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Post by railroad007 on Nov 24, 2020 11:57:58 GMT
Surely the inspiration for Smell The Glove.  |
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Post by dennis on Nov 24, 2020 12:30:49 GMT
Aye, I remember seeing the promo flyers at my first ever Quo gig & thinking, even then, wtf?!
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jason
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Post by jason on Nov 24, 2020 12:41:29 GMT
In life generally there's usually more than one way to translate anything, and there's always some who'll gravitate to the least likely explanation so they can be offended by it.
So, considering context, which is the more likely, intended, message of this artwork?
1) You will be gobsmacked by the quality of this music.
2) You should ask your chauffeur to punch your girlfriend in the face.
Personally speaking, I've had to let the chauffeur go. These are tough times and hard decisions had to be made. One of my butlers now drives the Rolls.
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gerh
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Favourite Quo Album: 'Hello' [and 'Quo Live']
Favourite other bands.: Zappa, Kansas, Rush, Deep Purple, Yes, Richard Thompson, Horslips, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest etc etc. [ANYONE but Kiss!]
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Post by gerh on Nov 24, 2020 13:06:53 GMT
Brilliant jason!! 🤪👍 Yep I remember this LP sleeve too. Tbh I was more interested in what music was on it than what the sleeve ‘meant’. Far as I can recall it was just more Pye rehashing - I didn’t buy it. Not sorry either!! 😉G |
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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 Nov 24, 2020 13:42:46 GMT
Wasn't it the first PYE release to be actively promoted by the band? Red vinyl as well if I remember. The gigs in May '79 tentatively promoted If You Can't Stand The Heat about 7 months after the event (hence the front cover of the tour programme), but the flexi-disc given away at the gigs had something like In My Chair on it; with commentary, maybe? Someone will put me right if that's off the mark. The album (and the flexi-disc for that matter) sits in the collection but I've never played it. Never really gave the sleeve much thought but over 40 years after the fact it does look a bit odd. Out of it's time I guess. Is it a chauffeur or a snooker umpire? Thus raising ancient jokes about potting the pink and the brown etc. etc.  |
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Post by blagult on Nov 24, 2020 16:22:35 GMT
Think that’s spot on M. I remember the band gave this their blessing and it was being promoted with the Tour. Heat had already been and gone in the charts. Think the first Autobiography was being sold at the gigs as well.
Yeah that Flexi disc was In my chair as part of the promotion for this album. I managed to volunteer to put it out on all the seats at Newcastle city hall along with a mini record mirror tribute newspaper.
Which I abandoned as soon as the band came in to rehearse early afternoon as I headed for stage front ! 😂
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Post by sqcollector on Nov 24, 2020 16:36:46 GMT
That promo sound clip from the Flexidisc was released in the 2003 CD re-issue of the Ma Kelly... album. Well, I think that's the same.
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Post by Victor on Nov 24, 2020 17:09:41 GMT
I have that vinyl album still and I have a red colored vinyl of it. Strange album cover indeed...
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gerh
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Favourite Quo Album: 'Hello' [and 'Quo Live']
Favourite other bands.: Zappa, Kansas, Rush, Deep Purple, Yes, Richard Thompson, Horslips, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest etc etc. [ANYONE but Kiss!]
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Post by gerh on Nov 24, 2020 21:09:31 GMT
As purely a matter of interest - anybody got the tracklist?
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Post by roquer on Nov 24, 2020 21:42:48 GMT
As purely a matter of interest - anybody got the tracklist? A Side In My Chair Something's Going On In My Head Umleitung Railroad Lakky Lady Nanana B Side Mean Girl Someone's Learning Gotta Go Home Spinning Wheel Blues Down The Dustpipe Gerdundula (Dog version) Basically, Dog of two Head reordened, 2 A Side Singles and 3 songs from Ma Kelly's |
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Post by dennis on Nov 24, 2020 22:00:15 GMT
In life generally there's usually more than one way to translate anything, and there's always some who'll gravitate to the least likely explanation so they can be offended by it. So, considering context, which is the more likely, intended, message of this artwork? 1) You will be gobsmacked by the quality of this music. 2) You should ask your chauffeur to punch your girlfriend in the face. Personally speaking, I've had to let the chauffeur go. These are tough times and hard decisions had to be made. One of my butlers now drives the Rolls. I expected the last sentence there to be : One of my butlers now punches the girlfriend in the face |
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Post by kursaal75 on Nov 24, 2020 22:13:55 GMT
It is 50 years ago this week, that Quo's 'In My Chair' peaked at Number 21 in the UK's Top 30 singles chart.
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Post by blagult on Nov 24, 2020 23:54:07 GMT
I wonder if ‘ In my Chair ‘ charting just tipped Pye into giving them the extra album (Dog). I know Dustpipe had charted earlier in year but I wonder if that would have been enough without In my Chair. Ma Kelly’s hadn’t charted so they only had those 2 singles as ammunition.
I think I remember many years ago reading John Schroeder had to plead with PYE to let them have another album. Can’t remember the source though. So long ago !
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Post by americanquo on Nov 26, 2020 16:23:05 GMT
Surely the inspiration for Smell The Glove. Perfect cover for Spooky Tooth's "You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw." |
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Post by dennis on Nov 26, 2020 18:45:43 GMT
Surely the inspiration for Smell The Glove. Perfect cover for Spooky Tooth's "You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw." Good one! I've just never understood how that image was supposed to relate to Quo, either at the time of release or in the Pye era. |
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