Live! [Deluxe Edition]

by Status Quo

Overview

Recorded, with perfect timing, just as Status Quo hit their live peak, 1977's double Live! album is, contrarily, a timeless reminder of just how much power and excitement was bound up in the band through the mid-'70s -- and on, in fact, into the early '80s. It would be several years before Status Quo turned into the faintly embarrassing cabaret singalong that scarred the latter years of their career, a fact that Live! broadcasts via a picture-perfect snapshot of the last calm before that particular storm. Touring to support 1976's Blue for You (U.S. title Status Quo) album, the band is still reaching back to the dawn of the decade for material. "Junior's Wailing" and "In My Chair" both date back to the tentative days of 1970, as the band prepared to slide from psych to boogie without knowing whether there was even an audience for such a shock. The fact that there was, of course, would be celebrated with some of the most visceral singles of the decade. "Roll Over Lay Down," "Rain," "Don't Waste My Time," and, most impressively, "Caroline" all slough off well-loved 45s, to be transformed into veritable showstoppers, while the LP epics "Forty-Five Hundred Times" and "Roadhouse Blues" receive marathon workouts that all but defy gravity. The mid-'70s were a golden age for double live albums, and from Frampton Comes Alive! to Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous, the era is littered with what now rank as classics. Live! effortlessly takes its place alongside those most hallowed of halcyon howlers, and no matter what else Status Quo might have become in later years, this is what they sounded like before that happened. Priceless. ~ Dave Thompson

Product Details

Release Date:	05/16/2025
Label:	Edsel Records
UPC:	0740155743437

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Junior's Wailing
2. Backwater
3. Just Take Me
4. Is There A Better Way
5. In My Chair
6. Little Lady
7. Most Of The Time
8. Rain
9. Forty-Five Hundred Times

Disc 2

10. Roll Over Lay Down
11. Big Fat Mama
12. Don't Waste My Time
13. Roadhouse Blues
14. Caroline
15. Bye Bye Johnny

Disc 3

16. Junior's Wailing
17. Backwater
18. Just Take Me
19. Is There A Better Way
20. In My Chair
21. Little Lady
22. Most Of The Time
23. Rain
24. Forty-Five Hundred Times

Disc 4

25. Roll Over Lay Down
26. Big Fat Mama
27. Don't Waste My Time
28. Roadhouse Blues
29. Caroline
30. Bye Bye Johnny

Disc 5

31. Junior's Wailing
32. Backwater
33. Just Take Me
34. Is There A Better Way
35. In My Chair
36. Little Lady
37. Most Of The Time
38. Rain
39. Forty-Five Hundred Times

Disc 6

40. Roll Over Lay Down
41. Big Fat Mama
42. Don't Waste My Time
43. Roadhouse Blues
44. Caroline
45. Bye Bye Johnny

Disc 7

46. Junior's Wailing
47. Backwater
48. Just Take Me
49. Is There A Better Way
50. In My Chair
51. Little Lady
52. Most Of The Time
53. Rain
54. Forty-Five Hundred Times

Disc 8

55. Roll Over Lay Down
56. Big Fat Mama
57. Don't Waste My Time
58. Roadhouse Blues
59. Caroline
60. Bye Bye Johnny

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Status Quo   Primary Artist
Bob Young   Harmonica
Francis Rossi   Guitar,Vocals
John Coghlan   Drums
Rick Parfitt   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Andy Bown   Keyboards
Alan Lancaster   Bass,Guitar,Vocals
Rob Young   Harmonica

Technical Credits

Chuck Berry   Composer
Jackie Lynton   Introduction
Francis Rossi   Composer
John Thompson   Monitor Engineer
Robby Krieger   Composer
Ray Manzarek   Composer
Status Quo   Producer
Jim Morrison   Composer
Steve Lillywhite   Engineer
Kieran Raymond White   Composer
Martin John Pugh   Composer
John Densmore   Composer
Robert Young   Composer,Composer
Damon Lyon-Shaw   Mixing,Production Assistant
Mike Fink   Liner Notes
John Coghlan   Composer
Rick Parfitt   Composer
Terry O'Neill   Photography
Alan Lancaster   Composer
Rob Young   Composer
Andrew Clayden   Graphic Design
Robert Ellis   Photography
Jack Wood   Sleeve Coordinator
Richard Parfitt   Composer