NEWS - April 2012

TRACIE HUNTER - "3000 Miles From Here"
Tracie's version of "3000 Miles From Here" are included on her new album "Vasilisa". A pre-release edition was first sold at gigs in September 2011, and is now available to order from Tracie's website. The album also includes "Junkman", a duet with Joe Elliott (plus Ian Hunter on backing vocals). More info

STEVE HOGARTH - "All The Young Dudes"
Marillion frontman Steve Hogarth recorded a live version of "All The Young Dudes" in Gibraltar back in 2006. The complete Gibraltar show was released three years later, as mp3 and FLAC downloads from his website. More info

NEWS - July 2011

LUTHER GROSVENOR - "If You Dare" - new album!
Angel Air released Luther's third solo album "If You Dare" in June 2011 (Angel Air SJPCD360). This time around Luther has recorded the album with his mates in the Ariel Bender Band. More info

TRACIE HUNTER - "Junkman" - new mp3 single featuring Ian Hunter!
Tracie Hunter has recorded "Junkman" as a duet with Joe Elliott from Def Leppard, plus Ian Hunter on backing vocals. The song was originally recorded by Genya Ravan and Ian Hunter in 1979. "Junkman" is the first (digital) single from Tracie's forthcoming album "Vasilia" and it also features Phil Collen on guitar. More info

BAD COMPANY - "Live At Wembley" - new CD/DVD/Blu-Ray!
Bad Company's concert at London's Wembley Arena from April 2010 is now available on CD, DVD and Blu-Ray. Three of Bad Company's 2010 UK shows and eight from USA are also available as official bootlegs from 'Concert Live' and 'Abbey Road Live', respectively. More info DVD | More info CDs

'Concert Live' still have the Hammersmith Apollo shows by Mott The Hoople (October 2009) and Paul Rodgers with Mick Ralphs (November 2009) available.

SIMON KIRKE - "Filling The Void" - new CD featuring Mick Ralphs!
Simon Kirke invited Mick Ralphs and other friends to play on his first studio album proper, "Filling The Void", released by Megaforce Records on 21 Jun 2011. More info

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES - "All The Young Dudes"
A covers band called 'Saturday Night At The Movies' have recorded versions of songs from two Ricky Gervais movies, "The Invention Of Lying" and "Cemetary Junction". The latter movie originally featured David Bowie's version of "All The Young Dudes". More info

THE WINTER OLYMPICS - "The Great Outdoors" - mp3 only single!
Luther Grosvenor plays lead guitar on "The Great Outdoors", the third mp3 only single by The Winter Olympics. The band has also made a video of the song available on YouTube, filmed in the studio when Luther recorded his solo! More info

NEWS - March 2011

BOX OF FROGS - re-issue CDs with bonus tracks!
Cherry Red specialist label Esoteric Recordings issued remastered editions "Box Of Frogs" (Esoteric ECLEC2253) and "Strange Land" (Esoteric ECLEC2254) on 28 Feb 2011. The band comprised former Yardbirds members Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith and Jim McCarty who were joined by former Medicine Head and British Lions guitarist and vocalist John Fiddler. Three single B-sides have been added as bonus tracks: "X-Tracks", "Nine Lives" and "I Keep Calling". Sadly "20/20 Vision" which is only available on the USA cassette etition of "Strange Land" are not included. More info

HUGO & LUIGI - "Rockabilly Party" inspired "Roll Away The Stone"!
The spoken dialogue found in "Roll Away The Stone" was first used in the song "Rockabilly Party", recorded by Hugo (Peretti) & Luigi (Creatore) in 1957. The first verse of the song has the boy/girl dialogue of 'Theres a Rockabilly party on saturday night / are you gonna be there, etc etc', and the second verse is just a listing of all the artists they plan to play at the party. Ian Hunter's spoken word lyric is almost word for word identical to Hugo & Luigi's version! More info

NIGEL BENJAMIN - "In The Absence Of God" - new solo album!
Nigel Benjamin has finally completed his new solo album "In The Absence Of God" after nearly two years in the making. I don't know when a CD edition will be available, but Nigel has made the full album available for online streaming. More info

MEDICINE HEAD - more 70s BBC transcrition discs discovered!
The following radio shows LPs have been added to the archive: "Pick Of The Pops For Your DJ #341" (1971), Pick Of The Pops For Your DJ #363" (1971), "Top Of The Pops #459" (1973) and "Top Of The Pops #532" (1975). More info

ROBERT HART: XBAD COMPANY - "Live In Concert at Hampton Beach" - mp3 only album!
A previously unreleased Bad Company live recording from 21 July 1995 have just been released as a digital only download. But the concert from the "Company Of Strangers" tour is wrongly credited to Robert Hart's XBad Company, and "...was recorded in August 2007, giving all fans the chance to hear XBad Company rock their way through a set full of Bad Company classics". More info

NEWS - January 2011

WAVEGROUP | BETTY BLUE - "All The Young Dudes"
Betty Blue from Holland covered "All The Young Dudes" for a live album in 1997 and WaveGroup supplied the version that features on the "Guitar Hero : Aerosmith" music video game from 2008, now available for download from iTunes and Amazon. More info

IAN HUNTER - "Long Odds & Out-Takes" - mp3 only album!
The bonus CD from the 1994 re-issue of Ian Hunter's 1981 album "Short Back N' Sides" was made available as a digital download album in June 2006. What's more, it is still available for download! More info

GEORGA - "Roll Away The Stone"
The Swedish one-man band Georga released a 2CD set called "Primary Rock Street" on his own label in June 2009 and "Roll Away The Stone" is one of many covers included. Georga aka George Gustafsson was a former member of the punk-popers 23Till. More info

SISTERS EUCLID feat. Sandy Dillon & Ray Majors - "96 Tears" CD!
Sisters Euclid from Toronto recorded an album with support by Sandy Dillon and Ray Majors in Bremen in late November 2006, but it's release was delayed until 2010, when German label Tradition & Moderne finally issued it! The album is called "96 Tears" and both Ray and Sandy are credited on the cover, and rightly so, because they both feature heavily on the album. More info

MEDICINE HEAD transcription disc update!
I have added 15 transcription discs featuring Medicine Head songs. I still need copies of most of them for my collection. Get in touch if you can help out. Some have sold for more than £200 on eBay! More info

JOHN FIDDLER - "You Can Be In My Dream" - new CD!
Released in October 2010, "You Can Be In My Dream" is a limited edition of 100 signed copies exclusive to the www.john-fiddler.com website. The 10-track CD has a recording of a show John played 06 June 2009 at a place called "Fiddler's Dream" in Phoenix, Arizona. More info

NEWS - December 2010

"All The Young Dudes" cover version update!
I have completely revamped the "All The Young Dudes" cover version discography, and added 25 or so newly discovered covers! The index now have details of 72 different versions released on vinyl, compact disc, or available only as digital mp3 downloads from official band websites. The latest version was released on 25 December 2010 by Italian glam rockers ZAP. More info

KRELL - "Ready For Love"
Two new cover versions of "Ready For Love" have been discovered. Krell from Los Angeles recorded the song in 2001 and the Austrian band Dr. Kurt Ostbahn und Die Chefpartie released a German language version in 1993. More info

LES GOSSES - "Thunderbuck Ram"
A 1971 recording of "Thunderbuck Ram" by Holland band Les Gosses probably qualify as the first ever Mott The Hoople cover version, and also one of the rarest. Their self titled album (pictured right) was only sold at concerts in 1971 and apparently no more than 270 copies were pressed!

Two other covers of "Thunderbuck Ram" have also turned up, by Iron Maiden (recorded 1972) and Temple Lock (recorded 2007). More info

MOTT THE HOOPLE - "Live In Sweden 1971" - new LP!
Sireena Records in Germany have just released the Mott The Hoople vinyl only album "Live In Stockholm 1971". The album includes six songs from the bands concert in Stockholm, Sweden on 16 February 1971, previously available on numerous Angel Air releases. More info

EUGENE - "Waterlow"
Italian artist Eugene recorded a cover of Nomadi's 1971 composition "Suoni" for an Italian only compilation CD in 2007. "Suoni" and "Waterlow" share the same melody and structure, they were both released in 1971, so to me it is obvious one is copying the other - but I don't know who! More info

LONDON - 1980 demos featuring Nigel Benjamin!
Nigel Benjamin recorded some demos with the band London in Los Angeles in 1980. They were released on the 1999 album "London Daze" by Spiders & Snakes (now deleted), but they have since been added to the Japanese edition of Spiders & Snakes' "Hollywood Ghosts" CD from 2006! More info

JOE ELLIOTT'S DOWN 'N OUTZ - exclusive 14 track digital download editions!
"ReGeneration", the Ian Hunter - Mott - British Lions covers album by Joe Elliott's Down 'n Outz is available from Amazon with a live version of "Shouting And Pointing" (Mott) which is not available on the CD editions. On iTunes, the extra bonus track is a live version of "Golden Opportunity" (Ian Hunter). More info

NEWS - November 2010

MOTT THE HOOPLE - "The Collection" - new CD!
Camden Records released the 17 track Mott The Hoople compilation "The Collection" on 22 October 2010. The title is a bit misleading since four Mott tracks are included ("Stiff Upper Lip", "Monte Carlo", "Good Times", and "Storm") - the rest are a fine mix of album and single cuts. More info

MOTT THE HOOPLE - four new digital download only albums!
Mainman have licenced their Mott The Hoople catalogue to online vedors such as iTunes, Amazon, and others - and four 'new' download only albums have recently been released in their 'Legit Bootleg Series': "In Concert", "An Introduction", "Philadelphia Featuring David Bowie", and "Stockholm" (pictured right). They may look like new releases, but the material on these digital albums are still available on CDs released by Angel Air, with different titles and artwork. More info

JOHN PHILLIPS - "Many Mamas, Many Papas" - new CD featuring Mick Ronson!
The latest album in 'Papa John Phillips Presents' series of releases on Varese Sarabande, "Many Mamas, Many Papas" has the four previously unreleased studio recordings featuring Mick Ronson from the then newly reformed 'The Mamas And The Papas' circa 1981 included in the set. More info

"The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll" - two new cover versions added!
Details of a 1983 live recording by former Bay City Rollers members Ian Mitchell and Pat McGlynn (from their album "Live in Yokohama"), and Def Leppard's 2006 studio version from their "Yeah!" album have been added. More info

Other cover versions recently added to the Mott Archive:

- Cobra Verde - Rock And Roll Queen (2005)
- Taboo Blue - Walking With A Mountain (1998)
- Swedish Erotica - Roll Away The Stone (2005)
- South Filthy - The Original Mixed-Up Kid (2006)
- The Tennessee Tearjerkers - The Original Mixed-Up Kid (2006)
- Buffalo - Roll Away The Stone (1980)
- Phillips & Driver - Ready For Love (2003
- Damien Youth - Trudi's Song (2000)
- Mott - Rock And Roll Queen / Violence / All The Way From Memphis (1975)
- Phil Hendriks - Momma's Little Jewel (2005)

MOTT THE HOOPLE - "Honaloochie Boogie / Rose" art sleeve!
A Mott The Hoople fan has transformed photographer Sally Mann's 1989 portrait "Candy cigarette" into a great 2010 style picture sleeve, capturing the essence of the song "Rose". He concludes that "Let's have a thought for all the Rose throughout the world and the decades that lost their youth and their life in this awful dope cul-de-sac". The original print (without any text) is available from various art dealers on the internet.

BRIAN HOWE - "Circus Bar" - new CD!
Former Bad Company vocalist Brian Howe has just released his third solo album. "Circus Bar" (Frontier Records FR CD 450) contains 13 tracks, including remakes of two of his biggest Bad Company hits, "How About That" and "Holy Water".

BRITISH LIONS - "Live At The Old Waldorf, San Francisco 1978" - new CD!
Angel Air have just released a new live album by British Lions. Their concert at The Old Waldorf, San Francisco in 1978 was recorded shortly before the band returned to the UK to start working on their second album "Trouble With Women". More info

NEWS - October 2010

DOLLY MIXTURE - "Foxy Foxy" update!
On 05 July 2010, Rough Trade Records released a 3CD Dolly Mixture box set called "Everything And More". The 56 song set includes the "Demonstration Tapes" album from 1984, all singles A and B sides plus a disc of previously unreleased demos and live recordings from 1978-1984. Credible sources have stated for years that their demo of "Foxy Foxy" was included on the aforementioned "Demonstration Tapes" album, a limited low budget release issued on the band's own label. Having searched for this album for years to no avail myself, now this new box set comes along to tell me that "Foxy Foxy" never was on the "Demonstration Tapes" album in the first place! At least I saved some money!

"The Trybe Play Mott The Hoople And Others" - mp3 only albums!
Two new mp3 download albums have recently popped up at online vendors - "The Trybe Play Mott The Hoople And Others" (pictured right) and "The Trybe Perform Mott The Hoople". These recordings were first released by K-Tel in 1996, who wrongly claimed that they were new recordings made by Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson, recorded shortly before Mick's death! More info

Recent updates to the Mott Archive:

- added the Japanese Mott The Hoople tribute album "Moth Poet Hotel" from 1996. More info
- updated the index of budget cover versions albums from the early 70s. More info

"Rock And Roll Queen" - four new cover versions added!
Details of covers by The...Vers, The Glorias, Trash Mavericks and Survivor have been added along with the following new cover versions:

- "The Original Mix-Up Kid" by Harvest and Carbon/Silicon
- "All The Way From Memphis" by Nada Surf and Shark Island
- "One Of The Boys" by Paul Westerberg, The Replacements, TKO
- "I Wish I Was Your Mother" by Surf Guitar Villains
- "Ready For Love" by Gunhill and Pat Travers
- "Roll Away The Stone" by Zero

MEDICINE HEAD - "Radio Sessions 1971 - 1977" - new CD!
Angel Air Records released "Radio Sessions 1971 - 1977" back in March 2010. This 17 track album was compiled by John Fiddler and comes from numerous radio sessions and different band line-ups in the period 1971 to 1977. More info

Other Medicine Head news! John Fiddler has written, performed, recorded and produced a new song called "Free" which is available now to download from all download stores including iTunes, Amazon, Emusic etc! The song is credited to Medicine Head and is only available digitally. More info