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Post by Victor on May 3, 2019 8:37:25 GMT
Summer of '83, a long warm one as a young teenager, I'd inherited a music centre, one that looked exactly like the very beast below, and played Hello! to death. A hugely nostalgic* album for me.  * Nostalgia isn't a dirty word. Crevice is a dirty word. We had one of those in the 1970s or something very similar! Yep, I had one of those too ! |
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Post by 4th Chord on May 3, 2019 9:08:25 GMT
We had one of those in the 1970s or something very similar! Yep, I had one of those too ! Hope you didn't use it to illicitly tape records!  |
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Post by kursaal75 on May 3, 2019 9:20:19 GMT
The Hello! album, was the first Quo album I bought on the day of release and their first album to reach Number 1 in the UK album charts. I wasn't impressed with the cover, but as the saying goes, 'Don't judge A Book By It's Cover' and it was certainly true on this album. What a start, Roll Over Lay Down, no doubt had the foot tapping straight away, to give a treat to the ears with its no nonsense boogie. Claudie is the perfect track to follow the album opener, slowing down the pace a bit. Another headbanging track, A Reason For Living was another instant favorite song. Blue Eyed Lady (after the intro), always reminded me when I first her Paper Plane, in yer face from the opening bar. That track should of been the follow up single to Caroline. Side 2 opens with the current top 5 single Caroline and how can you not like the opening chords from Rick, sadly not to be heard again live. The only problem I had with this, was I preferred the fade on the single rather then the abrupt ending on the album. Softer Ride & And It's Better Now, took a while to get used to, as did Forty-Five Hundred Times, where I used to take the stylus of the Album. It wasn't until they started playing it live during 1975 that I began to like it and now is I my top 5 live tracks. To me this album had a good 'live in the studio' feel to it, but I was surprised that Alan didn't sing in any of the tracks. 9½/10
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Post by kursaal75 on May 3, 2019 9:49:04 GMT
I started my first job after leaving school in July '73. This was my first music centre, a FIDELITY UA3 costing me nearly 3 weeks wages of £42, in time for the Hello! release.  |
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gerh
Grizzled Rocker Rollin'
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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 May 3, 2019 9:58:58 GMT
My copy of Hello! from September 1973
Cool! I got my copy second-hand in the Dandelion Market in Dublin [so that dates this!] but the poster wasn't with it. Probably someone who bought into the image - but not the music!  G Btw, gotta say I always LOVED the sleeve [and, of course the Quo sleeve too  ] |
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gerh
Grizzled Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 2,946
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 May 3, 2019 10:01:12 GMT
I started my first job after leaving school in July '73. This was my first music centre, a FIDELITY UA3 costing me nearly 3 weeks wages of £42, in time for the Hello! release. Holy Moly!! We had that one too! |
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Post by blagult on May 4, 2019 22:52:48 GMT
The quartet of ‘ Caroline, ROLD, BEL, 4500x just made this by far the best of the trilogy of 4 tracks per side albums. And the most successful of the 3. Number 2 in my list of Quo albums.
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on May 5, 2019 13:13:34 GMT
Tried to screen print this album cover onto a tee shirt when at school. One of the best album covers they did.
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Post by Railroad17 on May 5, 2019 13:15:06 GMT
It goes to Eleven.
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gav
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 2,149
Favourite Quo Album: On The Level
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Post by gav on May 5, 2019 19:33:37 GMT
Mine goes to twelve.
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on May 7, 2019 17:50:42 GMT
It's off in the car tomorrow, haven't listened to it in age.Always preferred Softer Ride over the studio version of ROLD, but some class tracks on this.
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Post by viza on May 7, 2019 20:10:15 GMT
Solid album. Roll Over Lay Down is maybe the best opening track they ever recorded. Softer Ride is another favorite. Forty-Five Hundred Times is a great song although it's much better live. And It's Better Now is a little bit boring though. This is at my top 3, close behind Piledriver and Quo.
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Post by 4th Chord on May 7, 2019 20:25:40 GMT
And I don't think a sexy cover is the answer to why an album sells or doesn't sell because you tell me - the White Album? There was NOTHING on that goddamn cover! |
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gerh
Grizzled Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 2,946
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 May 8, 2019 9:57:30 GMT
And I don't think a sexy cover is the answer to why an album sells or doesn't sell because you tell me - the White Album? There was NOTHING on that goddamn cover! Yeah - just strange, letter-shaped bumps! |
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gav
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
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Favourite Quo Album: On The Level
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Post by gav on May 8, 2019 17:19:27 GMT
And I don't think a sexy cover is the answer to why an album sells or doesn't sell because you tell me - the White Album? There was NOTHING on that goddamn cover! Yeah - just strange, letter-shaped bumps! sexy bumps |
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