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Mighty Long Way Down Rock 'N' Roll
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Having just picked up the recently-reissued All The Young Dudes and Mott discs, figured it was time to put together a Mott anthology. Which, while I love the band, isn't really necessary -- almost all the Mott you really need is on the fine Ballad Of Mott 2-cd compilation from a couple years back, and most of their key pre-Dudes tracks are on the (now out-of-print) Backsliding Fearlessly compilation. Still, this neatly collects the best of both Mott eras. (I don't count the "third" Mott era, after Ian Hunter left the band and they soldiered on for a couple other albums which, without hyperbole, may be some of the worst music ever recorded, sub-Spinal Tap metal dreck.) Anyway, the first 7 tracks here are from their first 4 albums, when they were trying to figure out if they wanted to be Keith Richards or Bob Dylan or both (though they started to find their voice on Brain Capers). Of course, they really found their voice when they hooked up with Bowie for the Dudes album, which he produced, and found fame on the Bowie-penned title track. The follow-up, Mott, was even better, and the last Hunter-sung album, The Hoople, was no slouch. Notably, I stuck with the Hunter tracks and avoided the tracks sung by guitarist Mick Ralphs, largely because he is responsible for "Ready For Love," one of the most atrocious classic rock monstrosities ever, which he later re-worked when he formed Bad Company (but the Mott version is no less horrifying).Feedback:
Oh yes. The Golden Age of Rock & Roll, indeed.
What Thomas said. Cont go wrong with these guys.
great band but I think you need a second disc
I was very happy to see that Mott had been remastered, and picked it up immediately. One of my favorite records of a great decade for rock - the 70's.
Hell yeah! All great.
Absolutely. Great stuff.
Great stuff here!
Did the post-Ian Hunter Mott The Hoople go simply as "Mott"? I believe I have one of their LP's. Bought it at a thrift shop.
Fine job!
As far as Hooples go, Mott is one of my faves. Oh...And isn't Peter Jackson doing a movie about The Hooples? I thought I heard that somewhere...
I saw Mott The Hoople twice, in my youth. They were quite the rocking entertainers as I recall. I can't believe they continued without Ian Hunter. It's like The Spiders without Ziggy -- no thank you. Nicely compiled mix.
Very nice! I haven't really been into Mott the Hoople that long, so I still have some investigating to do, but this looks like a great compilation. Love "All The Way From Memphis"!
Damn, you beat me to this. Marc, we need to talk about some swapping... Nice mix.