STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - MOTT THE HOOPLE - LIVE

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Good morning faithful readers and welcome back to the Sunday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today would have been the 73rd Birthday of  English drummer and a founding member of Mott The Hoople, Dale "Buffin" Griffin. He passed away in 2016 in his sleep after battling  Alzheimer's disease. He was 67. We honor his legacy with Mott The Hoople's first live album, appropriately called Live. Live was recorded at the  Hammersmith Odeon, on December 14, 1973 and Uris Theatre, Broadway, May 8 and 9, 1974 and the released in November of 1974 on the Columbia label. The disc was produced by Griffin and peaked at #51 in Canada and #32 in the UK. It was their last release before announcing breakup. 

Side A (Broadway)

"All the Way from Memphis" (Hunter) – 5:05

"Sucker" (Hunter, Ralphs, Watts) – 6:06

"Rest in Peace" (Griffin, Hunter, Watts) – 5:57

"All the Young Dudes" (David Bowie) – 3:49

"Walkin' With A Mountain" (Hunter) – 5:02

Side B (Hammersmith)

"Sweet Angeline" (Hunter) – 7:03

"Rose" (Griffin, Hunter, Ralphs, Watts) – 4:46

"Jerkin' Crocus" / "One of the Boys" / "Rock & Roll Queen" / "Get Back" / "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" / "Violence" (Sunny David, Hunter, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ralphs, Dave Williams) – 16:00

Mott the Hoople :

Ian Hunter – vocals, rhythm guitar,
Peter Overend Watts – bass guitar, vocals,
Dale "Buffin" Griffin – drums, vocals,
Ariel Bender – lead guitar, vocals,
Morgan Fisher – piano, vocals

With:

Blue Weaver - organ (U.S.)
Mick Bolton - organ (UK)
Stan Tippins - vocals on "All the Young Dudes"

Technical

Fred Heller - executive producer
Gary Klein - executive production supervision
Bill Price, Gary Edwards - engineer (Island mobile studio)
James Reeves - engineer (Record Plant mobile studio)
Alan "Pinball Wizard" Harris, Bill Price, Gary Edwards, Peter Swettenham, Peter Wilson, Sean Milligan, Steve Nye - remix engineer
Roslav Szaybo - sleeve design
Dagmar Krajnc - front cover photography