November 22, 1969 -Mott The Hoople

Mott The Hoople’s self titled debut album was released. The album's cover is a colorized reproduction of M. C. Escher's lithograph "Reptiles."

Initial copies of the UK album were wrongly pressed with the song "The Road to Birmingham," (the B-side of their debut single in the UK) at the end of side one, with "Backsliding Fearlessly" replacing "Rock and Roll Queen" at the start of side two.