Saturday Gigs

"Saturday Gigs"
Single by Mott the Hoople
B-side "Medley: Jerkin' Crocus/Sucker/Violence"
Released October 1974
Format 7" single
Recorded 1974
Genre Glam rock
Length 4:20
Label CBS Records/Columbia Records
Writer(s) Ian Hunter
Producer Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople singles chronology
"Foxy, Foxy"
(1974)		 "Saturday Gigs"
(1974)		 "Drive On"
(1975)

"Saturday Gigs" is a 7" single released by Mott the Hoople. It was the last studio recording made by the group before Ian Hunter left and the group reformed as simply "Mott." Guitarist Ariel Bender was replaced by Mick Ronson during the production of the single, marking Ronson's only official appearance on a Mott The Hoople release. Another single, "Lounge Lizard," was recorded as a planned B-side, but was never used. It eventually turned up on the Extended CD re-issue of "The Hoople" in 2006. This song was played live during the 1974 European tour as the set's ending but also at the Mott The Hoople Reunion concerts in 2009 with it being the closing song of the final concert.

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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