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A&M SP-3615

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This is the 2nd of 3 A&M releases from the veteran English boogie band who only had one U.S. hit, "Pictures of Match Stick Men" from 1968, prior to their A&M tenure, but continue touring and recording to this day.

The black LP cover with a faint sillouette of the band was the model for the soundtrack of the rock group parody film "This is Spinal Tap." In England the Quo is the third best-selling group, behind the Beatles and Stones.

SIDE ONE
Roll Over Lay Down (5:41)/ Claudie (4:00)/ A Reason For Living (4:41)/ Blue Eyed Lady (3:50).

SIDE TWO
Caroline (4:16)/ Softer Ride (4:00)/ And It's Better Now (3:20)/ Forty-Five Hundred Times (9:50).

Francis Rossi - lead and various guitars/vocals
Richard Parfitt - second and various guitars/ piano/vocals
Alan Lancaster - bass/vocals
John Coghlan - drums & various percussion

Special Thanks to: Andy Bown & John Mealing (piano)/ Steve Farr (alto sax)/ Stewart Blandamer (tenor sax)

Robert Young, co-ordinator/ Damon Lyon- Shaw, first engineer/ Richard Manwaring, second engineer/ Malcolm Kingsnorth, Paul Lodge, Keith Casley - equipment/

Produced & Arranged by Status Quo
Recorded at IBC Studios, Portland Place, London W.1

Released in England and Canada as "A&M SP 4408"

Reissued on CD by Vertigo (England) as 848 172-2

"From the Makers of DOG OF TWO HEAD and PILEDRIVER"

Visit the official site:

www.statusquo.co.uk/
 
In the U.S., the Quo seemed to hop from label to label. Besides this A&M LP, their big American hit "Pictures of Matchstick Men" was released on the Cadet Concept label; in 1970, they had a 45, "Down the Dustpipe," which was released on Janus; and I.I.N.M., weren't they on Capitol later in the '70's?
 
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