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All the Way from Memphis (Ian Hunter)
Whizz Kid (Ian Hunter)
Hymn for the Dudes (Ian Hunter/Verden Allen)
Honaloochie Boogie (Ian Hunter)
Violence (Ian Hunter/Mick Ralphs)
Drivin' Sister (Ian Hunter/Mick Ralphs)
Ballad of Mott (March 26th 1972 Zurich) (Ian Hunter/Overend Watts/Mick Ralphs/Verden Allen/Buffin)
I'm a Cadillac/El Comino Dolo Roso (Mick Ralphs)
I Wish I was your Mother (Ian Hunter)

CBS 69038 released in UK 20th July 1973

Recorded by Line-up 2

Produced by Mott the Hoople, Arranged by Ian Hunter
Recorded at Air London Studios, and EMI Abbey Road - February through April 1973
Engineers - Bill Price, Alan Harris (AIR) John Leckie (EMI)
Mix Engineer 'Madswitcher' Harris with Pete Swettenham
Equipment by Phil John and Richard Anderson
Group Schedule Executive; Stan Tippins.
Production Supervisor; Dan Loggins

Guest Artists: Paul Buckmaster - Electric Cello
Graham Preskitt - Violin
Thunderthighs - Backing Vocals
Andy Mackay - Saxophones

Reached number 7 in UK LP (long player!) chart; the bands first album to chart...

Half Moon Bay says...

The music... This is seen by many as the definitive Mott the Hoople record; at the time if someone had one Mott album in their collection, this was the one. Well, it did have two hit singles on it. And it's a very strong record, laden with goodies, fine performances all round and self-produced. Just a pity it led to Ralphs leaving the band. It is available these days as a budget priced CD through Castle and also as part of the Sony/Columbia Rewind series. You won't be disappointed.

The artwork... The artwork on the original has quite a history; When it first appeared it was in a gatefold sleeve: the front had the head shape cut-out to reveal a cellophane sheet that had the dotted face shading image printed on it. Inside the gatefold revealed a busy and interesting collage of shots. The inner sleeve had the lyrics printed on it. Later CBS did away with the celaphane sheet - I have one of these sleeve - but it was still gatefold and still had the cut-out. In later re-pressings, the gatefold disappeared and a sleeve similar to the one shown in the scan above (taken from the Castle release) appeared.