1. By Tonight
2. Monte Carlo
3. She Does It
4. I'll Tell You Something
5. Stiff Upper Lip
6. Love Now
7. Apologies
8. The Great White Wail
9. Here We Are
10. It Takes One To Know One
11. I Can Show You How It Is
12. Shout It All Out

Special Deluxe Collector's Edition / Fully restored and remastered audio / Bonus track / Foreword by Joe Elliott / 16 page full colour booklet 3,500 word essay, enhanced artwork, rare photos and band involvement. There is no doubt that Mott The Hoople were one of the most influential British rock bands of the 1970s. Having gone from a struggling club band to wider international success, it came as something of a shock when leader Ian Hunter pulled the band apart by quitting in late 1974, taking flamboyant guitarist Mick Ronson with him to peruse a solo career.
For the other members of Mott The Hoople this could have spelt disaster but fortunately their resolve and determination overcame all obstacles resolving to carry on with a revised line up. Enlisting new guitarist Ray Major and unknown vocalist Nigel Benjamin (recommended to the band by Bad Company and former Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs), the band reconvened, still signed to CBS, but under the new handle of Mott. It was this line-up (also featuring former MTH stalwarts Pete Overend Watts, Dale Buffin Griffin and Morgan Fisher) that recorded Drive On one of the year's most surprising and exciting albums.
Although it exploring some of the more grandiose musical themes touched on by latter day MTH, the album is also a hot-bed of hard rocking, allowing the extraordinary vocals of Nigel Benjamin to take centre stage. It's this full-on direction that lent the record a sense of urgency that still impresses to this day a fact that hasn't escaped the attention of Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott who has, in recent years, persistently championed these songs in concert and on newly recorded versions.

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1. Shouting & Pointing
2. Collision Course
3. Storm
4. Career (No Such Thing As Rock 'N' Roll)
5. Hold On, You're Crazy
6. See You Again
7. Too Short Arms (I Don't Care)
8. Broadside Outcasts
9. Good Times
10. Too Short Arms (I Don't Care) (Remix)

Special Deluxe Collector's Edition / Fully restored and remastered audio / Bonus track / Foreword by Joe Elliott / 16 page full colour booklet 3,500 word essay, enhanced artwork, rare photos and band involvement. When Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson quit Mott The Hoople in late 1974, many thought that the band would become just another fondly remembered and well respected entry in the history of rock.
Few would have gambled on the remaining band members rising up, dusting themselves down and getting back in the ring ready to fight another day. Re-tooled under the newly abbreviated moniker of Mott, the band recruited guitarist Ray Major and super talented yet unknown vocalist Nigel Benjamin, releasing Drive On , one of the most impressive albums of 1975.
Finding support at all levels, the band reconvened for the follow up album Shouting And Pointing , issued in 1976, a far more panoramic record which took the original Mott The Hoople blue-print, using it to their advantage, increasing the energy level and constructing songs that utilized ambitious arrangements. Nigel Benjamin was a real find, a man seemingly without any vocal ceiling who was also a great frontman. Produced by studio veteran Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin) at the Manor studios in Oxfordshire and mixed by the equally esteemed Bill Price (Sex Pistols, Guns 'N Roses) the material is both challenging and commercially addictive. Songs such as Collision Course , Storm and Hold On You're Crazy rock the house but its Career (No Such Thing As Rock And Roll) and the title track that construct a vivid picture of the band's grandiose ambitions.

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Very cool! I have these cd's when CBS Rewind did them but I would be interested in upgrading for the "Rock Candy" re-mastering. It will give them the punch to make them sound fresh.

Rick A.

I have both of these, but I'm not all that fond of them. Prefer the later British Lions albums with a similar line up.

How are these albums Rick?

I remember liking what I heard on each and Benjamin was a good singer. It's been years though since I heard these songs.

Their pretty good. They were better than I expected when I first bought these on vinyl. That was about 15 years back by the UK Sony budget "Rewind". No significant upgrade with them therefore I do expect "Rock Candy" kick them up.

Are these essential? Nah, if you are Mott completest (like I) then these are worth getting.

I'll trade in my Rewind discs to put towards purchase.

Rick A.

Yes, I'll re-buy for the improved sound, the bonus songs and the enhanced booklet. Like Geff, I prefer British Lions to Mott, but these are enjoyable in their own right.

Although I have ordered both of these...I am a little wary of Rock Candy's quality. I just received Lone Star's Firing on all Six, but to my amazement when I started playing the CD I was hearing REO Speedwagon's Nine Lives. I did a double take but Soundhound confirmed it was REO and not Lone Star !!! I've previously seen wrong discs in wrong sleeves...but wrong music on a correctly marked/labelled CD ??

Paul

Wow, that's frightening. Contact them and they will make it right I'm sure. I have had E-Mail communication with Rock Candy before and they were very responsive. Let's us know how you make out.

Rick A.

I got an Elvis Presley like that once. Sold it for a FORTUNE on ebay!