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Status Quo are one of Britain's most successful and long-running bands. They were founded in London in 1962 by Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster, and are still active 60 years later. After a number of name and line-up changes, including the introduction of John Coghlan in 1963 and Rick Parfitt in 1967, they became Status Quo in 1969. The band have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, 22 of which reached the top 10. They have released over 100 singles and 33 albums, 25 of which made the UK top 10. In 1985 Status Quo opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with ‘Rockin' All Over The World’ and in 1991 they received a Brit Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution To Music’.
This new 5CD ‘Early Years’ (1966-69) box set contains:
Mono and stereo remastered versions of two original Status Quo albums: ‘Picturesque’ & ‘Spare Parts’
Single A- and B-Sides.
‘Before Status Quo’ recordings.
BBC sessions.
Outtakes, demos and alternate mixes.
Features rare track versions.
Contains 40 page booklet with extensive sleeve notes and memorabilia.
Tracklist
Disc 1: Picturesque & Spare Parts - Original Mono albums
Picturesque
Black Veils Of Melancholy
When My Mind Is Not Live
Ice In The Sun
Elizabeth Dreams
Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café
Paradise Flat
Technicolor Dreams
Sheila
Spicks And Specks
Sunny Cellophane Skies
Green Tambourine
Pictures Of Matchstick Men
Spare Parts
Face Without A Soul
You're Just What I Was Looking For Today
Are You Growing Tired Of My Love
Antique Angelique
So Ends Another Life
Poor Old Man
Mr. Mind Detector
The Clown
Velvet Curtains
Little Miss Nothing
When I Awake
Nothing At All
Disc 2: Picturesque & Spare Parts - Stereo albums
Picturesque
Black Veils Of Melancholy
When My Mind Is Not Live
Ice In The Sun
Elizabeth Dreams
Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café
Paradise Flat
Technicolor Dreams
Sheila
Spicks And Specks
Sunny Cellophane Skies
Green Tambourine
Pictures Of Matchstick Men
Spare Parts
Face Without A Soul
You're Just What I Was Looking For Today
Are You Growing Tired Of My Love
Antique Angelique
So Ends Another Life
Poor Old Man
Mr. Mind Detector
The Clown
Velvet Curtains
Little Miss Nothing
When I Awake
Nothing At All
Disc 3: Before Status Quo
The Spectres:
I (Who Have Nothing) (Single A-Side, 1966)
Neighbour, Neighbour (Single B-side to ‘I (Who Have Nothing)’)
Hurdy Gurdy Man (Single A-Side, 1966)
(Her Name Was) Laticia (Single B-Side to ‘Hurdy Gurdy Man’)
(We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet (Single A-Side, 1967)
I Want It (Single B-Side - B-side to ‘(We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet’)
Spicks And Specks
Walking With My Angel
When He Passed You By
Love In Vain
Say That You Need Me
Neighbour Neighbour (Alternate version)
Gloria (BBC Session, Saturday Club - 10/9/66)
Interview With Francis Rossi (BBC Session, Saturday Club - 10/9/66)
I (Who Have Nothing) (BBC Session, Saturday Club – 10/9/66)
Neighbour, Neighbour (BBC Session, Saturday Club – 10/9/66)
Bloodhound (BBC Session (Saturday Club - 10/9/66)
Bird Dog (BBC Session, Saturday Club - 10/9/66)
Traffic Jam:
Almost But Not Quite There (Single A-Side, 1967)
Wait Just A Minute (Single B-Side to ‘Almost But Not Quite There’)
I Don't Want You (BBC Session, Saturday Club – 24/6/67)
Almost But Not Quite There (BBC Session, Saturday Club - 24/6/67)
It Takes Two (BBC Session, Saturday Club - 24/6/67)
Spicks And Specks (BBC Session, Saturday Club – 24/6/67)
Disc 4: A-Sides, B-Sides, Demos & Outtakes
To Be Free (B-Side of ‘Black Veils Of Melancholy’ – Mono - non album B-side)
Make Me Stay a Bit Longer (Single A-Side, 1969 - non album single)
Auntie Nellie (B-Side - Mono - B-side to ‘Make Me Stay A Bit Longer’)
Are You Growing Tired Of My Love (Single A-Side, 1969)
The Price Of Love (Single A-Side, 1969)
Little Miss Nothing (B-Side to ‘The Of Love’)
Nothing At All (Demo Excerpt)
Josie (From Spare Parts sessions)
Do You Live In Fire (From Spare Parts sessions, 1981)
Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Mix Of An Alternate Version)
Paradise Flats (Alt Version remixed in stereo by Mike Brown for 1998 remaster)
Hey Little Woman (You're Just What I Was Looking For Today) (Alternate version)
The Price Of Love (Alternate version)
Auntie Nellie (Stereo remix of B-side to ‘Make Me Stay A Bit Longer’, 1969)
Josie (Alternate mix)
Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Mix of Alternate Version)
Disc 5: BBC In Session, 1968-1969
Spicks And Specks (David Symonds - rec. 16/1/68, transm. 22/1/68)
Judy In Disguise (David Symonds - rec. 16/1/68, transm. 22/1/68)
Pictures Of Matchstick Men (David Symonds - rec. 16/1/68, transm. 22/1/68)
Interview With Brian Matthew (Saturday Club - rec. 13/2/68, transm. 17/2/68)
Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Saturday Club - rec. 13/2/68, transm. 17/2/68)
Things Get Better (Saturday Club - rec. 13/2/68, transm. 17/2/68)
Gloria (David Symonds - rec. 29/3/68)
Interview With Alan Lancaster (David Symonds – rec. 29/3/68)
Black Veils Of Melancholy (David Symonds - rec. 29/3/68)
Bloodhound (David Symonds - rec. 29/3/68)
Ice In The Sun (Saturday Club - rec. 30/7/68)
When My Mind Is Not Live (Saturday Club - rec. 30/7/68)
Paradise Flats (Saturday Club - rec. 30/7/68)
Interview (Symonds on Sunday - rec. 27/1/69)
Make Me Stay A Bit Longer (Symonds on Sunday - rec. 27/1/69)
Are You Growing Tired Of My Love (Symonds on Sunday - rec. 27/1/69)
The Price Of Love (Symonds on Sunday - rec. 27/1/69)
The Price Of Love (Symonds on Sunday - rec. 31/3/69)