Rock and roll music
1968 studio album by The Status Quo
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Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo is the debut studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released in September 1968.
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Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
Status Quo
Discográfica: Pye · Estudio de grabación: Pye Studios, London · Productor: John Schroeder
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Black Veils of Melancholy
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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When my Mind is not Live
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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Ice in the Sun
Status Quo •
Status Quo •
w: Marty Wilde · Ronnie Scott •
1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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2:12 |
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4
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Elizabeth Dreams
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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5
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Gentleman Joe`s Sidewalk Café
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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Paradise Flat
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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7
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Technicolour Dreams
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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8
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Sheila
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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9
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Spicks and Specks
Status Quo •
w: BBC session, Traffic Jam •
1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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10
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Sunny Cellophane Skies
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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11
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Green Tambourine
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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12
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Pictures of Matchstick Men
Status Quo •
Status Quo •
w: Rossi •
1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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3:11 |
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13
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To Be Free
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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2:38 |
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14
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Make me Stay a Bit Longer
Status Quo •
w: BBC session •
1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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15
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Auntie Nellie
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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16
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interview with Brian Matthew
Status Quo •
w: BBC session •
1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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1:08 |
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17
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Pictures of Matchstick Men
Status Quo •
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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3:11 |
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18
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Things Get Better
Status Quo •
w: Al Jackson, Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper) (BBC session •
1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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2:11 |
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19
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Spicks and Specks
Status Quo •
w: BBC session, Traffic Jam •
1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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20
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Judy in Disguise
Status Quo •
w: with Glasses) (Andrew Joseph Bernard, John Fred Gourrier) (BBC session •
1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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2:45 |
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(another) interview (BBC session)
Status Quo •
1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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1:19 |
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22
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Make me Stay a Bit Longer
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc one - mono LP
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0:00 |
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1
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Black Veils of Melancholy
Status Quo •
w: BBC session, the Status Quo •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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2
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When my Mind is not Alive
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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3:03 |
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3
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Ice in the Sun
Status Quo •
Status Quo •
w: Marty Wilde · Ronnie Scott •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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2:12 |
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4
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Elizabeth Dreams
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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5
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Gentleman Joe`s Sidewalk Café
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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6
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Paradise Flat
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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7
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Technicolour Dreams
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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8
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Sheila
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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9
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Spicks and Specks
Status Quo •
w: BBC session, Traffic Jam •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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10
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Sunny Cellophane Skies
Status Quo •
w: stereo remix •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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11
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Green Tambourine
Status Quo •
w: stereo remix •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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12
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Pictures of Matchstick Men
Status Quo •
Status Quo •
w: Rossi •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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3:11 |
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13
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Auntie Nellie
Status Quo •
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1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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14
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Gloria
Status Quo •
w: BBC session, the Status Quo •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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15
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Interview with Francis Rossi
Status Quo •
w: BBC session, the Spectres •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:49 |
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16
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I
Status Quo •
w: who have Nothing) (BBC session, the Spectres •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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3:03 |
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Neighbour, Neighbour
Status Quo •
w: Alton Joseph Valier) (BBC session, the Spectres •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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2:39 |
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18
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I don`t want You
Status Quo •
w: Brian Potter, Pete Dello) (BBC session, Traffic Jam •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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2:34 |
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19
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Almost but not Quite There
Status Quo •
w: BBC session, Traffic Jam •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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2:38 |
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20
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Spicks and Specks
Status Quo •
w: BBC session, Traffic Jam •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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21
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Gloria
Status Quo •
w: BBC session, the Status Quo •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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22
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interview with Alan Lancaster
Status Quo •
w: BBC session, the Status Quo •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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1:01 |
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23
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Black Veils of Melancholy
Status Quo •
w: BBC session, the Status Quo •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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0:00 |
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24
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Bloodhound
Status Quo •
w: Larry Bright) (BBC session, the Status Quo •
1968 /09 /27 disc two - stereo LP remixed P
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2:05 |
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Singles
Pictures of Matchstick Men
Fecha Lanzamiento: 5 Enero 1968 · Fecha Grabación: 1968 -Discográfica: Pye · Estudio de Grabación: Pye, London[1] · Productor: John Schroeder[1]
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Pictures of Matchstick Men
Status Quo •
Status Quo •
w: Rossi •
1968 /01 /05
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3:11 |
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Gentleman Joe`s Sidewalk Café
Status Quo •
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1968 /01 /05
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0:00 |
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Ice in the Sun
Fecha Lanzamiento: 26 Julio 1968 · Fecha Grabación: 1968 -Discográfica: Pye Records · · Productor: John Schroeder
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Ice in the Sun
Status Quo •
Status Quo •
w: Marty Wilde · Ronnie Scott •
1968 /07 /26
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2:12 |
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2
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When My Mind Is Not Live
Status Quo •
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1968 /07 /26
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0:00 |
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| Released | 27 September 1968 | |||
| Recorded | January – September 1968 | |||
| Studio | Pye Studios, London | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 34:00 | |||
| Label | Pye | |||
| Producer | John Schroeder | |||
| The Status Quo chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo | ||||
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Review
1968 studio album by The Status Quo
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo is the debut studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released in September 1968.
Leer másBackground
| This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo" – news ? newspapers ? books ? scholar ? JSTOR (April 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
The album`s lead single was originally intended to be "Gentleman Joe`s Sidewalk Café", with the original song by singer/lead guitarist Francis Rossi, "Pictures of Matchstick Men", as the B-side, but these songs were eventually swapped. It reached No. 7 in the UK, and remains the band`s only major hit single in the US, where it reached No. 12. It also reached No. 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 "When My Mind Is Not Live", a collaboration between Rossi and rhythm guitarist/singer Rick Parfitt, as the B-side. It reached No. 8 in the UK, and No. 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 new non-album single, Rossi and Parfitt`s "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" with bassist Alan Lancaster`s "Auntie Nellie" as the B-side, released on 31 January 1969. The last record to credit the band as The Status Quo (all subsequent releases were simply credited Status Quo), "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" received good reviews but failed to chart.
Track listing
Side one
- "Black Veils of Melancholy" (Francis Rossi) – 3:17
- "When My Mind Is Not Live" (Rossi, Rick Parfitt) – 2:50
- "Ice in the Sun" (Marty Wilde, Ronnie Scott) – 2:13
- "Elizabeth Dreams" (Wilde, Scott) – 3:29
- "Gentleman Joe`s Sidewalk Café" (Kenny Young) – 3:01
- "Paradise Flat" (Wilde, Scott) – 3:13
Side two
- "Technicolor Dreams" (Anthony King) – 2:54
- "Spicks and Specks" (Barry Gibb) – 2:46
- "Sheila" (Tommy Roe) – 1:56 (not on US version)
- "Sunny Cellophane Skies" (Alan Lancaster) – 2:47
- "Green Tambourine" (Paul Leka, Shelley Pinz) – 2:19 (not on US version)
- "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (Rossi) – 3:13
1998 remaster bonus tracks
- To Be Free (Non Album B-Side)
- Pictures Of Matchstick Me (Stereo Alternate Mix)
- Paradise Flat (Stereo Alternate Mix)
2003 Deluxe edition
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Black Veils of Melancholy" (mono version) | 3:17 |
| 2. | "When my Mind is not Live" (mono version) | 2:51 |
| 3. | "Ice in the Sun" (mono version) | 2:13 |
| 4. | "Elizabeth Dreams" (mono version) | 3:29 |
| 5. | "Gentleman Joe`s Sidewalk Café" (mono version) | 3:02 |
| 6. | "Paradise Flat" (mono version) | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Technicolour Dreams" (mono version) | 2:54 |
| 8. | "Sheila" (mono version) | 1:57 |
| 9. | "Spicks and Specks" (mono version) | 2:46 |
| 10. | "Sunny Cellophane Skies" (mono version) | 2:47 |
| 11. | "Green Tambourine" (mono version) | 2:19 |
| 12. | "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (mono version) | 3:14 |
| 13. | "To Be Free" (B-side) | 2:38 |
| 14. | "Make me Stay a Bit Longer" (A-side) | 2:56 |
| 15. | "Auntie Nellie" (B-side) | 3:22 |
| 16. | "interview with Brian Matthew" (BBC session) | 1:08 |
| 17. | "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (BBC session) | 3:13 |
| 18. | "Things Get Better (Al Jackson, Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper)" (BBC session) | 2:11 |
| 19. | "Spicks and Specks" (BBC session) | 2:48 |
| 20. | "Judy in Disguise (with Glasses) (Andrew Joseph Bernard, John Fred Gourrier)" (BBC session) | 2:45 |
| 21. | "(another) interview" (BBC session) | 1:19 |
| 22. | "Make me Stay a Bit Longer" (BBC session) | 2:48 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 23. | "Black Veils of Melancholy" (stereo remix) | 3:17 |
| 24. | "When my Mind is not Alive" (stereo remix) | 3:03 |
| 25. | "Ice in the Sun" (stereo remix) | 2:15 |
| 26. | "Elizabeth Dreams" (stereo remix) | 3:49 |
| 27. | "Gentleman Joe`s Sidewalk Café" (stereo remix) | 3:02 |
| 28. | "Paradise Flat" (stereo remix) | 3:16 |
| 29. | "Technicolour Dreams" (stereo remix) | 3:19 |
| 30. | "Sheila" (stereo remix) | 1:58 |
| 31. | "Spicks and Specks" (stereo remix) | 2:54 |
| 32. | "Sunny Cellophane Skies" (stereo remix) | 2:49 |
| 33. | "Green Tambourine" (stereo remix) | 2:21 |
| 34. | "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (stereo remix) | 3:17 |
| 35. | "Auntie Nellie" (bonus track) | 3:34 |
| 36. | "Gloria (Van Morrison)" (BBC session, the Spectres) | 2:47 |
| 37. | "Interview with Francis Rossi" (BBC session, the Spectres) | 0:49 |
| 38. | "I (who have Nothing)" (BBC session, the Spectres) | 3:03 |
| 39. | "Neighbour, Neighbour (Alton Joseph Valier)" (BBC session, the Spectres) | 2:39 |
| 40. | "I don`t want You (Brian Potter, Pete Dello)" (BBC session, Traffic Jam) | 2:34 |
| 41. | "Almost but not Quite There" (BBC session, Traffic Jam) | 2:38 |
| 42. | "Spicks and Specks" (BBC session, Traffic Jam) | 2:47 |
| 43. | "Gloria" (BBC session, the Status Quo) | 2:43 |
| 44. | "interview with Alan Lancaster" (BBC session, the Status Quo) | 1:01 |
| 45. | "Black Veils of Melancholy" (BBC session, the Status Quo) | 3:14 |
| 46. | "Bloodhound (Larry Bright)" (BBC session, the Status Quo) | 2:05 |
Personnel
Status Quo
- Francis Rossi - lead guitar, vocals
- Rick Parfitt - rhythm guitar, vocals
- Alan Lancaster - bass guitar, vocals
- John Coghlan - drums
- Roy Lynes - organ, vocals
1968 studio album by The Status Quo
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo is the debut studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released in September 1968.
Background
| This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo" – news ? newspapers ? books ? scholar ? JSTOR (April 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
The album`s lead single was originally intended to be "Gentleman Joe`s Sidewalk Café", with the original song by singer/lead guitarist Francis Rossi, "Pictures of Matchstick Men", as the B-side, but these songs were eventually swapped. It reached No. 7 in the UK, and remains the band`s only major hit single in the US, where it reached No. 12. It also reached No. 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 "When My Mind Is Not Live", a collaboration between Rossi and rhythm guitarist/singer Rick Parfitt, as the B-side. It reached No. 8 in the UK, and No. 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 new non-album single, Rossi and Parfitt`s "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" with bassist Alan Lancaster`s "Auntie Nellie" as the B-side, released on 31 January 1969. The last record to credit the band as The Status Quo (all subsequent releases were simply credited Status Quo), "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" received good reviews but failed to chart.
Track listing
Side one
- "Black Veils of Melancholy" (Francis Rossi) – 3:17
- "When My Mind Is Not Live" (Rossi, Rick Parfitt) – 2:50
- "Ice in the Sun" (Marty Wilde, Ronnie Scott) – 2:13
- "Elizabeth Dreams" (Wilde, Scott) – 3:29
- "Gentleman Joe`s Sidewalk Café" (Kenny Young) – 3:01
- "Paradise Flat" (Wilde, Scott) – 3:13
Side two
- "Technicolor Dreams" (Anthony King) – 2:54
- "Spicks and Specks" (Barry Gibb) – 2:46
- "Sheila" (Tommy Roe) – 1:56 (not on US version)
- "Sunny Cellophane Skies" (Alan Lancaster) – 2:47
- "Green Tambourine" (Paul Leka, Shelley Pinz) – 2:19 (not on US version)
- "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (Rossi) – 3:13
1998 remaster bonus tracks
- To Be Free (Non Album B-Side)
- Pictures Of Matchstick Me (Stereo Alternate Mix)
- Paradise Flat (Stereo Alternate Mix)
2003 Deluxe edition
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Black Veils of Melancholy" (mono version) | 3:17 |
| 2. | "When my Mind is not Live" (mono version) | 2:51 |
| 3. | "Ice in the Sun" (mono version) | 2:13 |
| 4. | "Elizabeth Dreams" (mono version) | 3:29 |
| 5. | "Gentleman Joe`s Sidewalk Café" (mono version) | 3:02 |
| 6. | "Paradise Flat" (mono version) | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Technicolour Dreams" (mono version) | 2:54 |
| 8. | "Sheila" (mono version) | 1:57 |
| 9. | "Spicks and Specks" (mono version) | 2:46 |
| 10. | "Sunny Cellophane Skies" (mono version) | 2:47 |
| 11. | "Green Tambourine" (mono version) | 2:19 |
| 12. | "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (mono version) | 3:14 |
| 13. | "To Be Free" (B-side) | 2:38 |
| 14. | "Make me Stay a Bit Longer" (A-side) | 2:56 |
| 15. | "Auntie Nellie" (B-side) | 3:22 |
| 16. | "interview with Brian Matthew" (BBC session) | 1:08 |
| 17. | "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (BBC session) | 3:13 |
| 18. | "Things Get Better (Al Jackson, Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper)" (BBC session) | 2:11 |
| 19. | "Spicks and Specks" (BBC session) | 2:48 |
| 20. | "Judy in Disguise (with Glasses) (Andrew Joseph Bernard, John Fred Gourrier)" (BBC session) | 2:45 |
| 21. | "(another) interview" (BBC session) | 1:19 |
| 22. | "Make me Stay a Bit Longer" (BBC session) | 2:48 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 23. | "Black Veils of Melancholy" (stereo remix) | 3:17 |
| 24. | "When my Mind is not Alive" (stereo remix) | 3:03 |
| 25. | "Ice in the Sun" (stereo remix) | 2:15 |
| 26. | "Elizabeth Dreams" (stereo remix) | 3:49 |
| 27. | "Gentleman Joe`s Sidewalk Café" (stereo remix) | 3:02 |
| 28. | "Paradise Flat" (stereo remix) | 3:16 |
| 29. | "Technicolour Dreams" (stereo remix) | 3:19 |
| 30. | "Sheila" (stereo remix) | 1:58 |
| 31. | "Spicks and Specks" (stereo remix) | 2:54 |
| 32. | "Sunny Cellophane Skies" (stereo remix) | 2:49 |
| 33. | "Green Tambourine" (stereo remix) | 2:21 |
| 34. | "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (stereo remix) | 3:17 |
| 35. | "Auntie Nellie" (bonus track) | 3:34 |
| 36. | "Gloria (Van Morrison)" (BBC session, the Spectres) | 2:47 |
| 37. | "Interview with Francis Rossi" (BBC session, the Spectres) | 0:49 |
| 38. | "I (who have Nothing)" (BBC session, the Spectres) | 3:03 |
| 39. | "Neighbour, Neighbour (Alton Joseph Valier)" (BBC session, the Spectres) | 2:39 |
| 40. | "I don`t want You (Brian Potter, Pete Dello)" (BBC session, Traffic Jam) | 2:34 |
| 41. | "Almost but not Quite There" (BBC session, Traffic Jam) | 2:38 |
| 42. | "Spicks and Specks" (BBC session, Traffic Jam) | 2:47 |
| 43. | "Gloria" (BBC session, the Status Quo) | 2:43 |
| 44. | "interview with Alan Lancaster" (BBC session, the Status Quo) | 1:01 |
| 45. | "Black Veils of Melancholy" (BBC session, the Status Quo) | 3:14 |
| 46. | "Bloodhound (Larry Bright)" (BBC session, the Status Quo) | 2:05 |
Personnel
Status Quo
- Francis Rossi - lead guitar, vocals
- Rick Parfitt - rhythm guitar, vocals
- Alan Lancaster - bass guitar, vocals
- John Coghlan - drums
- Roy Lynes - organ, vocals