The Golden Years (EP)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Golden Years
Type = EP
Artist = Motörhead


Released = May 3, 1980Burridge, Alan "Illustrated Collector's Guide to Motörhead": p30 Published: 1995, Collector's Guide Publishing ISBN 0-9695736-2-6]
Recorded =
Length = 14:34
Label = Bronze
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4ar67uu0h0jf link]
Last album = "Bomber"
(1980)
This album = "The Golden Years"
(1980)
Next album = "Ace of Spades"
(1980):"For other uses and meanings of "The Golden Years" see the disambiguation page."

"The Golden Years" is a live EP by the British heavy metal group Motörhead. Released following the success of their Bomber album, it reached number 8 on the UK charts in May 1980.

There was a distinct lack of radio play for the single, the radio stations claiming the vocals were too low in the mix, so "Leaving Here" was remixed and issued to radio stations as a 12" coupled with "Stone Dead Forever". Despite the lack of radio exposure, on May 1 the band managed an appearance on the BBC TV weekly chart show "Top of the Pops" to promote it.

This EP is currently available as bonus tracks on the 1979 album "Bomber", and "Leaving Here" was included on the "No Remorse" compilation album.

Track listing

# "Leaving Here" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland)
# "Stone Dead Forever" (Ian Kilmister, Eddie Clarke, Phil Taylor)
# "Dead Men Tell No Tales" (Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor)
# "Too Late, Too Late" (Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor)

pecial releases

The original standard release of this EP was in 7" and 12" vinyl (Bronze Records), some lapses in quality control allowed through a number of copies of the 7" that play Kate Bush on the 'A' side.

The German and Dutch releases were 7" 'juke box' press out centre singles entiled "Lochem POP '80".

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