STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - MOTT - DRIVE ON

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Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember English bass player and founding member of Mott The Hoople, Pete Overend Watts, on what would have been his 73rd Birthday. He passed away in 2017, age 69, from throat cancer. Mott The Hoople released 7 studio albums before abbreviating their name to Mott, and then recorded two albums. The first of those two records, Drive On, is our subject of focus today. Drive On was released September 1975 on the CBS/Columbia labels and produced by  Dale "Buffin" Griffin and Pete "Overend" Watts. It peaked at #160 on the Billboard 200 and #35 in the UK.  "Monte Carlo" and "By Tonight" were released as singles in Europe only , but failed to chart.

"By Tonight" – 3:46
"Monte Carlo" – 4:35
"She Does It" – 3:26
"I'll Tell You Something" – 4:30
"Stiff Upper Lip" 4:30

Side two

"Love Now" – 2:45
"Apologies"  – 0:50
"The Great White Wail" – 5:06
"Here We Are" – 5:25
"It Takes One To Know One"  – 4:30
"I Can Show You How It Is" – 2:30

Mott :

Nigel Benjamin – lead vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitars
Ray Major – lead and slide guitars, backing vocals
Morgan Fisher – piano, backing vocals, organ, synthesizer
Pete Overend Watts – bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Love Now"
Dale "Buffin" Griffin – drums, backing vocals, percussion

Technical :

Mott – producer, arranger
Alan Harris, Geoff Emerick, Ron Fawcus – engineers
Arun Chakraverty – mastering
Art Direction – Roslav Szaybo
Gary Edwards, Geoff Emerick, Pete Henderson – mixing engineers
Mike Putland, Peter Lavery – photography
Roger Bamber – photography [Front Cover]