STATUS QUO - THE EARLY YEARS VOL 2 [CD]

On August 23, 2024, this much-loved British rock institution played what is likely to be their last ever show. In a career that goes back to 1962, after several name changes, they settled on Status Quo in 1968. Signing to Pye Records for their breakthrough hit single, ‘Pictures Of Matchstick Men’, Francis Rossi (guitar and vocals), Rick Parfitt (guitar and vocals), Alan Lancaster (bass and vocals) and John Coghlan (drums and percussion), had a psychedelic sound and image in keeping with the fashion of the time. Quo eventually found their signature, stripped down, boogie sound and image with their third album for Pye, 'Ma Kelly’s Greasy Spoon' (CD 1), in 1970 (CD 2 of this collection features the rare mono mix of the album which was released in Argentina titled 'Everything'). Discarding their now unfashionable Carnaby Street clobber in favour of jeans and T-shirts, their sound and image was moving further towards a more hard rock and progressive flavour, then de rigueur with the early 1970s as reflected on their fourth and final LP for Pye, 'Dog Of Two Head' (CD 1) in 1971. During this period Quo released singles that didn’t automatically make it to the corresponding LPs, including fan favourites and live staples ‘Down The Dustpipe’, ‘In My Chair’, ‘Gerdundula’ and ‘Tune To The Music’, which are collected together on CD 3, while CD 4 features alternative versions of many of these key tracks, including ‘Mean Girl,’ ‘Daughter’ and ‘Something Going On In My Head’. Status Quo were very much a live band, where their boogie and hard rock could really shine, as demonstrated on the fifth CD of this set, which includes sessions and live tracks.

DISC ONE

1. Spinning Wheel Blues

2. Daughter

3. Everything

4. Shy Fly

5. (April) Spring, Summer And Wednesdays

6. Junior's Wailing

7. Lakky Lady

8. Need Your Love

9. Lazy Poker Blues

10. Is It Really Me / Gotta Go Home

11. Umleitung

12. Nanana (Extraction)

13. Something's Going On In My Head

14. Mean Girl

15. Nanana (Extraction)

16. Gerdundula

17. Railroad

18. Someone's Learning

19. Nanana

DISC TWO

1. Spinning Wheel Blues

2. Daughter

3. Everything

4. Shy Fly

5. (April) Spring, Summer And Wednesdays

6. Junior's Wailing

7. Lakky Lady

8. Need Your Love

9. Lazy Poker Blues

10. Is It Really Me / Gotta Go

DISC THREE

1. Down The Dustpipe (A-Side)

2. In My Chair (A-Side)

3. Gerdundula (B-Side 1970 Version)

4. Tune To The Music (A-Side)

5. Good Thinking (B-Side)

6. Railroad (Part 1) (A-Side Mono Mix)

7. Railroad (Part 2) (B-Side Mono Mix)

8. Mean Girl (A-Side Mono Mix)

9. Gerdundula (A-Side 1971 Mono Mix)

10. In My Chair (Flexidisc)

11. Laughing Machine (Hidden Track Unreleased Outtake)

12. In My Chair (Backing Track)

13. Time To Fly

14. Shifting Sand (1971 Rossi / Young Demo)

15. Tune To The Music (Instrumental)

16. (So Little) Time To Fly (Previously Unreleased Version)

DISC FOUR

1. Down The Dustpipe (Alternate Mix)

2. Daughter (Working Mix)

3. Junior's Wailing (Alternate Mix)

4. Is It Really Me (Previously Unreleased Version)

5. In My Chair (Alternate Mix)

6. Gerdundula (Alternate Mix 1970 Version)

7. Gotta Go Home (Rough Mix)

8. Something Going On In My Head (Previously Unreleased Version)

9. Mean Girl (Previously Unreleased Version)

10. Nanana (Previously Unreleased Version)

11. Gerdundula (Previously Unreleased 1970 Version)

12. Nanana (Previously Unreleased Version)

13. Mean Girl (Rough Mix)

14. Tune To The Music (Previously Unreleased Version)

15. Good Thinking (Previously Unreleased Version)

16. Tune To The Music (Previously Unreleased Backing Track Version)

17. Mean Girl

18. Railroad

DISC FIVE

1. Junior's Wailing (6/4/70)

2. Down The Dustpipe (6/4/70)

3. Spinning Wheel Blues (6/4/70)

4. In My Chair (6/4/70)

5. Need Your Love (15/6/70)

6. Roadhouse Blues

7. Down The Dustpipe

8. Spinning Wheel Blues

9. Is It Really Me / Gotta Go Home

10. Spinning Wheel Blues

11. (April) Spring, Summer And Wednesdays

12. Is It Really Me / Gotta Go Home

• Genre: Rock
• Product Type: Audio CD
• Barcode: 5013929934023
• Release Date: July 03, 2026

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