Vinyl Album - The Motors - Approved By The Motors - Virgin

Vinyl Album

Artist:	The Motors
Title:	Approved By The Motors
Label:	Virgin
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	V 2101
Date:	May 1978
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	21 Own, 1 Wants
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	The Motors	Airport	McMaster	7.5 Rate
A2	The Motors	Mammma Rock 'n' Roller	McMaster, Garvey, Hann, Tchaikovsky	7.0 Rate
A3	The Motors	Forget About You	McMaster	8.5 Rate
A4	The Motors	Do You Mind	McMaster	7.0 Rate
A5	The Motors	You Beat The Hell Outta Me	Garvey, McMaster	Rate
B1	The Motors	Breathless	Garvey, McMaster, Hann	Rate
B2	The Motors	Soul Redeemer	McMaster	8.0 Rate
B3	The Motors	Dreaming Your Life Away	McMaster, Garvey, Hann	Rate
B4	The Motors	Sensation	Garvey, McMaster, Hann, Tchaikovsky	Rate
B5	The Motors	Today	McMaster	7.0 Rate

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albert 8th Nov 2023		Note that on the coloured vinyl pressing the labels utilise a slightly different blue and the ladies are flesh coloured. Seems there were all sorts of old label designs being used up on pressings around 1978 before Virgin standardised with green & red.



Focus B 9th Mar 2021		Thanks for the correction and the interesting additional info James. I guess I'd heard the later singles before I first heard the album. You Beat The Hell Outta Me however is the same recording as the 45, but with echoed lead vocal that was, oddly enough, present on the A-side Be What You Gotta Be, but not the original B-side. It's a much better mix on the original 45. A check by combining both single and album versions resulted in phasing, confirming they are actually the same recording. That's fascinating to learn the re-issue LP came out in November 1978. I wondered why it bared the new Virgin logo on the sleeve, yet the album labels are the older style blue ones. I can only guess they had plenty of the special stamped labels to use up.



JamesTrash 9th Mar 2021		When the album was first released (28/04/78) technically only 'Sensation' was previously available on a single. 'You Beat the Hell Out Of Me' was a re-recording of a 1977 B-side (inferior IMO), other singles came later 'Airport' (26/05/78), 'Forget About You' (11/08/78) and 'Today' (17/11/78). The album with the new sleeve was released the same day as 'Today' which was re-mixed for the 45, but I don't know about a different mix for the actual album.



Focus B 9th Mar 2021		I remember Sounds disliking this album. In retrospect they were right seeing four of the tracks were previously available as singles and are the best tracks on the album. Virgin issued a fifth number "Today" towards the end of 1978. Having said that, the Sensation re-write Breathless and Dreaming Your Life Away are outstanding numbers. Virgin withdrew the original release, re-issued it with a new cover and on red vinyl. Rumour has it it was remixed. Certainly the re-issue sounds warmer and less "raw" but could be my imagination. I certainly enjoyed it a lot more than the original release. The original issue has A1 and B1 matrixes. The red vinyl issue I have has A2 and B3 ones.



Malcyramone SUBS 13th Jun 2018		According to "Top Of The Pops - 1978: Big Hits" recently shown on BBC 4 "The album 'Approved By The Motors' was re-issued with a new sleeve after audiences refused to buy the original because it made the band look like 'ugly criminals'. Here is the new sleeve.

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