THE STATUS QUO. "PICTURESQUE MATCHSTICKABLE MESSAGES" ASTOR, AUSTRALIA 1968 LP
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PLAY TESTED AND SOUNDS GREAT.
Status Quo, The* ?– Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo
Label: ASTOR Records ?– SPLP 1236 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, STEREOCountry: AUSTRALIA Released: 1968 Genre: Rock Style: Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock
TracklistHide Credits
A1 Black Veils Of Melancholy Written-By – Rossi* 3:13 A2 When My Mind Is Not Alive Written-By – Rossi*, Parfitt* 2:48 A3 Ice In The Sun Written-By – Wilde*, Scott* 2:10 A4 Elizabeth Dreams Written-By – Wilde*, Scott* 3:24 A5 Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe Written-By – Young* 2:59 A6 Paradise Flat Written-By – Wilde*, Scott* 3:11 B1 Technicolor Dreams Written-By – King* 2:49 B2 Spicks And Specks Written-By – Gibb* 2:40 B3 Sheila Written-By – Roe* 1:52 B4 Sunny Cellophane Skies Written-By – Lancaster* 2:41 B5 Green Tambourine Written-By – Leka*, Pinz* 2:14 B6 Pictures Of Matchstick Men Written-By – Rossi* 3:05Companies etc
- Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse
- Mastered At – Pye Studios
Credits
- Bass Guitar, Vocals – Alan Lancaster
- Drums – John Coghlan
- Engineer – Alan Florence
- Guitar [Second], Vocals – Ricky Parfitt*
- Lead Guitar, Vocals – Francis Rossi
- Liner Notes – Ronnie Scott
- Mastered By – ?T
- Organ, Vocals – Roy Lynes
- Producer – John Schroeder
Review by Robert Aniento
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").
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