Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo is the 1968 debut album by the British psychedelic rock group, Status Quo. The album covers a number of songs, including “Green Tambourine” by The Lemon Pipers
The album was released on 27 September 1968, and reached #12 in the UK album charts.
The 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 United States 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”, written for the band by Marty Wilde and Ronnie Scott (with the Francis Rossi/Rick Parfitt composition “When My Mind Is Not Live” as the b-side) reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart, and #29 in Canada.
The band released a fourth single from the album – “Technicolour Dreams” by Anthony King backed with the Wilde/Scott composition “Paradise Flat” – but this was withdrawn after a few days in favour of a non-album single release early the following year.
This deluxe 2-cd edition comes re-mastered with a bonus disc of unreleased material, new notes by David Wells and a booklet full of rare photos and memorbilia.
Disc 1
1. Black Veils Of Melancholy Mono Version
2. When My Mind Is Not Live Mono Version
3. Ice In The Sun Mono Version
4. Elizabeth Dreams
5. Gentleman Joe’s Sidewalk Cafe
6. Paradise Flat
7. Technicolor Dreams
8. Sheila
9. Spicks And Specks
10. Sunny Cellophane Skies
11. Green Tambourine
12. Pictures Of Matchstick Men
13. To Be Free B-Side Version
14. Make Me Stay A Little Bit Longer
15. Auntie Nellie
16. Interview With Brian Matthew BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 17/2/68
17. Pictures Of Matchstick Men BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 17/2/68
18. Things Get Better BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 17/2/68
19. Spicks And Specks BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 24/6/67
20. Judy In Disguise BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 17/2/68
21. Interview With Status Quo BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 17/2/68
22. Make Me Stay A Bit Longer BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 17/2/68
Disc 2
1. Black Veils Of Melancholy Stereo LP Remixed ‘Proper’
2. When My Mind Is Not Live Stereo LP Remixed ‘Proper’
3. Ice In The Sun
4. Elizabeth Dreams Stereo LP Remixed ‘Proper’
5. Gentleman Joe’s Sidewalk Cafe
6. Paradise Flat Stereo LP Remixed ‘Proper’
7. Technicolor Dreams Stereo LP Remixed ‘Proper’
8. Sheila Stereo LP Remixed ‘Proper’
9. Spicks And Specks Stereo LP Remixed ‘Proper’
10. Sunny Cellophane Skies Stereo LP Remixed ‘Proper’
11. Green Tambourine Stereo LP Remixed ‘Proper’
12. Pictures Of Matchstick Men Stereo LP Remixed ‘Proper’
13. Auntie Nellie Stereo
14. Gloria BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 10/9/66
15. Interview with Francis Rossi
16. I (Who Have Nothing) BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 10/9/66
17. Neighbour Neighbour BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 10/9/66
18. I Don’t Want You BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 24/6/67
19. Almost But Not Quite There BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 24/6/67
20. Spicks And Specks BBC Sessions – Saturday Club 24/6/67
21. Gloria BBC Sessions – David Symonds Show April 1968
22. Interview with Alan Lancaster The David Symonds Show April 1968
23. Black Veils Of Melancholy BBC Sessions – David Symonds Show April 1968
24. Bloodhound BBC Sessions – David Symonds Show April 1968
The album was released in September 1969.
The album covers a number of songs by Carole King, including “You’re Just What I Was Looking for Today”, and “Velvet Curtains”.
Following the disappointment of the album, the band released a non-album single – the Everly Brothers’ “The Price of Love”, also released in September 1969, with the Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt composition “Little Miss Nothing” as the b-side – which was also a commercial failure.
This deluxe 2-cd edition comes re-mastered with a bonus disc of unreleased material, new notes by David Wells and a booklet full of rare photos and memorbilia.
Track Listings
Disc 1
2. You’re Just What I Was Looking For Today
3. Are You Growing Tired Of My Love
4. Antique Angelique
5. So Ends Another Life Stereo Version
6. Poor Old Man
7. Mr. Mind Detector
8. The Clown
9. Velvet Curtains
10. Little Miss Nothing
11. When I Awake
12. Nothing At All
13. Josie
14. Do You Live In Fire
Disc 2
2. You’re Just What I Was Looking For Today Mono version
3. Are You Growing Tired Of My Love Mono version
4. Antique Angelique Mono version
5. So Ends Another Life Mono version
6. Poor Old Man Mono version
7. Mr. Mind Detector Mono version
8. The Clown Mono version
9. Velvet Curtains Mono version
10. Little Miss Nothing Mono version
11. When I Awake Mono version
12. Nothing At All Mono version
13. Nothing At All Part of Demo
14. The Price Of Love
Source: Universal
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