Status Quo - The Early Years (1966-69) [5CD]

Sanctuary Records

£30.60

Format: 5 x CD
ICPN: 4099964008265
Release Date: 15 Mar 2024
Genre: Rock

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.

This is an official release, supported by band and management.

Tracklist
Disc 1: Picturesque & Spare Parts - Original Mono albums
Picturesque
1. Black Veils Of Melancholy
2. When My Mind Is Not Live
3.Ice In The Sun
4.Elizabeth Dreams
5.Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café
6.Paradise Flat
7.Technicolor Dreams
8.Sheila
9.Spicks And Specks
10.Sunny Cellophane Skies
11.Green Tambourine
12.Pictures Of Matchstick Men

Spare Parts
13. Face Without A Soul
14.You're Just What I Was Looking For Today
15.Are You Growing Tired Of My Love
16.Antique Angelique
17.So Ends Another Life
18.Poor Old Man
19.Mr. Mind Detector
20. The Clown
21.Velvet Curtains
22.Little Miss Nothing
23.When I Awake
24.Nothing At All

Disc 2: Picturesque & Spare Parts - Stereo albums
Picturesque
1. Black Veils Of Melancholy
2. When My Mind Is Not Live
3.Ice In The Sun
4.Elizabeth Dreams
5.Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café
6.Paradise Flat
7.Technicolor Dreams
8.Sheila
9.Spicks And Specks
10.Sunny Cellophane Skies
11.Green Tambourine
12.Pictures Of Matchstick Men
13. Spare Parts
14. Face Without A Soul
15.You're Just What I Was Looking For Today
16.Are You Growing Tired Of My Love
17.Antique Angelique
18.So Ends Another Life
19.Poor Old Man
20.Mr. Mind Detector
21. The Clown
22.Velvet Curtains
23.Little Miss Nothing
24.When I Awake
25.Nothing At All

Disc 3: Before Status Quo
The Spectres:
1. I (Who Have Nothing) (Single A-Side, 1966)
2. Neighbour, Neighbour (Single B-side to ‘I (Who Have
Nothing)’)
3. Hurdy Gurdy Man (Single A-Side, 1966)
4. (Her Name Was) Laticia (Single B-Side to ‘Hurdy
Gurdy Man’)
5. (We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet (Single A-Side, 1967)
6. I Want It (Single B-Side - B-side to ‘(We Ain't Got)
Nothing Yet’)
7. Spicks And Specks
8. Walking With My Angel
9. When He Passed You By
10. Love In Vain
11. Say That You Need Me
12. Neighbour Neighbour (Alternate version)
13. Gloria
(BBC Session, Saturday Club - 10/9/66)
14. Interview With Francis Rossi
(BBC Session, Saturday Club - 10/9/66)
15. I (Who Have Nothing)
(BBC Session, Saturday Club – 10/9/66)
16. Neighbour, Neighbour
(BBC Session, Saturday Club – 10/9/66)
17. Bloodhound
(BBC Session (Saturday Club - 10/9/66)
18. Bird Dog
(BBC Session, Saturday Club - 10/9/66)
Traffic Jam:
19. Almost But Not Quite There (Single A-Side, 1967)
20. Wait Just A Minute (Single B-Side to ‘Almost But Not
Quite There’)
21. I Don't Want You
(BBC Session, Saturday Club – 24/6/67)
22. Almost But Not Quite There
(BBC Session, Saturday Club - 24/6/67)
23. It Takes Two
(BBC Session, Saturday Club - 24/6/67)
24. Spicks And Specks
(BBC Session, Saturday Club – 24/6/67)

Disc 4: A-Sides, B-Sides, Demos & Outtakes
1. To Be Free (B-Side of ‘Black Veils Of Melancholy’ –
Mono - non album B-side)
2. Make Me Stay a Bit Longer (Single A-Side, 1969 - non
album single)
3. Auntie Nellie (B-Side - Mono - B-side to ‘Make Me
Stay A Bit Longer’)
4. Are You Growing Tired Of My Love (Single A-Side,
1969)
5. The Price Of Love (Single A-Side, 1969)
6. Little Miss Nothing (B-Side to ‘The Of Love’)
7. Nothing At All (Demo Excerpt)
8. Josie (From Spare Parts sessions)
9. Do You Live In Fire (From Spare Parts sessions, 1981)
10. Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Mix Of An Alternate
Version)
11. Paradise Flats (Alt Version remixed in stereo by Mike
Brown for 1998 remaster)
12. Hey Little Woman (You're Just What I Was Looking For Today) (Alternate version)
13. The Price Of Love (Alternate version)
14. Auntie Nellie (Stereo remix of B-side to ‘Make Me Stay A Bit Longer’, 1969)
15. Josie (Alternate mix)
16. Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Mix of Alternate Version)

Disc 5: BBC In Session, 1968-1969
1. Spicks And Specks
(David Symonds - rec. 16/1/68, transm. 22/1/68)
2. Judy In Disguise
(David Symonds - rec. 16/1/68, transm. 22/1/68)
3. Pictures Of Matchstick Men
(David Symonds - rec. 16/1/68, transm. 22/1/68)
4. Interview With Brian Matthew
(Saturday Club - rec. 13/2/68, transm. 17/2/68)
5. Pictures Of Matchstick Men
(Saturday Club - rec. 13/2/68, transm. 17/2/68)
6. Things Get Better
(Saturday Club - rec. 13/2/68, transm. 17/2/68)
7. Gloria
(David Symonds - rec. 29/3/68)
8. Interview With Alan Lancaster
(David Symonds – rec. 29/3/68)
9. Black Veils Of Melancholy
(David Symonds - rec. 29/3/68)
10. Bloodhound
(David Symonds - rec. 29/3/68)
11. Ice In The Sun
(Saturday Club - rec. 30/7/68)
12. When My Mind Is Not Live
(Saturday Club - rec. 30/7/68)
13. Paradise Flats
(Saturday Club - rec. 30/7/68)
14. Interview
(Symonds on Sunday - rec. 27/1/69)
15. Make Me Stay A Bit Longer
(Symonds on Sunday - rec. 27/1/69)
16. Are You Growing Tired Of My Love
(Symonds on Sunday - rec. 27/1/69)
17. The Price Of Love
(Symonds on Sunday - rec. 27/1/69)
18. The Price Of Love
(Symonds on Sunday - rec. 31/3/69)