mortified
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This is no' gettin' the bairn a shirt
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Post by mortified on Jun 17, 2018 7:56:24 GMT
Wise choice, per. I only have the covers albums for the collection if I'm honest. None of them are great. Per is a star by the way. He helped us get tickets for Swedish gigs in 2007 (and 2009) because you couldn't order them outside the country. Just thought I'd acknowledge his large contribution to my memorable 50th birthday
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per
Wild Horse
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Post by per on Jun 17, 2018 11:36:10 GMT
Thanks for the welcoming words Snakelady and Mortified! And thanks for all the beer when we met in Hässleholm, Sweden! It was a pleassure meeting you and your wife!😊
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frozenhero
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Drop-D beautiful
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Post by frozenhero on Jun 27, 2018 15:46:34 GMT
I wonder if they had some kind of deal with Universal... They left Universal (or whoever they were with at the time that got bought out by Universal) around the mid 90s or so and then joined Sanctuary Music (I think)... The only albums released under universal after that were the Covers albums released by Universal TV Quo didn't want to do Riffs (or as it was first called Rockin' All Over The Riffs), and that's why the rerecorded a few of their older songs... Apparently they also rerecorded Down Down (From an interview around early 2003) but that wasn't released on the album I think it was Eagle Records, Sanctuary came later. The thing about this album for me is not the songs but the production. UTI has been tarted up since, but it, this one, HT, Riffs and to an extent TPAOY (very slight improvement) have suffered massively from the Mike Paxman 'all the acoustics of a shoe box' production. He made Quo sound *tiny* and completely lacking in power. Very bad. Polite Quo. Shoe box Quo! Yep, there had been something .. I vaguely remember they were forced to record both FITLC and Riffs against their own wishes due to contractual obligations. Must've been mentioned in interviews and probably the bios too. Both Rick and Francis recalled that FITLC had Francis utterly depressed and close to giving up while Rick was more pragmatic about it. Think it was a time when it was really difficult for older acts to get a record deal at all and maybe that's why they had to do the company hopping as well. I think after the "success" of Don't Stop, they thought they could bring in the same amount of success with a follow up covers album, which didn't work. Don't Stop - No.2 in Charts Position Famous In The Last Century - No.19 in Charts Position Riffs - No.44 in Charts Position I don't think Mike Paxman should have become Quo's producer... every album he produced sounds weak, and IMO they all need remixing. Agree.
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Post by cammythemortonfan on Jun 30, 2018 19:49:02 GMT
I disagree about Riffs- I love the guitar sound on this , especially on On the Road Again
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Post by snakelady on Jul 9, 2018 7:58:49 GMT
This poll will be moved to the past cups section soon - in case anybody still wants to add their votes ..
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