Status Quo - Live At The BBC (2010)



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Genre: Rock | Label: Universal | Copy: Untouched | Release Date: 25 Oct 2010 | Runtime: 133 min. | 7,47 GB (DVD9)

Status Quo are one of Britain's longest-lived bands, staying together for over 40
years. During much of that time, the band was only successful in the
U.K., where it racked up a string of Top Ten singles across the decades.
In America, the Quo were ignored after they abandoned psychedelia for
heavy boogie rock in the early '70s. Before that, the band managed to
reach number 12 in the U.S. with the psychedelic classic "Pictures of
Matchstick Men" (a Top Ten hit in the U.K.). Following that single, the
band suffered a lean period for the next few years, before the
bandmembers decided to refashion themselves as a hard rock boogie band
in 1970 with their Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon album. the Quo have basically
recycled the same simple boogie on each successive album and single,
yet their popularity has never waned in Britain. If anything, their very
predictability has ensured the group a large following.
The origins of Status Quo lie in a London-based beat group called the
Spectres. Francis Rossi (vocals, guitar) and Alan Lancaster (bass) were
the core members of the Spectres from their inception; within a few
years, the band had added drummer John Coughlan and organist Roy Lynes.
the Spectres released three unsuccessful singles before changing their
style to psychedelia and adopting the name Traffic Jam and releasing the
unsuccessful single "Almost But Not Quite There." After it flopped, the
group added Rick Parfitt (guitar, vocals), formerly of the cabaret band
the Highlights. When Parfitt joined the band in August 1967, the group
again changed its name, this time to Status Quo. At first, Status Quo
backed British solo artists, including Tommy Quickly, while working on
their own material. "Pictures of Matchstick Men," the group's debut
single, was released at the beginning of 1968 and quickly shot to number
seven on the U.K. charts; within a few months, it was a number 12 in
the U.S. as well. The immediate follow-up single, "Black Veils of
Melancholy," was a flop, but "Ice in the Sun," written by former British
pop star Marty Wilde, became Status Quo's second Top Ten hit in the
fall of 1968. Over in America, the single barely registered, squeaking
to number 70; it was the last time the group would ever chart in the
U.S.
For the next year, Status Quo tried to replicate the success of their
first two singles with similar psychedelic material, but they had little
luck. Finally, they revamped their sound and jettisoned organist Lynes
in the summer of 1970, debuting their new heavy, bluesy boogie rock with
the single "Down the Dustpipe." The single reached number 12, yet the
full-fledged hard rock album Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon didn't gain much
attention. Status Quo began playing concerts regularly across England,
slowly building up a strong following in England. Following
well-received sets at 1972's Reading and Great Western festivals, the
band became a hot property. the Quo signed with Vertigo Records and
their first single for the label, "Paper Plane," cracked the Top Ten in
early 1973, while their first album for Vertigo, Piledriver, reached
number five. Later that year, Hello entered the charts at number one,
while its accompanying single, "Caroline," reached number five. Also in
1973, keyboardist Andy Bown, formerly of the Herd and Judas Jump, became
the band's unofficial keyboardist.
Throughout the '70s, each album Status Quo released went into the Top
Five, while their singles including the number one "Down Down" (1974),
"Roll Over Lay Down" (1975), "Rain" (1976), "Wild Side of Life" (1976),
and a cover of John Fogerty's "Rockin' All Over the World" (1977)
consistently hit the Top Ten and frequently went gold. Since they were
experiencing a great deal of success, they didn't change their sound at
all, they just kept churning out the same heavy boogie. America
basically ignored Status Quo, yet their eponymous album managed to chart
at 148 in 1976. Nevertheless, they were an English phenomenon, and
England continued to support them even when pop music was undergoing
drastic changes in the late '70s.
Following the release of 1980's Just Supposin', drummer John Coughlan
left the band in 1981 to form his own group, Diesel. Former Original
Mirrors drummer Pete Kircher replaced him; his first appearance with the
group was 1982's Never Too Late. During the early '80s, tensions
escalated between bassist Lancaster and guitarists Rossi and Parfitt,
who were the group's main songwriters. Lancaster left the Quo after
performing with them for a final time at Live Aid. He subsequently took
Rossi and Parfitt to court to prevent them from using the name "Status
Quo." Lancaster lost his battle, and the name became the property of the
guitarists.
Once the lawsuit was settled, Rossi and Parfitt assembled a new band,
hiring bassist John Edwards, drummer Jeff Rich, and keyboardist Andy
Bown, who officially became a member of the group. The new lineup
continued Status Quo's remarkable success, as they racked up a number of
new Top Ten singles and hit albums, as well as consistently selling out
concerts across England and Europe. In 1994, the group had its second
number one hit of its career, with the football anthem "Come on You
Reds"; the single was recorded with the football champions, Manchester
United. By the mid-'90s, Status Quo had scored 50 British hit singles,
which was a greater number than any other band in rock & roll
history.
In April 1997 Parfitt underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery but fully
recovered and continued performing and recording with the Quo in the
years to follow. Drummer Rich departed the band in 2000, replaced by
Matt Letley, who has continued on with the band in the 21st century. The
single “Jam Side Down” was a Top 20 hit in the U.K. during 2002, a year
that also saw the release of the critically acclaimed Heavy Traffic
album. The all-covers outing Don’t Stop arrived in 2004, followed by The
Party Ain’t Over Yet in 2005 and In Search of the Fourth Chord in 2007.
In 2010 the Quo returned with Quid Pro Quo. The album which featured 14
newly written songs peaked at number 10 on the U.K. album chart. Two
years later, Parfitt and Rossi announced that they had filmed their
first full-length feature film. Bula Quo hailed as a modern-day version
of the Blues Brothers was released in the summer of 2013, with its
soundtrack arriving just a few months earlier.

Tracklist:
STATUS QUO: IN CONCERT [LIVE AT THE N. E. C. 14th May 1982]
01. Caroline
02. Roll Over Lay Down
03. Backwater
04. Little Lady
05. Don’t Drive My Car
06. Whatever You Want
07. Hold You Back
08. Rockin’ All Over The World
09. Dirty Water
10. Down Down
11. Don’t Waste My Time
TOP OF THE POPS (1968-2005):
01. Pictures Of Matchstick Men [15th February 1968]
02. Caroline [27th September 1973]
03. Down Down [23rd December 1975]
04. Mystery Song [15th July 1976]
05. What You’re Proposing [9th October 1980]
06. Rock ‘N’ Roll [17th December 1981]
07. Dear John [1st April 1982]
08. The Wanderer [25th October 1984]
09. Rollin’ Home [15th May 1986]
10. Red Sky [7th August 1986]
11. In The Army Now [2nd October 1986]
12. Dreamin’ [1st January 1987]
13. Burning Bridges [8th December 1988]
14. Let’s Work Together [3rd October 1991]
15. Jam Side Down [16th August 2002]
16. Rockin’ All Over the World [13th September 2002]
17. The Party Ain’t Over Yet [18th September 2005]
BONUS BBC APPEARANCES (1981-2000)
01. Francis and Rick Interview with Bob Harris [Old Grey Whistle Test 27th November 1984]
02. A Mess Of Blues [Saturday Superstore 19th November 1983]
03. Marguerita Time [Little & Large Show 5th January 1984]
04. Can’t Give Anymore [Wogan 28th August 1991]
05. Old Time Rock ‘N’ Roll [Jim Davidson Presents 7th July 2000]
06. Roadhouse Blues Medley [Live From Amsterdam 1st October 1992]
07. Rock ’Till You Drop Medley [Jim Davidson's Generation Game 21st November 1998]

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