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Post by dai on Mar 28, 2018 6:58:43 GMT
Mine came the day after release from Amazon (the box set). I think the delays are more to do with running out of stock than anything else. The demand has been far greater than they imagined. Don't think they'd have expected to be at number 3 in the midweek chart most of which would've been from pre orders I suppose.
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Post by johns on Mar 28, 2018 10:34:31 GMT
I posted this on the Quo fan club FB page, but can't be arsed to write out another one for here..lol
I finally got the album on Monday. Cancelled my Amazon order as couldn't wait until Thursday for it. I was in London with my mate Simon Taylor, and there was the box edition sitting on the shelf in Fopp. £21 so yup I was having that. First chance to listen to it in the car coming into work today and have reached Long Distance Love. So what to think of it? I had a certain amount of trepidation because I'd heard Without You in December and it was awful. Well Pieter Balk, sorry but I don't know what you were listening to, but it's far from being a disgrace to Rick's legacy. However I do respect the fact that you don't like it so no great argument to be had on that point. Apart from Without You and When I Was Fallin' in Love the other 5 tracks I've heard are basically "Quo" Rick (that's not a criticism just an opinion), so in term's of the "it's not a Quo album" brigade, well obviously it's not, but the tracks could definitely have been from a Quo album (past, present or future). Is it rockier than any Quo stuff after 86? No not really. Oops this is sounding like I'm going to slag it off doesn't it?😃 Any way, onto the songs themselves - I am listening to the "produced" version and can't hear anything wrong with it so if the "band mix" is better then I look forward to putting that on. Twinkletoes may have a naff title and the lyrics aren't great but it is a damn good start to the album. Lonesome Road is excellent as is Fight for Every Heartbeat (lyrics are pretty poignant all things considered). Over and Out could be Jeff Lynne (no bad thing) and would have been a better first introduction to the album than Without You. When I was Fallin' in Love is a little lighter but pretty catchy. Long Distance Love is good too, but I reckon if it was on a Quo album it would be deemed "lite". Without You I can do without. It's still awful and I really don't care what people think of that. First time I heard it, it was terrible and repeated listens haven't improved it. Sentiment or whatever else doesn't come into it for me, it is just an awful song. Sorry finishing on a downer. So out of the 7 tracks listened to, it's a really, really good album. He does nick riffs left right and centre from old Quo stuff but he can be forgiven for that. Overall I am very pleasantly surprised that for one it's not a car crash and for two it is a fitting tribute to the one and only Mr Parfitt.
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Post by mortified on Mar 28, 2018 14:10:54 GMT
I haven't put a review up. In fact, very few people have. Which is actually quite odd. Because this album deserves it! Same as you, johns, I've just nipped into the centre of Edinburgh and seen the box set in "Fopp". I don't know what Amazon are playing at but it is, as they say in WWII RAF parlance, a poor show. I didn't buy it. Happy to wait because I have the bog standard digipack CD but I was surprised at how small the box was. It's CD size!! The t-shirt is XL so it must be squashed in like a whale in a telephone box. I now know precisely what's in there because Amazon don't tell you that either. I therefore now know what to go get in terms of vinyl and other issues etc. I'm the same as you; 7 of the 9 original songs are top notch. The two syrupy ballads are not for me but that's me. Nothing to do with anyone else who likes that sort of thing. Rick's voice is also at it's most fragile and honest on them. But it doesn't spoil the songs. I wouldn't have liked them anyway, although Without You is sort of OK. I also think that what appears to be a serious re-mix of Halloween is very good. It actually doesn't sound dated at all. I love this album at the moment, I really do. There are usually at least one or two skip tracks on any Quo album anyway so this is normal. As you say, this is a Rick Quo album by any other name. So what's not to love? Oh, and whether it's deliberate or not, I think most of the solos are done in a Francis 'style', even Brian May's to an extent. It's most noticeable on Lonesome Road which is a modern day Take Me Away for the first half. It's brilliant. Well, it is for a Quo fan of some vintage Over and out
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2018 21:10:39 GMT
Played it non stop all week now and I like every track on it.
I’m sure Rick would have been very proud of this album.
Shame that is the end 🙁
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2018 21:33:15 GMT
Played it non stop all week now and I like every track on it. I’m sure Rick would have been very proud of this album. Shame that is the end 🙁 I must confess I’ve not got round to buying the album yet. Absolutely no reflection of how I feel about Rick, just typical of my disorganised, laid back attitude, (probably akin to the great man himself). I’ll buy it soon enough and write my review accordingly. Anyway, my reply is in response to your last sentence Colin. I don’t see it as the end. I’m 38, 40 years from now I’ll still be blasting out the Mystery Song riff, head banging to BFM and playing 4500x (badly) on a Tele. Folk younger than me will be doing the same long after I’ve gone. It’ll never end, the legacy and the music live on, for ever.
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Post by snakelady on Mar 29, 2018 6:11:30 GMT
.. It's a Rick album, a Rick's Band album, not a Quo album, although there's quite a bit of Quo (or rather Rick Quo) in some of the songs. But after nearly 50 years of working, living and playing for Quo, that's hardly surprising. That's how I feel about it too. And I'm so happy for you it turned out the way it did, I know how much it would've meant to me had it beem Francis. I know it's irrational and it should only matter how one feels about it oneself, but it's still great so see how so many seem to like it and how successful it is. We can be proud of him one last time, same as we've always been when Quo has achieved something.
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Post by cayan on Mar 29, 2018 13:45:56 GMT
I have the feeling that other songs, apart from the two that comes from Recorded Delivery, were recorded a few years ago. If you listen to Rick's voice in some songs, it is clear that they were specifically recorded from the album. The voice has small range and he sings in a lower key. However, when I hear Lonesome Road, his voice is different, younger, with more power. The beginning of the song reminds me of Keep me Guessin, so my guess is that Lonesome Road were first recorded (the demo version I suppose) during the late 80's.
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Post by reasonforliving on Mar 29, 2018 16:02:43 GMT
I'd love to know the chronology for the material on this album. I gather that two songs were written before Recorded Delivery but it would would be interesting to know when the other material was written and (Ricksbit's) recorded.It's easy to think that some of the lyrics would have been written after Turkey (thats the country and not the festive meal!) andif they weren't then they are spookily prophetic (is that a word?). From what we were told Rick was only told about the record deal just before Christmas 2016 and so I guess that everything was essentially in a 'demo' state at that time with a plan to complete later. Obviously that was never going to happen :-(
I was really very pleasantly surprised when I heard the album. I had avoilded all pre-release snippets and have to say I was not expected anything close to the quality of the finished product - much more polished than I was expecting. I don't know (or really care) how much of that isdown to modern technology and clever people! On the whole I think the songs are really good. The solo on the second track sounds (to me) that it is by Francis!
A great legacy and hopefully it helps the family
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Post by cammythemortonfan on Mar 29, 2018 18:20:08 GMT
I have the feeling that other songs, apart from the two that comes from Recorded Delivery, were recorded a few years ago. If you listen to Rick's voice in some songs, it is clear that they were specifically recorded from the album. The voice has small range and he sings in a lower key. However, when I hear Lonesome Road, his voice is different, younger, with more power. The beginning of the song reminds me of Keep me Guessin, so my guess is that Lonesome Road were first recorded (the demo version I suppose) during the late 80's. Lonesome Road was written for this album- Jo Webb did a song by song run down for FTMO magazine
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Post by cayan on Mar 30, 2018 12:47:38 GMT
Thanks for the info. This means that Rick was still capable of writting (or co-writting) classic rock tunes. Good for him
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Post by Rockinon on Mar 30, 2018 17:09:19 GMT
I haven't listened to it and don't think I will bother.
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Post by coldwarkid on Mar 30, 2018 18:01:40 GMT
I haven't listened to it and don't think I will bother. You're missing out on something good then, but each to their own.
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Post by Rockinon on Mar 30, 2018 18:10:06 GMT
I haven't listened to it and don't think I will bother. You're missing out on something good then, but each to their own. To me Rick was a legendary Status Quo guitarist. When he stepped outside of Quo he became largely nothing, just the same as Francis. In fact, just the same as every member of every incarnation of the band. Status Quo carried them all.
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Post by coldwarkid on Mar 30, 2018 18:28:20 GMT
That's usually what bands are, the sum of the parts that if you're very lucky creates a bit of magic.
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Post by Quoincidence on Mar 30, 2018 20:15:29 GMT
I have the feeling that other songs, apart from the two that comes from Recorded Delivery, were recorded a few years ago. If you listen to Rick's voice in some songs, it is clear that they were specifically recorded from the album. The voice has small range and he sings in a lower key. However, when I hear Lonesome Road, his voice is different, younger, with more power. The beginning of the song reminds me of Keep me Guessin, so my guess is that Lonesome Road were first recorded (the demo version I suppose) during the late 80's. True that Without You and Halloween come from the Recorded Delivery album but Without You was completely redone, which not a lot of people seem to realise. The lyrics were also changed to update them for the song to be about his present relationship with Rick Parfitt Jnr rather than past which it originally was due to the situation at the time
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Post by snakelady on Mar 31, 2018 6:44:51 GMT
I have the feeling that other songs, apart from the two that comes from Recorded Delivery, were recorded a few years ago. If you listen to Rick's voice in some songs, it is clear that they were specifically recorded from the album. The voice has small range and he sings in a lower key. However, when I hear Lonesome Road, his voice is different, younger, with more power. The beginning of the song reminds me of Keep me Guessin, so my guess is that Lonesome Road were first recorded (the demo version I suppose) during the late 80's. True that Without You and Halloween come from the Recorded Delivery album but Without You was completely redone, which not a lot of people seem to realise. The lyrics were also changed to update them for the song to be about his present relationship with Rick Parfitt Jnr rather than past which it originally was due to the situation at the time Problem is, it's marketed as all 'brand new' songs. Why ? The lie is completely unnecessary, most will never have heard Halloween anyway or John David's original on his record. And even if they knew they'd not care. It's not as if Quo have never covered others or themselves before. Maybe it's best from a marketing POV to say Rick did it all in these last months, but does it really matter ? Rick may well have started several songs maybe even years earlier, but they're new for us and that's the main thing surely. The problem I can see with this marketing strategy is, if Recorded Delivery gets a release on the back of the OAO success. Then some people will think hang on, this is on the other recording as well and they said the song was brand new .. I understand where cayan is coming from re Rick's voice. I thought the same. At times he sounds like his 70s singing voice is back - and miracles don't happen. I didn't think of older recordings though, I simply assumed it was a product of today's technical possibilities, autotune or whatever else exists.
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Post by mortified on Mar 31, 2018 8:33:07 GMT
Bit of an unexpected bonus. I ordered the blue vinyl and it came pretty quickly. I knew there was a 7" single of Without You with it but what I didn't know is that it has an extra track on the B-side - an instrumental version of the song. OK, not exactly my favourite on the album but things like that as a collector bring me joy Things that take away that joy are the fact that it isn't included with the download code. So I'll have to find a turntable (sigh)
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Post by mortified on Mar 31, 2018 8:40:40 GMT
Just to put my tuppence worth in, I see Without You as a brand new song because it was never released before. To me, that's the deciding factor. Halloween, I agree, isn't but it has been remixed. Knowing marketing people, I suspect that most of them have no idea what's a new song and what isn't. But " 9 new songs; oh, and 1 old one" doesn't really fall off the marketing tongue
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Post by dai on Mar 31, 2018 9:01:13 GMT
Top 5 entry in the official album chart at number 4 which is a great achievement. Incidentally the last Quo album of new original material to chart that highly was 1.9.8.2 which reached number 1.
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Post by mortified on Mar 31, 2018 10:12:39 GMT
Top 5 entry in the official album chart at number 4 which is a great achievement. Incidentally the last Quo album of new original material to chart that highly was 1.9.8.2 which reached number 1. It's a terrific achievement. But it's amazing what leaving the planet does. I wonder how it would have performed if Rick was still in the band and just released it as a side project like the others have done. Either way, I'm well chuffed for all concerned. Including me
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Mar 31, 2018 10:20:33 GMT
Top 5 entry in the official album chart at number 4 which is a great achievement. Incidentally the last Quo album of new original material to chart that highly was 1.9.8.2 which reached number 1. It's a terrific achievement. But it's amazing what leaving the planet does. I wonder how it would have performed if Rick was still in the band and just released it as a side project like the others have done. Either way, I'm well chuffed for all concerned. Including me Indeed I have noticed many a FB post saying that Francis must be pissed off as his efforts flopped. I suspect that had he still been with us Rick's album would have been in a similar position chart wise. The Frantic four live albums did not set the charts alight either, as Rick once said in one of the books "I used to think, I can't wait to die then ill sell some Fukin Records" It's still a fantastic achievement but it annoys me that for a lot of the general public a celeb has to die before they sell lots of records. Queen is a case in point songs like The Show Must Go On were poor charters. Then Freddie dies and everything they then release goes to the top of the charts.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2018 10:47:55 GMT
It’s a great achievement in whatever circumstances.
I think the fact it was announced some months ago with a release date helped.
Whether it would have done so well had he still been here we will never know.
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Post by viking55 on Apr 2, 2018 11:44:15 GMT
Bought the CD & T shirt package. Quality. Love the album considering it was in an unfinished state when Rick sadly passed away. I am sure he would approve of the results and be very proud of his son. At least this board, unlike somewhere elsewhere, sticks to the subject matter out of respect and doesnt start a slagging off comparison match as per usual. Hey just can’t help themselves. Pretty bad taste imho ! Let’s not forget it only takes 7000 sales to make s top 5 album these days.
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Apr 2, 2018 17:47:47 GMT
True that Without You and Halloween come from the Recorded Delivery album but Without You was completely redone, which not a lot of people seem to realise. The lyrics were also changed to update them for the song to be about his present relationship with Rick Parfitt Jnr rather than past which it originally was due to the situation at the time Problem is, it's marketed as all 'brand new' songs. Why ? The lie is completely unnecessary, most will never have heard Halloween anyway or John David's original on his record. And even if they knew they'd not care. It's not as if Quo have never covered others or themselves before. Maybe it's best from a marketing POV to say Rick did it all in these last months, but does it really matter ? Rick may well have started several songs maybe even years earlier, but they're new for us and that's the main thing surely. The problem I can see with this marketing strategy is, if Recorded Delivery gets a release on the back of the OAO success. Then some people will think hang on, this is on the other recording as well and they said the song was brand new .. I understand where cayan is coming from re Rick's voice. I thought the same. At times he sounds like his 70s singing voice is back - and miracles don't happen. I didn't think of older recordings though, I simply assumed it was a product of today's technical possibilities, autotune or whatever else exists. At the time people thought Queen had recorded a whole album using vocals that Freddie had laid down in the months after Innuendo was released. In reality it was only 1 song, 3/4 of another and a track made up of only a few lines of lyrics. The rest were older tracks of which some had been released before under solo efforts, while some were B sides.
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Post by kursaal75 on Apr 3, 2018 15:45:46 GMT
UK MIDWEEK ALBUM CHART #41 Over And Out (of the UK Top 40)
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