Mott The Hoople – The Hoople

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Label:	CBS – 69062, CBS – S 69062
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	UK
Released:	Mar 1974
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Glam, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll

Tracklist

A1	The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll Backing Vocals – Barry St. John, Sue And Sunny* Baritone Saxophone – Jumpin' Jock* Bass – Overend Watts Drums – Dale Griffin Handclaps – Tippin's Toilet Trio Lead Guitar – Ariel Bender Piano – Morgan Fisher Tenor Saxophone – Howie Casey, Rockin' Jock McPherson* Vocals, Rhythm Guitar – Ian Hunter Voice [Alan Freed] – Dan Loggins Written-By, Arranged By – Ian Hunter	3:23
A2	Marionette Baritone Saxophone – Jock* Cello – Mike Hurwitz Tenor Saxophone – Howie, Jock Voice [Voix Grotesques A La Quasimodo] – Ariel, Ian, Overend* Written-By, Arranged By – Ian Hunter	5:03
A3	Alice Backing Vocals [Fairy Dust] – Lynsey De Paul Bass ["Leslie" Bass] – Overend* Organ, Synthesizer [Synthi] – Morgan* Saxophone ["Rehperbahn" Sax] – Howie* Written-By, Arranged By – Ian Hunter	5:26
A4	Crash Street Kidds Synthesizer [Synthi] – Moogan* Voice [Crash Street Kidds Gang] – Ian* Written-By, Arranged By – Ian Hunter	4:29
B1	Born Late 58 Lead Vocals, Twelve-String Guitar [Rickenbacker 12 String Guitar], Rhythm Guitar, Bass Guitar [Manfred Mann's Bass Guitar] – Overend* Slide Guitar [Sliding Guitar] – Ariel* Written-By, Arranged By – Overend Watts	3:58
B2	Trudi's Song Backing Vocals – Barry, Sue And Sunny Harmonica [Echo Vamper], Acoustic Guitar – Ian* Piano ["Leslie" Piano] – Morgan* Written-By, Arranged By – Ian Hunter	4:25
B3	Pearl 'N' Roy (England) Baritone Saxophone – Jock* Chorus [Picket Line Chorus] – Ian, Mick Ralphs, Overend Harmony Vocals – Overend* Tenor Saxophone – Howie, Jock The Rock Voice ["Cosh And Helmet" Saloon Bar Scene] – Blue Weaver, Mott, Stan Written-By, Arranged By – Ian Hunter	4:25
B4	Through The Looking Glass Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor [Orchestra], Tubular Bells – Graham Preskitt* Backing Vocals – Barry, Sue And Sunny Written-By, Arranged By – Ian Hunter	4:44
B5	Roll Away The Stone Backing Vocals – Thunderthighs Lead Guitar – Ariel* Piano – Ian* Rhythm Guitar – Michael Geoffrey Ralphs* Synthesizer [Synthi] – Morgan* Tenor Saxophone – Howie* Voice [Chat Sequence] – Ian*, Lynsey De Paul Written-By, Arranged By – Ian Hunter	3:08

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Recorded At – Advision Studios
Recorded At – Air Studios
Remixed At – Air Studios
Overdubbed At – Air Studios
Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
Published By – April Music
Published By – H & H Music
Published By – Island Music
Made By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.

Credits

Backing Vocals – Barry St. John, Sue And Sunny*
Bass, Vocals – Overend Watts
Crew [Our Man Half-way Up Somewhere] – Stan Tippins
Design, Typography – Mary Winton
Drums – Dale Griffin
Engineer [AIR Studios] – Bill Price, Gary Edwards, Peter Swettenham, Sean Milligan
Engineer [Advision Studios] – Mike Dunne, Paul Hardiman
Equipment – Phil*, Ritchie*
Keyboards, Synthesizer – Morgan Fisher
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Ariel Bender
Management – H And H Enterprises
Model – Kari-Ann*
Photography By – John Brown (5)
Producer [Produced By] – Dale Griffin, Ian Hunter, Overend Watts
Recorded By – Alan "Madswitcher" Harris* (tracks: B5)
Sleeve [Concept], Design – Roslav Szaybo
Supervised By – Dan Loggins
Technician [Here, There and Everywhere] – Alan "Madswitcher" Harris*
Tenor Saxophone – Howie Casey
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jock McPherson
Violin, Orchestrated By – Graham Preskitt*
Vocals, Rhythm Guitar – Ian Hunter

Notes

Original UK release in matte cover on orange CBS labels with light blue thick paper lyrics sheet.
First cat.# on cover, 2nd on labels.

Some copies were issued with a round golden sticker reading:
INCLUDING: ROLL AWAY THE STONE and GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL

Ariel Bender appears by courtesy of Island Records Ltd.

Recorded at Advision Studios, London W.1. January 1974.
Re-mixed and dubbed at AIR (London) Studios 2 and 3 February 1974.
B5 recorded at AIR (London) Studios No. 2 by Alan "Madswitcher" Harris, May/June 1973

Equipment by Ritchie, Phil, and Eddie.
Model: Kari-Ann.

Lynsey De Paul appeared courtesy of MAM Records and the Triumph Motor Co. Ltd.
Barry, Sue and Sunny appeared with Howie, Johnny and Alec
Mick Ralphs appeared to be in Bad Company

A1 to B4 published by April Music / H & H Music. B5 Published by Island Music
Shorepak by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd. England
℗ 1974 CBS Inc. B5 ℗ 1973.
Made in England.

Runouts are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Other (Lyrics sheet, "side two", lower right corner): P637
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): S 69062 A
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): S 69062 B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): CBS S 69062 A3
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): CBS S 69062 B2
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): CBS S 69062 A2
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): CBS S 69062 B3
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): CBS S 69062 A2 V C1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): CBS S 69062 B2 V C1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): CBS S 69062 A2 V C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): CBS S 69062 B2 V C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): CBS S 69062 A3
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): CBS S 69062 B3
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): CBS S 69062 A2 1 7 E
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): CBS S 69062 B2 2 B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): CBS S 69062 A2 V
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): CBS S 69062 B3 C B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): CBS S 69062 A2 1 4 C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): CBS S 69062 B2 1 6 B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 9): CBS S 69062 A2 9 E
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 9): CBS S 69062 B2 1 7 B

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	The Hoople (LP, Album, Stereo, TX P Pitman Pressing)	Columbia	PC 32871	US	1974
New Submission	The Hoople (Album, LP, Quadraphonic)	Columbia	PCQ 32871	US	1974
Recently Edited	The Hoople (LP, Album)	Columbia	PC 32871	Canada	1974
Recently Edited	The Hoople (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS, CBS	69062, S 69062	Yugoslavia	1974
Recently Edited	The Hoople (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS	S 69062	Europe	1974

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Reviews

Dzubox Apr 21, 2024
Here we have an amazing album and this UK pressing sounds very fresh, punchy and crispy.
kajhenrik Feb 23, 2023
the hoople, kom med Poster ! och stickers(2 ST) har den fortfarande kvar och utan reklam sticker på omslaget
RadioTowerRecords Oct 3, 2022
A stone cold classic and agreed this pressing appears to be a good one.
jtm1967 Mar 21, 2022
This is an underrated gem of an album that is just as good as Mott and certainly better than all the young dudes. This album is simply a more daring unique extension of Mott and this pressing is the one you want.
winchrecords Jan 26, 2019
While one might expect Mick Ralph's contributions to be missed quite a lot (after he split for Bad Company), Ariel Bender (Spooky Tooth) seems to have little trouble filling the position (at least for now)...pretty consistent set, noteworthy at the very least, classic in some reviewers' opinions, likely the last essential offering for fans.