gav
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Favourite Quo Album: On The Level
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Post by gav on Sept 7, 2018 19:23:17 GMT
Just goes to show, with the threat of dying a death upon you, if you've got something to prove, you might just turn out some of your edgiest, best work.
I reckon it was a miserable slog for Quo personally, but none of that misery comes across on Ma Kelly's. And what else were they going to do?
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Post by Victor on Sept 7, 2018 20:29:05 GMT
Reading a few things here so far I must say that I, like some others, never have been able to get into the song Everything either...somehow it just never appealed to me at all. Unlike quite many others though I also always have been having a bit of a problem with Shy Fly. For some reason I just don't like what Rossi does with his voice in that song... what I don't see though is how everything sounds like a leftover from Spare Parts like some wrote...I do consider it as something that does belong to the Ma Kelly's time...I just don't like it.
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Sept 8, 2018 9:35:25 GMT
Just goes to show, with the threat of dying a death upon you, if you've got something to prove, you might just turn out some of your edgiest, best work.
I reckon it was a miserable slog for Quo personally, but none of that misery comes across on Ma Kelly's. And what else were they going to do?
I think it was Rick who said that during those times they had good mums and dads who would always give them a sandwich! (knowing Rick that probably meant a Sunday roast!) In the Blueprint interview Bob also mentioned the significance of 'In My Chair' being a word of mouth hit soon after, even with no radio play. The interview said no record play but I guess it was meant to read no radio play.
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smq
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Post by smq on Sept 8, 2018 18:58:57 GMT
Love this album! Classic “light and shade”. The lighter tracks like Everything and Lakky Lady counterbalance the heavy bluesy feel of the rest of the tracks. It’s so raw, honest and timeless for me
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Post by durango95 on Sept 9, 2018 12:16:25 GMT
First time I ever heard this album was around ten years ago.Never had the opportunity to get hold of a copy.
So didn't really know what to expect…
Of course I had heard JW on the 76 live album,but back then I had no idea where they came from (inc. In my chair)
Well...the bluesy Spinning Wheel Blues makes a perfect opener,and the rest is as said by many others the start of the SQ that we all fell in love with.
It's a great album from that time,but have very little in common with the band SQ of today.
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Sept 9, 2018 19:03:59 GMT
First time I ever heard this album was around ten years ago.Never had the opportunity to get hold of a copy.
So didn't really know what to expect…
Of course I had heard JW on the 76 live album,but back then I had no idea where they came from (inc. In my chair)
Well...the bluesy Spinning Wheel Blues makes a perfect opener,and the rest is as said by many others the start of the SQ that we all fell in love with.
It's a great album from that time,but have very little in common with the band SQ of today. The singles 'Down the Dustpipe' (released early May '70) and 'In My Chair' (released early Nov '70) were not on the original Ma Kelly's but included on later re-issues in the 90s and more recently. Bob Young mentioned the importance of 'In My Chair' being a hit in the Blueprint mag interview but he said it it reached No. 8 in the charts. Think 'Paper Plane' reached No. 8 and 'Down The Dustpipe' reached No.12, but 'In My Chair' reached No. 21. Easy to make these mistakes with chart positions though without doubt 'In My Chair' was a very significant hit and staging post as it was written by the band and had no radio play but relied on word of mouth support through gigging.
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Post by kursaal75 on Sept 9, 2018 20:52:08 GMT
First time I ever heard this album was around ten years ago.Never had the opportunity to get hold of a copy.
So didn't really know what to expect…
Of course I had heard JW on the 76 live album,but back then I had no idea where they came from (inc. In my chair)
Well...the bluesy Spinning Wheel Blues makes a perfect opener,and the rest is as said by many others the start of the SQ that we all fell in love with.
It's a great album from that time,but have very little in common with the band SQ of today. The singles 'Down the Dustpipe' (released early May '70) and 'In My Chair' (released early Nov '70) were not on the original Ma Kelly's but included on later re-issues in the 90s and more recently. Bob Young mentioned the importance of 'In My Chair' being a hit in the Blueprint mag interview but he said it it reached No. 8 in the charts. Think 'Paper Plane' reached No. 8 and 'Down The Dustpipe' reached No.12, but 'In My Chair' reached No. 21. Easy to make these mistakes with chart positions though without doubt 'In My Chair' was a very significant hit and staging post as it was written by the band and had no radio play but relied on word of mouth support through gigging.
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Post by dennis on Sept 16, 2018 12:12:40 GMT
Like many fans I bought this album working backwards from "Blue For You" and was familiar with most of the tracks from the various Pye records compilations by the time I bought a copy. I thought it was a good album then and like many others think it has stood the test of time well. A few interesting points 1) the German version included "Down The Dustpipe" 2) The set list at that time included: Junior's Wailing / Down The Dustpipe / Need Your Love / Spinning Wheel Blues / In My Chair / Is It Really Me? Gotta Gome Home 3) The Brazilian version of the the album has the songs in a different order (Shy Fly / (April) Spring Summer And Wednesdays / Spinning Wheel Blues / Need Your Love / Junior's Wailing - Lakky Lady / Daughter / Lazy Poker Blues / Everything / Is It Really Me? Gotta Go Home) which gives it a different feel. Brazilian? She doesn't look the type!
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Sept 17, 2018 20:40:47 GMT
Cripes, I nearly started a Brazilian version of the Oriental... Her name was Gillian ..she was Brazilian... however anything with April Spring Summer and Wednesdays on it must be good
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Sept 18, 2018 13:30:48 GMT
The singles 'Down the Dustpipe' (released early May '70) and 'In My Chair' (released early Nov '70) were not on the original Ma Kelly's but included on later re-issues in the 90s and more recently. Bob Young mentioned the importance of 'In My Chair' being a hit in the Blueprint mag interview but he said it it reached No. 8 in the charts. Think 'Paper Plane' reached No. 8 and 'Down The Dustpipe' reached No.12, but 'In My Chair' reached No. 21. Easy to make these mistakes with chart positions though without doubt 'In My Chair' was a very significant hit and staging post as it was written by the band and had no radio play but relied on word of mouth support through gigging.
Another thing that In My Chair reached, was me. (And that was on Top of the Pops. I bought it like a shot. My first Quo purchase. Stories of "no radio play" for bands in their early days tend to be exaggerated, I think.)
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Sept 18, 2018 15:45:29 GMT
The singles 'Down the Dustpipe' (released early May '70) and 'In My Chair' (released early Nov '70) were not on the original Ma Kelly's but included on later re-issues in the 90s and more recently. Bob Young mentioned the importance of 'In My Chair' being a hit in the Blueprint mag interview but he said it it reached No. 8 in the charts. Think 'Paper Plane' reached No. 8 and 'Down The Dustpipe' reached No.12, but 'In My Chair' reached No. 21. Easy to make these mistakes with chart positions though without doubt 'In My Chair' was a very significant hit and staging post as it was written by the band and had no radio play but relied on word of mouth support through gigging.
Another thing that In My Chair reached, was me. (And that was on Top of the Pops. I bought it like a shot. My first Quo purchase. Stories of "no radio play" for bands in their early days tend to be exaggerated, I think.)
I think what Bob and the band are probably referring to possibly relates more to 'Down The Dustpipe' as they were in that transition period and a huge transition it was from the public perception of them as a frilly pop band to the scruffy boogie gang they became in those days. The new image and songs gained acceptance through relentless gigging and Dustpipe became a growing hit through this process and the newly converted gig going fans asking for the single in record shops. Different times than how it is usually done today of course! It was eventually picked up by Radio and getting noticed, though a famous DJ, on hearing the track for the first time, chortled 'down the dustbin for this one'. 'In My Chair' had been gigged well before its release and that release came some 5-6 months later. When the record company decided to release it as a single, it already had fans out there ready to snap it up. I don't remember seeing the TOTP appearance at the time... Mrs F, do you remember what number in the charts the single had been when it went on air? For the band I imagine it was like starting over again and having to build foundations again to gain acceptance before radio and TV helped boost their profile and sales.
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