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Shades of Ian Hunter: The Ballad of Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople
Columbia C2 32651 (2LP 1979)

Reassembled by El Pumpkino Magnifico
Artwork reconstruction by Haystack Pudding Graphics
Special thanks to the Shed




Side A:
1 - All The Young Dudes
2 - One Of The Boys (U.K. Single Version)
3 - Sweet Jane (single version)
4 - All the Way From Memphis (single version)
5 - I Wish I Was Your Mother
6 - The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll
7 - Roll Away The Stone

Side B:
8 - Marionette (live at the Uris Theater, Broadway)
9 - Rose (Non-LP B-Side of ''Honaloochie Boogie'')
10 - Foxy Foxy (Non-LP Single A-Side)
11 - Where Do You All Come From (Non-LP B-Side Of ''Roll Away The Stone'')
12 - Rest in Peace (Non-LP B-Side Of ''The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll'')
13 - (Do You Remember) The Saturday Gigs (Non-LP Single A-Side)


Side C:
14 - Once Bitten Twice Shy
15 - 3,000 Miles From Here
16 - I Get So Excited
17 - You Nearly Did Me In
18 - All American Alien Boy

Side D:
19 - England Rocks
20 - Wild N' Free
21 - Justice Of The Peace
22 - Overnight Angels
23 - Golden Opportunity



Sources for this CD:


Side A:
1 - All The Young Dudes - The Ballad Of Mott--A Retrospective (1993 Columbia-Legacy C2K 46973)
2 - One Of The Boys (U.K. Single Version) - All The Young Dudes (Columbia/Legacy 82796 93809 2)
3 - Sweet Jane (single version) - The Collection
4 - All the Way From Memphis (single version) - All The Young Dudes: The Anthology
5 - I Wish I Was Your Mother - Mott (Columbia / Legacy 82796 93810 2)
6 - The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll - The Hoople (Columbia/Legacy 82796978732)
7 - Roll Away The Stone - The Hoople (Columbia/Legacy 82796978732)

Side B:
8 - Marionette (live at the Uris Theater, Broadway) - Live [30th Anniversary Edition] - CD 1 (Broadway)
9 - Rose (Non-LP B-Side of ''Honaloochie Boogie'') - Mott (Columbia / Legacy 82796 93810 2)
10 - Foxy Foxy (Non-LP Single A-Side) - The Hoople (Columbia/Legacy 82796978732)
11 - Where Do You All Come From (Non-LP B-Side Of ''Roll Away The Stone'') - The Hoople (Columbia/Legacy 82796978732)
12 - Rest in Peace (Non-LP B-Side Of ''The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll'') - The Hoople (Columbia/Legacy 82796978732)
13 - (Do You Remember) The Saturday Gigs (Non-LP Single A-Side) - The Hoople (Columbia/Legacy 82796978732)

Side c:
14 - Once Bitten Twice Shy - Ian Hunter - 30th Anniversary Edition (Digitally remastered)
15 - 3,000 Miles From Here - Ian Hunter - 30th Anniversary Edition (Digitally remastered)
16 - I Get So Excited - Ian Hunter - 30th Anniversary Edition (Digitally remastered)
17 - You Nearly Did Me In - All-American Alien Boy (Remaster)
18 - All American Alien Boy - All-American Alien Boy (Remaster)

Side D:
19 - England Rocks - Overnight Angels
20 - Wild N' Free - Overnight Angels
21 - Justice Of The Peace - Overnight Angels
22 - Overnight Angels - Overnight Angels
23 - Golden Opportunity - Overnight Angels



Allmusic review:

The finest of all the pre-CD Mott the Hoople compilations, the double album Shades Of is also notable as the first of many releases to combine the best of the band's post-1972 material with material by vocalist Ian Hunter alone -- he recorded three albums for Columbia following his departure from the group, each of which is highlighted here, together with a clutch of Mott tracks which had never before appeared on album. These include the U.K. B-sides "Rose," "Where Do You All Come From," and "Rest in Peace," and American single edits of "One of the Boys," "Sweet Jane," and "All the Way From Memphis," but the jewel in the crown has to be a live version of "Marionette," recorded at the same show as side one of the Mott Live album, but omitted from that album. For many Mott fans, that track alone was worth the price of admission. Depending upon which side of the Atlantic one lived, however, the remainder of the set also repaid the investment. Having traced Mott's career through to the final salvo of "Foxy Foxy" and "Saturday Gigs," the album then launches into a generous swathe of Hunter material, beginning with the U.K. hit single "Once Bitten Twice Shy," from his eponymous debut album, then progressing through two further tracks apiece from that set and the follow-up All American Boy -- including the mighty "You Nearly Did Me In," a collaboration between Hunter and Queen mainstays Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor. Some of the best, however, was reserved for last. The 1977 album Overnight Angels, Hunter's last for the label, barely registered in the U.S., and anybody experiencing, for the first time, the likes of "Justice of the Peace" and "Wild N' Free" must certainly have been wondering why -- both represented some of Hunter's most archetypal swaggering work in some years. Even better was "England Rocks," a U.K.-only 45 which would ultimately evolve into one of Hunter's best-loved live standards, "Cleveland Rocks." Like several other vinyl-era Mott collections, Shades Of has today been utterly overshadowed by sundry CD collections -- its own CD counterpart was deleted in the early 1990s. No other collection, however, comes even close to recapturing the skillful blend of hits and rarities, band work, and solo material which Shades Of so effortlessly created. Plus, it had a great sleeve as well.