Live

Live

by Mott the Hoople
Live

Live

by Mott the Hoople

CD(Dutch Import)

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Overview

By 1974, Mott the Hoople was quite possibly the greatest concert band in the world, a blur of high-energy rock, high content poetics, and high camp costuming -- Ian Hunter the tough guy in leather and shades; Ariel Bender the street kid, all satin hat flash; Overend Watts, the freakoid in skyscraper thigh boots; and a live show which out-dressed the lot of them. If any band deserved a live album, it was Mott. And if any live album failed to deliver, it was this one. Today, the album's deficiencies seem less severe. Though the band's Bender era remains considerably less well-documented than the earlier Mick Ralphs period, still live material has poured out from a variety of sources, from the Shades of Ian Hunter compilation to the All the Young Dudes box set, and onto the spring 2001 reissue of Bender's own Floodgates solo album (an excellent version of "Here Comes the Queen"). There's even a quasi-legal fan club release for the 1974 King Biscuit broadcast which remains the highpoint of the band's live career. Live, however, remains the only official document of the glory, and the problems commence on the back cover -- a great shot of the band performing "Marionette" on a stage hung with puppets, when the song itself is nowhere in sight. Two shows recorded five months and two continents apart (London's Hammersmith Odeon in December 1973; New York's Uris Theater in May 1974) are highlighted by just seven songs and one medley. The hits "All the Young Dudes" and "All the Way From Memphis," of course, are present, but the remainder of the track list is bizarre to say the least -- the ballads "Rest in Peace" and "Rose" were British B-sides only, while "Sucker," "Walking With a Mountain," and "Sweet Angeline" were never much more than filler on their own original albums (Dudes, Mad Shadows, and Brain Capers, respectively). The medley is mightier, spanning both Mott's own history, and rock & roll's in general -- who, after all, would deny the band their own exalted place in the lineage which stretches from "Whole Lotta Shakin'" to "Get Back" and beyond (the uncredited snatch of Bowie's "Jean Genie")? But even here, one cannot help but think more must have happened that night than a breakneck assault on a handful more cuts -- and sure enough, it did. The Hammersmith show was the night when the management tried to halt the gig during the closing number, and wound up causing a riot. The liner notes remember it well, but the "Mountain" here was found in New York. It is a great album in its own way, the band are in terrific form, and Bender plays the guitar hero better than anyone else of his entire generation. But Mott gigs, like their albums, were about more than simple snapshots -- that was what made the band so important, that's what made their music so memorable. And that's what the fearfully episodic Live completely overlooks. ~ Dave Thompson

Product Details

Release Date: 01/22/2009
Label: Sony Music Distribution
UPC: 0886974428527
Rank: 52607

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Intro - Jupiter from "The Planets"
  2. American Pie/The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll
  3. Sucker
  4. Roll Away the Stone/Sweet Jane
  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
  13. Walking with a Mountain

Disc 2

  1. Intro - Jupiter from "The Planets"
  2. Drivin' Sister
  3. Sucker
  4. Sweet Jane
  5. Sweet Angeline
  6. Rose
  7. Roll Away the Stone
  8. All the Young Dudes
  9. Jerkin' Crocus/One of the Boys/Rock 'N' Roll Queen/Get Back/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/Violence
  10. Walking with a Mountain

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mott the Hoople   Primary Artist
Blue Weaver   Keyboards,Organ
Ian Hunter   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Guitar (Rhythm)
Michael Fisher   Keyboards
Ariel Bender   Guitar,Vocals
Dale "Buffin" Griffin   Drums,Vocals
Morgan Fisher   Piano,Vocals
Stan Tippins   Vocals
Stan Tippens   Vocals
Pete "Overend" Watts   Bass,Vocals
Mick Bolton   Organ

Technical Credits

Bill Griffin   Photography
Bill Price   Engineer,Remixing
Ian Hunter   Composer
Gustav Holst   Composer
Don McLean   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Lou Reed   Composer
Peter Wilson   Remixing
Howard Thompson   Mastering
Mick Ralphs   Composer
David Bowie   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Steve Nye   Remixing
Alan Harris   Remixing
Dale "Buffin" Griffin   Composer,Producer
Gary Edwards   Engineer
Verden Allen   Composer
Sean Milligan   Mixing
Peter Swettenham   Remixing
David Ellis   Photography
Dagmar   Photography
Robert Hirschman   Associate Producer
Mick Rock   Photography
Michael Putland   Photography
Chuck Pulin   Photography
Roslav Szaybo   Design
D. Williams   Composer
Fred Heller   Executive Producer
Pete "Overend" Watts   Composer
McLean   Composer
Ben Edwards   Liner Notes
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