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Post by Detroit on Jun 13, 2021 18:27:19 GMT
I never voluntarily add to the pockets of people who don't need the dosh, never.
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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 Jun 13, 2021 19:34:16 GMT
I never voluntarily add to the pockets of people who don't need the dosh, never. Hmm. So, is the opposite true for you then? Just askin'!
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Post by railroad007 on Jun 13, 2021 21:35:19 GMT
Have nothing at all,no albums,CD's,T shirts, programmes etc, but,I can remember all the lyrics from every song from Ma Kellys through to NTL, all the show's I've attended, the lights,fans,smoke,mirrors, big triangles, deep toned seat shaking basic one note drones, sideways balcony's, bouncing people, ringing ears and a mountain of priceless mental memorabilia
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Dark
Rocker Rollin'
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Favourite Quo Album: Quo
Favourite other bands.: Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Huey Lewis,
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Post by Dark on Jun 14, 2021 11:58:34 GMT
I used to purchase all the albums and singles as they came out, when I was in my late teens/early 20s during the 90s. Was in the fan club at the time, would always get the tour programme, a couple of t-shirts at the gigs and kept a scrap book of magazine and paper clippings.
But I’m not quite that obsessive about the band anymore, partially due to me changing and partially due what Quo released with Famous, Riffs etc. Not only did I no longer feel the need to have each single on 7”, cassette & CD. But when albums were issued with the single b-sides as bonus tracks, I quite happily got rid of singles on eBay.
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mortified
4500 Timer
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: 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 Jun 14, 2021 12:26:08 GMT
It's funny (sad? ) what you end up collecting. Or rather chucking into the collection. I've lost a lot of the older merchandise from earlier tours apart from the programmes. Got all those since 1975 or so. House moves or a fastidious mum throwing things out on the sly probably resulted in some Quo bleeding And the t-shirts from those days are long gone. But I noticed the other day I've still got all those tour plastic bags from Heavy Traffic onwards. See? I'm doing my bit for the planet Still got the sheets of album cover stickers that came with the "End of the Road" tour. Probably no longer sticky And anyone remember the red triangle 1+9+8+2 stickers? I've got those but I think they were given out when we were queueing to get into the Glasgow Apollo. Although I could be wrong about that.
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Post by dennis on Jun 14, 2021 12:32:34 GMT
Red triangles? Makes me think of this:
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Post by Detroit on Jun 14, 2021 16:29:09 GMT
I never voluntarily add to the pockets of people who don't need the dosh, never. Hmm. So, is the opposite true for you then? Just askin'! I fill my pockets as often as I can.
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Jun 15, 2021 8:31:02 GMT
Fortunately for my pockets , never got into collecting stuff other than the albums. Having said that I think I bought the Never Too Late Tour T shirt and that's about it.
Those Toby jugs, WOW! Robbie Savage and Rigsby !! They are crackers.
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
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Post by mortified on Jun 15, 2021 10:22:44 GMT
These. For those who don't remember or never knew in the first place
I had them plastered all over the place. Much to the annoyance of all and sundry I suspect
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Post by jaynieeee on Jun 15, 2021 19:08:30 GMT
Let's have our regular reminder of how beyond creepy and just all round dreadful those Toby jugs are. In a box somewhere I have a pre-production/sample copy of one of them and missed out on getting same of the other one, as the computer froze. I really can't remember which one I have, well it's been packed away in a box for 13/14 years. Don't even remember if I bought one of the other to make up a set
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Post by jaynieeee on Jun 15, 2021 19:16:56 GMT
Definitely a collector. I've become that by default just by virtue of time. You become a Quo fan in the early 70's, you buy their records and before you know it you have a collection. I wouldn't say it's an obsession but certainly a keen hobby. I haven't bought every compilation and I won't buy an album with a Quo track that I already have. But I do grab everything 'official'. I've got every vinyl single (although only one by The Spectres) including several imports, every CD single and every official album but not in a variety of formats. All vinyl and/or CD. I never really got into cassettes although I've a few singles kicking about. Memorabilia also plays it's part; books, DVD's, videos, tour posters, merchandise, Toby jugs ( ) all that stuff. Put it this way. Beats knitting On a bitter Scottish winter's evening, a couple of warm knitted woollies bit keep your warmer than a jig to a cd
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Post by frozenhero on Jun 15, 2021 21:31:42 GMT
Side stepping the collector thing, if I may (no) Just in terms of obsession and going beyond the call of duty, I did go through a phase of thinking I was a bit of a Picasso (you can make up your own jokes) and would re-create Quo album covers in fine detail onto cassette inlay cards using all my Art O level skills in the late 70s/early 80s! Some peeps may say I was being a bit tight as well as saving money by not buying the actual album cassettes but they would be wrong. The idea being that I would record the vinyl albums on to C90 cassettes then set about painting the album covers in miniature. I did the same thing with cassettes I recorded off CDs from the library - although I made little booklets to go along with the cassettes, which also involved me doing the odd cover copy. Not Quo though, I had not discovered them at that point yet...
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Jun 18, 2021 20:00:30 GMT
My Heavy Traffic carrier bag is my Bag of Bags.
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Post by tramper on Jun 19, 2021 5:58:47 GMT
These. For those who don't remember or never knew in the first place
I had them plastered all over the place. Much to the annoyance of all and sundry I suspect Can't remember them ! Saw them in 82 but don't recall those..🤔
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mortified
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Post by mortified on Jun 19, 2021 6:10:32 GMT
These. For those who don't remember or never knew in the first place
I had them plastered all over the place. Much to the annoyance of all and sundry I suspect Can't remember them ! Saw them in 82 but don't recall those..🤔 I'm pretty sure now they were given out when you bought your tickets. Me and sis queued outside Glasgow Apollo for what seemed like days for tickets and she got a pile of these stickers as well. I don't think they were official merch at the gig as such. But it is all memory. Faded memory at that
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