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Disc 1 Like A Rolling Stone (impromptu jam) Disc 2 All The Young Dudes Disc 3 All The Young Dudes (David Bowie vocal) Columbia 491400-2 released in UK 14th September 1998 Note: this collection is available via CD-NOW Half Moon Bay says... The Booklet... Well, there are just too many credits and things to list at the moment. Suffice it to say that the set comes with a very comprehensive 56 page booklet (This is in addition to Cambell Devines official biography!). Each track has full original recording details: dates, studio, engineer, producer. If applicable, the Anthology mix producer/engineer gets a credit. In the main these duties are performed by Martin Colley (who has produced, amongst others, my little brothers band Headcopter) under the direction of Dale Griffin. Martin provides a very thorough description and techno-phobes dream description of the putting together of the set and rejuvenation of many of the tracks. There are loads of photos you haven't seen before, lots of little anecdotes, comments on each track, discography and the ultimate Mott What a Bloke list. Wow! And I thought I was a fan and knew a lot about them. I know nothing, really. Its all so fascinating, entertaining, absorbing and well put together. A quality job and shows true reverence to the memory of Mott the Hoople. The Music... and the music. Phew! Makes it even more sickening that I couldn't get to the Virgin Megastore bash on the 16th September. Don't even want to think about it now. And every time you hear more of the pre-CBS stuff you realise just how great they were. Why isn't 'Rock n Roll Queen' a rock classic, earning Ralpher loads of royalties? There is a live version from a 1970 Fairfield Halls, Croydon gig. It is one of the stand-out tracks on the whole set. Another surprise stand-out for me is the Mott b-side 'Shout it all Out'. Now, maybe its because I haven't heard it for so long, but it sounds so fresh. And Ray Majors playing was awesome, especially on the other Mott demos included here. The hits (on Disc 2) have all been re-mastered and sound great. 'I wish I was your Mother', which has received a 1998 re-mix by Martin Colley, certainly benefits. Even 'Foxy, Foxy' sounds better than you remembered... Other highlights? Well, its going to change with each play, but 'Moonbus (Baby's got a Down), 'Until I'm Gone' and 'The Hunchback Fish' from disc 1. 'Ready for Love', 'I Wish I was Your Mother', 'I'm a Cadillac' and so on, from disc 2. 'Transparent Day', 'Shout it all Out', 'Lounge Lizzard' (the only MTH track to have Ronson work as guitar originator) and 'Rock n Roll Queen' from disc 3, along with a Stan Tippins and Mott the Hoople version of Don Everly's 'So Sad (to Watch a Good Love go Bad)'. But its all great stuff, really, and I hope it reaches a wide audience. The Q Review won't help, but it would be good if Columbia put something out as a single... All I can add is if you see it and have a spare £32, then you should get it. As Mr Griffin informs us, most of the stuff here is alternative to that already familiar to your ears. And anyhow, they have pretty nearly all been re-mixed over the last couple of years and sound terrific. A great pack. Worth the wait and a fitting tribute. One the greatest bands of all time on this evidence, as if we didn't know... Terry Burgess, 18th September 1998
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