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Mott The Hoople and Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter LP/CD: "The Very Best of Ian Hunter"

Sleeve and track listing

CBS 467508-2. (1 star!)

  1. Roll Away the Stone (Hunter) (3:08)
  2. Once Bitten Twice Shy (Hunter) (4:45)
  3. England Rocks (Hunter) (2:51)
  4. Sweet Jane (Reed) (3:14)
  5. Saturday Gigs(Hunter) (4:18)
  6. Rest in Peace (Hunter/Watts/Griffin) (3:54)
  7. You Nearly Did Me In (Hunter) (5:43)
  8. Seeing Double (Hunter) (4:24)
  9. Overnight Angels (Hunter) (5:15)
  10. I Get So Excited (Hunter) (3:49)
  11. All The Way From Memphis (Hunter) (3:01)
  12. All The Young Dudes(Bowie) (3:30)
  13. The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll (Hunter) (3:26)
  14. Who Do You Love (Hunter) (3:49)
  15. Foxy Foxy (Hunter) (3:28)
  16. One of the Boys (Hunter/Ralphs) (2:46)
  17. Rose (Hunter) (3:55)
  18. All of the Good Ones are Taken (Hunter) (3:47)

Review

With Ian touring again, CBS in Germany decided to release this compilation of Mott the Hoople and Ian Hunter material in 1990. Apart from having a good track selection, there is very little to commend this package - all this material is available on CD in better quality elsewhere.

The sleeve-notes I can't comment on (as I don't speak German), but the sound quality is very poor - the tonal balance is all wrong, it is distorted, the dynamic range is horribly compressed, half the tracks fade out too early - and You Nearly Did Me In starts half-way through the third note (a quite unforgivable mastering error). The cover as well is totally naff - why not a photo to show the casual buyer what Ian looks like?