Seasons In Your Mind: Mott The Hoople

Mott The Hoople

	Mott The Hoople
	Atlantic SD-8258
	4/70 BB [UK: 11/69] UK

	Back Cover Inside Cover UK Inside Cover

Side One
You Really Got Me	Davies	3:04
At The Crossroads	Sahm	5:14
Laugh At Me	Bono	7:22
Backsliding Fearlessly	Hunter	3:15
Side Two
Rock & Roll Queen	Ralphs	5:08
Rabbit Foot And Toby Time	Ralphs	2:12
Half Moon Bay	Hunter-Ralphs	11:01
Wrath And Wroll	Stevens	1:32

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Ian Hunter-piano, vocals
Mick Ralphs-guitar, vocals
Verden Allen-organ
Overend Watts-bass
Buffin [Dale Griffin]-drums
§Cover Art-Reptiles (1943) by M C Escher (colorized)
Produced by: Guy Stevens

Note: Check out more artwork by M C Escher .

5/29-30/70: Eastown Theatre, Detroit
with Jethro Tull (headliner)

Atlanta International Pop Festival(7/5/70)

Rock & Roll Queen³ / Backsliding Fearlessly
Ralphs (2:30) / Hunter (3:15)
Atlantic 2749, 7/70

	Mad Shadows
	Atlantic SD-8272
	10/70 [UK: 9/70] UK

	Back Cover Inside Cover

Side One
Thunderbuck Ram	Ralphs	4:51
No Wheels To Ride	Hunter	6:02
You Are One Of Us	Hunter	3:22
Walkin' With A Mountain	Hunter	3:52
Side Two
I Can Feel	Hunter	7:15
Threads Of Iron	Ralphs	5:51
When My Mind's Gone	Hunter	6:25

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Ian Hunter-piano, vocals
Mick Ralphs-guitar, vocals
Verden Allen-organ
Overend Watts-bass
Buffin-drums
with:
Guy Stevens-piano
§Cover Design-Ginny Smith, Pete Sanders; Photo-Gabi Nasemann;
Inside Painting-Peace, A Little Child Shall Lead Them (1896) William Strutt
Produced by: Guy Stevens

Note: Walkin' With A Mountain includes a few shouts of Jumpin' Jack Flash

	Wildlife
	Atlantic SD-8284
	4/71 [UK: 2/71] UK

	Full Cover Inside Cover

Side One
Whisky Women	Ralphs	3:38
Angel Of Eighth Avenue	Hunter	4:30
Wrong Side Of The River	Ralphs	5:17
Waterlow	Hunter	3:00
Lay Down	Safka	4:10
Side Two
It Must Be Love	Ralphs	2:17
Original Mixed-Up Kid	Hunter	3:35
Home Is Where I Want To Be	Ralphs	4:05
Keep A Knockin'†	Penniman	9:55

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Ian Hunter-piano, vocals
Mick Ralphs-guitar, vocals
Verden Allen-organ
Overend Watts-bass
Buffin-drums
with:
James Archer-violin (Angel Of Eighth Avenue)
Jerry Hogan-pedal steel guitar (It Must Be Love & Original Mixed-Up Kid)
Stan Tippens-vocals
Jess Roden-vocals
§Cover Design-Visual Communication Ltd, Photo-Brian Cooke
Produced by: Guy Stevens, Mott The Hoople

Note: †Recorded live at Fairfield Halls, Croyden, 9/13/70 (Whole concert released in 2007)
Also includes I Got A Woman, What'd I Say, and Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

Midnight Lady / The Debt
Hunter-Ralphs (3:27) / Hunter (4:20)
Island WIP-6105 [UK], 7/71
listed here 'caus these tracks never made across the pond

Last Of The Rockers

Even tho this next album is just outside our artificially-imposed time-frame, it's included 'cause it's the last record before Mott met up with Bowie and went all glam with All The Young Dudes, and it's a great record!.

	Brain Capers, featuring The Brain Caper Kids
	Atlantic SD-8304
	1/72 [UK: 9/71]

	Back Cover UK Cover The "Mask" was included inside as a cut-out

Side One
Death May Be Your Santa Claus	Allen-Hunter	4:48
Your Own Back Yard	DiMucci-Fasce	4:12
Darkness, Darkness	Young	4:03
Journey	Hunter	8:31
Side Two
Sweet Angeline	Hunter	5:13
Second Love	Allen	3:48
Moon Upstairs	Hunter	5:13
Wheel Of The Quivering Meat Conception	Hunter-Stevens	2:07

Note: Dedicated to James Dean

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Ian Hunter-piano, vocals
Mick Ralphs-guitar, vocals
Verden Allen-organ
Overend Watts-bass
Buffin-drums
with:
Guy Stevens-piano
Jim Price-trumpet (Second Love)
§Cover Art-Bizarre Damage
Produced by: Guy Stevens

Glam rocked their way to the top until 1974 when Ian & Mick went solo.
Mott carried on for a couple of years and dissolved.

Links!

Mott The Hoople web site
Unofficial site for Mott The Hoople and Ian Hunter
Official Ian Hunter web site
Official Mick Ralphs web site