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Post by gav on Jul 3, 2017 18:36:53 GMT
Sure does, but you've messed up my chronology!
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Post by gav on Jul 3, 2017 18:41:40 GMT
I've messed up my own chronology here, sorry Gaz. The Spectres' covered this surely deliberately prophetically titled song "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" as their third and final single in early 1967, by the US psyche band Blues Magoos. Alan and Francis were still sharing lead vocal duties at this point, and theirs was a slightly more rocked up version than this....
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Post by gav on Jul 4, 2017 18:28:08 GMT
Francis is often quoted that around the time of their first album (1968), they were a rock band with a soul set, recording psychedelic songs. Here's another soul track they were playing live around this time and was recorded once or twice for radio at the BBC, with Alan taking lead vocal. Parfitt had also joined by this time. Here's Eddie Floyd's classic "Things Get Better" from 1966 as Covered By Quo.
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Post by gav on Aug 10, 2017 10:25:10 GMT
Another 60's oddity Quo used to play in their live set in 1968 - "Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)" from John Fred and His Playboy Band!
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Post by 4th Chord on Aug 10, 2017 10:34:55 GMT
Francis stole the riff from this track to use in April Spring Summer and Wednesdays.
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Post by charles on Aug 10, 2017 13:57:40 GMT
I hate nearly all things rap, the false machismo, the hoodies, etcetera, but I quite like this song. Cheers, Luvva.
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Post by gav on Oct 6, 2017 10:00:07 GMT
Even when the psychedelic era progressed 60's pop from it's straighter roots, it seems Quo were still being advised to cut tracks like this one, Tommy Roe's big 1962 hit "Sheila". This was recorded (badly, judging by the sound) in '68 by them for the debut album 'Picturesque Matchstickable Messages....'.
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Post by gav on May 22, 2018 19:17:54 GMT
I'm resurrecting this thread! All songs Quo covered as chronologically as possible... We'd got up to the pissadelic period, and here's one hippy, trippy bandwagon jumping band The Lemon Pipers, with their big hit "Green Tambourine" which Quo covered for their first album in 1968. Think i prefer Quo's version with Rick on vocal.
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Post by gav on Aug 9, 2018 19:33:44 GMT
Quo covered this on their "Spare Parts" album in 1969, a song recorded by the Everly Brothers in 1967, and written by the classic songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The Everly's version is a bit more sprightly than Quo's orchestra-heavy, slightly trippy cut. Luckily they pulled out of this directionless depression, but this was one of the songs that was found for them by their producer John Schroeder, amongst others written by PYE Records' in-house songwriter Anthony King ("Are You Growing Tired Of My Love", "Mr Mind Detector", "Jose"). Even their own compositions sounded depressing! ("Poor Old Man", "So Ends Another Life", "Nothing At All", "Little Miss Nothing")....
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Aug 12, 2018 0:04:20 GMT
A few to come I’m looking forward to
DTD was done by Elton John before Quo did it. Anyone else do it before Quo? Can anyone else think of other songs Quo did, recorded by someone else first and perhaps not released ? I heard TPAOY before Quo
Admin - I don’t want to spoil a chronological thread that is shaping up to be an amazing bit of work. Very impressive. Compared to some people , my knowledge of all things SQ is F all. It makes me worry. Hope they are all ok
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Post by gav on Aug 12, 2018 15:21:30 GMT
Two Everly Brothers covers in a year? Why not. "The Price of Love" was Quo's first attempt at some serious rock credibility in 1969, but the single failed to chart. For Don and Phil in 1965, it got to Number 2. Quo of course re-recorded it in 1991 with a version more faithful to the original, but they made it their own in '69 and it was a far cry from the miserable orchestral balladry of their most recent album "Spare Parts".
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Post by gav on Aug 13, 2018 19:44:28 GMT
A song that needs no introduction, being Quo's opener for many years in the 70's, and the template for their new direction at the time. "Junior's Wailing" was released by them in 1970 and quickly became one of Alan Lancaster's signature tunes. Steamhammer did the original version the year before.
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Post by gav on Aug 14, 2018 19:49:47 GMT
More dirty blues cuts from early Quo, this time from the mighty 'Mac. Quo's cover of "Lazy Poker Blues" was included on 'Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon' in 1970, but it's not known if they ever played it live, as they did with virtually everything else off the album at the time. Rossi has since said he's always been in envy of people like the Mac's Peter Green and their knowledge of the blues. He did a pretty good job of forging his own bluesy style in the end.
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Post by gav on Aug 19, 2018 14:51:06 GMT
An out-take from the 1971 "Dog Of Two Head" era, Quo worked up this cover of American band Spirit's "So Little Time To Fly", written by Randy California (a name given to him by Jimi Hendrix whilst in one of Jimi's early bands). Alan Lancaster was credited as the song-writer when it appeared on Quo rarities 10" LP "Fresh Quota" in the early 80's, and was re-titled "Time To Fly". Someone was perhaps in a rush.
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Post by gav on Aug 19, 2018 18:51:01 GMT
Is Chuck Berry's "Bye Bye Johnny" the most consistent and long-standing song in Quo's set? Still played today, the first record of it being played is at the Weeley Pop Festival in Essex on August 27th 1971 (setlist.fm). That's nearly 4 years before they committed it to record on 1975's "On The Level". Another of Alan Lancaster's signature tunes, Chuck released his version in 1960 as a follow-up to the 'Johnny B Goode' first charactarised in the song of the same name in 1958, except Johnny is all grown up now!
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