Name: Bomber - Deluxe Edition
Brand: Motorhead

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

1785542

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2008-11-24

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Warner Music Group

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Motorhead

Genre GB

Metal

Label GB

deluxe double cd edition with a bonus 10 track cd featuring b-sides, alternative versions and live versions. 'bomber' was the third motrhead album to be released. it was recorded in 1979, the same year as 'overkill'. the album reached number 12 on the uk charts and brought some of motrhead's most popular songs, like 'bomber', 'dead men tell no tales' and 'stone dead forever'. this album caught lemmy at his most ferocious, hitting hard at the police in 'lawman', marriage and how his father left him and his mother in 'poison', television in 'talking head' and show business in 'all the aces'. the title track was inspired by len deighton's novel bomber. on one track, 'step down', 'fast' eddie clarke is featured on vocals. the single 'bomber' was released on november 23, 1979, one month ahead of the album, the single's initial pressing of 20,000 blue vinyls were soon sold out and was replaced by black vinyl. the 'bomber tour' followed, for which a forty foot aluminium tube replica of a heinkel he 111 bomber was made. this lighting rig could fly backwards and forwards, and side to side - the first to be able to do so. the album was released on october 27, 1979 and like the single was pressed in blue vinyl.

Bomber - Deluxe Edition

Music GB