Status Quo

Status Quo are an English boogie rock band that formed in 1962. The group originated in The Spectres and was founded by Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster, while they were still schoolboys. After a number of lineup changes, which included the introduction of Rick Parfitt in 1967, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969.

They have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, more than any other rock band, including "Rockin' All Over the World", "Whatever You Want" and "In the Army Now". Twenty-two of these reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart. In July 1985 the band opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with "Rockin' All Over the World". In 1991, Status Quo received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

Status Quo appeared on the BBC’s Top of the Pops more than any other band. They have released over 100 singles and 33 albums, many of which were best-sellers. Since reaching number 5 on the UK albums chart in 1972 with Piledriver, Status Quo have gone on to achieve a career total of 25 UK top ten albums, extending all the way up to their most recent release, Backbone, in 2019.

Sessions

Archive session recorded between 1968 and 1972. Broadcast: 24 June 1989 (Alan Freeman)

1. Spicks And Specks (Saturday Club 17/02/68)
2. Judy In Disguise (Saturday Club 17/02/68)
3. Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Saturday Club 17/02/68)
4. Things Get Better (Saturday Club 17/02/68)
5. Gloria
6. unknown
7. unknown
8. Don't Waste My Time (Top Gear 07/12/72)
9. O Baby (Top Gear 07/12/72)
10. Unspoken Words (Top Gear 07/12/72)
11. Paper Plane (Top Gear 07/12/72)
12. Down The Dustpipe (Top Gear 07/12/72)

Live

Status Quo; Live At The N.E.C. 1982 (December Broadcast)

Recorded at Birmingham NEC 1982-05-14. Broadcast: 21 May 1982. Repeated: 07 January 1983, 22 January 1989 (Alan Freeman)

1. National Anthem
2. Caroline
3. Roll Over Lay Down
4. Backwater
5. Little Lady
6. Don’t Drive My Car
7. Whatever You Want
8. Hold You Back
9. Rocking All Over The World
10. Over The Edge
11. Don’t Waste My Time
12. Dirty Water
13. Forty Five Hundred Times
14. Big Fat Mama
15. Roadhouse Blues
16. Rain
17. Down Down
18. Bye Bye Johnny

Other Shows Played

Status Quo - Rain - HQ

1977

• 03 January 1977 (Alan Freeman): Rain (LP - Blue For You) Vertigo
• 16 July 1977 (Alan Freeman): Slow Train (LP - Quo) Vertigo
• 05 November 1977 (Alan Freeman): Hard Time
• 19 November 1977 (Alan Freeman): Rockers Rollin'
• 31 December 1977 (Alan Freeman): Don't Waste My Time (LP - Live) Vertigo

1978

• 15 December 1978: 'Accident Prone' (LP-If You Can't Stand The Heat) (Vertigo)

Whatever You Want

1979

• 13 July 1979: 'Down Down' (LP-On The Level)
• 21 September 1979: 'Whatever You Want' (7" Single)
• 07 December 1979: 'Breaking Away' (LP-Whatever You Want)

1980

• 21 March 1980: 'Bloodhound' (Saturday Club session 1968-02-13)
• 21 March 1980: 'Black Veils Of Melancholy' (Saturday Club session 1968-02-13)
• 21 March 1980: 'Ice In The Sun' (Symonds session 1968-03-29)
• 04 July 1980: 'Caroline' (LP-Hello)
• 17 October 1980: 'Don’t Drive My Car' (LP-Just Supposin’)

1981

• 13 February 1981: 'Paper Plane (LP-Piledriver)' (Vertigo) Friday Night Connection
• 13 March 1981: 'Don't Stop Me Now (LP-Never Too Late' (Vertigo)
• 12 June 1981: 'Don't Waste My Time (LP-Piledriver)' (Vertigo)

Status Quo - Down down 1974 Video Sound HQ

1982

• 08 January 1982: 'Down Down' (LP - On The Level) Capitol
• 19 February 1982: 'Down Down (LP-On The Level)' (Vertigo) Friday Night Connection
• 26 March 1982: 'Dear John' (single) Vertigo
• 16 April 1982: ‘Resurrection (LP-1982)' (Vertigo)
• 04 June 1982: 'She Don't Fool Me' (single)
• 01 October 1982: 'Slow Train' (LP-Quo) Vertigo
• 05 November 1982: 'Rockin' All Over The World (3xLP-From The Makers Of...)' (Vertigo)

1983

• 11 February 1983: 'Over The Edge (LP-Just Supposin)' (Vertigo)
• 06 May 1983: 'Rain' (LP-Blue For You) Vertigo Friday Night Connection
• 19 August 1983: Old Rag Blues (Single)
• 16 September 1983: Ol' Rag Blues (12") Vertigo
• 28 October 1983: A Mess Of Blues (LP - Back To Back) Vertigo
• 25 November 1983: No Contract (LP - Back To Back) Vertigo

Status Quo - Caroline - HQ

1984

• 06 January 1984: Caroline (LP - Hello!) Vertigo
• 02 March 1984: 'Slow Train' (Quo) (Vertigo)
• 08 June 1984: Going Down Town Tonight (LP - Back To Back)
• 22 June 1984: Going Down Town Tonight (LP - Back To Back)
• 05 October 1984: ‘Big Fat Mama’ (LP - Piledriver)
• 30 November 1984: 'The Wanderer'

1985

• 19 April 1985: 'Mystery Song (LP-Blue For You)' (Vertigo)
• 19 July 1985: 'Break The Rules' (LP-Quo) (Vertigo)
• 22 November 1985: unknown

1986

Red Sky

• 17 January 1986: ‘Big Fat Mama’ (LP - Quo Live)
• 14 February 1986: Backwater (live)
• 07 March 1986: Dirty Water
• 02 May 1986: 'Rollin' Home (7")' (Vertigo)
• 30 May 1986: Lonely Man Lie Back And Enjoy It
• 13 June 1986: Again and Again
• 04 July 1986: 'Whatever You Want (LP-Whatever You Want)' (Vertigo)
• 11 July 1986: Lonely Man Lie Back And Enjoy It
• 18 July 1986: 'Red Sky (LP-In The Army Now)' (Vertigo)
• 05 December 1986: 'Don't Stop Me Now (LP-Never Too Late)' (Vertigo)

1987

• 05 June 1987: 'Whatever You Want (LP-Whatever You Want)' (Vertigo) Lie Back And Enjoy It
• 28 August 1987: 'Big Fat Mama (2xLP-Live)' (Vertigo)
• 06 November 1987: 'Rockin' All Over The World (LP-Rockin' All Over The World)' (Vertigo)

1988

• 11 March 1988: 'Ain't Complaining (Extended Version) (12")' (Vertigo)
• 22 April 1988: 'Backwater (LP-Live At The N.E.C.)' (Vertigo)
• 29 April 1988: 'Ain't Complaining (7")' (Vertigo)
• 10 June 1988: 'Cross That Bridge (LP-Ain't Complaining)' (Vertigo)
• 17 June 1988: 'Big Fat Mama (LP-Piledriver)' (Vertigo) Lie Back And Enjoy It
• 29 July 1988: 'Down, Down (LP-12 Gold Bars)' (Vertigo)
• 11 November 1988: ‘Slow Train’ (LP-Quo) (Vertigo)
• 02 December 1988: 'Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again) (CDS)' (Vertigo/Phonogram)

1989

• 16 September 1989 (Alan Freeman): Roll Over, Lay Down (LP - 12 Gold Bars) Vertigo
• 13 October 1989: Not at All
• 25 November 1989 (Alan Freeman): Rolling Home (LP - Blue For You) Vertigo 
• 25 November 1989 (Alan Freeman): The Way I Am (LP - Perfect Remedy) Vertigo 

1990

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  Status Quo - Anniversary Waltz Part 1

  10 February 1990 (Alan Freeman): The Power Of Rock (LP - Perfect Remedy) Vertigo
• 23 February 1990: 'Railroad (LP-Dog Of Two Head)' (Pye) Friday Night Connection
• 11 August 1990 (Alan Freeman): What You're Proposing (CD - Rocking All Over The Years) Vertigo
• 11 August 1990 (Alan Freeman): Break The Rules (CD - Rocking All Over The Years) Vertigo
• 29 September 1990 (Alan Freeman): The Anniversary Waltz Part One (7") Vertigo

1991

• 05 January 1991 (Alan Freeman): The Power Of Rock (LP - Perfect Remedy) Vertigo
• 26 January 1991 (Alan Freeman): The show ends with Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt of Status Quo in the studio - prizes are given away, there is a more general interview and excerpts from Quo's Anniversary Waltz singles are played
• 09 March 1991 (Alan Freeman): Forty Five Hundred Times (Live)
• 14 September 1991 (Alan Freeman): Can't Give You More
• 05 October 1991 (Alan Freeman): Slow Train
• 09 November 1991 (Alan Freeman): Forty Five Hundred Times
• 27 December 1991: 'Can't Give You More (CD-Rock Til You Drop)' (Vertigo)
• 28 December 1991 (Alan Freeman): Forty Five Hundred Times

1992

• 15 February 1992 (Alan Freeman): Big Fat Mama
• 18 April 1992 (Alan Freeman): Forty Five Hundred Times
• 28 August 1992: 'Big Fat Mama (LP-Piledriver)' (Vertigo)
• 26 September 1992 (Alan Freeman): Like A Zombie

Later Years

• Radio 1 Vintage - Alan Freeman: Caroline

External Links

• Wikipedia
• Discogs
• Official Website