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Post by kursaal75 on Feb 28, 2016 7:35:42 GMT
 HAMMERSMITH ODEON / 28:02:76 /BLUE FOR YOU TOUR 01) Juniors Wailing 02) Mad About The Boy 03) Backwater 04) Just Take Me 05) Is There A Better Way 06) In My Chair 07) Little Lady 08) Most Of The Time 09) Rain 10) Forty-Five Hundred Times 11) Roll Over Lay Down 12) Big Fat Mama 13) Don't Waste My Time 14) Roadhouse Blues 15) Caroline 16) Bye Bye Johnny This was the second of many Quo concert's I attended at Hammersmith Odeon, between 1974-84 and this was my favourite venue in watching the band, loud, hard, heavy, sweaty and always in your face. The evening at Hammersmith always started with a few pre drinks in the near by Britannia pub, with its smokey atmosphere and the juke box thundering out non stop Quo until the last person left. After a walk under the urine smelling underpass and queuing for ages for a bag of chips, we were ready. After entering the Odeon, we would, in them days, check out the packed merchandise stand and buy the lasted tour shirt, badges, patches and programme. Another quick pint at bar upstairs, them we were ready to go. As this concert was nearly 2 weeks before the 'Blue For You' Album was released it would be the first time we heard Mad About The Boy & Is There A Better Way. The third track they performed from the album, 'Rain' was still high in the UK top 20 single chart. |
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Post by markquo on Feb 28, 2016 9:19:07 GMT
What a great set list
Cheers
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Post by kursaal75 on Feb 28, 2016 10:16:04 GMT
What a great set list Cheers It certainly was, not bad for a £2 ticket. |
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chawthornebales
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Favourite Quo Album: On The Level
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Post by chawthornebales on Feb 28, 2016 11:13:32 GMT
It's also the 1 year anniversary of me winning tickets to see Rhino's Revenge ;-)
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Post by Railroad17 on Feb 28, 2016 18:19:17 GMT
It's also the 1 year anniversary of me winning tickets to see Rhino's Revenge ;-) Bet the other entrant was gutted. |
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Post by madtom on Feb 28, 2016 18:22:00 GMT
It's also the 1 year anniversary of me winning tickets to see Rhino's Revenge ;-) Bet the other entrant was gutted. I doubt it. |
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chawthornebales
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Favourite Quo Album: On The Level
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Post by chawthornebales on Feb 29, 2016 22:33:38 GMT
It's also the 1 year anniversary of me winning tickets to see Rhino's Revenge ;-) Bet the other entrant was gutted. There were only about 50 people there, was a good gig though. |
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Post by 37 on Mar 1, 2016 19:12:29 GMT
Cheers Kursaal,great description, great set list.( I have just mentioned the Britannia pub in another thread, how very random!).
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Post by Nightrider on Mar 3, 2016 10:17:40 GMT
On the exactly same day I bought the Blue For You album in a record store in Paris. I used to write the date of purchase on the sleeve in those days. It was the second Quo's LP I got, after Hello! (as a Christmas gift). And I sure didn't know that it was just released.  |
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Post by kursaal75 on Mar 3, 2016 10:38:03 GMT
I find that date puzzling Nightrider, (28 February 1976) as it states on the Blue For You (2006 remastered edition) CD sleeve notes, that the album was released on 12th March 1976 and this is confirmed by the official album charts, stating it entered at #1 on 20th March 1976.
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Post by Nightrider on Mar 3, 2016 10:47:31 GMT
I find that date puzzling Nightrider, (28 February 1976) as it states on the Blue For You (2006 remastered edition) CD sleeve notes, that the album was released on 12th March 1976 and this is confirmed by the official album charts, stating it entered at #1 on 20th March 1976. Yes, strange indeed. But maybe the release date in France was just earlier. I know myself, I can't be wrong (even if I was just 12 at the time)... |
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Post by Gaz on Mar 3, 2016 11:53:15 GMT
Amazing to think that 40 years ago on Feb 23 1976, AC/DC filmed It's A Long Way To The Top along the streets in Melbourne while Quo were selling out the Hammersmith. DC were unknown over your way. 40 years later AC/DC are selling out stadiums across the world with only one original band member left. I saw ACDC a few times before they left to conquer the world but imo Quo back then were way better than ACDC. What happened? I guess that's show business.
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Post by madtom on Mar 3, 2016 15:55:12 GMT
Amazing to think that 40 years ago on Feb 23 1976, AC/DC filmed It's A Long Way To The Top along the streets in Melbourne while Quo were selling out the Hammersmith. DC were unknown over your way. 40 years later AC/DC are selling out stadiums across the world with only one original band member left. I saw ACDC a few times before they left to conquer the world but imo Quo back then were way better than ACDC. What happened? I guess that's show business. What happened was, amongst other things, Rossi thought he knew better than Lancaster  |
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