Easily and by far the best ever Live album released by a rock band. No match. The magic the Frantic Four delivered on stage. Top notch. You will never see a band ilke this again. John's sick groove drumming, the pounding bass of Alan and the best rhythm guitarist ever Mr Rick Parfitt. Thanks guys.
Uhm, Erik I think I love you mate. I love reading comments that I totally agree with, my sentiments exactly. So it's not just me that rates them as the best Rock Band of all time and Rick Parfitt as the best Rhythm Guitarist in history. The best rhythm section of all time is Spud and Nuff, 2nd best is Sly and Robbie, Francis wasn't too bad on Lead Guitar either.
Think I wore my Live at the Apollo LP out with in a year! Yeah, absolutely brilliant live album. Must have seen them 30 times live since 1975. RIP Rick & Alan, much missed.
What a great thrill it was to see the quo for the first time here at the Apollo..1976 but it feels like only yesterday..4 of us travelled up from Cumbria in a battered up old transit..happy days indeed
Status Quo will be studied in hundreds of years time, just as Mozart and Beethoven are now. A major subject in the syllabus will be " Why did Francis Rossi destroy the Greatest Rock Band of all time ? "
Geez I remember the way the balcony used to bounce up and down with all the head banging to these boys at the Apollo. How It stayed up was a bloody miracle!
Makes you wonder how Rossi could drive a Band like this off the road into a ditch. The next two years were the lightweight Disco albums, RAOTWorld and IYCSTHeat, then 3 of their best albums in 79,80 and 81, then a couple of good tracks each on 1982 and Back to Back. Spud left, then Nuff left after a very timid LIVE AID performance. QUO were diluted and well, not QUO anymore. It wasn't until 1991 that we heard some quality music from Francis and Rick. Ironically, Rock 'til You Drop was Produced by Francis. Rock 'til You Drop is a true masterpiece. The version of 4500 Times, is very meaty and beefy, the comedy at the beginning of the track makes it sound like it was recorded LIVE. Since the demise of THE FRANTIC FOUR in the early 80's, the Band only known as STATUS QUO have produced a few really good Rock albums. HEAVY TRAFFIC, IN SEARCH of THE 4TH CHORD, QUID PRO QUO and BULA QUO ( ROCK TRACKS ) Covers albums RIFFS & FAMOUS IN THE LAST CENTURY were quality albums, DON'T STOP was not a quality album, except for JOHNNY & MARY. Rossi's selfish cocaine driven indulgence destroyed our QUO. I was very fortunate to see Alan & John play together at a couple of gigs in Sydney in 1988. They played with legendary Australian musicians in Hard Rockin' Pub Bands. Luckily, I saw THE FRANTIC FOUR in June 1978 at The Hordern Pavilion, Sydney. 19 years later, Francis, Rick, Andy, Rhino and Jeff played 2 nights at The Enmore Theatre, Sydney. They were brilliant, fantastic and bloody awesome. It was great to see Francis and Rick again, so it was an extremely emotional experience. I saw them on every tour up until their 'last night of the electrics' in 2017, which sounded like a cabaret show unfortunately. Ever since Matt Letley left the Band, the quality has diminished drastically. The only good aspect of the Band name being in existence is the joy it brings to people that go to the Cabaret shows. Plus, I'm happy for the Band members, even the grumpy guy called Rossi. RIP Reg and Nuff.
Status Quo was cool rock blues band probably beyond their time when they recorded this. Their music and guitar riffs were awesome. I still love this today and listened to it when I was a kid.
That certainly brings back memories I was in the stalls about 8 back with my denim waistcoat and my red stripy top and my jeans. Status Quo they were brill then and now.
my very first vinyl record bought 77 when I was 10 years old. Old my friends bought Abba etc. I still own it today. Pretty much worn out. Cool to see the live footage! Thx
Was there on the friday night i think had not long left school was serving apprenticeship in shipyards in greenock as a plumber, had a wee band at time did a few quo tunes of course a lot of water under the bridge since then and that gig. Parrfitt should still be here and thats a fact.
Brilliant.....i agree with quo dog.....this exactly what was missing from the Hello Quo DVD....thanks for your time and effort in putting these together...most enjoyable.
Gorane vidim da se slazemo u svemu po pitanju status quo ja sam iz hrvatske pa ako ikad budes tu javi se ja sam jedan od onih pravi istinski fanova frantic four status quo
@@tomeusljebrka5357 Tesko je to reci druze. Mozda bih ti mogao nabrojati 20-30 najomiljenijih pesama. Sva cetri Quo clana obozavam, ali sam nekako najvise volio Parfitta, mada ae volim oblaciti kao Rossi (Jeans, kosulja za zavrnutim rukavima, rokerske cipele i prsluk). A tebi ko je najdrazi?
Iron Maiden~ Live after Death. Judas Priest. Unleashed in the East. STATUS QUO, Live Glasgow. Ufo, Screaming In the Night. Ac/Dc live Donington. Helloween, live in UK. Dll..... adalah Album Live terbaik sepanjang Masa...!
Alan Strom Francis and Rick started taking a lot of drugs like cocaine and that affected their individual mentality. Alan said in a long interview, that Francis wanted to control the Band. Francis got Pip Williams to Produce RAOTWorld in 1977, without consulting the Band. Francis had secret ambitions to move the Band in a different direction musically. This became more prevalent in 1982 and 1983 by which time Alan was only just hanging on. In Alan's long interview he said it would have cost him too much in legal fees to fight for his rights. All through the Band's existence there were songs that Alan had written, yet the Record Company and Francis decided that Alan wouldn't sing. This came to a head on the Back to Back album. Plus, as any real QUO supporter knows, Francis loves Country music, and that's OK, as long as he did it under his own name. Both Francis and myself have a passion for 'Already Gone ' by The Eagles, however that is a Country Rock song and to me it's a very cool tune. However, ' Marguerita Time' is a disgusting and revolting tune which Francis insisted on recording and releasing under the banner of Status Quo. Alan said that it was too embarrassing for him to be associated with and he left the Band that he formed in 1962. There were other serious issues that affected Alan which were weighing heavily upon him. There were royalty issues and poor management problems which were either out of his control or too expensive to fight. 'Marguerita Time' was the straw that broke Alan's back. Unfortunately, Alan lost the part of the court case whereby Rossi and Parfitt were allowed to keep the Band name. After all, it was Alan's Band. Selfishly on my behalf, I and my mates got to see Alan in his various Hard Rock Bands in Sydney, Australia. He was so cool, that he hung out with the crowd after the gigs. I hung out with him quite a few times, had a smoke and a beer with him at several pub venues. Lancaster and Coghlan were QUO's engine room.
Great video, but nit filmed at the Apollo. The Apollo stage was easily 8 feet high, about 4 times higher than the stage in this gig. What the video does do however is recreate the atmosphere, energy and noise of a Quo gig in the 70's - never bettered
Makes you wonder how Rossi could drive a Band like this off the road into a ditch. The next two years were the lightweight Disco albums, RAOTWorld and IYCSTHeat, then 3 of their best albums in 79,80 and 81, then a couple of good tracks each on 1982 and Back to Back. Spud left, then Nuff left after a very timid LIVE AID performance. QUO were diluted and well, not QUO anymore. It wasn't until 1991 that we heard some quality music from Francis and Rick. Ironically, Rock 'til You Drop was Produced by Francis. Rock 'til You Drop is a true masterpiece. The version of 4500 Times, is very meaty and beefy, the comedy at the beginning of the track makes it sound like it was recorded LIVE. Since the demise of THE FRANTIC FOUR in the early 80's, the Band only known as STATUS QUO have produced a few really good Rock albums. HEAVY TRAFFIC, IN SEARCH of THE 4TH CHORD, QUID PRO QUO and BULA QUO ( ROCK TRACKS ) Covers albums RIFFS & FAMOUS IN THE LAST CENTURY were quality albums, DON'T STOP was not a quality album, except for JOHNNY & MARY. Rossi's selfish cocaine driven indulgence destroyed our QUO. I was very fortunate to see Alan & John play together at a couple of gigs in Sydney in 1988. They played with legendary Australian musicians in Hard Rockin' Pub Bands. Luckily, I saw THE FRANTIC FOUR in June 1978 at The Hordern Pavilion, Sydney. 19 years later, Francis, Rick, Andy, Rhino and Jeff played 2 nights at The Enmore Theatre, Sydney. They were brilliant, fantastic and bloody awesome. It was great to see Francis and Rick again, so it was an extremely emotional experience. I saw them on every tour up until their 'last night of the electrics' in 2017, which sounded like a cabaret show unfortunately. Ever since Matt Letley left the Band, the quality has diminished drastically. The only good aspect of the Band name being in existence is the joy it brings to people that go to the Cabaret shows. Plus, I'm happy for the Band members, even the grumpy guy called Rossi. RIP Reg and Nuff.
