Status Quo : Early Years 1966-1969

Status Quo je britská rocková skupina, která vznikla v Londýně v roce 1962. Skupinu původně tvořili Francis Rossi (zpěv, kytara), Alan Lancaster (baskytara), Rick Parfitt (zpěv, kytara) a John Coghlan (bicí). Jejich původní jméno bylo "The Spectres" a později "Traffic Jam", než se konečně stali v roce 1967 Status Quo. Skupina je známá svým charakteristickým stylem zvaným "boogie rock" nebo "quo-rock," což je kombinace rocku, boogie a blues. Skupina získala popularitu svými energickými živými vystoupeními a jednoduchými, ale chytlavými písněmi. Mezi jejich největší hity patří skladby jako "Rockin' All Over the World", "Caroline" a "Whatever You Want." Status Quo je jednou z nejdéle
fungujících rockových skupin na světě. I když se sestava měnila během let, Rossi byl jediným členem, který zůstal od počátku.

Na 5CD vychází kompilace raných nahrávek skupiny Status Quo.

Tracklist:

CD1: Picturesque & Spare Parts - Original Mono albums
Picturesque
1. Black Veils of Melancholy (Mono Version)
2. When My Mind Is Not Live (Mono Version)
3. Ice In the Sun (Mono Version)
4. Elizabeth Dreams (Mono Version)
5. Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe (Mono Version)
6. Paradise Flat (Mono Version)
7. Technicolor Dreams (Mono Version)
8. Spicks and Specks (Mono Version)
9. Sheila (Mono Version)
10. Sunny Cellophane Skies (Mono Version)
11. Green Tambourine (Mono Version)
12. Pictures of Matchstick Men (Mono Version)
Spare Parts
13. Face Without a Soul (Mono Version)
14. You're Just What I Was Looking for Today (Mono Version)
15. Are You Growing Tired of My Love (Mono Version)
16. Antique Angelique (Mono Version)
17. So Ends Another Life (Mono Version)
18. Poor Old Man (Mono Version)
19. Mr. Mind Detector (Mono Version)
20. The Clown (Mono Version)
21. Velvet Curtains (Mono Version)
22. Little Miss Nothing (Mono Version)
23. When I Awake (Mono Version) / 24. Nothing at All (Mono Version)
CD2: Picturesque & Spare Parts - Stereo albums
Picturesque
1. Black Veils of Melancholy (Stereo Version)
2. When My Mind Is Not Live (Stereo Version)
3. Ice In the Sun (Stereo Version)
4. Elizabeth Dreams (Stereo Version)
5. Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe (Stereo Version)
6. Paradise Flat (Stereo Version)
7. Technicolor Dreams (Stereo Version)
8. Spicks and Specks (Stereo Version)
9. Sheila (Stereo Version)
10. Sunny Cellophane Skies (Stereo Version)
11. Green Tambourine (Stereo Version)
12. Pictures of Matchstick Men (Stereo Version)
Spare Parts
13. Face Without a Soul (Stereo Version)
14. You're Just What I Was Looking for Today (Stereo Version)
15. Are You Growing Tired of My Love (Stereo Version)
16. Antique Angelique (Stereo Version)
17. So Ends Another Life (Stereo Version)
18. Poor Old Man (Stereo Version)
19. Mr. Mind Detector (Stereo Version)
20. The Clown (Stereo Version)
21. Velvet Curtains (Stereo Version)
22. Little Miss Nothing (Stereo Version)
23. When I Awake (Stereo Version)
24. Nothing at All (Stereo Version)
CD3: Before Status Quo
The Spectres:
1. I (Who Have Nothing)
2. Neighbour, Neighbour
3. Hurdy Gurdy Man
4. (Her Name Was) Latica
5. (We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet
6. I Want It
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
13. Gloria (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 10/09/1966)
14. Interview with Francis Rossi (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 10/09/1966)
15. I (Who Have Nothing) (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 10/09/1966)
16. Neighbour, Neighbour (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 10/09/1966)
17. Bloodhound (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 10/09/1966)
18. Bird Dog (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 10/09/1966)
Traffic Jam:
19. Almost but Not Quite There
20. Wait Just a Minute
21. I Don't Want You (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 24/06/1967)
22. Almost but Not Quite There (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 24/06/1967)
23. It Takes Two (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 24/06/1967)
24. Spicks and Specks (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 24/06/1967)
CD4: A-Sides, B-Sides, Demos & Outtakes
1. To Be Free
2. Make Me Stay a Bit Longer
3. Auntie Nellie
4. Are You Growing Tired of My Love
5. The Price of Love
6. Little Miss Nothing
7. Nothing at All (Demo Excerpt)
8. Josie
9. Do You Live In Fire
10. Pictures of Matchstick Men (Alternate Mix)
11. Paradise Flats (Alternate Version)
12. Hey Little Woman (Alternate Version)
13. The Price of Love (Alternate Version)
14. Auntie Nellie (Stereo MIx)
15. Josie (Stereo Version)
16. Pictures of Matchstick Men (Alternate Mix)
CD5: BBC In Session, 1968-1969
1. Spicks and Specks (BBC Session, David Symonds, 16/01/1968)
2. Judy In Disguise (BBC Session, David Symonds, 16/01/1968)
3. Pictures of Matchstick Men (BBC Session, David Symonds, 16/01/1968)
4. Interview With Brian Matthew (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 13/02/1968)
5. Pictures of Matchstick Men (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 13/02/1968)
6. Things Get Better (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 13/02/1968)
7. Gloria (BBC Session, David Symonds, 20/03/1968)
8. Interview With Alan Lancaster (BBC Session, David Symonds, 20/03/1968)
9. Black Veils of Melancholy (BBC Session, David Symonds, 20/03/1968)
10. Bloodhound (BBC Session, David Symonds, 20/03/1968)
11. Ice In the Sun (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 30/07/1968)
12. When My Mind Is Not Live (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 30/07/1968)
13. Paradise Flats (BBC Session, Saturday Club, 30/07/1968)
14. Interview (BBC Session, Symonds On Sunday, 27/01/1969)
15. Make Me Stay a Bit Longer (BBC Session, Symonds on Sunday, 27/01/1969)
16. Are You Growing Tired of My Love (BBC Session, Symonds on Sunday, 27/01/1969)
17. The Price Of Love (BBC Session, Symonds on Sunday, 27/01/1969)
18. The Price of Love (BBC Session, Symonds On Sunday, 31/03/1969)