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Vinyl-English STATUS QUO - COLLECTED - LP

STATUS QUO

STATUS QUO - COLLECTED - LP

₹3999

SOUTH LONDON MEMBERS ALAN LANCASTER (BASS) AND FRANCIS ROSSI (GUITAR) WERE THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS AND FOUNDERS OF STATUS QUO. FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE SPECTRES AND LATER RENAMED TO TRAFFIC OR TRAFFIC JAM THEY SETTLED FOR STATUS QUO AS THEIR BAND NAME IN 1967. THE FOLLOWING YEARS THEY WERE JOINED BY JOHN COGHLAN (DRUMS), ROY LYNES (KEYBOARD) AND RICK PARFITT (GUITAR ?2016), AND AFTER SEVERAL BAND MEMBERS CHANGES ARE STILL PERFORMING TODAY IN A REVAMPED LINE-UP. IN 1968 THEIR FIRST HIT RECORD 'PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN' WAS RELEASED AND THE DEBUT ALBUM SOON FOLLOWED. THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS STATUS QUO, OR SIMPLY QUO, ENJOYED A MULTITUDE OF HITS; 'MEAN GIRL', 'DOWN DOWN', 'ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD', 'THE WANDERER', 'IN THE ARMY NOW', 'ROLL OVER LAY DOWN (LIVE)', ALL CLIMBED THE CHARTS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. DURING THE YEARS STATUS QUO DEVELOPED THEIR OWN SIGNATURE STYLE OF HEAVY RHYTHMS, A FEW GUITAR CHORDS, STRAIGHTFORWARD, ACCESSIBLE LYRICS AND COLLECTED A HUGE AND LOYAL FAN BASE. IN 2006 NME MAGAZINE NAMED STATUS QUO 'THE MOST SUCCESSFUL UK BAND' AS THEY ACHIEVED MORE CHART HITS THAN ANY OTHER BRITISH BAND. THE 2 LP COLLECTED COMPILATION IS AN ERA SPANNING SELECTION OF STATUS QUO INCLUDING THE HITS, 4 ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS 'PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN', 'ICE IN THE SUN', 'I (WHO HAVE NOTHING)' BY THE SPECTRES, 'ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE THERE' BY TRAFFIC JAM AND IS NEWLY REMASTERED FOR VINYL. THIS LIMITED EDITION INCLUDES A 4-PAGE BOOKLET WITH LINER NOTES AND IS PACKED IN A LIMITED GATEFOLD EMBOSSED 'GUITAR' SLEEVE.



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Track Listing

SIDE A

1. PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN

2. ICE IN THE SUN

3. ARE YOU GROWINGTIRED OF MY LOVE

4. MEAN GIRL

5. CAROLINE

6. ROLL OVER LAY DOWN (LIVE)

SIDE B

1. DOWN DOWN

2. RAIN

3. ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD

4. HOLD YOU BACK

5. AGAIN AND AGAIN

6. WHATEVER YOU WANT

SIDE C

1. LIVING ON AN ISLAND

2. WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING

3. ROCK 'N ROLL

4. SOMETHING 'BOUT YOU BABY I LIKE

5. OL' RAG BLUES

6. THE WANDERER

SIDE D

1. ROLLIN' HOME

2. IN THE ARMY NOW

3. THE ORIENTAL

4. MEDLEY: THE ANNIVERSARY WALTZ (PART 1)

5. I (WHO HAVE NOTHING) -THE SPECTRES

6. ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE THERE - TRAFFIC JAM


Product Details

  • HSN Code : 85238010
  • Seller SKU ID : 871926200619
  • Publisher : MUSIC ON VINYL
  • Edition : STANDARD
  • Composer : STATUS QUO
  • EAN : 8719262006195
  • Artist : STATUS QUO
  • Country of origin : UNITED KINGDOM
  • Record Label/Studio : MUSIC ON VINYL
  • Format : Vinyl-English
  • Number of disc : 2
  • Language : ENGLISH