A high quality, limited edition, 5-disc deluxe box set with rare tracks and previously unreleased song versions:
2LP in Gatefold Sleeve - LP1 Remastered Album / LP2 Rare Mixes and Session Tracks
2CDs: CD1 Remastered Album / CD2 Rare Mixes and Session Tracks
12" Single, with rare 'Unlocked Cars' version of 'All the Young Dudes' + 'One of the Boys' (rare UK B-side)
72-Page Hardback Book with liner notes by Mott the Hoople and Ian Hunter biographer Campbell Devine
2 Posters, 3 Art Prints, 'Sea Divers' Fan Club Card and an Individually Numbered Certificate.
‘All The Young Dudes’, Mott’s 5th studio album, remains a special & vital record. Released in the UK on 8th September 1972, the title track (penned by David Bowie) became their highest-charting hit single. Also including a spritely, ‘definitive’ cover of Lou Reed’s classic ‘Sweet Jane’, the inventive & suggestive ‘Momma’s Little Jewel’, the Stones-styled ‘Jerkin’ Crocus’ & Mick Ralphs’ heartfelt ‘Ready For Love’, the album has been termed “the ultimate document of an era.”
Mott The Hoople occupies a unique place in the annals of international rock music. Oozing style, attitude & unpredictability, the band recorded a peerless legacy of songs combining homage, honesty & killer hooks. As Mott’s focal point, lead singer Ian Hunter was also one of the toughest & most inventive writers of the early Seventies.
Over the years, Mott The Hoople has been cited as an inspiration by Queen, The Clash, Kiss, Primal Scream, Mötley Crüe, Cheap Trick & Def Leppard, whose frontman Joe Elliott remains a devoted fan.
Linked to the Ziggy Stardust story, Mott’s rendition of ‘All The Young Dudes’ remains the definitive version of David’s masterpiece. The album proved inspirational & is still a record that excites & resonates decades later.