My Favourite Quo Year.........
Mar 18, 2019 13:36:17 GMT
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Post by kursaal75 on Mar 18, 2019 13:36:17 GMT
..1975
The year started with Quo at number 10 in the UK single's chart, moving up to 3 the following week. I listened to Radio 1 on a Tuesday lunchtime to hear Johnnie Walker announce the new number 1..."up 1 at 3 Kenny with the bump, still at number 2, Streets Of London by Ralph Mctell and up 2 places to number 1, Down Down by Status Quo".
Moving on to February and the release of the Album 'On The Level' My sister bought me the album for my birthday, so I didn't get to play it until a week later.
On March 1st, it was announced it had gone straight in to the UK album charts at number 1. Also on that day, Quo performed the recent hit Down Down on a new pilot programme on London Weekend Television called 'Supersonic' a rock & pop programme, introduced by Mike Mansfield.
In the evening with a few mates, after a few drinks to celebrate my 18th birthday we watched the band perform a storming, no nonsense, loud, in ya face concert at the local Kursaal ballrooms in Southend.
In April I read in Record Mirror, that my favourite Quo track 'Roll Over Lay Down,'was going to released as the A side of a live ep, recorded in Southend.
The ep was released in the middle of May and reached number 9 a month later in the UK.
The ep was in the chart when I saw Quo perform at the Empire Pool Wembley on June 5th & 6th for 2 more outstanding gig's.
The year ended with me and a few mates spending the afternoon in the pubs in London on New Year's Eve, before making our way to Olympia where the band played to see in the new year......1976, now that's another story!!
The year started with Quo at number 10 in the UK single's chart, moving up to 3 the following week. I listened to Radio 1 on a Tuesday lunchtime to hear Johnnie Walker announce the new number 1..."up 1 at 3 Kenny with the bump, still at number 2, Streets Of London by Ralph Mctell and up 2 places to number 1, Down Down by Status Quo".
Moving on to February and the release of the Album 'On The Level' My sister bought me the album for my birthday, so I didn't get to play it until a week later.
On March 1st, it was announced it had gone straight in to the UK album charts at number 1. Also on that day, Quo performed the recent hit Down Down on a new pilot programme on London Weekend Television called 'Supersonic' a rock & pop programme, introduced by Mike Mansfield.
In the evening with a few mates, after a few drinks to celebrate my 18th birthday we watched the band perform a storming, no nonsense, loud, in ya face concert at the local Kursaal ballrooms in Southend.
In April I read in Record Mirror, that my favourite Quo track 'Roll Over Lay Down,'was going to released as the A side of a live ep, recorded in Southend.
The ep was released in the middle of May and reached number 9 a month later in the UK.
The ep was in the chart when I saw Quo perform at the Empire Pool Wembley on June 5th & 6th for 2 more outstanding gig's.
The year ended with me and a few mates spending the afternoon in the pubs in London on New Year's Eve, before making our way to Olympia where the band played to see in the new year......1976, now that's another story!!
