CD TRACKLISTING
| 1. I’ll Be Doggone 2. She Was really Saying Something 3. Steal Your Heart Away 4. My Babe 5. Please Do Something 6. Shake 7. I Got You 8. Harlem Shuffle 9. Talking About My Baby 10. Just Can’t Go To Sleep 11. Barefootin’ 12. Rescue Me BONUS ALBUM – THE SILENCE Shotgun Eyes 13. Leaving Here 14. Shame,Shame,Shame 15. See You Tomorrow 16. You Can’t Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover 17. Gunshot 18. Doctor Feelgood 19. I Think Of You 20. Let It Rock 21. I’m Not Talkin’ 22. I’m Talkin About You 23. The Fortune Teller 24. Don’t Start Me To Talking 25. Farmer John 26. Route 66 27. We’ll Silence You |
MOTT THE HOOPLE were considered by many to be the greatest live rock band England had ever produced. Founder members of MTH cut their teeth playing live with DOC THOMAS GROUP – MICK RALPHS, OVEREND WATTS and latterly DALE GRIFFIN all came together in Doc Thomas Group with one STAN TIPPENS on lead vocals (replaced by IAN HUNTER in MTH. Stan then became MTH Road manager).
Much sought after this album was released in 1966 initially only in Italy.
A bonus album recorded in 1990 from another of Watts/Griffin bands THE SILENCE is also included. Ralphs went on from MTH to form BAD COMPANY – enough said.
MUSICIANS – DOC THOMAS GROUP
MICK RALPHS, OVEREND WATTS, DAVE TEDSTONE, STAN TIPPENS, BOB HALL
THE SILENCE
OVEREND WATTS, DALE GRIFFIN, ROBERT FISHER, PATRICK BROOKE, PAUL JEFFREY
Reviews
The Italian Job is a pleasant if unremarkable period piece...the bonus inclusion of Shotgun Eyes, an album recorded in 1990 by The Silence...is something else. Fifteen sizzling tracks of heart-racing proto-punk, machine-gun riffing and primal rock 'n' roll...may yet encourage a new generation to seek out and discover the whole story.
Steve Caseman, RocknReel (October 2008)
A genuine rarity on vinyl...12 chugging sub-Small Faces, way-sub-Action soul covers was recorded in a day...
Record Collector (December 2008)
If you feel like cutting the rug, this collection will do nicely; if you're up for expanding The Hoople horizons, this is essential.
www.dmme.net (November 2008)
It's biting blues through and through and a living history lesson for everyone.
Jo-Ann Greene, Goldmine (January 2009)
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