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Lemmy recalls the aura around the band at the time of the Ace of Spades album - Not long after Stafford Bingley Hall (Heavy Metal Barn Dance, 26th July 1980), we went into rehearsals to prepare for our next record. Ace of Spades was one of our longer albums, in terms of the recording process. It went easier than our previous albums, because we were on a roll, and we couldn’t be stopped then. We couldn’t be stopped then because the band’s popularity had been building – Bomber did better than Overkill, and Ace of Spades promised to do even more. We were on our way up, and we knew this one was going to be a hit Ace of Spades was the ultimate record for that particular line-up of Motörhead. We were at Jackson’s Studios in Rickmansworth for about six weeks, from the beginning of August 1980, until mid-September. Our producer was Vic Maile. I knew him from the Hawkwind days, when Vic was with Pye Records. He used to own a mobile studio – Hawkwind hired it out to do Space Ritual and he came along with it. Vic was a great man and a great producer, really brilliant. He had diabetes, of which he later died. It’s just an on-going thing – the nice guys always go. That’s why I’m still around. The songs on Ace of Spades are considered classics by Motörhead fans, and I must say, they are an excellent bunch. We really enjoyed doing ’em. I’ve caught hell from feminists for several songs I’ve written, but for some reason, they never said anything about ‘Jailbait’. They never mentioned anything about that, and it was fucking blatant! Those were good times; we were winning, and we were younger, and we believed it!