Mott the Hoople "Brain Capers" original 1971 vinyl LP Island ILPS 9178
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Mott the Hoople "Brain Capers"" original 1971 vinyl LP Island ILPS 9178. Condition is Used. Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class.  Both the vinyl and the sleeve are in excellent condition.  This is an early pressing of the original with the pink rim and Island palm tree logo.

Brain Capers is the fourth album by the band Mott the Hoople.

It was originally released in November 1971 in the UK by Island Records (catalogue number ILPS 9178).   The album was not initially a commercial success, and was the only Mott the Hoople album that failed to chart in either the UK or US.

Its working title was "AC/DC" though this was abandoned in favour of either "Brain Damage" or "Bizarre Capers" before a compromise was settled on. Earlier sessions, self-produced by the band, were also abandoned when svengali Guy Stevens was called in to rescue the album but a number of these recordings have resurfaced on All the Young Dudes: The Anthology and as bonus material on Angel Air's re-issues of Mott the Hoople albums.

The covers of the original UK and Canadian LPs do not feature the mask seen on the US version (and some later re-releases). There was an actual mask packaged inside with the UK version of the album, but not with the Canadian LP. The band name and line under it are in the centre of the cover where the mask would be and the title shifted upwards. The US and Canadian LPs do not have the inner sleeve picturing fighter planes that the original UK album had.  N.B. This version does not contain the mask.

The album is dedicated to James Dean, as stated below the band photo on the back cover.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Death May Be Your Santa Claus" (Ian Hunter, Verden Allen) – 4:55
  2. "Your Own Backyard" (Dion DiMucci, Tony Fasce) – 4:13
  3. "Darkness, Darkness" (Jesse Colin Young) – 4:33
  4. "The Journey" (Hunter) – 9:15

Side two[edit]

  1. "Sweet Angeline" (Hunter) – 4:53
  2. "Second Love" (Allen) – 3:46
  3. "The Moon Upstairs" (Hunter, Mick Ralphs) – 5:07
  4. "The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception" (Hunter, Guy Stevens) – 1:21

"The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception" is essentially part two of "The Journey," beginning with a fade-in at the point where "The Journey" was earlier faded out.

Mott the Hoople

  • Ian Hunter – guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Mick Ralphs – lead guitar, vocals
  • Pete Watts – bass, vocals
  • Verden Allen – keyboards, vocals
  • Dale "Buffin" Griffin – drums, vocals

Additional musicians

  • Jim Price – trumpet on "Second Love"
  • Guy Stevens – piano, producer

Info courtesy of Wikipaedia



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