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MOTHER LOVE BONE

Before Pearl Jam, there was Mother Love Bone. Future Pearl Jam members Stone Gossard (guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass) were founders of this Seattle-based glam/punk outfit, which was fronted by flamboyant singer Andrew Wood. But despite countless accolades from the press and their peers, the group's career was cut short before it could truly blossom due to tragedy.Both Gossard and Ament had previously been members of Seattle garage rockers Green River (a group that also included future Mudhoney members Mark Arm and Steve Turner), and after the group's breakup in 1988, the guitarist and bassist stuck together, looking to form a group more akin to the arena rockers of their youth (Kiss, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Queen, etc.). Joining Gossard and Ament was drummer Greg Gilmore, second guitarist Bruce Fairweather, and the aforementioned Wood on vocals. Wood (who was previously known as Landrew the Love Child as a member of another Seattle outfit, Malfunkshun) was the complete opposite of the prototypical Seattle frontman as he patterned his look and vocal style after such renowned frontmen as Freddie Mercury, Paul Stanley, and Marc Bolan. But although the group had a few similarities to the then-flourishing glam metal scene, their sound was tougher and more rooted in classic rock than their soon-to-be disposable glam contemporaries.

"MOTHER LOVE BONE"

tracklisting

Side A: THIS IS SHANGRILA - STARDOG CHAMPION - HOLY ROLLER - BONE CHINA - COME BITE THE APPLE

Side B: STARGAZER - HEARTSHINE - CAPTAIN HI-TOP - MAN OF GOLDEN WORDS - CAPRICORN SISTER 

Side C: GENTLE GROOVE - MR. DANNY BOY - CROWN OF THORNS - THRU FADE AWAY - MINDSHAKER MELTDOWN

Side D: HALF ASS MONKEY BOY - CHLOE DANCER/CROWN OF THORNS - CAPRICORN SISTER (Shine Version) - LADY GODIVA BLUES

2013     2LP     MUSIC ON VINYL  RECORDS      MOVLP800

MADE IN EUROPE    ORIGINAL PRESSING on VINYL

LIMITED EDITION     180GR     BLACK VINYL

(also pressed on purple vinyl/numbered edition)

GATEFOLD COVER + INSERT

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 600753 425749

LABEL: MUSIC ON VINYL - 3-COLOR LABEL - WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine, rear, sticker, insert) MOVLP800

Catalog on labels: MOVLP800

DISC ONE Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 95773 2A MOVLP 800

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 95773 2B MOVLP 800

DISC TWO Matrix / Runout (Side C, Etched): 95773 2C MOVLP 800

Matrix / Runout (Side D, Etched): 95773 2D MOVLP 800

On labels: top rim text reads "Original release ? 1992 Polydor. This release ? & © 2013 Universal............Music B.V."

bottom rim text reads "All rights........Made in the EU. BIEM/SDRM"

On Insert: Lyrics & Credits

On Back Cover: IN MEMORY OF ANDREW WOOD

.........? & © 2013........Made in the EU.

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It wasn't death but life that brought Mother Love Bone to the attention of the world in the end. Andrew Wood's premature passing was a personal tragedy to all who knew him and to the band's hometown fanbase, but the group had barely made a mark beyond the Shine EP, and Apple was less a debut album than a memorial. But when Seattle's music took over the commercial stratosphere, with Gossard and Ament steering Pearl Jam to undreamed-of heights, it was inevitable that a re-release would occur -- something further confirmed when "Crown of Thorns" became one of the many radio hits from the soundtrack to Singles...(AllMusic)