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Mott The Hoople: A telegram from David Bowie regarding the recording of All The Young Dudes, 1972, image 1
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ROCK & POP
Lot 152

Mott The Hoople: A telegram from David Bowie regarding the recording of All The Young Dudes,
1972,

18 July 2018, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Mott The Hoople: A telegram from David Bowie regarding the recording of All The Young Dudes,

1972,
addressed Mott The Hoople Newcastle City Hall Northumberland Road Newcastle Upon Tyne and reading, Dear Boys How's It Going? Tony Is Announcing To The Music Press Sole Responsibility For Your Recording Agency And Management Stop Prepare For Showdown With Island Stop No Anxiety Please Stop Defries Guv'ner At This Kind Of Thing Stop Studio Booked At End Of Tour For Purposes Of Recording Smash Single Stop Arent Your Live Reviews Fabulous? Love David And Angela, the reverse datestamped 13 APR. 72, 7 1/2in x 8 1/2in (19cm x 21.5cm)

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Bowie's remark was indeed prescient. His composition, 'All The Young Dudes', recorded by the band after they had turned down 'Suffragette City', was released in July 1972 and reached No.3 in the UK singles chart. It came about after Bowie had learned from Mott's bassist, Peter (Overend) Watts, that the band were thinking of splitting due to lack of commercial success.

The song has become something of a rock anthem. In 2010, 'Rolling Stone' magazine ranked it 256 in their 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time, and the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame listed it in 1995 it its 500 Songs That Shaped Rock.

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