UK six CD set encapsulating legendary English Rock-band Mott the Hoople's recorded output for Island Records, to whom they were signed, between 1969 and 1971. Bringing together all of their albums from the period, the set also includes bonus material, BBC sessions and live concerts. The studio albums have all been remastered from the original tapes by renowned engineer Andy Pearce and have been complemented by bonus tracks selected by Mott the Hoople expert, Kris Needs. Disc Five comprises more unheard and, in some cases, unreleased music from the Island archive while Disc Six rounds everything off with live material recorded at Fairfield Hall, Croydon on September 13, 1970 and a BBC Radio One In Concert from the Paris Theatre, London on December 30, 1971.
1969 - Mott The Hoople
01. You Really Got Me
02. At The Crossroads
03. Laugh At Me
04. Backsliding Fearlessly
05. Rock And Roll Queen
06. Rabbit Foot And Toby Time
07. Half Moon Bay
08. Wrath And Wroll
Bonus Tracks:
09. If Your Heart Lay With The Rebel (Would You Cheer The Underdog?) (Instrumental Take 2)
10. Rock And Roll Queen (Single A-Side WIP 6072)
11. Road To Birmingham (Single B-Side WIP 6072)
12. Road To Birmingham (Guy Steven’s Mix)
13. You Really Got Me (Complete Take)
14. You Really Got Me (Vocal Mix)
15. Rock And Roll Queen (Guy Steven’s Mono Mix)
16. Rock And Roll Queen (Kitchen Sink Instrumental)
17. Little Christine (Recorded 24 June 1969)
1970 - Mad Shadows
01. Thunderbuck Ram
02. No Wheels To Ride
03. You Are One Of Us
04. Walkin' With A Mountain
05. I Can Feel
06. Threads Of Iron
07. When My Mind's Gone
Bonus Tracks:
10. Thunderbuck Ram (BBC Session Top Gear 21st Feb 1970)
11. Thunderbuck Ram (Original Take With Organ Solo)
12. No Wheels To Ride (Demo)
13. Moonbus (Baby's Got A Down On Me)
14. The Hunchback Fish (Vocal Rehearsal)
15. You Are One Of Us (Take 9)
16. Going Home (Recorded 16 January 1970)
17. Keep A-Knockin' (Studio Version - Take 2)
1970 - Wildlife
01. Whisky Women
02. Angel Of Eighth Avenue
03. Wrong Side Of The River
04. Waterlow
05. Lay Down
06. It Must Be Love
07. Original Mixed-Up Kid
08. Home Is Where I Want To Be
Bonus Tracks:
09. Keep A-Knockin' (Live At The Fairfield Halls)
10. Midnight Lady (Single A-Side WIP 6105)
11. The Debt (Single B-Side WIP 6105)
12. Downtown (Single A-Side WIP 6112)
13. Brain Haulage (Whiskey Woman)
14. Growing Man Blues (Take 10)
15. Long Red (Demo)
16. The Ballad Of Billy Joe
17. Lay Down (Take 8)
1971 - Brain Capers
01. Death May Be Your Santa Claus
02. Your Own Backyard
03. Darkness Darkness
04. The Journey
05. Sweet Angeline
06. Second Love
07. The Moon Upstairs
08. The Wheel Of The Quivering Meat Conception
Bonus Tracks:
09. Mental Train (The Moon Upstairs)
10. How Long (Death May Be...)
11. Darkness, Darkness
12. Your Own Backyard (Complete Take)
13. Where Do You All Come From (Backing Track)
14. One Of The Boys (Take 2)
15. Movin' On
16. Black Scorpio (Mommas Little Jewel) (Recorded 24 January 1972)
2018 - The Ballads Of Mott The Hoople
01. Like A Rolling Stone (Fragment)
02. No Wheels To Ride(1st House Fairfield Hall, Croydon)
03. Angel Of 8th Avenue
04. The Journey
05. Blue Broken Tears
06. Black Hills (Full Ralph's Version)
07. Can You Sing The Song That I Sing
08. Till I’m Gone (From '2 Miles From Heaven')
09. The Original Mixed Up Kid (BBC Session, Mike Harding 16th March 1971)
10. Ill Wind Blowing (From '2 Miles From Heaven')
11. I'm A River (Vocal Rehearsal)
12. Ride on The Sun (Sea Diver) (From '2 Miles From Heaven')
2018 - It's Live And Live Only
Fairfield Hall, Croydon, 13th September, 1970
01. Rock And Roll Queen
02. Ohio
03. No Wheels To Ride / Hey Jude
04. Thunderbuck Ram
05. Keep A-Knockin'
06. You Really Got Me
07. The Moon Upstairs
Paris Theatre, London, BBC Radio One, In Concert, 30 December 1971
08. Whiskey Women
09. Your Own Backyard
10. Darkness, Darkness
11. The Journey
12. Death May Be Your Santa Claus
