Making my way through the Mott the Hoople boxed set Mental Train which i purchased when it came out.
This takes us right up to the end of their early years, before All the Young Dudes. Bonus tracks include early versions of tracks from the album of that name.
That's the best period Mott the Hoople - they were a proper rock band in those days. They were absolutely wild live. I still enjoyed the post dudes stuff, but they weren't the same. I could never understand why they weren't successful - they seemed to have everything.
We're on the same page Peter. I love the Island albums, and Mott the Hoople were about the first band i saw live.
The later albums are good but it's a different band -
