Status Quo

Three CD set from one of the UK's greatest Rock 'N' Roll bands, still going strong after 40 years! Although most of this 41 track set spans their years on Vertigo and Polygram (mid '70s to the mid '90s), there are a few early gems on display including the hit 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men'. Also features hits like 'Down Down', 'Rockin' All Over The World', 'Anniversary Waltz Pt. 1', 'Paper Plane', 'Marguerita Time', 'Something 'Bout You Baby I Like' and many more.

In March, Universal Music reissued a trio of Status Quo albums first released in the late 80s and early 1990s. These new CD editions offer a generous amount of bonus material. Perfect Remedy (1989) and its follow-up Rock ‘Til You Drop (1991) are both expanded to three-CD deluxe editions while Thirsty Work (1994) is a two CD set. The bonus content includes B-sides, 12-inch mixes, edits, outtakes, live performances and more.

Status Quo are one of Britain's longest-lived bands, staying together for over six decades. During much of that time, the band was only successful in the U.K., where it racked up a string of Top Ten singles across the decades. In America, the Quo were ignored after they abandoned psychedelia for heavy boogie rock in the early '70s. Before that, the band managed to reach number 12 in the U.S. with the psychedelic classic "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (a Top Ten hit in the U.K.). Following that single, the band suffered a lean period for the next few years, before the bandmembers decided to refashion themselves as a hard rock boogie band in 1970 with their Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon album. The Quo have basically recycled the same simple boogie on each successive album and single, yet their popularity has never waned in Britain. If anything, their very predictability has ensured the group a large following.

There really is no need to introduce a band such as Status Quo. They have sold more than 118 million records, received countless gold awards and top 10 singles, played over 6000 shows together and spent 23 years away from home on tour to rock around the world. With all that success Status Quo have always remained a very down to earth and sympathetic band. Now after more than half a century of existence, they are still THE convincing live band they have always been known for. The “Down Down” live series comes in two versions. Down Down & Dirty At Wacken is a wild & electrifying performance recorded in front of 70.000 wild Heavy Metal Fans at the world famous “Wacken Open Air 2017”. The counterpart Down Down & Dignified At The Royal Albert Hall is an acoustic set, recorded in London's concert flagship, the “Royal Albert Hall” which absolutely lives up to its name.