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Mott the Hoople: All the Young Dudes, Vintage LP 1972
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January 11, 2025
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January 5, 2025
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Mott the Hoople LP 1972 Excellent
Wow - Mott the Hoople! Growing up in the Memphis area, there was no rock band more popular in the early 70s. Taken under the support of David Bowie, the band stayed together for several years, based on the mega-hit - written by David Bowie - "All the Young Dudes." I can remember the biggest rock FM station in town - FM100 - playing "All the Young Dudes" sometimes 4-6 times in a row. Mott the Hoople would sell out their Memphis concerts and recorded "All the Way to Memphis" in their next album, "Mott." Ironically, "All the Way to Memphis" hit the Top 10 in the UK and was featured in the movie, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," but never did that well in the US outside of Memphis.
"All the Way to Memphis" is not on this album, however. Instead, this album and its hit, "All the Young Dudes" was the cause for "All the Way to Memphis!"
"All the Young Dudes" was a breakthrough hit for many of us who were teenagers in the early 70s and represented all the good things about the David Bowie movement in music. I must've seen Mott in concert 4 or 5 times during that period. (Bowie was much harder to see, at least in Memphis.) Among many things, I remember distinctly the bass player, Overend Watts' high-heeled shoes: they had soles that seemed about 1 foot high.
Also, though not well known at the time, Mick Ralphs was the primary guitarist for Mott the Hoople. He later went onto much bigger things as one of the two founding members of Bad Company. With Bad Company, he created the Mega-Hit, "Can't Get Enough." Bad Company's first album hit #1 in the United States.
Mott the Hoople continued for many, many years with Ian Hunter's lead singing providing the foundation. This album is still their best.
As with most of the LPs from Beezar Audio, this one was played once for a needle drop cassette recording, then stored vertically in air-conditioned space ever since.
** Beezar Audio exclusively used Technics SL-10 and SL-7 linear tracking turntables with Shure V-15 P-mount cartridges and styli when playing LPs. **
