"MESSAGES FROM THE STATUS QUO"Original 1968 First Issue Cadet LPS 315

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"Message From The  STATUS QUO"
DEBUT ALBUM
Original 1968 US CADET CONCEPT First Stereo Issue LPS-315
Psychedelic Rock  

Status Quo are an English rock band whose music is characterized by their distinctive brand of boogie rock.

The group originated in The Spectres, founded by schoolboys Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster in 1962. After a number of lineup changes, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969.

They have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, starting with 1967's "Pictures Of Matchstick Men", and the most recent being in 2010, which is more than any other rock group. 22 of which reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart. In 1991, Status Quo received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.By 1967, the group had discovered psychedelia and changed their name to Traffic Jam, but were forced to change again to avoid confusion with Steve Winwood's Traffic, following an argument over who had registered the name first. The band, which at this time included organist Roy Lynes, secured an appearance on BBC Radio's Saturday Club hosted by Brian Matthew. They released another single "Almost But Not Quite There" which was also a flop. In late 1967, the band became The Status Quo and in January 1968 released the psychedelic-flavoured "Pictures of Matchstick Men". Rick Parfitt was invited to join the band just as the song hit the UK Singles Chart, reaching Number 7. "Matchstick Men" also became their only Top 40 hit single in the United States. Though the follow-up was the unsuccessful single, "Black Veils of Melancholy", they had a hit again the same year with the poppy, Marty Wilde penned "Ice in the Sun", which climbed to Number 8. Although the group's albums have been released in the United States throughout their career, they have never achieved the same level of success and fame there that they have enjoyed in their home country. After the breakthrough, the band management hired Bob Young as a roadie and tour manager. Over the years Young became one of the most important songwriting partners for Status Quo.

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo is the 1968 debut album by British psychedelic rock group, Status Quo. It features a large number of covers, including "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers.

The album's lead single was originally intended to be "Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café", with the original Francis Rossi composition "Pictures of Matchstick Men" as the b-side, but these songs were eventually swapped round. It reached #7 in the UK, and remains the band's only major hit single in the US, where it reached #12. It also reached #8 in Canada. A second single, Rossi's "Black Veils of Melancholy" (with organist Roy Lynes' non-album track "To Be Free" as the b-side), flopped and has even been called "a carbon copy of "Pictures of Matchstick Men"". The third single, "Ice in the Sun", was written for the band by Marty Wilde and Ronnie Scott (not the jazz musician), with the Rossi/Parfitt composition "When My Mind Is Not Live" as the b-side. It reached #8 in the UK, and #29 in Canada.

The album itself was released on 27 September 1968, and failed to make the UK album charts. The band planned to release a fourth single from the album - "Technicolour Dreams" backed with the Wilde/Scott composition "Paradise Flat" - but this was withdrawn after a few days in favour of a non-album single release early the following year. The new single, Rossi and Parfitt's "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer", with bassist Alan Lancaster's "Auntie Nellie" as the b-side, was released on 31 January 1969. As well as getting the "thumbs up" from a majority of the record reviewers, this single was also something of a landmark for the group, as it would be their final release to credit them as "the" Status Quo.

Identification

Marked on Cover STEREO LPS 315

Marked on Label   LPS-315   #17088  W4RS-5103

Etched in runout side 1    W4RS-5103-1   #17081   LPS-315   S-1  h1

Condition

Vinyl is visually side 1 NM- side 2 EX+ with one faint usage mark, NICE!

Labels are both NM- with a drill hole

Cover is EX+ nice clean and glossy, strong spline, lite edge wear spot on bottom minor,

very faint ring wear, no crease, no marks, no problems!

This Album is worthy of your Library!

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