STATUS QUO Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From LP PYE 1968 STEREO ITA orig
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STATUS QUOFRANCIS ROSSI, RICKY PARFITT, ALAN LANCASTER, ROY LYNES, JOHN COGHLAN
Status Quo are one of Britain's longest-lived bands, staying together for over 40 years.
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.)
"PICTURESQUE MATCHSTICKABLE MESSAGES FROM THE STATUS QUO"
1968 LP PYE RECORDS SLBP 63.001 STEREO
MADE IN ITALY ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
FULL LAMINATED SLEEVE
DEBUT ALBUM
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: PYE - PLUM LABELS - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine & back) SLBP 63.001
Catalog on labels: SLBP 63.001 (S 63.001/1 - S 63.001/2)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): S 63001/1 3-10-68
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): S 63001 /2 3-10-68
On labels: upper rim text reads "Licensed by PYE Limited, England"
lower rim text reads "Made in Italy by Dischi Ricordi S.p.A."
Produced by JOHN SCHOEDER
Engineer Alan Florence
On Back Sleeve:
Stereo also playable mono*
Fan Club: c/o Jo, 441 Westhorne Avenue, Eltham, London, S.E.9.
Produced by John Schoeder
Engineer - Alan Florence
Sleeve Design And Art Direction PYE Records Studios
Photography Mike Leale Clareville Studios
© PYE Records Ltd 1968
Distribuzione Dischi Ricordi S.p.A. - Via Berchet, 2 - Milano
Grafiche Dotti - Cernobbio
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: BLACK VEILS OF MELANCHOLY - WHEN MY MIND IS NOT LIVE
ICE IN THE SUN - ELIZABETH DREAMS
GENTLEMAN JOE'S SIDEWALK CAFE - PARADISE FLAT
Side B: TECHNICOLOR DREAMS - SPICKS AND SPECKS - SHEILA
SUNNY CELLOPHANE SKIES - GREEN TAMBOURINE
PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN
grading
RECORD EX to NEAR MINT
SLEEVE EX (please, see pictures and read above description)
Status Quo's debut album featured none of the band's better-known boogie rock of the mid-'70s.
Picturesque... is a psychedelic effort that tries to imitate the sound bands
like the Bee Gees or the Beatles were doing at the moment.
With this record, Status Quo surprisingly had its first (and last) hit in America, the single "Pictures of Matchstick Men,"
which peaked at number 12 (it reached number seven on the British charts).
Other highlights from the album are the second single, "Ice in the Sun," and the Bee Gees cover "Spicks and Specks."
Even if this is not the most representative album from Status Quo,
it is a good psychedelic pop exercise that sometimes includes very imaginative guitar phrases
("Ice in the Sun"), and some brilliantly unusual sounds (the epic "Paradise Flat")...(AllMusic)
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