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Post by roadhouse on Mar 12, 2024 14:17:38 GMT
Let's not forget down the dustpipe Spent 17 weeks in the charts and peaked at number 12 I always took "gold" to mean "great" Yeah true, or even Pictures of matchstick men.
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Post by roadhouse on Mar 12, 2024 14:20:59 GMT
I was always aggrieved that the actual chart version of Roll Over Lay Down from the Live ep wasn't on the original compilation, especially as it wasn't available on any album at the time. This was subsequently reignited by the inclusion of the live version of Caroline on Vol. II. Also, wouldn't Vol. III need to include the charity hit Running All Over The World? Maybe they didn't consider that a proper part of the Quo canon I have an alternative version with the live single version of Roll over lay down here:
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Post by mortified on Mar 12, 2024 14:28:41 GMT
There are so many meaningless compilations that have been released over the years after all. That's true. Or at least, most of them are meaningless to us. In fact, compilations will be meaningless to the vast majority of avid fans. Because they will probably have all of the tracks already. I don't know if this sounds odd or of it's even atypical, but I bought 12 Gold Bars on it's day of release and I don't think I've played it. Not once. So it's presumably in mint condition. Sitting there all virginal. Maybe it should have been on white vinyl Compilations, by their very nature, are aimed at the casual fan. Who outnumber the enthusiastic fans of any act by some distance. And they are presumably pretty cheap to put together, which is why there are so many out there; from any act who might have been in any way successful. I suppose that gives the idea of a Vol III some validity. The perceived "quality" or otherwise of the tracks is irrelevant. The criteria is top 20. End of. And Accident Prone will have been excluded for that very reason. The title 12 Gold Bars is a marketing masterstroke and it was also backed up by a TV ad campaign which, at the time, was extremely unusual for a single act. There is a case for a Vol III in my opinion but the timing is well out. That ship has long since sailed. Although I appreciate that's not the argument here 👍
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Post by mortified on Mar 12, 2024 14:29:38 GMT
Let's not forget down the dustpipe Spent 17 weeks in the charts and peaked at number 12 I always took "gold" to mean "great" Yeah true, or even Pictures of matchstick men. And this is where Pictures in particular pretty much nailed it.
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Post by mortified on Mar 12, 2024 14:36:52 GMT
Just in passing, the Rockin' All Over The Years compilation contains every one of the 22 top 10 singles Quo have had in their career. In fact, it only contains their top 10 hits.
Some compilations are much more meaningful than others 👍
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Post by roadhouse on Mar 12, 2024 14:59:52 GMT
There are so many meaningless compilations that have been released over the years after all. That's true. Or at least, most of them are meaningless to us. In fact, compilations will be meaningless to the vast majority of avid fans. Because they will probably have all of the tracks already. I don't know if this sounds odd or of it's even atypical, but I bought 12 Gold Bars on it's day of release and I don't think I've played it. Not once. So it's presumably in mint condition. Sitting there all virginal. Maybe it should have been on white vinyl Compilations, by their very nature, are aimed at the casual fan. Who outnumber the enthusiastic fans of any act by some distance. And they are presumably pretty cheap to put together, which is why there are so many out there; from any act who might have been in any way successful. I suppose that gives the idea of a Vol III some validity. The perceived "quality" or otherwise of the tracks is irrelevant. The criteria is top 20. End of. And Accident Prone will have been excluded for that very reason. The title 12 Gold Bars is a marketing masterstroke and it was also backed up by a TV ad campaign which, at the time, was extremely unusual for a single act. There is a case for a Vol III in my opinion but the timing is well out. That ship has long since sailed. Although I appreciate that's not the argument here 👍 That's exactly what I thought, the ship has sailed now perhaps, but it's never too late, see what I did there 🤣 The thought of a virginal 12 Gold Bars is quite a pause for thought 😇 I do believe though the word gold is misunderstood with some fans, but that's fine they are entitled to how they view a batch of Quo songs. I think for me what is great about the idea of a 12 Gold Bars 3 is it would have been another slice of Quo's cake, like another chapter neatly wrapped up from 12 songs from 86-05. Just like volumes 1 & 2 did chapter 72-79. And 80-84. So affectively we would have had 3 slices of Quo's top 20 successes. Sadly after The party ain't over yet, hit singles escaped Quo, and they only had 3 more singles just inside the top 40, so all of a sudden a 12 Gold Bars 3 seems like a good idea to document and celebrate that last successful slice of the cake. A bit like it was Quo's final glory period.
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Post by roadhouse on Mar 12, 2024 15:06:58 GMT
Just in passing, the Rockin' All Over The Years compilation contains every one of the 22 top 10 singles Quo have had in their career. In fact, it only contains their top 10 hits. Some compilations are much more meaningful than others 👍 Yeah true, I always felt that collection was a great way for Quo to brag of their wonderful achievements of producing 22 top 10 hits. The Gold Bar series was doing this in a simular way by highlighting their top 20 hits, but let's not forget there was some top tens in there too. In the imaginary 12 Gold Bars 3, there are 4 top ten hits which ain't bad.
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Post by roadhouse on Mar 12, 2024 15:14:24 GMT
Just a thought, if we we're using the word gold as in 12 gold nuggets, why was Living on an island included on 12 Gold Bars 1 as its a ballad and doesn't have that gold guitar sound you could say.
Dont get me wrong, I love LOAI, but does it have that gold thing about it?
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Post by charles on Mar 12, 2024 16:11:59 GMT
Let's just say it's got more gold than your entire GB III together.
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Post by mortified on Mar 12, 2024 16:20:06 GMT
The gold thing is just a play on words to fit the 12-bar theme I reckon. They could just as easily been lazy and called it Status Quo's Greatest Hits. But, like I said, the marketing thought process was very good. Was it called marketing then? Can't remember. It seems like a relatively modern word to me. By the way, did anyone else feel ripped off by having to buy 12 Gold Bars again if they wanted to buy Vol II? I appreciate it came out on it's own on CD later. But has it ever been released as a one-off vinyl, does anyone know? Funny what comes to mind
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Post by stringybob on Mar 12, 2024 17:16:12 GMT
I appreciate it came out on it's own on CD later. But has it ever been released as a one-off vinyl, does anyone know? It was released as a single album in France, I have a copy of it
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Post by roadhouse on Mar 12, 2024 17:25:57 GMT
The gold thing is just a play on words to fit the 12-bar theme I reckon. They could just as easily been lazy and called it Status Quo's Greatest Hits. But, like I said, the marketing thought process was very good. Was it called marketing then? Can't remember. It seems like a relatively modern word to me. By the way, did anyone else feel ripped off by having to buy 12 Gold Bars again if they wanted to buy Vol II? I appreciate it came out on it's own on CD later. But has it ever been released as a one-off vinyl, does anyone know? Funny what comes to mind You know I never thought of that until now. I suppose to be fair once I got the CD versions, I never took the 12 Gold Bars vinyls off the shelf. If my memory serves me right wasn't the double album of 12 Gold Bars 1 & 2 released as a special price? I don't think it cost much more than a single album, so to gain a new vinyl of volume 1 was great.
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Post by roadhouse on Mar 12, 2024 17:31:57 GMT
The gold thing is just a play on words to fit the 12-bar theme I reckon. They could just as easily been lazy and called it Status Quo's Greatest Hits. But, like I said, the marketing thought process was very good. Was it called marketing then? Can't remember. It seems like a relatively modern word to me. By the way, did anyone else feel ripped off by having to buy 12 Gold Bars again if they wanted to buy Vol II? I appreciate it came out on it's own on CD later. But has it ever been released as a one-off vinyl, does anyone know? Funny what comes to mind A single vinyl version of 12 Gold Bars 2 is here: www.discogs.com/release/1756280-Status-Quo-12-Gold-Bars-Volume-2
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Post by matt on Mar 12, 2024 23:10:07 GMT
I think we’re overthinking it.
The name is a play on words that quid music is based on 12 bar (three chord) blues. Throw in ‘gold bars’ and it takes on a different double meaning of quality and value
It’s a great title for a greatest hits.
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Post by mortified on Mar 13, 2024 5:25:47 GMT
The gold thing is just a play on words to fit the 12-bar theme I reckon. They could just as easily been lazy and called it Status Quo's Greatest Hits. But, like I said, the marketing thought process was very good. Was it called marketing then? Can't remember. It seems like a relatively modern word to me. By the way, did anyone else feel ripped off by having to buy 12 Gold Bars again if they wanted to buy Vol II? I appreciate it came out on it's own on CD later. But has it ever been released as a one-off vinyl, does anyone know? Funny what comes to mind A single vinyl version of 12 Gold Bars 2 is here: www.discogs.com/release/1756280-Status-Quo-12-Gold-Bars-Volume-2I suppose I meant in the UK but I take the point 👍
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