Live [Import, Original recording remastered]

Status Quo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 19, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Universal I.S.
• ASIN: B00076NYGY
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,505 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Junior's Wailing

2. Roll Over Lay Down

3. Backwater/Just Take Me

4. Big Fat Mama

5. Don't Waste My Time

6. Is There A Better Way

7. In My Chair

8. Roadhouse Blues

9. Caroline/Bye Bye Johnny

10. Little Lady/Most Of The Time

11. Rain

12. Forty-Five Hundred Times

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered reissue approved by the band's official fan club! A UK No. 3 when first issued in 1976, this is a double CD which is now in the original concert running order for the first time. Mercury. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!! STUNNING!!!, July 6, 2005

By 

Trevor J. Hutchinson (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

One of the truly great live albums, by a fantastic live group at its peak. It's most unfortunate that most of North America never really tuned in to Status Quo, to see why they are SO BIG in Britain, Europe and the rest of the world. Released in early 1977, it mostly features tracks from their two best albums, "Hello" and "Quo" from 1973 and 1974 respectively, although they do dip back to earlier albums like "Piledriver", and even 1970's "Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon". Highlights? The entire 2-disc set is one complete highlight! Much harder rocking than on the original albums, especially from Roll Over Lay Down through Backwater to Just Take Me on to 4500 Times! The finale of Roadhouse Blues followed by the encores of Caroline and Bye Bye Johnny are stunning.For those only familiar with the late 60's psychedelic sound of Pictures of Matchstick Men, be prepared to have your socks rocked off!! Play it LOUD!!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An overlooked but tremendous live release!, July 6, 2005

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The Lyricologist - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

If you have fond memories of being up front at concerts by the likes of Humble Pie, Black Oak Arkansas, Rory Gallagher, Foghat, the Faces, BTO, Thin Lizzy, Skynyrd, etc...then you'll love this one from the Quo. It's been remastered, the sound quality is outstanding, the tracks are in the right running order, and the bottom line is that it's good enough to make you wish you were there at the Apollo in Glasgow the night they recorded it!

I first bought this on vinyl when it originally came out and I still think that one of the best things about Quo was that they did a decidedly better job than most bands of that era at knowing when to take a full on rocker of a song and throttle it back just long enough to make you sit up and listen closer...just in time for them to slam right back into the rocking!

For me, the first disc of this set is worth the price of admission alone - I love every last glorious second of "Forty-Five Hundred Times"!. The second disc tends to get a mite repetitive before it's all over, but that's a very small quibble.

Heretical or not, this tends to find its way into my changer more often than even Skynyrd's "One More From The Road".

Buy it, turn it up, it'll make you smile!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome!!!!!, July 24, 2008

By 

Guitar Guy 5,000,000,000 "Mike" (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

This album rocks! One of the best live albums I've ever heard! I'd been wanting to get this for so long, and one day I decided on getting it. It has a great song selection, practically all the best ones. 1976 was the perfect year for recording a live album because Quo were at the peak of their success, and they still had the original lineup of Francis, Rick, Alan, and John.

The sound quality is great. It's just like being there when you turn your stereo up maximum. The audience is crazy. The band said that their wildest fans were in Glasgow, so the Glasgow Apollo couldn't have been a better place to record this.

I find it unusual that they played "Caroline" for the encore instead of for the opening song, but it was really cool that way; it added a new twist to their typical live show. They do end with Bye Bye Johnny though. All songs are played perfectly and it's super raw and super heavy.

'Not much more to say other than, if you like live rock and you're a Quo fan. this album is an absolute must for you're collection.