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Post by cactuspete on Sept 20, 2020 16:19:48 GMT
At that point they had reached their pinnacle.
After that a slow descent into n Mediocrity.
45 years on think back to one of the best live bands ever.
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Post by frozenhero on Sept 30, 2020 12:11:37 GMT
In summing up the 70s up until that point, it's hard to beat. And some of the songs actually sound better than the studio versions IMO, Little Lady and 4500x are prime examples. With 4500x, I can understand, due to that feedback and all. But what is it about the studio recording of Little Lady? On the album version, you can clearly hear each instrument. But, at the same time, they are all glued together. With 4500x, I can understand, due to that feedback and all. But what is it about the studio recording of Little Lady? On the album version, you can clearly hear each instrument. But, at the same time, they are all glued together. That's a topic all on it's own - which versions do we prefer? I don't think the studio LL can be bettered. I prefer the drumming on the live version of Little Lady. It has a bit more subtlety to it. I think John uses the ride a bit more. The studio version comes out all guns blazing, which is great in its own way, but sometimes I prefer to be smacked around the head a bit more lightly On the other hand, I've just relistened to the album and I'm now a bit concerned by Rick's vocal being off-key on 4500x... I hope that isn't going to spoil it for me upon future listens...
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Post by sqcollector on Sept 30, 2020 12:21:54 GMT
I prefer the drumming on the live version of Little Lady. It has a bit more subtlety to it. I think John uses the ride a bit more. The studio version comes out all guns blazing, which is great in its own way, but sometimes I prefer to be smacked around the head a bit more lightly Fair enough! ahah But he uses the hats/ride the same way he uses on the album version, it seems. The hats are just not so much at the front in the mix as they are on the album version. Jeff is the one that used the ride more, on Little Lady.
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Post by frozenhero on Sept 30, 2020 21:03:06 GMT
It's just something about the groove. Maybe he's a bit more behind the beat? I dunno, I'll have to compare more closely.
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Post by tramper on Oct 1, 2020 19:48:24 GMT
Definitely the defining album for me. And as much as we all love the 5 previous studio albums, let's not forget Ma Kellys and Dog. These 2 albums paved the way....😉
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Post by dennis on Oct 4, 2020 13:55:09 GMT
Definitely the defining album for me. And as much as we all love the 5 previous studio albums, let's not forget Ma Kellys and Dog. These 2 albums paved the way....😉 Aye, that run from '70-'76 was really special. Funnily enough, I reckon that if they'd knocked it on the head after the Live! album they'd probably be held in higher esteem now.
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Post by paradiseflats on Oct 4, 2020 14:43:45 GMT
Definitely the defining album for me. And as much as we all love the 5 previous studio albums, let's not forget Ma Kellys and Dog. These 2 albums paved the way....😉 Aye, that run from '70-'76 was really special. Funnily enough, I reckon that if they'd knocked it on the head after the Live! album they'd probably be held in higher esteem now. Even if it had finished with the ‘End of the road’. They were still a top live band. Look at Slade. Forever remembered as a great live act.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Oct 4, 2020 20:24:09 GMT
Quo have had such a long and varied career that there isn't anything that could sum them up entirely, but if I had to give someone an album to show what they could do, it would probably be this one. It should have been Live at the NEC, but the whole concert has only been put out in bits or on de luxe collections. Of the studio albums, it would probably be Hello. Or Piledriver. ... or maybe Hello. Or possibly Piledriver. Damn!
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az
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Post by az on Oct 27, 2020 9:48:06 GMT
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Post by frozenhero on Oct 27, 2020 10:20:53 GMT
az You beat me to it! I heard about this poll on the Neptune Pink Floyd forum.
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gav
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Post by gav on Oct 30, 2020 10:46:59 GMT
Thanks for the contributions here - a good variety of perspectives, some which i haven't considered before. Seems there are a lot of mixed feelings on this subject, which is great! And the album itself has been around so long, hindsight has maybe altered people's thoughts on it slightly. Some can view it in a general sense, others have very specific feeling about particular aspects of it. Cheers!
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Alabama 3, ZZ Top, Paul van Dyk, Jeff Beck, Bowie, Gerry Rafferty, Band of Skulls, UFO, S.A.H.B
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Post by mortified on Oct 30, 2020 11:17:22 GMT
Thanks for the contributions here - a good variety of perspectives, some which i haven't considered before. Seems there are a lot of mixed feelings on this subject, which is great! And the album itself has been around so long, hindsight has maybe altered people's thoughts on it slightly. Some can view it in a general sense, others have very specific feeling about particular aspects of it. Cheers! The thing about music from decades ago is that it automatically creates a feeling of nostalgia, taking you back to where you were and what you were doing at that age. When Live! was recorded in 1976 (almost 44 years to the day) all that mattered in my life were Quo and Rangers. I didn't even have a girlfriend - although I've made up for it since! Everything was brown, orange and beige including my mum's 3-piece suite, curtains and wallpaper. If you want to see what I mean, watch Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy. The film that is. Nails it wonderfully. The gigs were astonishingly good. But all Apollo Quo gigs were amazing. I saw several other acts there, some of them quite lively like AC/DC and Rory Gallagher, but nothing compared to the reception Quo got. Capturing that on an album was nigh on impossible. It's a pity, but we were just about 4 or 5 years from the start of the video boom ( Escape From Alacatraz or Time Bandits anyone? ). Had it been filmed, properly filmed, it would have been the greatest rock film ever made. Bar none. Just sharing some more rambling thoughts. I'm not interested in being 19 again. I much preferred being 40 and beyond. Alas, now well beyond! Anyway, I genuinely wish that Apollo experience could have been captured on film and shared down the decades. Seeing Quo on video on old episodes of "Top of the Pops" and even at the NEC in 1982 doesn't come close. Believe it or not, Quo had actually slowed down onstage by 1982. I kid you not!
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Post by twentytwenty on Oct 30, 2020 13:11:12 GMT
I love the live album. In my opinion it started a string of years where the band was the best they ever was as a unit starting with the live album recording in 76 up until John left. All the members were firing on all cylinders here imo
And, I absolutely adore the version of Forty five hundred times on this album as well
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Post by freewilly on Oct 30, 2020 19:42:11 GMT
It's a great live album but, I don't think a live album can ever truly capture the magic of a live gig though. That's something you need to be there for. It's raw, it's natural, it's energetic, it's real and it's fucking brilliant! I understand as a musician that you are aware of your mistakes and it can dent the ego but, if you reach a level where the listener doesn't even care about the mistakes, like Quo on the Live album, it shows what a truly special band they were and what a unique magic they created. The album, to me, feels like I've been possessed by the band and I'm in their control Aye, that run from '70-'76 was really special. AC/DC had a good run between 1977 and 1980 (Let There Be Rock, Powerage, If You Want Blood, Highway to Hell, Back in Black) Michael Jackson had a crazy run between 1980 and 1991 (Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous) Other than that, I can't think of many other artists who were as consistent and always delivered the way Quo did, between 1970 and 1976. Shows how truly great they were* *I still think RAOTW is a class album but, the sound on the original is fucking weird
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Post by freewilly on Oct 30, 2020 19:52:58 GMT
On a side note, check this out from 1981
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