STATUS QUO
LEVELLING UP
COMPACT DISC
Item no. :GFR085 Barcode :0823564036861 Artist :STATUS QUO Product type :Compact Disc Label :GO FASTER RECORDS Release Date :03 March 2023
STUNNING 1975 BROADCAST FROM THE MIGHTY QUO!
• Formed in London in 1962 by Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster, the band who became Status Quo started as The Scorpions. After a
number of line-up changes, which included the introduction of Rick Parfitt in 1967, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and
Status Quo in 1969. As of 2022, the group have been active for 60 consecutive years (despite announcing a breakup in 1984, they
would play Live Aid the following year and resume normal activities in 1986).
• Quo have had over 60 chart hits in the UK - more than any other rock band - twenty-two of which reached the Top 10, and fifty-seven
reached the Top 40. They have released over 100 singles and 33 albums, most of which were bestsellers. Since reaching number 5
on the UK albums chart in 1972 with Piledriver, Status Quo have achieved a career total of 25 UK top ten albums.
• Status Quo’s eighth studio album, On The Level, was released in February 1975, and included the single ‘Down Down’, which gave
the band their only number-one hit to date. When the record was released, Quo were more or less at the peak of their career, record
sales-wise. The album entered the chart at #1.
• Just a couple of days before On The Level was released, Status Quo were in Germany, and on Feb 22nd ,performed at the Rheingold
Halle, in Mainz, where they put on a superb show which was recorded for live radio broadcast across Europe. Playing cuts from the
new record, mixed with a fine selection of back catalogue favourites, and a couple of choice covers - in the form of The Doors
‘Roadhouse Blues’, and an extended version of Chuck Berry’s ‘Bye Bye Johnny’, the concert was a huge success which the crowd
clearly went crazy for.
• Now available on this new CD for the first time, this release is certain to delight Quo fans everywhere.
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TRACKLIST
1 Junior’s Waiting 4:46
2 Backwater 4:53
3 Just Take Me 3:39
4 Claudie 4:35
5 Little Lady 3:24
6 Most Of The Time 3:26
7 Roll Over Lay Down 5:37
8 Big Fat Mama 5:44
9 Don’t Waste My Time 2:00
10 Roadhouse Blues 10:40
11 Caroline 4:28
12 Drum Solo 2:55
13 Bye Bye Johnny 9:23
