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Post by roadhouse on Feb 17, 2024 18:46:21 GMT
Okay just for fun, but here is my RTYD alternative.
Its ironic how there were 14 tracks of original songs recorded during the RTYD sessions, yet in my opinion too many covers and re-recorded tracks we're on the album.
It could and should have been an album of 14 brand newly written and recorded tracks at the time in 1991.
So here it is newly sequenced in all its glory.
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Post by viza on Feb 18, 2024 7:52:19 GMT
Even though I like the new version of FFHT I think the vinyl version with only 10 tracks is a much better version of the album. I consider the remaining songs on the cd as bonus tracks.
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Post by viza on Feb 18, 2024 8:06:16 GMT
But you have a point about the covers. I would prefer Good Sign and Nothing Comes Easy instead of Let's Work Together and Bring it On Home.
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Post by mortified on Feb 18, 2024 10:02:11 GMT
I was never sure why the CD had all those extra bonus tracks but I didn't complain at the time  I was also blissfully unaware of the existence of Better Times and Heavy Daze. Two of the best things Quo had done in years, strangely shelved and gathering dust for a long time. I know they were meant to be the B-sides for the Fakin' The Blues single but it would be interesting to know what the explanation was for their absence for so long. I think you could make up a very good album containing 10 or 12 songs with the tracks they recorded at that time. Perm any dozen from about 19 or 20 depending on your individual taste. The covers of Bring It On Home and The Price of Love are pretty decent, so I'd never discount them. |
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Post by roadhouse on Feb 18, 2024 16:21:22 GMT
I was never sure why the CD had all those extra bonus tracks but I didn't complain at the time I was also blissfully unaware of the existence of Better Times and Heavy Daze. Two of the best things Quo had done in years, strangely shelved and gathering dust for a long time. I know they were meant to be the B-sides for the Fakin' The Blues single but it would be interesting to know what the explanation was for their absence for so long. I think you could make up a very good album containing 10 or 12 songs with the tracks they recorded at that time. Perm any dozen from about 19 or 20 depending on your individual taste. The covers of Bring It On Home and The Price of Love are pretty decent, so I'd never discount them. I remember Quo playing Fakin' the blues on a tv show, and Francis announced it as the new single, but I think the record company lost confidence in it after Can't give you more charted quite low despite a lot of promotional work was put into it, I presume they thought Fakin the blues was certain to fail. Rock til you drop also charted very low as a single. In my opinion at the time these were worrying times for Quo because apart from Anniversary waltz hit singles were becoming scarce. Certainly top 20 hit singles were becoming scarce anyway. Worrying because record companies could dump you after too many flops. As a fan I was very anxious indeed. Then weirdly they had some comebacks with Jam side down and The party ain't over yet, which I didn't rate at all, I prefered All stand up, yet that also flopped. Strange times they were being a Quo fan. |
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Post by mortified on Feb 18, 2024 16:30:36 GMT
The days of selling singles were coming to an end. For Quo anyway. That had begun a few years before. Their biggest successes were the collaborations with Man Utd, which pretty much speaks volumes for the charts.
Now, of course, it's things like In The Army Now that get loads of streams. That's where the revenue, paltry as it is, is now. Which is why Francis is sort of anti-new album I think. Costs versus revenue.
Personally, I'd do it for the sheer pleasure of making music like Rhino does. And it comes across in his albums. They're fresh and different and not trying to be commercial. Any sales are a bonus.
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Post by roadhouse on Feb 18, 2024 17:15:08 GMT
The days of selling singles were coming to an end. For Quo anyway. That had begun a few years before. Their biggest successes were the collaborations with Man Utd, which pretty much speaks volumes for the charts. Now, of course, it's things like In The Army Now that get loads of streams. That's where the revenue, paltry as it is, is now. Which is why Francis is sort of anti-new album I think. Costs versus revenue. Personally, I'd do it for the sheer pleasure of making music like Rhino does. And it comes across in his albums. They're fresh and different and not trying to be commercial. Any sales are a bonus. Thats true mate |
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Post by iamcomplaining88 on Feb 20, 2024 21:10:06 GMT
I consider the remaining songs on the cd as bonus tracks. That's because that's exactly what they are. |
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Post by Dark on Feb 20, 2024 23:41:01 GMT
I consider the remaining songs on the cd as bonus tracks. That's because that's exactly what they are. I never saw it that way. The album was available in three formats, and on two of those, cassette and CD it contained the full 16 tracks. The vinyl, which was selling less than CD at the time, and on the way out, clearly had a restricted version of the album due to time issues. To me the vinyl version comes across as more of an after thought than being the main product. |
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Feb 26, 2024 8:07:36 GMT
This alternative track listing is a big improvement. I do love Quo's bring it on home though, which I'd have over fame or money
I remember Quo miming let's work together on totp. I think that was a damaging signal to send out - out of ideas and not as good as before. It's a hole they dug deeper as the decade wore on
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Post by jason on Mar 1, 2024 14:00:56 GMT
Then weirdly they had some comebacks with Jam side down and The party ain't over yet, which I didn't rate at all, I prefered All stand up, yet that also flopped. IMO All Stand Up was engineered to fail. At the time, three physical formats were allowed to count towards chart position, and every other serious chart act utilised the full allowance. This was particularly essential in the case of a band like Quo, whose first week sales were to the guaranteed hardcore of collectors, with any further sales being a bonus. Three formats = 3x the sales = healthy chart position. At the time Universal didn't want Heavy Traffic, an album of original material. They only wanted Riffs. Despite this, and only being released on two formats, JSD entered at #19. Universal weren't going to make that mistake twice when they were so invested in a covers/rehashes future for Quo, so ASU was only released on one format and poorly distributed, thus ensuring Universal could say, "the public don't want new material from Quo". It was commercial suicide at that point for any label to release a single on just one format when all the competition were releasing three. |
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