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Mott the Hoople albums:
Two Miles From Heaven

side 1 (Dark Cargo Side)
You Really Got Me (vocal) June 27, 1969 (Davies)
Road To Birmingham July 7, 1969 (Hunter)
Thunderbuck Ram November 15, 1969 (Ralphs)
Going Home January 16, 1970 (Ralphs)
Little Christine June 24, 1969 (Ralphs)
Keep-A Knockin' February 18, 1970 (Penniman)
Black Hills October 17, 1970 (Ralphs)

side 2 (Bald At The Station Side)
Black Scorpio (Momma's Little Jewel) January 24, 1972 (Hunter/Watts)
One of the Boys (acoustic version) April 11, 1971 (Ralphs/Hunter)
Until I'm Gone April 11, 1971 (Ralphs)
Growing Man Blues November 16, 1970 (Hunter)
Ride On The Sun (Sea Diver) January 24, 1972 (Hunter)
Surfin UK December 14, 1970 (Ralphs)
(There's an) Ill Wind Blowing April 14, 1971 (Hunter)

Bonus Tracks (on Angel Air CD re-release only)
The Debt April 21, 1971 (Hunter)
Downtown April 21, 1971 (Whitten/Young)

Recorded by Line-up 1

Island Records released in the UK in 1980
Re-released in the UK October 2003 by Angel Air Records SJPCD161

SJPCD161 Available in all good record stores, or by mail order from Angel Air Records

Steve Norgrove (Half Moon Bay reader) adds...
Morgan Fisher is credited with pre-production research. The album is a 'Trouble With Women Production' by Dale Griffin (reference to that elusive 2nd British Lions LP).

Half Moon Bay adds… Now remastered, attractively repackaged (with sleeve notes from Dale Griffin) with bonus tracks and re-released (on CD for the first time) by Angel Air.

Listening to this CD was my first play of 'Two Miles from Heaven', a record which I only became aware of through e-mails sent to me by Half Moon Bay readers. So, I've waited a long time to hear it but it was worth the wait.

Mind you, Angel Air have provided us with a stunning remastered sound and the tracks all have such a clarity and they ring out loud and proud.

And, for my money, any album the has Until I'm Gone on it is going to have a good chance of getting me to part with my money for it. A truly wonderful song, performed with inimitable Mottness by all involved. The version of Keep-A Knockin' provided here should surely have been a single and I suspect someone, somewhere of a conspiracy to keep the track from reaching the publics ears less our heroes ended up conquering the world and topping the charts.