Motörhead- On Parole Sessions

Label: Parlophone

Reissued 4/17/2026

2025 was an important year in the history of Motörhead. It saw the 50th Anniversary of Motörhead forming, the 50th Anniversary of their first gig and it would have also been Lemmy’s 80th birthday. And now in 2026 is the 50th Anniversary of their very first recordings, completed in early 1976. To celebrate we will be releasing the complete On Parole Sessions, a 4 disc set - 3 CDs and 1 Blu-ray - with the original album remixed by Steven Wilson, plus two discs from the same recording sessions remixed by Richard Digby Smith. On Parole Motörhead’s first ever studio recordings from 1975-76, feature Larry Wallis on guitar, Phil Taylor and Lucas Fox on drums and Lemmy on bass guitar and vocals. This is a unique opportunity to hear this legendary, fledgling band, writing and capturing their earliest recordings.

Track listing:

Disc 1

1. Motorhead
2. On Parole
3. Vibrator
4. Iron Horse / Born to Lose
5. City Kids
6. Fools
7. The Watcher
8. Leaving Here
9. Lost Johnny

Disc 2

1. Motorhead (Instrumental Take 1)
2. Studio Dialogue 1
3. City Kids (Take 1)
4. City Kids (Instrumental Outtake 1)
5. City Kids (Instrumental Outtake 2)
6. Studio Dialogue 2
7. City Kids (Instrumental Outtake 3)
8. Motorhead (Album Take - Without Bike Intro)
9. Motorhead (Album Take - Backing Track)
10. Motorhead (Album Take)
11. Motorhead (Instrumental Take 2)
12. Drum Solo
13. Studio Dialogue 3
14. Fools (Take 1 - Demo Version)
15. City Kids (Album Take)
16. City Kids (Album Take - with Piano)
17. Studio Dialogue 4
18. Motorhead (Take 5 - Backing Track)
19. Motorhead (Take 5 - Without Vocal Overdubs)
20. Motorhead (Take 5)
21. Lost Johnny (Album Take)
22. Leaving Here (Instrumental Take 1)
23. Leaving Here (Album Take)
24. Studio Dialogue 5
25. On Parole (Instrumental Take 1)
26. On Parole (Instrumental Take 2 with False-Start)
27. Iron Horse - Born to Lose (Album Take)

Disc 3

1. Jam / on Parole (Instrumental Jam)
2. Iron Horse - Born to Lose (Take 4 - Vocal 2)
3. On Parole (Album Take - Extended Version)
4. Studio Dialogue 6
5. The Watcher (Album Take)
6. Vibrator (Album Take - Without Vibrator)
7. Vibrator (Album Take - with Vibrator)
8. Iron Horse - Born to Lose (Instrumental Jam)
9. Studio Dialogue 7
10. Iron Horse Born to Lose (Instrumental)
11. Studio Dialogue 8
12. Fools (Instrumental Jam)
13. Fools (Album Take - Extended Version)
14. Studio Dialogue 9
15. Motorhead (Instrumental Guitar Riff)

Blu-ray

1. Motorhead
2. On Parole
3. Vibrator
4. Iron Horse - Born to Lose
5. City Kids
6. Fools
7. The Watcher
8. Leaving Here
9. Lost Johnny
10. Motorhead
11. On Parole
12. Vibrator