The first ever round up of all the singles, A's and B's, that the legend that is Ian Hunter issued for CBS and Chrysalis. Originally known as the voice and face of Mott The Hoople, Hunter split in 1975 and started a solo career that is fast approaching its 40th year From 1975's 'Once Bitten Twice Shy'(a UK No.14 hit) right through until late 83's 'Somethin's Goin' On', this 29 track release has all of Ian's 45's including many versions that were specially edited from LP length The sadly missed Mick Ron son plays on a good few of the tracks and other contributions come from the likes of Queen, members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band including Clarence Clemons, John Cale of Velvet Underground and The Clash's Mick Jones The song 'Ships' later gave (of all people) Barry Manilow a USA Top 10 hit whilst 'Once Bitten Twice Shy' was taken into the American Top 5 by Great White.
01 Once Bitten Twice Shy 02 3000 Miles From Here 03 Who Do You Love 04 Boy 05 All American Alien Boy 06 Rape 07 You Nearly Did Me In 08 Letter From Britannia To The Union Jack 09 Justice Of The Peace 10 The Ballad Of Little Star 11 England Rocks 12 Wild N Free
13 When The Daylight Comes 14 Life After Death 15 Ships 16 Wild East
Disc 2
01 Cleveland Rocks 02 Bastard 03 We Gotta Get Out Of Here 04 Medley: Once Bitten Twice Shy / 05 Bastard / Cleveland Rocks (live) 06 Sons And Daughters (live) 07 One Of The Boys (live) 08 Lisa Likes Rock N Roll 09 Noises 10 All Of The Good Ones Are Taken 11 Death N Glory Boys 12 Traitor 13 Somethin's Goin On 14 All Of The Good Ones Are Taken