Ian Hunter cover versions:
- GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

Quick links: Joe Elliott's Down 'n Outz


JOE ELLIOTT'S DOWN 'N OUTZ (2010 | 2016)

Highslide JS "MY REGENERATION" USA 2010 CD
(Mailboat Records)

Tracklisting: Golden Opportunity / Storm / Overnight Angels / Career (No Such Thing As Rock 'n' Roll) / England Rocks / Shouting And Pointing / By Tonight / Apologies / Who Do You Love / One More Chance To Run / 3000 Miles From Here / Good Times / The Flipside Of The Shameless Whelk

The Down 'N Outz is a project fronted by Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, backed by The Quireboys, who only play covers of Ian Hunter, Mott and British Lions songs! The band got together to support Mott The Hoople at one of their reunion concerts at London's Hammersmith Odeon in October 2009, and later recorded an albums worth of material in Joe's studio in Dublin. The USA edition has 13 songs, of which 6 are Mott covers. "Good Times" was originally recorded by The Easybeats.

Bonus digital only tracks: a 14th track, a live version of Mott's "Shouting And Pointing" from the Hammersmith show was only available as a digital mp3 download from Amazon. On iTunes, the extra bonus track was a live version of the Ian Hunter song "Golden Opportunity".


Highslide JS "MY REGENERATION" UK 2010 CD
(Classic Rock ROC147-07-10)

Tracklisting: Golden Opportunity / Storm / Overnight Angels / Career (No Such Thing As Rock 'n' Roll) / England Rocks / Shouting And Pointing / By Tonight / Who Do You Love / One More Chance To Run / Good Times
- issued free with the July 2010 edition of 'Classic Rock' magazine

In the UK, a 10-track edition was given away free with issue #147 of the 'Classic Rock' magazine. "3000 Miles From Here" (Ian Hunter), "Apologies" (Mott) and "The Flipside Of The Shameless Whelk" were dropped from the track listing. The latter was just the band jamming, and the only band composition on the original album.


Highslide JS "LIVE AT THE HAMMERSMITH ODEON" Japan 2016 CD/DVD
(Bludgeon Riffola IEZP-105)

Tracklisting: Golden Opportunity / Overnight Angels / One More Chance To Run / Storm / Shouting And Pointing / Career (No Such Thing As Rock 'n' Roll) / Who Do You Love / By Tonight / England Rocks / Good Times

The Down 'N Outz filmed their show show opening for Mott The Hoople in 2009 and a limited edition DVD was released in 2011. The DVD included the full concert, plus four bonus videos: "Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" (live), "England Rocks" (promo video) / "Overnight Angels" (promo video) / "Good Times" (promo video)

This 2016 Japan only DVD re-issue also includes a separate CD with the audio portion from the concert.

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