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Post by lp72 on Jul 21, 2017 20:40:59 GMT
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Post by kursaal75 on Jul 22, 2017 7:29:46 GMT
I got the single for my 11th birthday in March 68, when it was in the top 10.  The embarrassing thing was, I was brought up listening to The Shadows albums as a youngster and they were always on TV shows like The London Palladium, so when Pictures of Matchstick Men was played on the radio, I thought the intro sounded like the Shadows, so I asked my eldest sister, if I could have the Shadows single for my birthday.  :haha: |
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Post by snakelady on Jul 23, 2017 6:10:30 GMT
I got the single for my 11th birthday in March 68, when it was in the top 10. The embarrassing thing was, I was brought up listening to The Shadows albums as a youngster and they were always on TV shows like The London Palladium, so when Pictures of Matchstick Men was played on the radio, I thought the intro sounded like the Shadows, so I asked my eldest sister, if I could have the Shadows single for my birthday. :haha: Don't be too hard on yourself - you were merely 11 and you soon after graduated to rock music - same as Quo (and they were older)   And to answer the original question about POMM: From a marketing POV management might try - although we've already had the Pictures, 40 Years of Hits stuff, so not sure it can ( or should !) be done twice. I'm convinced though that Francis will be dead against it. And they've got 50 years of Status Quo, the name itself, which is much bigger even and don't celebrate it either - although they might have if Rick were still there to take part. I guess that would've been one of those future projects involving Rick from last autumn that sadly never came to happen. It isn't the time for happy festivities so shortly after Rick's sad demise - it actually seems that big anniversary has been completely forgotten about. Maybe it could've been turned into the memorial event, not sure though that would've been right. Rick was very important and deserves a memorial event, but the band was/is more than him or any individual. Personally I've alway thought POMM was ok-ish, but nothing more. It would certainly not have turned me into a fan had I already listened to pop music. I seem to faintly remember my first own cassette were schlagers of the time, must've been early 70s .. |
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Post by mortified on Jul 23, 2017 7:31:38 GMT
I suppose they might. It'd just really be an add-on to Pictures - 40 Years of Hits. Ten years since that. Amazing. :oo: If it resulted in the same number of set changes, I'd be up for it |
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Post by frozenhero on Jul 26, 2017 12:34:28 GMT
I'm still hoping for a reprint or even expansion of the debut album, but it seems BMG aren't willing to do anything with it...  |
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Post by dublinquo on Aug 13, 2017 9:56:32 GMT
I'm still hoping for a reprint or even expansion of the debut album, but it seems BMG aren't willing to do anything with it... An expanded 2-disc expanded edition of Quo's debut album was released back in 2003.  |
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Post by snakelady on Aug 14, 2017 7:02:48 GMT
I'm still hoping for a reprint or even expansion of the debut album, but it seems BMG aren't willing to do anything with it... An expanded 2-disc expanded edition of Quo's debut album was released back in 2003. That's interesting - never knew this existed. So (from memory) the bonus material was more or less what we got on CD1 from the BBC box set. Would've certainly been tempted to get this, but then I'd probably not have seen a reason to buy the BBC box set years later ..  |
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Post by mortified on Aug 14, 2017 8:27:08 GMT
Yeah, the extra stuff turned up on the BBC box set.
It's actually not that easy keeping track of all these old PYE releases. They've been doing it since year zero with the same old same old coming out in different packaging. The odd gems turn up (Fresh Quota in 1981 for example) but mostly it's rehash.
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Aug 14, 2017 12:20:08 GMT
I'm still hoping for a reprint or even expansion of the debut album, but it seems BMG aren't willing to do anything with it... An expanded 2-disc expanded edition of Quo's debut album was released back in 2003. You cannot get hold of this anymore with paying an absolute fortune (About £140) on Amazon or Ebay! All the normal online music sites are sold out. I wish I'd bought it when it was released now. I don't have PMMFTSQ or Spare Parts on CD. This one looks really interesting with all the bonus tracks (most of them on the BBC release) and the Stereo version of the album.
They should release a new batch for it's 50th Anniversary.
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Post by kursaal75 on Aug 14, 2017 14:38:19 GMT
An expanded 2-disc expanded edition of Quo's debut album was released back in 2003. You cannot get hold of this anymore with paying an absolute fortune (About £140) on Amazon or Ebay! All the normal online music sites are sold out. I wish I'd bought it when it was released now. I don't have PMMFTSQ or Spare Parts on CD. This one looks really interesting with all the bonus tracks (most of them on the BBC release) and the Stereo version of the album.
They should release a new batch for it's 50th Anniversary.
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Post by mortified on Aug 15, 2017 7:48:24 GMT
They did release a similar version of Spare Parts at the time. The whole mono/stereo thing. Although with fewer bonus tracks. I've tried to increase the image size but failed miserably.  But you get the idea.   |
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Post by snakelady on Aug 15, 2017 8:02:10 GMT
They did release a similar version of Spare Parts at the time. The whole mono/stereo thing. Although with fewer bonus tracks. I've tried to increase the image size but failed miserably. But you get the idea. Just click on the image and you have it increased. That's how attachments work I never knew about the SP version either, but I guess I wasn't exactly looking out for those two albums. Shows how important proper marketing is .. Francis trying to look like John Lennon in that pic  |
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Post by mortified on Aug 15, 2017 9:09:33 GMT
Of course, he would now deny strongly trying to look cool. Too bad; he just was without trying.  |
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The embarrassing thing was, I was brought up listening to The Shadows albums as a youngster and they were always on TV shows like The London Palladium, so when Pictures of Matchstick Men was played on the radio, I thought the intro sounded like the Shadows, so I asked my eldest sister, if I could have the Shadows single for my birthday. 
sorry I mean 64 
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