In Performance 1970–1974

In Performance 1970-1974 is a four CD box-set of live Mott the Hoople concerts between 1970 and 1974 playing, for the first time, the original members of the band and also the new members incorporated in 1973 after Verden Allen's May departure and Mick Ralphs August departure to form Bad Company.

The sessions to convert and remaster the original tapes were supervised by drummer Dale Griffin. The result is this box-set published by Angel Air Records in 2008 with a super high quality of sound.

These sets of live recordings show the band in all their glory as well as the later Bender/Fisher line-up. It captures the best of those releases and puts them together in chronological order, allowing the listener to follow the group's long journey from the "Liverpool Docks to the Hollywood Bowl". Strap yourself in; it's a bumpy ride!. If you never have heard them in concert, enjoy this set from the first song Ohio to the last one All The Young Dudes!.

Contents

Track listing

CD1: Fairfield Hall, Croydon 1970

  1. "Ohio" (Neil Young) (*)
  2. "No Wheels To Ride" (Ian Hunter)
  3. "Rock 'n' Roll Queen" (Mick Ralphs)
  4. "Thunderbuck Ram" (Ralphs)
  5. "When My Mind's Gone" (Hunter)
  6. "Keep A Knockin'" (Richard Penniman) (**)
  7. "You Really Got Me" (Ray Davies)

BONUS TRACKS: The Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden 1971

  1. "Long Red" (Leslie West / Felix Pappalardi / Ventura / Landsberg)
  2. "The Original Mixed-Up Kid" (Hunter)
  3. "Walking With A Mountain" (Hunter)
  4. "Laugh At Me" (Sonny Bono)
  5. "Thunderbuck Ram" (Ralphs)

(*) Includes band introduction. (**) Includes parts of "I Got A Woman", "What I'd Say" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (Not credited on the box).

CD2: The Tower Thaetre, Philadelphia 1972

  1. "Introduction / Jupiter from the Planets" (from Holst's Planet Suite)
  2. "Jerkin' Crocus" (Hunter)
  3. "Sucker" (Hunter)
  4. "Hymn For The Dudes" (Hunter)
  5. "Ready For Love" (Ralphs) (***)
  6. "Sweet Jane" (Lou Reed)
  7. "Sea Diver" (Hunter)
  8. "Sweet Angeline" (Hunter)
  9. "One Of The Boys" (Hunter / Ralphs)
  10. "Midnight Lady" (Hunter / Ralphs)
  11. "All The Youg Dudes" (David Bowie)
  12. "Honky Tonk Woman" (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards)

(***) Includes "After Lights" (Not credited on the box)

CD3: Live Heaven - USA Tours 1971-1973 & demos

  1. "No Wheels To Ride" (Hunter)
  2. "Whisky Women" (Ralphs)
  3. "Walkin' With A Mountain, includes: Jumping Jack Flash & Satisfaction" (Hunter, Jagger / Richards)
  4. "It'll Be Me" (Jack Clement)
  5. "Angel Of Eight Avenue" (Hunter)
  6. "Drivin' Sister" (Hunter / Ralps)
  7. "All The Young Dudes" (Bowie)
  8. "All The Way From Memphis" (Hunter)
  9. "Sweet Angeline" (Hunter)
  10. "Death May Be Your Santa Claus" (wild and rude mix) (Verden Allen / Hunter)
  11. "The Ballad Of Billiy Joe" (demo) (Charlie Rich)
  12. "If Your Heart Lay With The Rebel (would you cheer the underdog?)" (demo) (Cyril / Dora Ward / Charles Ward)
  13. "It Would Be A Pleasure" (demo) (Ralphs)

CD4: Live Heaven II - USA Tour 1974

  1. "American Pie" (Don McLean) (***)
  2. "The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll" (Hunter)
  3. "Sucker" (Hunter)
  4. "Roll Away The Stone & Sweet Jame" (Hunter, Lou Reed)
  5. "Rest In Peace" (Hunter / Watts / Griffin)
  6. "Here Comes The Queen" (Luther Grosvenor)
  7. "One Of The Boys" (Hunter / Ralphs)
  8. "Born Late '58" (Peter Watts)
  9. "Hymn Of The Dudes" (Allen / Hunter)
  10. "Marionette" (Hunter)
  11. "Drivin' Sister, includes: Crash Street Kidds & Violence" (Hunter / Ralphs)
  12. "All The Way From Memphis" (Hunter)
  13. "All The Young Dudes" (Hunter)

(***) Acoustic first part only

Total running: More than 5 hours of music

Personnel from 1970 to May 1973

CSs 1 & 2 and tracks 1-5 & 10-13 of CD3

Personnel from August 1973 to 1974

CD 4 and tracks 6-9 of CD3

References

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Mott the Hoople
Studio albums
Mott the Hoople (1969)  • Mad Shadows (1970)  • Wildlife (1971)  • Brain Capers (1971)  • All the Young Dudes (1972)  • Mott (1973)  • The Hoople (1974)
Drive On (1975)  • Shouting and Pointing (1976)
British Lions (1977)  • Trouble with Women (1982)
Live albums
Live (1974)  • Original Mixed Up Kids - The BBC Recordings (1996)  • Rock 'n' Roll Circus Live (2000)  • Two Miles from Live Heaven (2001)  • Mott the Hoople Live - 30th Anniversary Edition (2004)  • Live Fillmore West (2006)  • Fairfields Halls, Live 1970 (2007)
Compilation albums
Rock and Roll Queen (1972/1974)  • Greatest Hits (1976)  • Shades of Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople (1980)  • Two Miles from Heaven (1980)  • All the Way From Memphis (1981)  • The Collection: Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople (1988)  • Walkin' With a Mountain (1990)  • Ballad of Mott the Hoople - A Retrospective (1993)  • All the Young Dudes: The Anthology (1998)  • A Tale of Two Cities (2001)  • Family Anthology (2005)
Singles
"Rock and Roll Queen"  • "Thunderbuck Ram"  • "Midnight Lady"  • "Downtown"  • "All the Young Dudes"  • "One of the Boys"  • "Sweet Jane"  • "Lay Down"  • "Honaloochie Boogie"  • "All the Way from Memphis"  • "Roll Away the Stone"  • "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll"  • "Foxy, Foxy"  • "Saturday Gigs"
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