Status Quo - The Technicolor Dreams of the Status Quo (2013)

Tracklist

CD1
01. I (Who Have Nothing) [Mono Version]
02. Neighbour Neighbour (Mono Version)
03. Hurdy Gurdy Man (Mono Version)
04. Laticia (Mono Version)
05. (We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet [Mono Version]
06. I Want It (Mono Version)
07. Walking With My Angel (Mono Version)
08. When He Passed By (Mono Version)
09. Almost But Not Quite There (Mono Version)
10. Wait a Minute (Mono Version)
11. Pictures of Matchstick Men (Mono Version)
12. Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe (Mono Version)
13. Black Veils of Melancholy (Mono Version)
14. To Be Free (Mono Version)
15. Ice in the Sun (Mono Version)
16. When My Mind Is Not Live (Mono Version)
17. Elizabeth Dreams (Mono Version)
18. Paradise Flat (Mono Version)
19. Technicolor Dreams (Mono Version)
20. Spicks and Specks (Mono Version)
21. Sheila (Mono Version)
22. Sunny Cellophane Skies (Mono Version)
23. Green Tambourine (Mono Version)
24. Make Me Stay a Little Bit Longer (Mono Version)
25. Auntie Nellie (Mono Version)
26. Are You Growing Tired of My Love (Mono Version)
27. So Ends Another Life (Mono Version)

CD2
01. Face Without a Soul (Mono Version)
02. You're Just What I Was Looking for Today
03. Are You Growing Tired of My Love
04. Antique Angelique (Mono Version)
05. So Ends Another Life
06. Poor Old Man (Mono Version)
07. Mr. Mind Detector (Mono Version)
08. The Clown (Mono Version)
09. Velvet Curtains (Mono Version)
10. Little Miss Nothing (Stereo Version)
11. When I Awake (Mono)
12. Nothing At All (Mono Version)
13. The Price of Love
14. Josie (Mono Version)
15. Do You Live in Fire (Mono Version)
16. Spicks and Specks
17. Pictures of Matchstick Men
18. Paradise Flat
19. Sunny Cellophane Skies
20. Technicolor Dreams
21. Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe
22. Elizabeth Dreams
23. When My Mind Is Not Live (Stereo Version)
24. Little Miss Nothing (Mono Version)

This double-CD set delivers a lot more than its title promises, containing not only all of Status Quo's 1960s vintage recordings - all of the singles and B-sides, the mono album Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From... and the stereo mix of their second album, Spare Parts, plus odd singles and rarities (including a stereo mix of "Pictures of Matchstick Men,") but every side left behind by the pre-Status Quo Spectres and their reincarnation as Traffic Jam. Those sides make for a killer opening to disc one here, encompassing "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (not the Donovan song), "Laticia," "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet," their pre-psychedelic debut, "I (Who Have Nothing)," and their organ-driven rendition of "Walking With My Angel." All of their work serves as a more than suitable prelude to the more familiar Status Quo material, which pretty much encompasses their entire psychedelic output, and fans of freakbeat/psychedelic sounds will find lots to love on this set - these guys should have been near-gods on the music scene of the period, instead of being limited to the one-off monster hit, based on the evidence at hand, with pop instincts to match the spaciness of some of their musical visions -- even their version of "Green Tambourine" has a sharp edge, particularly in the drumming and bass work, that's worth hearing more than once, and the stereo remix of "Pictures of Matchstick Men" has more credibility and raw power than such reconsiderations usually display. In short, there's a lot on both of these discs to keep even the non-fan busy for a day or more, especially as the sound is superb, absolutely killer on single and album tracks alike. And the annotation (supported with lots of color art) by David Wells is entertaining as well as highly informative.

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