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Post by roadhouse on Jul 22, 2024 14:27:18 GMT
I saw EOTR gigs in Leicester, Oxford & Selhurst Park [delayed arrival meant missing Dave Edmunds - the main incentive for going there!] prior to MK Bowl. I thought they had a good gig on the day, whereas the Selhurst Park was somewhat lacklustre - brightened up by the chap who decided to get up onto the roof over the stand the band were playing on! Now waiting 40 years for an official release - like many, I was dismayed to realise that the display I saw in a record store window was for 12 Gold Bars II & not the live album! There were plans for a double live album of the Milton Keynes gig, they got as far as mixing the tracks for record, but it never got released for some reason. The only thing that exists is the medley.
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Post by railroad007 on Jul 22, 2024 16:39:35 GMT
Wasn't there. Went to Selhurst Park. Hoped that the throng at MK had better sound than we had. I was at Selhurst, bad enough being a Millwall supporter but even worse was that days performance, it was a stinker. I actually won the the ticket in a South London Press competition, not a great fan of outdoor gigs. I think I was the only entrant and the quiz answer was Marguerita Time.
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Post by roadhouse on Jul 22, 2024 16:49:36 GMT
Wasn't there. Went to Selhurst Park. Hoped that the throng at MK had better sound than we had. I was at Selhurst, bad enough being a Millwall supporter but even worse was that days performance, it was a stinker. You mean stinker as in Quo played badly, or it was a poor crowd?
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Post by per on Jul 22, 2024 18:15:20 GMT
I saw the EOTR tour in Copenhagen (first row) and in Gothenburg two days later (at the balcony). They were both fantastic gigs and I would have loved to be at Milton Keynes too, but at the age of 18 there were no chanse in hell to afford such a trip. Almost criminal that the entire gig still hasn’t been released officially! No matter what the band thought about the gig it was an historic epic event. It was not the end of a band, it was the end of an era (to quote the guy in the video)
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Post by Quoincidence on Jul 22, 2024 18:35:24 GMT
I saw EOTR gigs in Leicester, Oxford & Selhurst Park [delayed arrival meant missing Dave Edmunds - the main incentive for going there!] prior to MK Bowl. I thought they had a good gig on the day, whereas the Selhurst Park was somewhat lacklustre - brightened up by the chap who decided to get up onto the roof over the stand the band were playing on! Now waiting 40 years for an official release - like many, I was dismayed to realise that the display I saw in a record store window was for 12 Gold Bars II & not the live album! There were plans for a double live album of the Milton Keynes gig, they got as far as mixing the tracks for record, but it never got released for some reason. The only thing that exists is the medley. Where have you heard that, because the Milton Keynes Medley wasnt remixed, by Tim Summerhayes, until June 1986
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Post by kursaal75 on Jul 22, 2024 18:51:51 GMT
My one main regret is that I no longer have the t-shirt from the day. That one with the signposts on it. I wore it endlessly and I can't see me having thrown it out, so it must have got lost in a house move or something. Not that it would have fitted you understand Still got mine and the white Quo's last stand t shirt. The sign posts t, still fits, as they only had a large shirt left, but I've grown in to it. I was going to wear it yesterday, but as it had Paul Gadd on the back, I thought it wouldn't be one of my better idea's!!!
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Post by kursaal75 on Jul 22, 2024 18:55:07 GMT
I was at Selhurst, bad enough being a Millwall supporter but even worse was that days performance, it was a stinker. I actually won the the ticket in a South London Press competition, not a great fan of outdoor gigs. I think I was the only entrant and the quiz answer was Marguerita Time. Was the question, Name Quo's worse release,?
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Post by dennis on Jul 22, 2024 19:31:30 GMT
I actually won the the ticket in a South London Press competition, not a great fan of outdoor gigs. I think I was the only entrant and the quiz answer was Marguerita Time. Was the question, Name Quo's worse release,? Going Down Town Tonight wouldn't have been out by then, I presume
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Post by railroad007 on Jul 22, 2024 21:42:19 GMT
I actually won the the ticket in a South London Press competition, not a great fan of outdoor gigs. I think I was the only entrant and the quiz answer was Marguerita Time. Was the question, Name Quo's worse release,? The question was "What Status Quo song did our readers vote should be covered by Val Doonican with Roger Whittaker whistling along"
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Post by tqontq on Jul 23, 2024 1:13:15 GMT
Well, I did 17 gigs on the EOTR tour, including the infamous 7 nighter at the Hammy. My only regret is that I didn't do all!!
Was down at the very front for the whole gig. I still feel the effects of the mad crush and swaying of the crowd - at one point I was right in front of Alan but a few moments later I was right in front of Rick!!
I think the crowd shot of ROLD says it all really.
Like nearly all of us, we didn't spot the flaws or the state of the band. We had no clue that Rossi was out of it and that Rick was extremely upset that it had come to this. We had no idea of the friction between Francis and Alan.
All we saw was our favourite band on fire and performing a phenomenal 4500 Times and wondering why on earth they were quitting when they still had so much to offer.
I threw my Rossi style waistcoat on the stage during the encore to signify the end of Quo for me - which it was as I never saw them at Live Aid and once Alan left and they went completely pop I was gone until the Reunion.
Still have the 'Francis says' t-shirt and it still fits!
Fabulous gig and fabulous memory and just how I like to keep it.
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Post by roadhouse on Jul 23, 2024 5:56:31 GMT
There were plans for a double live album of the Milton Keynes gig, they got as far as mixing the tracks for record, but it never got released for some reason. The only thing that exists is the medley. Where have you heard that, because the Milton Keynes Medley wasnt remixed, by Tim Summerhayes, until June 1986 I'm not sure now, its many years ago, but they were definitely going to release a double live album of the Milton Keynes gig.
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Post by quozen on Jul 23, 2024 19:06:45 GMT
We were there, with 3 buses, from Holland. It was organised by the Status Quo Fanclub. At the end of the gig we went to the buses, and we could't believe it was the end.... And it wasn't, the rest is history....
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Post by Quoincidence on Jul 24, 2024 20:02:32 GMT
Where have you heard that, because the Milton Keynes Medley wasnt remixed, by Tim Summerhayes, until June 1986 I'm not sure now, its many years ago, but they were definitely going to release a double live album of the Milton Keynes gig. I still have doubts about this, as there is nothing that backs it up in the archives. Universal were planning to do a Milton Keynes release / remix back in 2019 but nothing ever came of it because they couldn't locate the paperwork as to who owns the copyright for it (bullshit excuse imo, as Alan G. Parker cleared the use of footage from the "End Of The Road" release with Trinifold, from memory) Not only that, but the tapes are in two separate locations; they aren't all together.
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Post by mortified on Jul 25, 2024 4:43:15 GMT
I'm not sure now, its many years ago, but they were definitely going to release a double live album of the Milton Keynes gig. I still have doubts about this, as there is nothing that backs it up in the archives. Universal were planning to do a Milton Keynes release / remix back in 2019 but nothing ever came of it because they couldn't locate the paperwork as to who owns the copyright for it (bullshit excuse imo, as Alan G. Parker cleared the use of footage from the "End Of The Road" release with Trinifold, from memory) Not only that, but the tapes are in two separate locations; they aren't all together. Yeah, sounds like Quo organisation ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Anyone controlling their material I mean 🙄
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Post by backwater67 on Jul 25, 2024 9:39:30 GMT
I was at Selhurst, bad enough being a Millwall supporter but even worse was that days performance, it was a stinker. You mean stinker as in Quo played badly, or it was a poor crowd? It was a sold out gig of 25k. Rain dampened the spirits & the sound was poor. Milton Keynes the week after was completely the opposite. The sun was out & the sound was brilliant. Quo used a 250k watt pa at MK.
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