Two Miles from Live Heaven

Two Miles from Live Heaven Artist: Mott the Hoople
Label: Angel Air
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2
EAN: 5055011700994
ASIN: B00005O7QE


Release Date: 2004-07-01

Two Miles from Live Heaven


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Tracks:

  1. No Wheels to Ride
  2. Whisky Women
  3. Walkin' With a Mountain/Jumping Jack Flash/Satisfaction
  4. It'll Be Me
  5. Angel of Eighth Avenue
  6. Drivin' Sister
  7. All the Young Dudes [Live]
  8. All the Way from Memphis
  9. Sweet Angeline
  10. Death May Be Your Santa Claus
  11. Ballad of Billy Joe
  12. If Your Heart Lay With the Rebel (Would You Cheer the Underdog?)
  13. It Would Be a Pleasure

Tracks:

  1. American Pie
  2. Golden Age of Rock & Roll
  3. Sucker
  4. Roll Away the Stone/Sweet Jane
  5. Rest in Peace
  6. Here Comes the Queen
  7. One of the Boys
  8. Born Late '58
  9. Hymn for the Dudes
  10. Marionette
  11. Drivin' Sister/Crash Street Kidds/Violence
  12. All the Way from Memphis
  13. All the Young Dudes [Live]

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Album Description

UK compilation from Mick Ralph & Overend Watts personal archives, combining three separate performances recorded on tour in the U.S.A. during 1971, 1973 & 1974. Featuring both the original & later line-ups of the band. Includes four bonus tracks of demos from their 1969-72 period, 'Ballad Of Billy Joe', 'Death May Be Your Santa Claus', 'If Your Heart Lay With The Rebel (Would You Cheer The Underdog?) & 'It Would Be A Pleasure'.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars A little short of heaven.......2002-11-07

I`ve waited a long time for this collection of live concerts, partically for the last tour which followed the release of The Hoople. Sadly though disc2, which contains most of that tour, the overall performance and sound quality are lacking. Overend Watts bass distorts and drowns out the band at times ,Ariel Bender`s guitar solos are ok, but Ian hunters rythm guitar is almost non existant and his voice is a little horse and breaks up at times.

Disc1 starts off good,Walking With A Mountain is exceptionally good( Mick Ralph`s smokes on lead giutar) but from track 5 on the sound quality takes a downward spiral.As for as the bonus tracks, only Death May Be Your Santa Claus is a real jem! However, if your a hardcore fan of the band, it has its moments and is an essential part of any Mott The Hoople collection.

5 out of 5 stars Totally Awesome.......2002-05-14

For those who only thought they were Mott The Hoople fans! Until you experience the raw power of Ariel Bender's guitar live, you will never understand the extent to which they influenced the following onslaught of the Punk Era. This album is raw energy highlighting the best rock band in the world at it's very peak. While Ian is horse through some of disc two, the music more than makes up for this shortfall. They don't make music like this any more, and it's a shame!

4 out of 5 stars It Ain't Quite the Nazz.......2002-04-22

I attended Mott's Santa Monica Civic concert on April 13 1974 to celebrate my 21st birthday. It was broadcast on local FM (KMET) and therefore survived in superior fidelity to most boots. I refused to purchase a bootleg version though, since the band wouldn't receive a nickel. I was therefore ecstatic when it was finally released commercially as part of this two-CD set on Angel Air. The first CD is taken from 1971 and 1973 live performances and is above average, especially the tight versions of "Walkin' With a Mountain" and "Whiskey Women". There are also some studio outtakes from Mott's early days that I found only mildly interesting.

The second CD is the FM radio broadcast mentioned above. If you are a Mott the Hoople fan, you'll love it, since it includes numerous songs ("Roll Away the Stone", "Golden Age of Rock N' Roll", etc.) not included on the Mott the Hoople Live album. After several listens, however, I cannot rate this recording as highly as Mott's 1972 live Philadelphia show (available on the "Tale of Two Cities" CD). First, Verden Allen was a superior keyboardist to Morgan Fisher, if only because he served as the glue holding the band together. Second, while Ariel Bender was a great live showman, he was a marginally talented guitarist and his limitations are evident on the 1974 recording. Mick Ralphs' guitar work during the 1972 concert was compelling and makes that release superior to these ears. Finally, Ian Hunter's voice was hoarse at the beginning of the Santa Monica show and grows progressively worse. I know these will sound like quibbles to Mott's hardcore fans, but they deserve mention.

4 out of 5 stars

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