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Post by MrWaistcoat on Aug 3, 2020 19:27:15 GMT
Some great ideas here. We are lucky to have some of the fans we have But sorry to be negative... If this thread tells me anything it's what I already knew.... That there's close to sod all filmed from the glory years Let's call it what it is : a total pisser
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Post by matt on Aug 3, 2020 22:46:11 GMT
Personally I’d be keen to hear recordings around the 73-79 era.
I thought the live at the bbc release did a good job with the Palais gig from 72, and stuff is already pretty well documented from 1980 onwards.
But any gigs that showcased that golden run of albums and rarely played tracks would get my money.
As long as it’s good quality. For example the live recording on the Never Too late deluxe was pretty rough. Nice to hear dear john and SBYBIL though.
Why would they not consider crowd funding a limited edition release? There’s no shame in it at all. Better than Francis ending up with a garage full of unsold King of the Doghouse CDs
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Post by matt on Aug 3, 2020 22:47:55 GMT
Also I noticed at the first Hammersmith reunion gig there was a Camera onstage. What was that for.
Also the bonus footage of the 2014 DVD has songs from Wolverhampton and ??manchester?? Is there a full gig recording of that.
They were crazy not to film Hammersmith. Too expensive my arse!
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Aug 4, 2020 0:02:06 GMT
DVD from one of those tours aroun1999/2000 when they were playing 4500, Gerdundula and Roll Over in the same set. I think 1999 Never Say Never tour has a setlist I really liked. I don't think we've got a gig DVD from that era.
Plus the TV performance of Gerdundula that was announced in the press for the Old Grey Whistle Test, which appears not to exist.
I have this fantasy that one day a recording of them playing it acoustic with the original band wil turn up. Dream on!
They played it in 1975 on the On The Level tour. But it wasn't fully acoustic. Alan (I think) played a white strat, although that's from an old person's dodgy memory (i.e. mine ).
I looked 1975 up on the Gigography, and they played the "Empire Pool" that year, ie Wembley Arena as it became, and had a really good setlist, and if I had had the nous to catch them then, I would have probably become a participating fan 7 years earlier than I did, and spent even more money and had an even better time. I don't normally mope about missing earlier Quo, but I feel a tiny bit mopy now! Thanks for the nostalgia ;-)
PS Funny how every guitarist in the history of the world and probably most bassists as well end up clutching a white Strat at some point in their lives ...
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Post by stringybob on Aug 4, 2020 0:37:40 GMT
There's a pic of them playing 'Gerdundula' in 1975 or thereabouts on the front of the French 'In My Chair' compilation LP and yes, it looks like Alan has a white Strat. Francis is playing a Gibson Marauder.
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Post by frozenhero on Aug 4, 2020 21:33:21 GMT
We could probably have had a lot of archival content a lot quicker with the SQTV planned way back in 2007... but fans weren't keen on the idea 0f subscription fees. Digitising, remastering and remixing old tapes cost a fair bit and the best way would be with a subscription service to cover costs. Looking back, after knowing there's very little footage of the FF era, I can never see the point of SQTV. They never told what can be in the service anyway. Times changes, in 2007 there wasn't many online streaming services, now it could be just another one, but I think it could be one of the first just with material of a band. What if Universal do a streaming service with videos of all the bands that they have in the agenda? It could be interesting. Marillion have started their own. Difference being, they've released a LOT of live material - mostly audio, but also lots of video things (some of which are out of print, because they were only released through their own shop / label Racket Records). It actually makes sense for them. With Quo I'm not quite so sure. I know it's not an option for me with my internet connection. And I do prefer physical media (CD mostly). They were the antithesis of the likes of Yes, ELP and Genesis, all of whom made me wince. Yes could be pretty rough live. They recently released a 14 CD box set (Progeny) of the 1973 tour that was compiled into "Yessongs" and reviews varied greatly between those who liked the unpolished nature and those who said they sounded like they were falling over themselves!
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Post by matt on Aug 5, 2020 13:41:03 GMT
I just don’t think there is the audience for SQTV
You can access all you want for free On youtube.
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Post by Quoincidence on Aug 5, 2020 13:54:49 GMT
I just don’t think there is the audience for SQTV You can access all you want for free On youtube. That was the biggest problem originally with all Quo fans not wanting to pay for SQTV and pretty much wanting it to be free, which will never happen. Theres no other way really to put out things from the archive without money going into them. Quo dont have a massive budget and I doubt the record company would let them go over budget with a risk of not gaining any profit.
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Post by mortified on Aug 5, 2020 13:59:05 GMT
It's a shame that money has to be the dominant consideration with things like this. That's not naivety, just a resigned observation. If the costs aren't covered - plus a bit more - you ain't getting it. The way of the world alas. Although John Eden did a sterling remixing job with Rockin'. Actually, more than that; outstanding. He must have stayed in budget
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Post by Quoincidence on Aug 5, 2020 14:09:05 GMT
It's a shame that money has to be the dominant consideration with things like this. That's not naivety, just a resigned observation. If the costs aren't covered - plus a bit more - you ain't getting it. The way of the world alas. Although John Eden did a sterling remixing job with Rockin'. Actually, more than that; outstanding. He must have stayed in budget He did that for nothing, pretty much. Bob gave him the tapes, as they were sat in Rossis home studio, and then sent the CD mixes to Universal when it was finished... that's why he wasnt pleased when they used the 44,100kHz mixes for the vinyl cutting. Unless he was paid a flat out fee rather than being covered for what he spent on the project.
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Post by mortified on Aug 5, 2020 15:10:16 GMT
It's a shame that money has to be the dominant consideration with things like this. That's not naivety, just a resigned observation. If the costs aren't covered - plus a bit more - you ain't getting it. The way of the world alas. Although John Eden did a sterling remixing job with Rockin'. Actually, more than that; outstanding. He must have stayed in budget He did that for nothing, pretty much. Bob gave him the tapes, as they were sat in Rossis home studio, and then sent the CD mixes to Universal when it was finished... that's why he wasnt pleased when they used the 44,100kHz mixes for the vinyl cutting. Unless he was paid a flat out fee rather than being covered for what he spent on the project. That's a foreign language to me but I take it it's not a good thing?
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Post by Quoincidence on Aug 5, 2020 15:25:33 GMT
He did that for nothing, pretty much. Bob gave him the tapes, as they were sat in Rossis home studio, and then sent the CD mixes to Universal when it was finished... that's why he wasnt pleased when they used the 44,100kHz mixes for the vinyl cutting. Unless he was paid a flat out fee rather than being covered for what he spent on the project. That's a foreign language to me but I take it it's not a good thing? it's to do with sample rate 44100 / 16bit is the standard for CD whereas Vinyls should be cut using a much higher sample rate like 96kHz
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Post by matt on Aug 5, 2020 15:59:03 GMT
Yeah this is why I think a crowd funded dvd/blue ray is the way. Consider quo’s audience age - it’s not a big market for on demand subscription viewing. It’s more the dvd crowd still
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Post by frozenhero on Aug 5, 2020 16:29:40 GMT
He did that for nothing, pretty much. Bob gave him the tapes, as they were sat in Rossis home studio, and then sent the CD mixes to Universal when it was finished... that's why he wasnt pleased when they used the 44,100kHz mixes for the vinyl cutting. Unless he was paid a flat out fee rather than being covered for what he spent on the project. That's a foreign language to me but I take it it's not a good thing? You do recording (or in this case, transferring from analog to digital) and mixing at a higher sampling rate "just in case" - and then reduce it down to the format necessary for the finished release. If John Eden had known they wanted to release an LP of it, he would've simply delivered the full hi-res files, especially since a lot of LP fans argue that CD cuts off too much high frequencies (although I think there's some hyperbole in there - I have exceptional hearing and can't perceive anything above 19kHz - CD goes up to (theoretically) 22.05 kHz...)
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Post by Quoincidence on Aug 10, 2020 21:03:26 GMT
I've seen a few people mention the Glasgow Apollo, 1st May 1982 Radio Clyde Broadcast Something that has not circulated before from the show
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