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Had a tape of this back in the day, but browsing in HMV I spotted a Remaster for under £4 just had to buy it, I love experimental music of any kind, and blending genres together doesn't bother me.

Overall I think it's a top album and the extra stuff on my copy just adds to the overall experience.

Paid 50p from a Charity Shop about 14 years ago, just getting round to a proper re-isten.

I suppose this music is considered old fashioned to some people now, I first bought Deep Purple's Machine Head in 1982 for £2.50, then it was considered positively antique at 10 years old.

It's strange to think this is over 30 years old and still relatively modern sounding.

Incidentally I have never seen a copy of Machine Head by Deep Purple in a charity shop or car boot sale, even ... read more

Death to False Metal, indeed!
I'm old enough to remember when Manowar signed to 10 Records in their own blood, a good publicity stunt for sure!

I picked this up in a charity shop years ago for 50p, the first track is a bit hard to digest to be honest at 28 mins, I was tempted to skip it, especially when it got to the percussive solo, wouldn't it have made more sense to have this "epic take on Homer's illiad" at the end of the album, sorry I hate being negative about ... read more

Part of my Motörhead deep dive a couple of years ago to actually track down all the head albums I missed at time of release due to financial restraints, Motörhead where a bit like the ramones in that all the early albums are revered and the later ones are mostly forgotten, but both bands always delivered live in spades.