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Post by theprogfather on Jun 21, 2024 18:39:07 GMT
Does anyone know why this CD isn't listed on Discogs and does anyone have it for sale? I traded my signed copy a lot of years ago and I'm looking to get it again.
It has to be the original CD with no cover, I was sent mine at the time because I had a few months fan club membership when the fan club changed hands and rebranded.
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Post by Quoincidence on Jun 21, 2024 19:36:35 GMT
Does anyone know why this CD isn't listed on Discogs and does anyone have it for sale? I traded my signed copy a lot of years ago and I'm looking to get it again. It has to be the original CD with no cover, I was sent mine at the time because I had a few months fan club membership when the fan club changed hands and rebranded. it probably gets tagged in with the 1999 "millennium" fan club issue, as i think the original release of the left over CDs were given out in a generic slipcase. I've been told prior that either David or Iain wanted them throwing out, as there was just a box of them sat in the Quo office at the time.
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Post by backwater67 on Jun 21, 2024 19:50:26 GMT
That’s correct Quoincidence. The 1st batch came individually numbered in a case. Pretty sure the other one came as an individual CD with no case. Fakin the blues was going to be released as a single. At the last minute it was withdrawn. Approx 2000 CDs were produced, 25 7” vinyl & 10 12” singles. The vinyl versions are very sought after & command £2k +…CD’s are becoming valuable too.
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Post by theprogfather on Jun 21, 2024 20:28:14 GMT
That’s correct Quoincidence. The 1st batch came individually numbered in a case. Pretty sure the other one came as an individual CD with no case. The first batch weren't numbered, they were sent to fan club members who still had membership to run when the fan club changed hands, I was sent one in a slim clear plastic cd single case. It had a large Vertigo swirl label on it and the catalogue number, it wasn't individually numbered, the numbered CDs were the second batch that were sold in the FTMO fan club in 2000 and had a proper cover.
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Post by theprogfather on Jun 21, 2024 20:29:57 GMT
Does anyone know why this CD isn't listed on Discogs and does anyone have it for sale? I traded my signed copy a lot of years ago and I'm looking to get it again. It has to be the original CD with no cover, I was sent mine at the time because I had a few months fan club membership when the fan club changed hands and rebranded. it probably gets tagged in with the 1999 "millennium" fan club issue, as i think the original release of the left over CDs were given out in a generic slipcase. I've been told prior that either David or Iain wanted them throwing out, as there was just a box of them sat in the Quo office at the time. They aren't lumped in with it mate, I've checked on there loads of times. The original CDs were in a clear case with no artwork.
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Post by allyp on Jun 21, 2024 22:20:17 GMT
The cardboard guitar case which came with limited edition of the “Rock til you drop” single was originally planned to be for “Fakin the blues” as there is a small label covering the original one. Wonder if any copies with the original disc on this particular format escaped briefly before being scrapped???
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Post by theprogfather on Jun 21, 2024 22:40:25 GMT
The cardboard guitar case which came with limited edition of the “Rock til you drop” single was originally planned to be for “Fakin the blues” as there is a small label covering the original one. Wonder if any copies with the original disc on this particular format escaped briefly before being scrapped??? My understanding is that it never reached the stage of CDs being put into sellable covers, hence why the original CDs came in a clear CD single case with no artwork. I don't think the guitar case had the Fakin' The Blues tracklist on it, I was told the Rock 'Til You Drop sticker was placed over Fakin' The Blues on the head of the case, but the tracklisting sticker isn't covering the Fakin' The Blues tracklist. I can't say for sure, that's just what I heard.
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Post by mortified on Jun 22, 2024 6:18:35 GMT
Anyone know why Fakin' The Blues was withdrawn anyway? That late in the day I mean. Bit of a waste of money, time and effort all round. I wasn't in the fan club back in the early 90's so never got that first disc. That guitar shaped CD case for the Rock 'til You Drop single was a pain in the ar$e. For storage I mean. And it wasn't exactly robust. I've had to fix it several times. Those little sticky things that kept it together either fell off or lost their, eh, stickiness. Anyway, sorry. Bit of a tangent there
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Post by allyp on Jun 22, 2024 9:10:06 GMT
Anyone know why Fakin' The Blues was withdrawn anyway? That late in the day I mean. Bit of a waste of money, time and effort all round. I wasn't in the fan club back in the early 90's so never got that first disc. That guitar shaped CD case for the Rock 'til You Drop single was a pain in the ar$e. For storage I mean. And it wasn't exactly robust. I've had to fix it several times. Those little sticky things that kept it together either fell off or lost their, eh, stickiness. Anyway, sorry. Bit of a tangent there I remember “Fakin the blues” being listed as a new pending release in one of the pop magazines around that time in early August 1991. Not sure if it was originally penciled in for the first release from the album until the perrier tie in for “Can’t give you more” came into the equation??? That fell through but it could have been held back for the second single which also got dropped in favour for “Rock til you drop”. Not sure why the powers that be cancelled it with product made as you say and it was more Quo like than the title track. Rock ballads were quite popular around that time and we have had similar stuff in the chart from acts like Extreme, The scorpions, and that ilk so Maybe was something to tag on to? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png)
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Post by iamcomplaining88 on Jun 22, 2024 14:23:22 GMT
Anyone know why Fakin' The Blues was withdrawn anyway? That late in the day I mean. Bit of a waste of money, time and effort all round. I wasn't in the fan club back in the early 90's so never got that first disc. That guitar shaped CD case for the Rock 'til You Drop single was a pain in the ar$e. For storage I mean. And it wasn't exactly robust. I've had to fix it several times. Those little sticky things that kept it together either fell off or lost their, eh, stickiness. Anyway, sorry. Bit of a tangent there I remember “Fakin the blues” being listed as a new pending release in one of the pop magazines around that time in early August 1991. Not sure if it was originally penciled in for the first release from the album until the perrier tie in for “Can’t give you more” came into the equation??? That fell through but it could have been held back for the second single which also got dropped in favour for “Rock til you drop”. Not sure why the powers that be cancelled it with product made as you say and it was more Quo like than the title track. Rock ballads were quite popular around that time and we have had similar stuff in the chart from acts like Extreme, The scorpions, and that ilk so Maybe was something to tag on to? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) I don't know anything about early August but it wasn't due to come out as a single until November if I remember correctly.
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Post by theprogfather on Jun 22, 2024 14:26:36 GMT
An interesting fact (to me anyway) is that one of the videos for Rock 'Til You Drop, was filmed at the Ulster Hall in Belfast during soundcheck.
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Post by backwater67 on Jun 22, 2024 16:35:02 GMT
That’s correct Quoincidence. The 1st batch came individually numbered in a case. Pretty sure the other one came as an individual CD with no case. The first batch weren't numbered, they were sent to fan club members who still had membership to run when the fan club changed hands, I was sent one in a slim clear plastic cd single case. It had a large Vertigo swirl label on it and the catalogue number, it wasn't individually numbered, the numbered CDs were the second batch that were sold in the FTMO fan club in 2000 and had a proper cover. You could be right or I’ve got the releases the wrong way round. I was in the fan club at this time & have both versions stored away! I’ll dig them out when I get chance. Seem to remember 1 is in a black & gold case & the other in a clear case.
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Post by roadhouse on Jun 22, 2024 16:53:56 GMT
I remember Quo playing Fakin' the blues on a chat show program, can't remember the host of the show now, he was Irish. But Francis announced it as the new single. And it was after Can't give you more was a hit. I remember at the time going into my local record shop the week later assuming it would be released, and they haven't heard anything about it.
Bit odd really why they pulled the plug on it as I really liked the song. I prefered it to Rock til you drop. But what do we know, we're only the fans 🤔
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Post by Quoincidence on Jun 22, 2024 17:18:31 GMT
I remember Quo playing Fakin' the blues on a chat show program, can't remember the host of the show now, he was Irish. But Francis announced it as the new single. And it was after Can't give you more was a hit. I remember at the time going into my local record shop the week later assuming it would be released, and they haven't heard anything about it. Bit odd really why they pulled the plug on it as I really liked the song. I prefered it to Rock til you drop. But what do we know, we're only the fans 🤔 October 11th, 1991 - The Late Late Show (Host - Gabriel Byrne) "It should be our next single; if not, it's on the album anyway."
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Post by theprogfather on Jun 22, 2024 17:28:49 GMT
The first batch weren't numbered, they were sent to fan club members who still had membership to run when the fan club changed hands, I was sent one in a slim clear plastic cd single case. It had a large Vertigo swirl label on it and the catalogue number, it wasn't individually numbered, the numbered CDs were the second batch that were sold in the FTMO fan club in 2000 and had a proper cover. You could be right or I’ve got the releases the wrong way round. I was in the fan club at this time & have both versions stored away! I’ll dig them out when I get chance. Seem to remember 1 is in a black & gold case & the other in a clear case. Yeah the one in the clear case was sent to me by Patsy from the Quo Army fan club, as I still had 6 months to go of my membership when the fan club changed to FTMO. The second edition as you rightly say is in the black and gold case, hopefully I'll both someday but would prefer to get the clear case edition first.
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