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Post by peterprog on May 24, 2020 3:16:58 GMT
Gav mentioned earlier in the thread how interested he would be to hear the demo of Down the Dustpipe, recorded by Carl Groszmann and Man. I can go some way to helping out there. In a separate thread in the Bootlegs section of the Board, I mention a boot I have called 'Behind the Music', a 2CD set from 2001 containing a bunch of interviews with the band about their history. As I have just discovered, CD1 is, in fact, a boot copy of a BBC Radio 2 documentary from 2001 called 'Whatever You Want - The Status Quo Story'. I've been listening to it over the past couple of days. What is really interesting is that, part way through that documentary, in what is described as a 'Radio 2 exclusive', they play a 45 second extract of Bob Young's copy of the acetate demo of Down the Dustpipe, recorded by Carl and Man. Bob Young and Carl have what are probably the only two copies of this acetate that still exist. I've was fortunate enough to hear the full version that Carl has - the demo runs for just under two minutes - so this 45 second clip is a generous chunk of it. At least we now know that Bob Young has a copy as well as Carl. One day, hopefully, it will get a full release. So here is a link to just under half of the original acetate demo of Down the Dustpipe, with Carl Groszmann on vocal and Man backing. we.tl/t-S7KqwnkoJgTo be clear, this recording is from a boot, in 128 kbps mp3 form and lifted off the radio, so it is a little on the low-fi side, but it is still a lot better than nothing. Enjoy!
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Post by sqcollector on May 24, 2020 12:48:59 GMT
Thanks for sharing!
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gav
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Post by gav on May 24, 2020 21:37:35 GMT
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Post by charles on May 25, 2020 11:12:05 GMT
Thank you for that, prog. Now to the Americans on this board, or those familiar with the slang of the time: what the fruck is a dustpipe?
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Post by 37 on May 25, 2020 12:23:10 GMT
Great stuff. Thanks for finding and sharing this clip!
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mortified
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Post by mortified on May 25, 2020 13:07:34 GMT
Fascinating stuff. This has added to my education no end.
A bit more honkytonk than Quo's but otherwise pretty much the same arrangement.
Nice one.
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