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The recently launched YouTube channel from iconic US TV series The Midnight Special continues to post footage that hasn’t been seen in decades, and Status Quo are the latest beneficiaries.
The most recent clip to appear on the channel features the Frantic Four playing Big Fat Mama, and is taken from the show broadcast on April 19, 1974. It’s an unusual choice: the track wasn’t from the band’s current album, the previous year’s Hello. Nor was it a preview of material from Quo, which would released the following month. Instead, the band played a live favourite from 1972’s Piledriver.
We’ll probably never know why this track (the only one they played on the show) was chosen. Rick Parfitt’s voice is largely shot, and Francis Rossi’s guitar solo certainly isn’t his best, but when it all comes together – as it does at the 2’50” mark – it’s a vivid reminder of how powerful Status Quo could be.
Quo’s episode was hosted by soul legend Curtis Mayfield – who performed four songs – while the other performers included two more soul acts in The Impressions and Gladys Knight & The Pips, plus folk musician Phil Ochs and Green Eyed Lady hitmakers Sugarloaf.
Status Quo would return to the US in August 1974, playing a mix of small club gigs and larger shows, sharing the stage with the likes of Montrose, Rory Gallagher, Todd Rundgren, Little Feat and Sly & the Family Stone.
Other artists who performed on The Midnight Special – whose appearances will presumably become available over the coming months – include Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Kiss, Elton John, AC/DC, Badfinger, The Cars, Cheap Trick, Peter Frampton, Genesis, Heart, Little Feat, Prince, Roxy Music, Steely Dan, Thin Lizzy and ELO
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- Status Quo - Perfect Remedy - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.65, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 05-Sep-2024 15:56)on September 8, 2024 at 12:55 am
STATUS QUO Perfect Remedy (1989 UK 12-track LP, the mighty Quo's nineteenth studio album including the singles Little Dreamer & Not at All, glossy picture sleeve. The picture sleeve shows some minimal wear, whilst the label on side one has a mark & the vinyl remains in superb excellent condition)
- Status Quo - Piledriver - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.72, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 02-Sep-2024 15:39)on September 8, 2024 at 12:55 am
STATUS QUO Piledriver (Mid 70s UK 'spaceship' label issue of the 1972 8-track vinyl LP, including the singles Paper Plane, Don't Waste My Time and Roadhouse Blues. The gatefold picture sleeve shows some light shelf wear with some foxing and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play)
- Status Quo - Something 'Bout You Baby I Like - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.48, €9.52 (New Item) (arrived 24-Jul-2024 13:58)on September 8, 2024 at 12:55 am
STATUS QUO Something 'Bout You Baby I Like (1981 UK 7" vinyl single, also including Enough Is Enough, picture sleeve QUO5)
- Status Quo - Blue For You - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.65, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 16-Aug-2024 14:36)on September 8, 2024 at 12:55 am
STATUS QUO Blue For You (1976 UK 9-track vinyl LP, complete with illustrated lyric inner, silver embossed gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in superb condition & looks barely played)
- Status Quo - If You Can't Stand The Heat - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.72, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 16-Aug-2024 14:40)on September 8, 2024 at 12:55 am
STATUS QUO If You Can't Stand The Heat (1978 UK 10-track LP, filled with electric guitars & boogie spirit, complete with lyric inner, die-cut gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play)
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