Mott the Hoople

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Mott the Hoople

MUSIC

British rock band. Originally called Silence, changed 1969 Willard Manus novel. Active 1968-78.

Ian Hunter -- Vocals (1968-74)
Mick Ralphs -- Guitar (1968-73)
Ariel Bender -- Guitar (1973-74)
Mick Ronson -- Guitar (1974-80)
Overend Watts -- Bassist (1968-76)
Verden Allen -- Keyboards (1968-72)
Morgan Fisher -- Keyboards (1973-80)
Dale "Buffin" Griffin -- Drums (1968-80)

Official Website:
http://www.ianhunter.com/

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Ian Hunter Musician 3-Jun-1939 Mott the Hoople frontman

Mick Ralphs Guitarist 31-Mar-1944 Guitarist for Mott The Hoople and Bad Company

Mick Ronson Guitarist 26-May-1946 29-Apr-1993 Bowie/Spiders from Mars guitarist

DISCOGRAPHY

Mott The Hoople (1969, Island (UK), Atlantic (US))

1 You Really Got Me (The Kinks cover)

2 At The Crossroads (Doug Sahm cover)

3 Laugh At Me (Sonny Bono cover)

4 Backsliding Fearlessly

5 Rock And Roll Queen

6 Rabbit Foot And Toby Time

7 Half Moon Bay

8 Wrath And Roll

Reissued on CD by Atlantic (US) in 1991. A 2003 Angel Air (UK) CD reissue also included the additional tracks Ohio (live) and Find Your Way.

Mad Shadows (1970, Island (UK), Atlantic (US))

1 Thunderbuck Ram

2 No Wheels To Ride

3 You Are One Of Us

4 Walkin' With a Mountain

5 I Can Feel

6 Threads Of Iron

7 When My Mind's Gone

Reissued on CD by Atlantic (US) in 1991. A 2003 Angel Air (UK) CD reissue also included the additional tracks It Would Be A Pleasure and How Long? (Death May be Your Santa Claus).

Wildlife (1971, Island (UK), Atlantic (US))

1 Whiskey Women

2 Angel Of Eighth Avenue

3 Wrong Side Of The River

4 Waterlow

5 Lay Down (Melanie cover)

6 It Must Be Love

7 Original Mixed Up Kid

8 Home Is Where I Want To Be

9 Keep A Knockin' (Little Richard cover)

Reissued on CD by Atlantic (US) in 1991. A 2003 Angel Air (UK) CD reissue also included the additional tracks It'll Be Me and Long Red.

Brain Capers (1971, Island (UK), Atlantic (US))

1 Death May be Your Santa Claus

2 Your Own Backyard

3 Darkness Darkness

4 The Journey

5 Sweet Angeline

6 Second Love

7 The Moon Upstairs

8 The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception

Reissued on CD by Atlantic (US) in 1991. A 2003 Angel Air (UK) CD reissue also included the additional tracks Midnight Lady and The Journey.

All The Young Dudes (1972, CBS (UK), Columbia (US))

1 Sweet Jane (The Velvet Underground cover)

2 Momma's Little Jewel

3 All The Young Dudes (David Bowie song)

4 Sucker

5 Jerkin' Crocus

6 One Of The Boys

7 Soft Ground

8 Ready for Love/After Lights

9 Sea Diver

Reissued on CD by Columbia (US) in 1988. A digitally remastered edition was released in 1995 by Sony/Rewind (UK) and in 1998 by Columbia (US).

Mott (1973, CBS (UK), Columbia (US))

1 All The Way From Memphis

2 Whizz Kid

3 Hymn For The Dudes

4 Honaloochie Boogie

5 Violence

6 Drivin' Sister

7 Ballad of Mott the Hoople (26th March 1972, Zürich)

8 I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Doloroso

9 I Wish I Was Your Mother

Reissued on CD by Columbia (US) in 1988 and by Sony/Rewind (UK) and in 1998.

The Hoople (1974, CBS (UK), Columbia (US))

1 The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll

2 Marionette

3 Alice

4 Crash Street Kidds

5 Born Late '58

6 Trudi's Song

7 Pearl N' Roy

8 Through The Looking Glass

9 Roll Away The Stone

Reissued on CD by Columbia (US) in 1990. A 2001 Sony/Rewind (UK) reissue included the additional tracks Where Do You All Come From?, Rest In Peace and Foxy Foxy.

Live (1974, CBS (UK), Columbia (US))

1 All The Way From Memphis

2 Sucker

3 Rest In Peace

4 All The Young Dudes (David Bowie song)

5 Walkin' With A Mountain

6 Sweet Angeline

7 Rose

8 Jerkin' Crocus/One of the Boys/Rock & Roll Queen/Get Back/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/Violence (includes The Beatles cover and Big Maybelle cover)

Reissued on CD by Columbia (US) in 1989. An expanded 2 CD version was issued in 2004 by Sony, with the following tracks\:

Live (30th anniversary edition) (2004, Sony) track;19:Rose

1 Intro (Jupiter) (Gustav Holst composition)

2 American Pie/The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll (includes Don McLean cover)

3 Sucker

4 Roll Away The Stone/Sweet Jane (includes The Velvet Underground cover)

5 Rest In Peace

6 All The Way From Memphis

7 Born Late '58

8 One Of The Boys

9 Hymn For The Dudes

10 Marionette

11 Drivin' Sister/Crash Street Kidds/Violence

12 All The Young Dudes (David Bowie song)

13 Walkin' With a Mountain

14 Intro (Jupiter) (Gustav Holst composition)

15 Drivin' Sister

16 Sucker

17 Sweet Jane (The Velvet Underground cover)

18 Sweet Angeline
20 Roll Away The Stone

21 All The Young Dudes (David Bowie song)

22 Jerkin' Crocus/One of the Boys/Rock & Roll Queen/Get Back/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/Violence (includes The Beatles cover and Big Maybelle cover)

23 Walkin' With A Mountain

Two Miles From Heaven (1980, Island (UK))

1 You Really Got Me (The Kinks cover)

2 The Road To Birmingham

3 Thunderbuck Ram

4 Going Home

5 Little Christine

6 Keep A Knockin' (:Little Richard cover)

7 Black Hills

8 Ride On The Sun

9 Growin' Man Blues

10 Till I'm Gone

11 One Of The Boys

12 Surfin' UK

13 Black Scorpio (Momma's Little Jewel)

14 Ill Wind Blowing

Reissued on CD in 2003 by Angel Air (UK) with the additional tracks Movin' On, The Debt, and Downtown (a Neil Young cover).

Original Mixed-Up Kids (1996, Windsong/Strange Fruit)

1 Whiskey Women

2 Darkness Darkness

3 The Moon Upstairs

4 The Original Mixed-Up Kid

5 Thunderbuck Ram

6 Your Own Backyard (live)

7 Death May Be Your Santa Claus (live)

8 Darkness Darkness (live)

9 The Moon Upstairs (live)

10 Whiskey Women (live)

11 The Journey (live)

A collection of radio sessions and live tracks recorded for BBC Radio 1 in the early 1970s.

All The Way From Stockholm To Philadelphia - Live 71/72 (1999, Angel Air (UK))

1 Long Red

2 The Original Mixed Up Kid

3 Walkin' With A Mountain

4 Laugh At Me

5 Thunderbuck Ram

6 Keep A Knockin' (Little Richard cover)

7 Introduction/Jupiter (Gustav Holst composition)

8 Jerkin' Crocus

9 Sucker

10 Hymn For The Dudes

11 Ready For Love

12 Sweet Jane

13 Sea Diver

14 Sweet Angeline

15 One Of The Boys

16 Midnight Lady

17 All The Young Dudes (David Bowie song)

18 Honky-Tonk Women (The Rolling Stones cover)

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