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Three CD set. Complete anthology of Noel Redding's post-Jimi Hendrix Experience band. Comprises their three albums (one unreleased at the time), non-album single tracks, out- takes, radio and TV sessions as well as the first-ever reissue of the alternative US-only mix of their debut LP. Primarily a songwriting vehicle for former Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding, Fat Mattress were launched in a blaze of publicity in the summer of 1969. With Redding (now reverting to his preferred instrument of guitar) joined by former Flower Pot Men singer Neil Landon and ex-Engelbert Humperdinck touring band members Jim Leverton and Eric Dillon, Fat Mattress recorded a fine debut album (actually cut in December 1968) that charted in America. Unfortunately, Redding quit the band midway through a volatile US tour, the rump of the band going on to a second album without him before he returned to the line-up for a third Fat Mattress LP. But a disagreement with manager Chas Chandler meant that the third album failed to gain a at the time, and Fat Mattress split again, this time permanently. The final word on a talented but star-crossed band, How Can I Live? assembles everything that they recorded during their brief existence, including BBC radio and German TV sessions as well as the first-ever reissue in any of the American mix of that impressive debut album. Album Tracks 1. All Night Drinker 2. I Don't Mind 3. Bright New Way 4. Petrol Pump Assistant 5. Mr. Moonshine 6. Magic Forest 7. She Came in the Morning 8. Everything's Blue 9. Walking Through a Garden 10. How Can I Live? 11. Little Girl in White 12. Eric the Red 13. Naturally (Single Mix, Stereo) 14. Iridescent Butterfly 15. (Non-Album Single, Stereo) 15 Magic Forest (Single Mix, Mono) 1. All Night Drinker 2. I Don't Mind 3. Bright New Way 4. Petrol Pump Assistant 5. Mr. M
