col
Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 631
Favourite Quo Album: Dog Of Two Head, Piledriver, Hello, Quo, Live
Favourite other bands.: Ramones, Warrior Soul, Soundgarden, King Buffalo, Small Faces, Motorhead, UFO, Screaming Trees, Kyuss, Clutch
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Post by col on Dec 10, 2023 18:08:48 GMT
col of this parish was also there. I hadn't begun to travel to see Quo back then except to the Glasgow Apollo. And that was hardly circumnavigating the globe Strangely enough, I've actually been to Cardiff Castle relatively recently, having lived in Wales for a few years. Completely irrelevant of course but just sayin'. See what I did there? Still my favourite gig. What with the passing of time, nostalgia, melancholia and bias, it will always be so.
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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 Dec 10, 2023 18:29:20 GMT
Great to hear this - but, yeah, the 'sound' is not great is it? Given when and where it was - with probably loads of bouncing around the place it's a miracle it exists at all I s'pose! Pity - even Quoincidence possibly can't polish this! [?] π€
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Post by Quoincidence on Dec 10, 2023 18:38:19 GMT
Caroline became the opener the following year for the Rockin' tour and, apart from a couple of exceptions, it's been there ever since. I think Down Down might have opened on one tour but I can't recall when. As for Cardiff Castle, the gig is legendary. Reputedly the best ever Quo gig, certainly in terms of crowd reaction. The band used to always say that. Whatever You Want was the opener in the late 80's, ITAN tour onwards. I actually saw a show with no Caroline, '89 I think. The Caroline-less shows were "25th Anniversary" tour all the way through until the end of the "Rock 'til You Drop" tour. I think it was played during one show between those 2 tours and didn't join the set again until "Live Alive Quo" 1989 was the first time, since 1984, that Caroline opened the set with the debut of the new drone.
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Post by Quoincidence on Dec 10, 2023 18:41:18 GMT
Great to hear this - but, yeah, the 'sound' is not great is it? Given when and where it was - with probably loads of bouncing around the place it's a miracle it exists at all I s'pose! Pity - even Quoincidence possibly can't polish this! [?] π€
Rescued Recordings will be doing this show at some point. It doesn't help that the copy uploaded onto YouTube was ripped from a bad CD at some point, as you can hear artifacts throughout (ticking sound)
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Post by dennis on Dec 10, 2023 18:54:43 GMT
Great to hear this - but, yeah, the 'sound' is not great is it? Given when and where it was - with probably loads of bouncing around the place it's a miracle it exists at all I s'pose! Pity - even Quoincidence possibly can't polish this! [?] π€
Rescued Recordings will be doing this show at some point. It doesn't help that the copy uploaded onto YouTube was ripped from a bad CD at some point, as you can hear artifacts throughout (ticking sound) Put me down for one! btw, I trust you haven't been sneaking out more batches that I'm unaware of?! Christmas comes about once every 3 years with you guys!
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tom92
New Rocker Rollin'
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Post by tom92 on Dec 11, 2023 11:00:46 GMT
According to Setlist.fm they played Mystery Song at this show as part of the encore! Can anyone confirm that? It would be incredible to hear that live from that time if a tape exists of the full show post Roadhouse. Presumably this outing would have been a one off as part of its release (presumably the single was released around this time)?
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Post by dennis on Dec 11, 2023 11:24:44 GMT
According to Setlist.fm they played Mystery Song at this show as part of the encore! Can anyone confirm that? It would be incredible to hear that live from that time if a tape exists of the full show post Roadhouse. Presumably this outing would have been a one off as part of its release (presumably the single was released around this time)? Seems rather unlikely, although Ring of a Change was played at some gigs on this tour, apparently.
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Post by Quoincidence on Dec 11, 2023 12:25:45 GMT
According to Setlist.fm they played Mystery Song at this show as part of the encore! Can anyone confirm that? It would be incredible to hear that live from that time if a tape exists of the full show post Roadhouse. Presumably this outing would have been a one off as part of its release (presumably the single was released around this time)? they didnt
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Post by kursaal75 on Dec 11, 2023 13:36:17 GMT
According to Setlist.fm they played Mystery Song at this show as part of the encore! Can anyone confirm that? It would be incredible to hear that live from that time if a tape exists of the full show post Roadhouse. Presumably this outing would have been a one off as part of its release (presumably the single was released around this time)? The single Mystery Song had just entered the UK Top 30, but it wasn't played live.
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col
Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 631
Favourite Quo Album: Dog Of Two Head, Piledriver, Hello, Quo, Live
Favourite other bands.: Ramones, Warrior Soul, Soundgarden, King Buffalo, Small Faces, Motorhead, UFO, Screaming Trees, Kyuss, Clutch
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Post by col on Dec 11, 2023 13:36:47 GMT
According to Setlist.fm they played Mystery Song at this show as part of the encore! Can anyone confirm that? It would be incredible to hear that live from that time if a tape exists of the full show post Roadhouse. Presumably this outing would have been a one off as part of its release (presumably the single was released around this time)? I can confirm that Mystery Song was not played at Cardiff, nor was Ring of a Change. Pretty certain Ring of a Change was played at the first Hammersmith show on the BFY tour. Although the grey matter does play tricks.
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Post by kursaal75 on Dec 11, 2023 13:40:13 GMT
According to Setlist.fm they played Mystery Song at this show as part of the encore! Can anyone confirm that? It would be incredible to hear that live from that time if a tape exists of the full show post Roadhouse. Presumably this outing would have been a one off as part of its release (presumably the single was released around this time)? I can confirm that Mystery Song was not played at Cardiff, nor was Ring of a Change. Pretty certain Ring of a Change was played at the first Hammersmith show on the BFY tour. Although the grey matter does play tricks. I was at Hammersmith also, a day before my 19th Birthday, but I can't remember Ring of Change being played either.
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tom92
New Rocker Rollin'
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Post by tom92 on Dec 11, 2023 22:28:21 GMT
Ah fair enough. Yeah it would be interesting to know which shows Ring of a Change was played at, and Don't Think It Matters on the Quo tour as well, which according to the gigography site was in the set for a short time.
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col
Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 631
Favourite Quo Album: Dog Of Two Head, Piledriver, Hello, Quo, Live
Favourite other bands.: Ramones, Warrior Soul, Soundgarden, King Buffalo, Small Faces, Motorhead, UFO, Screaming Trees, Kyuss, Clutch
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Post by col on Dec 12, 2023 9:52:34 GMT
Ah fair enough. Yeah it would be interesting to know which shows Ring of a Change was played at, and Don't Think It Matters on the Quo tour as well, which according to the gigography site was in the set for a short time. Don't Think It Matters was never played. I believe it was ran through a couple of times, including the second reunion tour, but never got played.
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Post by Quoincidence on Dec 23, 2023 12:14:35 GMT
Rescued Recordings will be doing this show at some point. It doesn't help that the copy uploaded onto YouTube was ripped from a bad CD at some point, as you can hear artifacts throughout (ticking sound) Put me down for one! btw, I trust you haven't been sneaking out more batches that I'm unaware of?! Christmas comes about once every 3 years with you guys! erm... I'll have to look at our messages and see what batch it was I last mentioned to you
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Post by charltonse7 on Dec 29, 2023 20:13:16 GMT
My first Quo gig - up from London and still the best gig ever for me. That hot Summer!
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