 8.6 – Starts off a bit dodgy but gets better. Vocals are up front in the mix but still “round” and by that I mean not clearly defined to where you can make out the words. Drums are probably the clearest instrument in this recording and they propel the music forward with gusto. Guitars are raucous and as dirty as you want them, and the overall recording is a bit dirty too coming from the crowd where you get a great sense of being there with them. This is a recording that is worth sticking with because by the third or fourth song in you can really start to appreciate it because it does seem as though everything gets just a little bit clearer and more distinct (you can really tell during Over The Top).

Motorhead
PORT VALE, UK
August 1, 1981

Disc 1

1. Ace Of Spades
2. Stay Clean
3. Live To Win
4. Over The Top
5. No Class
6. The Hammer
7. Metropolis
8. Leavin’ Here
9. Jailbait
10 Iron Horse
11. Fire Fire
12. Too Late Too Late
13. Fast And Loose

Disc 2

14. Dead Men Tell No Tales
15. We Are The Road Crew
16. Capricorn
17. Train Kept A Rollin’
18. Bite The Bullet
19. The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
20. Overkill
21. White Line Fever
22. Bomber
23. Motorhead