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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 - Piledriver - 1st - Complete - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $92.25, €88.50 (New Item) (arrived 17-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 21, 2025 at 3:03 pm
STATUS QUO Piledriver (1972 UK first issue 8-track vinyl LP on the 'swirl' label, the fifth studio album by the English rock band was also the first to be produced by the group themselves and first on the Vertigo label after their departure fromPye Records, including the single Paper Plane and a great cover of the Door's classic Roadhouse Blues. Housed in a matt gatefold picture sleeve printed with lyrics on the inside. The sleeve shows some light shelfwear and a little discolouration; the vinyl remains in excellent condition with just the odd light surface scuff)
- Status Quo - On The Level - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.76, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 24-Dec-2024 09:23)on January 21, 2025 at 3:03 pm
STATUS QUO On The Level (1975 UK 10-track vinyl LP including the classic hit 'Down Down', complete with lyric inner, textured gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with foxing to the inner and the vinyl remains in excellent conditionwith few signs of play)
- Status Quo - Back To Back - UK - vinyl LP - £8.00, $9.84, €9.44 (New Item) (arrived 19-Dec-2024 16:41)on January 21, 2025 at 3:03 pm
STATUS QUO Back To Back (1983 UK 10-track LP, Quo's sixteenth album & last to feature original bass player Alan Lancaster & drummer Pete Kircher. Includes the singles Ol' Rag Blues, A Mess of Blues, Marguerita Time and Going Down Town Tonight,housed in a glossy picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve has some light edge scuffing, whilst the vinyl looks barely played VERH10)
- Status Quo - Back To Back - UK - vinyl LP - £8.00, $9.84, €9.44 (New Item) (arrived 19-Dec-2024 18:00)on January 21, 2025 at 3:03 pm
STATUS QUO Back To Back (1983 UK 10-track LP, Quo's sixteenth album & last to feature original bass player Alan Lancaster & drummer Pete Kircher. Includes the singles Ol' Rag Blues, A Mess of Blues, Marguerita Time and Going Down Town Tonight,housed in a glossy picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve has some light edge scuffing, whilst the vinyl looks barely played VERH10)
- Status Quo - Piledriver - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.76, €14.16 (Back In Stock) (arrived 23-Dec-2024 09:24)on January 21, 2025 at 3:03 pm
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)
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