Status Quo - Discography (1968-2011)

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Title: Discography
Year Of Release: 1968-2011
Label: Vertigo, Capitol, Polydor, Pye, Eagle, Sanctuary, Mercury, Fourth Chord, Edel, Ear
Genre: Boogie Rock, Rock'n'Roll, Blues Rock, Arena Rock, Dance Rock
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Size: 12 gb / 35.30 gb
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Two south London fellows called Alan Lancaster (bass) and Francis Rossi (guitar) founded the band "The Spectres" in 1962 (see The Spectres). At that time, Mr. Rossi preferred to call himself Mike after one of his second names.
In 1966, the band changed their name to "Traffic", shortly thereafter to "Traffic Jam" (see Traffic Jam). The lineup consisted of Lancaster, Rossi, John Coghlan (drums) and Roy Lynes (keyboard).
A year later, the band changed name once again to "The Status Quo". Rick Parfitt (guitar) joined the band. Their first hit record, "Pictures of Matchstick Men", was released. "The" was soon omitted from the name of the band, known thereafter as just "Status Quo"
In 1970, an LP, "Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon", was released. The album showed that the band was heading towards a heavy rock'n'roll style.
Roy Lynes left the band before the recordings of the next album, although shared writing credits for one track.
The first release of an album on Vertigo came in 1972, "Piledriver" showed that Quo intended to play a heavy, guitar-dominated boogie-rock'n'roll. (A decision that made them one of the greatest bands ever.)
The release of "Hello!" in 1973 made it clear that their rock'n'roll intention wasn't an accident.
The seventies went on, with Status Quo releasing albums, of which one was the wonderful "Live".
In 1982, the band member John Coghlan quit, and the record "1+9+8+2" released this year had a drummer called Pete Kircher. Andy Bown, a keyboardist who had been playing with Quo since 1977, was from now on considered an official member of the band (As well as Kircher).
In 1984 the band announced that they were going to break up. The "End of the Road Tour" was a total success.
In 1985, the band reunited for one night to play the opening of the "Live Aid" show.
When everyone thought that the story was over, the band released an album called "In The Army Now" in 1986. The line-up was now Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown, John 'Rhino' Edwards (bass) and Jeff Rich (drums).
1986-2000, the line-up didn't change.
In May 2000, the drummer Jeff Rich quitted Quo. New drummer is Matthew Letley.
Status Quo is still going strong.

1968 - Picturesque_Matchstickable_Messages-2CD
1969 - Spare_Parts
1970 - Ma_Kellys_Greasy_Spoon
1971 - Dog_of_Two_Head
1972 - Piledriver
1973 - Hello
1974 - Quo
1975 - On_the_Level
1976 - Blue_for_You
1977 - Live-2CD
1977 - Rockin_All_Over_the_World
1978 - If_You_Cant_the_Heat
1979 - Whatever_You_Want
1980 - 12_Gold_Bars
1980 - Just_Supposin
1981 - Never_Too_Late
1982 - 1982
1983 - Back_to_Back
1984 - 12_Gold_Bars_Volume_2
1984 - Live_at_the_N.E.C
1986 - In_the_Army_Now
1988 - Aint_Complaining
1989 - Perfect_Remedy
1990 - Roadhouse_Blues
1990 - Rocking_All_Over_the_Years
1991 - Rock_Til_You_Drop
1993 - A_Few_Bars_More
1994 - The_Very_Best
1994 - Thirsty_Work
1995 - Live_Alive_Quo
1995 - Tokyo_Quo
1996 - Dont_Stop
1996 - The_Hitmachine
1999 - Essential_Quo-3CD
1999 - Ice_in_the_Sun
1999 - Under_the_Influence
2000 - At_Their_Best
2000 - Famous_in_the_Last_Century
2001 - Rockers_Rollin_-_Quo_in_Time-4CD
2001 - Rockin_All_Over_the_World-3CD
2001 - The_Technicolor_Dreams-2CD
2002 - Heavy_Traffic
2002 - The_Swedish_Collection-2CD
2003 - Riffs
2004 - The_Complete_Pye_Collection-3CD
2004 - XS_All_Areas-2CD
2005 - Gold-2CD
2005 - The_Party_Aint_Over_Yet
2007 - In_Search_of_the_Fourth_Chord
2007 - Rock_Legends
2008 - Pictures_40_Years_of_Hits-2CD
2008 - The_Status_Quo_Story-2CD
2009 - Pictures_-_Live_at_Montreux
2010 - 4_Originial_Albums-4CD
2010 - Live_at_the_BBC-7CD
2010 - Live_in_the_Netherlands-2CD
2011 - 5_Orginial_Albums-5CD
2011 - Quid_Pro_Quo