Mott the Hoople - Greatest Hits Live

Artist: Mott the Hoople
Label: Cleopatra
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 741157082326
EAN: 0741157082326
ASIN: B00004S63P

Release Date: 2000-04-11

Mott the Hoople - Greatest Hits Live

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Tracks:

Jerkin' Crocus
Sucker
Hymn For The Dudes
Ready For Love/Afterlights
Sweet Jane
Sea Diver
Sweet Angeline
One Of The Boys
All The Young Dudes
Honky Tonk Women
Laugh At Me

Customer Reviews:

For Die Hard Mott Collectors Only.......2002-05-09

Mott the Hoople was one of the greatest British bands to never quite make it in America. Sure, they gained a respectable level of notice for their amazing live performances, and they'll always have the distinction of being the first band to play on Broadway (a string of sold-out shows, no less), but to be truthful, they'll also always be regarded, fair or not, as something of a One-Hit Wonder, and that from a Bowie-penned song ("All The Young Dudes"). Sadly, the only live tapes professionally produced came after Mick Ralphs had left to form Bad Company and was replaced by the energetic but woefully inadequate guitarist Ariel Bender (nee Luther Grosvener).
This cd captures the band in their best period, with Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Overend Watts, Buffin and Verdon Allen, at their first ever headlining show in America, at the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia during their late-1972 tour to support the 'Dudes' album. Unfortunately, the sound is so terrible as to strip the performance of much of its power. Not only is the mix way too heavy on vocals, but the audience reaction has been "enhanced" to a ridiculous degree and robs the recording of authenticity. The mix starts off horrible and though it improves somewhat as the show progresses, it never sounds clear and defined. Often the bass and organ are nowhere to be heard and the vocals and guitar are so loud as to buzz and distort for much of the first half. The boys play their hearts out, and it sounds like the performance must've been great to see live, but we are left with a poor example of their awesome power.
It's telling to note that Ian Hunter, in his book written during this tour "Diary of a Rock'n'Roll Star" (the best music book ever written, hands down) talks about this tape and calls it "bloody awful".
Highlights are Jerkin' Crocus, One of the Boys, and Sweet Jane.
I give the performance five stars, but the sound is so bad as to make this record of value only to the hard-core Mott fan who wants to hear anything and everything they can from the band.

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