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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Mar 3, 2019 9:11:48 GMT
Brilliant album cover that I and no doubt many others have tried to recreate. My attempt was in the Ames Room at Puzzling Place in Keswick several years ago.
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Post by Gaz on Mar 3, 2019 10:21:01 GMT
On The Level... well what can you say? It had such a big impact on me, as a 16 year old, as my first album.. to me Quo was EXACTLY the band I was waiting for. I got home, on a Friday night, after buying it , no one was home and I must’ve played it 5 times at full blast while checking out the photos in the cover. Every song ticked the box. I haven’t played that original album for yonks but it must be made of the right stuff as I know, after being hammered on the record player, it still doesn’t have one scratch on it. I have it on CD now and it still rocks when played in the car.... very loud of course.
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Mar 3, 2019 12:09:11 GMT
Brilliant album cover that I and no doubt many others have tried to recreate. My attempt was in the Ames Room at Puzzling Place in Keswick several years ago. Fairly sure we went in that Puzzling Place on a short break in the Lakes. Met up with a guitar playing relative who lives up there and did a tour of the Lakes in-a-day!
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Post by durango95 on Mar 3, 2019 14:13:53 GMT
The cover and inside photos is the best from any Quo album.
Every Quo fan loves this one so don't really know what to say…(tin hat on)
I have never really liked this album,can't put my finger on the exact reason though
It's a pop album compared to the previous one,the production a bit lighter,Rossis voice a bit higher/weaker,the overall sound is a bit weaker…
'What to do' is the stand out track to me,wheras 'Where I am' sounds like something from a childrens guitar a singing class…
BBJ rocks on nicely and I like that one as well...we can't like all the same though we are Quo fans...
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Post by kursaal75 on Mar 5, 2019 10:37:13 GMT
The 'On The Level' album entered the UK Album charts at Number1 on March 1st 1975, for 2 weeks, before being knocked of the top spot by Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti. A lighter album then the previous 'Quo' album, but nevertheless an enjoyable release. A great start with the rocking Little Lady/Most Of The Time. I Saw The Light and Over And Done kept the tempo going. I wasn't to Keen on Nightride, which I'd already heard as it was the B side of the UK number 1 single 'Down Down'. 'Down Down' with one of my favorite Quo intro's kicks of side 2 and I remember the Dj's on Radio 1 & London's Capital Radio always spoke over the start of the record, except for John Peel, who always played the album version. I liked Broken Man & What To Do, but I was disappointed with the Parfitt penned track Where I am. There's divided opinions regarding Bye Bye Johnny, but personally I like it, as I had previously heard it played live 6 times, but I must agree it worked better live and made the studio version seem rather flat, but on saying that I prefer the studio version now compared to the rushed live version by the current band. It's a 8/10 for me and the CD remasters including the 3 tracks from the Southend Kursaal 9/10 As for the album cover, I had a promotional poster I acquired from the local record store, framed in my living room for 9 years.
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Post by blagult on Mar 5, 2019 23:16:46 GMT
The album that launched the band out of the likes of a night at the Sunderland Empire ! I shouldn’t have liked it as much as the previous 3 albums as it was Chalk and Cheese. Just as much as RAOTW from BFY ! But supreme in melody and great production coupled with THAT single ! Who couldn’t have liked it. I still prefer ‘Carol 1981 to BBJ 1975’ by a mile !
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gerh
Grizzled Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 2,953
Favourite Quo Album: 'Hello' [and 'Quo Live']
Favourite other bands.: Zappa, Kansas, Rush, Deep Purple, Yes, Richard Thompson, Horslips, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest etc etc. [ANYONE but Kiss!]
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Post by gerh on Mar 6, 2019 0:26:05 GMT
A lighter album then the previous 'Quo' album, but nevertheless an enjoyable release. A great start with Little Lady/Most Of The Time. I Saw The Light and Over And Done kept the tempo going. I wasn't too keen on Nightride... 'Down Down' with one of my favorite Quo intro's kicks off side 2... I liked Broken Man & What To Do, but I was disappointed with Where I am. There's divided opinions regarding Bye Bye Johnny, but personally I like it... but I must agree it worked better live... Been thinking about OTL - for some reason it's not a Classic Quo album that I reach for that often and it's always puzzled me why that is. I think I can only agree [pretty much, completely] with kursaal75's review [I've borrowed bits of it above]... it's just a generally 'lighter' album [maybe the beginnings of 'the slide into CQ mediocrity' started here?] - but I've always loved the rawness/'live-ness' of the sound. Cover art - just brilliant, inside and out. I especially love the tiny pic with Rory Gallagher - I bet FR felt like a very insecure little show-off when Rory showed up!! [Or if he didn't, he should have!] G
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Mar 6, 2019 1:41:23 GMT
Whether an album has a lighter touch or a heavier touch, for me, it is about whether any album is truly a team effort and all band members fully engaged.
'Hello' falls into the team effort category, as does 'On The Level' and 'Blue For You'. Rossi used to say BFY was a little unbalanced in the same way as the 'Quo' album, but in more recent times he has acknowledged that BFY had been a team effort, if a little speedy!
The heavier 'Quo' album wasn't truly a team effort and just outside the Quo golden circle in the scheme of things.
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Mar 6, 2019 1:57:26 GMT
A lighter album then the previous 'Quo' album, but nevertheless an enjoyable release. A great start with Little Lady/Most Of The Time. I Saw The Light and Over And Done kept the tempo going. I wasn't too keen on Nightride... 'Down Down' with one of my favorite Quo intro's kicks off side 2... I liked Broken Man & What To Do, but I was disappointed with Where I am. There's divided opinions regarding Bye Bye Johnny, but personally I like it... but I must agree it worked better live... Been thinking about OTL - for some reason it's not a Classic Quo album that I reach for that often and it's always puzzled me why that is. I think I can only agree [pretty much, completely] with kursaal75's review [I've borrowed bits of it above]... it's just a generally 'lighter' album [maybe the beginnings of 'the slide into CQ mediocrity' started here?] - but I've always loved the rawness/'live-ness' of the sound. Cover art - just brilliant, inside and out. I especially love the tiny pic with Rory Gallagher - I bet FR felt like a very insecure little show-off when Rory showed up!! [Or if he didn't, he should have!] G Rossi certainly had a lot of respect for Rory G as he copied Rory's trademark.. " thank you, and goodnight" at the end of gigs.
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gerh
Grizzled Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 2,953
Favourite Quo Album: 'Hello' [and 'Quo Live']
Favourite other bands.: Zappa, Kansas, Rush, Deep Purple, Yes, Richard Thompson, Horslips, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest etc etc. [ANYONE but Kiss!]
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Post by gerh on Mar 7, 2019 15:19:02 GMT
Been thinking about OTL - for some reason it's not a Classic Quo album that I reach for that often and it's always puzzled me why that is. I think I can only agree [pretty much, completely] with kursaal75's review [I've borrowed bits of it above]... it's just a generally 'lighter' album [maybe the beginnings of 'the slide into CQ mediocrity' started here?] - but I've always loved the rawness/'live-ness' of the sound. Cover art - just brilliant, inside and out. I especially love the tiny pic with Rory Gallagher - I bet FR felt like a very insecure little show-off when Rory showed up!! [Or if he didn't, he should have!] G Rossi certainly had a lot of respect for Rory G as he copied Rory's trademark.. " thank you, and goodnight" at the end of gigs. Aye - maybe so, but I bet there's a discussion in there about which of them really meant it [FR doesn't have a great history in 'fan-positive' commentary, especially post-FF:2013/14, does he? We're all nostalgia obsessed cretins [I'm paraphrasing there ] - no thanks, I'm with Rory!
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Mar 8, 2019 8:13:39 GMT
Spot the Pongo
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Post by Railroad17 on Mar 8, 2019 15:21:49 GMT
Macho crap from a band that left this shit behind them to explore a more melodic and less offensive sound.
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Post by 4th Chord on Mar 8, 2019 19:02:47 GMT
Little Lady. Enough said.
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viza
Rocker Rollin'
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Post by viza on Mar 11, 2019 22:11:15 GMT
Must say that Rossi does his best vocals on this album. Particularly on Most of the Time and Over and Done even though I still think Alan deserved to sing Over and Done and would have done it great as well.
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Mar 13, 2019 16:52:23 GMT
Always vies and usually flip flops with the Quo and Dog albums as my favourite studio album. Little Lady is just so recognisable as Quo, it can't be anyone else. MOTT not my fave, although the live version on the reunion tours , really brought it back to life. I Saw the Light and What to Do are my favourite tracks, whilst Broken Man is not far behind. One of my fave Al tracks of all time. Like them all . Bye Bye Johnny feels a bit overplayed , just because it ends the gig, wish they'd varied it more with maybe Gotta go Home. Any way top draw stuff . The studio version of Down Down with Als bass makes the single sound truncated.
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