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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 - Just Supposin' - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $13.00, €12.00 (New Item) (arrived 25-Oct-2024 14:21)on October 27, 2024 at 4:48 pm
STATUS QUO Just Supposin' (1980 UK 9-track vinyl LP including Run to Mummy & Name of the Game [both co-written by keyboard player Andy Bown] plus the hit single What You're Proposing. The glossy picture sleeve has a little shelfwear at the edges, whilst the vinyl appears in excellent condition)
- Status Quo - Whatever You Want - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.60, €14.40 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 14:18)on October 27, 2024 at 4:48 pm
STATUS QUO Whatever You Want (1979 UK Vertigo 'spaceship' label 10-track LP, including Living On An Island & the classic title track, picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve shows only minor wear and the vinyl is in excellent conditon)
- Status Quo - 12 Gold Bars - 180gm - UK - vinyl LP - £14.99, $19.49, €17.99 (New Item) (arrived 22-Oct-2024 16:46)on October 27, 2024 at 4:48 pm
STATUS QUO 12 Gold Bars (2019 UK/EU reissue of their classic 1980 12-track compilation LP, pressed on 180gram Vinyl, featuring a collection of hit singles released between 1972 & 1979, picture sleeve. The sleeve has some minor edgewear and the vinyl is Excellent with the odd cosmetic paper scuff and light signs of play. )
- Status Quo - 12 Gold Bars - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $13.00, €12.00 (New Item) (arrived 22-Oct-2024 17:00)on October 27, 2024 at 4:48 pm
STATUS QUO 12 Gold Bars (1980 UK vinyl LP featuring a compilation of twelve classic Quo hits, including Rockin' All Over The World, Down, Down, Roll Over, Lay Down, Whatever You Want & more. The picture sleeve is Excellent with light shelf wear & the vinyl shows only minor signs of play QUOTV1)
- Status Quo - Golden Hour Of Status Quo - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $13.00, €12.00 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 12:20)on October 27, 2024 at 4:48 pm
STATUS QUO Golden Hour Of Status Quo (1973 UK 21-track compilation LP, embossed picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only light signs of shelf wear with a little age discoloration and the vinyl looks barely played GH556)
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