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1997 release with 66 digitally remastered recordings from1975-1992 by England's top metal veterans. Also has a 60page booklet & a poster of the box's cover art. Featurestracks from their early years on EMI & Stiff through theirSony albums, including: 'Ace
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In the days before Metallica's members sported Misfits T-shirts, Motörhead was where punk rock and heavy metal crossed paths. Despite the fact that leader Lemmy Kilminster's long legs in the world of prog-leaning rock stretched back to the mid-1960s, Motörhead garnered their first acclaim in the mid-'70s when Lemmy drafted "Philthy" Phil Taylor and "Fast" Eddie Clarke to help him speed his way across decibel levels and through rock clichés. Once they cemented a spot in the hearts of British metalheads and bikers, the group dug in their heels and have since played the same hand of cards (anchored, of course, by their own "Ace of Spades") for decades. This four-CD retrospective catches all the glorious moments, from early covers of ZZ Top's "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" to "Louie Louie" to "Stand by Your Man" (with Wendy O. Williams) to far later live tracks such as "Built for Speed." The energy level is predictably high, though the band bogs down across the latter pair of discs. The box set includes a lengthy essay and an illustrator's work-in-progress path through the creation of the band's logo, as well as numerous photos that catch Lemmy and company in ribald poses aplenty. That they crossed over from biker metal to punk rock shouldn't surprise listeners, given the narratives of freedom-after-incarceration from "On Parole" or of constant flight on "Remember Me, I'm Gone" or even the bravado of "Hoochie Coochie Man." In any case, all the classics are here, including "Ace of Spades," "Overkill," and "Capricorn." So if it's the unfettered raucosness of the first and perhaps greatest band to keep feet in rock's disparate, frequently antagonistic parallel universes, Protect the Innocent is an ideal collection. --Andrew Bartlett
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