The Mothers 1970 is a 4-CD box set celebrating the 50th anniversary of the short-lived 1970 line-up of Rock-band The Mothers. It compiles 70 unreleased tracks recorded during this era of the band.[1]
Content
The album contains three discs of previously unreleased material, The first disc features studio recordings from
UHER recorder everywhere. All of these recordings were sourced from there original vault tapes and digitally compiled and transferred by Joe Travers in 2020.[2][1][3]
Reception
Writing for
Loudersound, Hugh Fielder liked the album. He states that the first disc is "somewhat tentative" and states how the live discs show that this band line-up is far better than the only album this line-up released, Chunga's Revenge. He also states that the live concerts show the band moving towards what would eventually become 200 Motels.[4]
Track listing
Disc 1 – Trident Studios, London, England June 21–22, 1970
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Red Tubular Lighter"
4:51
2.
"Lola Steponsky"
3:29
3.
"Trident Chatter"
1:45
4.
"Sharleena (Roy Thomas Baker Mix)"
4:04
5.
"Item 1"
5:47
6.
"Wonderful Wino (FZ Vocal)"
5:12
7.
"“Enormous Cadenza”"
1:11
8.
"Envelopes"
8:23
9.
"Red Tubular Lighter (Unedited Master)"
9:25
10.
"Wonderful Wino (Basic Tracks, Alt. Take)"
4:56
11.
"Giraffe - Take 4"
8:12
12.
"Wonderful Wino (FZ Vocal, Alt. Solo)"
5:55
Total length:
63:09
Disc 2 – Live Highlights Part 1 – “Piknik” VPRO June 18, 1970 / Pepperland September 26, 1970
