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MOTT THE HOOPLE discography
- the fake Mott The Hoople albums
K-Tel released a CD called "The Best Of Mott The Hoople" in 1996 which contained re-recordings of Mott's hits by a bogus band. The cover however wrongly stated that the re-recordings were made by Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson shortly before Mick died. Two years later K-Tel were found guilty in the UK courts on two counts of supplying a CD with a false description and fined £8000 plus £1488 costs. Although BBC TV and several leading British national newpapers reported from the courtcase, this hasn't stopped other companies from releasing the very same album.
The other editions may have dropped the Ian/Mick reference, but they all claim to be Mott The Hoople recordings - which they are not of course. In 2002, a CD entitled "I Can't Believe It's Not Mott the Hoople" surfaced - this was actually another variation of the fake CD but for the first time the cover states that the songs are re-recordings by a band called The Trybe. In 2009 the songs made their debut as download mp3 files at the many online vendors. They can not be stopped, it seems!
Quick links: 1996 UK | 1996 Denmark | 1997 Germany | 1997 UK | 1997 Holland | 1998 Ireland | Trybe
Tracks: All The Young Dudes / All The Way From Memphis / *She's A Star / Honaloochie Boogie / *Steamer / *Forgotten Dream / Roll Away The Stone / *Shadows Of Yesterday / *Yes / Saturday Gigs / Foxy Foxy / Golden Age Of Rock N Roll
- the five songs marked * were written by Danny McCulloch and Gerry Chapman who reportedly masterminded this release.
Tracks: All The Young Dudes / Honaloochie Boogie / All The Way From Memphis / Roll Away The Stone / Golden Age Of Rock N Roll / Foxy Foxy / Saturday Gigs / She's A Star / Yesterday / Forgotten Dreams / Steamer / Yes
- at least the picture disc is nice (the photo depicts Mott The Hoople performing "Foxy Foxy" on Holland TV)
Tracks: Medley: All The Way From Memphis-Golden Age of Rock'n Roll-Yes / All The Young Dudes / Roll Away The Stone / She's A Star / Saturday Gig / Foxy Foxy / Steamer / All The Way From Memphis / Honaloochie Boogie / Yesterday / Yes / Forgotten Dreams / Golden Age Of Rock'n Roll / Medley: She's A Star-All The Young Dudes-Steamer
- two meaningless medleys were added to the German CD
Tracks: All The Young Dudes / Roll Away The Stone / She's A Star / Saturday Gig / Foxy Foxy / Steamer / All The Way From Memphis / Honaloochie Boogie / Shadows Of Yesterday / Yes / Forgotten Dream / Golden Age Of Rock 'n ' Roll / Medley: She's A Star-All The Young Dudes-Steamer / Medley: All The Way From Memphis-Golden Age of Rock'n Roll-Yes
- the second UK edition - this also added the two medleys.
Tracks: All The Young Dudes / Honaloochie Boogie / All The Way From Memphis / Roll Away The Stone / Golden Age Of Rock N Roll / Foxy Foxy / Saturday Gigs / She's A Star / Yesterday / Forgotten Dreams / Steamer / Yes
- the cover has a great shot of Overend Watts and Ray Majors. Too bad this is supposedly a Mott The Hoople album!
Tracks: All The Young Dudes / Honaloochie Boogie / All The Way From Memphis / Roll Away The Stone / Golden Age Of Rock N Roll / Foxy Foxy / She's A Star / Saturday Gigs / Shadows Of Yesterday / Forgotten Dreams / Steamer / Yes
- this Irish release also use the Overend Watts and Ray Majors photo. A great pose - it would have been great for a MOTT cd!
"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT MOTT THE HOOPLE" by The Trybe
(2002 UK CD)
Tracks: All The Young Dudes / Honaloochie Boogie / All The Way From Memphis / Roll Away The Stone / The Golden Age Of Rock n Roll / Foxy Foxy / She's A Star / Saturday Gigs / Shadows Of Yesterday / Forgotten Dream / Steamer / Yes
THE TRYBE PLAY MOTT THE HOOPLE AND OTHERS
(2009 mp3 download album)
Tracks: All The Young Dudes / Honaloochie Boogie / All The Way From Memphis / Roll Away The Stone / The Golden Age Of Rock n Roll / Foxy Foxy / Saturday Gigs / Forgotten Dream / Shadows Of Yesterday / She's A Star / Steamer / Yes
THE TRYBE PERFORM MOTT THE HOOPLE
(2009 mp3 download album)
Tracks: All The Young Dudes / Honaloochie Boogie / All The Way From Memphis / Roll Away The Stone / The Golden Age Of Rock n Roll / Foxy Foxy / She's A Star / Saturday Gigs / Shadows Of Yesterday / Forgotten Dream / Steamer / Yes