Piledriver (deluxe edition)

~ Release by Status Quo (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Annotation

List of subparts
CD2 tracks 1 to 5: BBC Sounds Of The Seventies 1972
CD2 tracks 6 to 7: John Peel Session 1973
CD2 tracks 8 to 15: BBC In Concert, Paris Theatre, London 1973

Issued in an eight panel matte digipak with clear trays. To the right hand side is a pocket containing a sixteen page booklet.
Deluxe edition sticker applied to the front.

Disc 1:
Original album recorded during September, October 1972 at I.B.C. Studios, Portland Place, London.
All songs published by Valley Music Ltd. except "Roadhouse Blues" published by Doors Music Company (erroneously printed "Door Music Company")
© 1972 Mercury Records Ltd.

Disc 2: BBC Recordings (1972-1973)
1 to 5. Sounds of The Seventies
Rec: 20/11/1972 Transmitted: 7/12/1972
℗ 2010 BBC
6, 7. John Peel Session, 9/1/1973
℗ 2007 BBC
8 to 15. BBC In Concert, Paris Theatre, London, 01/03/1973
℗ 2007 BBC
All songs published by Valley Music Ltd. except "Junior's Wailing" published by Artist-Musical Productions/Franklyn Boyd Music Ltd.; "Roadhouse Blues" published by Doors Music Company (erroneously printed "Door Music Company"); "Bye Bye Johnny" published by Arc Music Corporation

This compilation ℗ 2014 Mercury Records Ltd. © 2014 Mercury Records Ltd.
Made in the EU
CD pressed in Germany

Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Disc1): 06025 376 602-0 01 * 53490690
Mould SID Code (Disc1): IFPI 0144
Matrix / Runout (Disc2): 06025 376 602-1 01 * 53490692
Mould SID Code (Disc2, Variant 1): IFPI 0166
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV26
Rights Society (On Back Cover): BIEM / SABAM
Rights Society (On CD Labels): BIEM / SDRM
Label Code: LC06448
Other (Mould, inner hub Disc 1): MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A
Other (Mould, inner hub Disc 2): MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC B
Mould SID Code (Disc 2, Variant 2): IFPI 0136

Annotation last modified on 2025-08-17 02:12 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Don’t Waste My Time
assistant engineer:
Richard Manwaring (Producer)
engineer:
Damon Lyon-Shaw
producer:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
arranger:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
recorded at:
IBC Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
recording of:
Don’t Waste My Time (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
writer:
Francis Rossi and Bob Young (UK musician & author, Young & Moody; Status Quo)
publisher:
Valley Music Ltd (publisher)
34:22
2Oh Baby
assistant engineer:
Richard Manwaring (Producer)
engineer:
Damon Lyon-Shaw
producer:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
arranger:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
recorded at:
IBC Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
recording of:
Oh Baby (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
written in:
Bromley (London Borough of Bromley), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
writer:
Rick Parfitt (UK guitarist for Status Quo) and Francis Rossi
publisher:
Valley Music Ltd (publisher)
4:41
3A Year
assistant engineer:
Richard Manwaring (Producer)
engineer:
Damon Lyon-Shaw
producer:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
arranger:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
recorded at:
IBC Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
recording of:
A Year (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
writer:
Bernard John Frost and Alan Lancaster
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shawbury Music Ltd. (publisher) and Valley Music Ltd (publisher)
5:47
4Unspoken Words
assistant engineer:
Richard Manwaring (Producer)
engineer:
Damon Lyon-Shaw
producer:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
arranger:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
recorded at:
IBC Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
recording of:
Unspoken Words (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
writer:
Francis Rossi and Bob Young (UK musician & author, Young & Moody; Status Quo)
publisher:
Valley Music Ltd (publisher)
5:12
5Big Fat Mama
assistant engineer:
Richard Manwaring (Producer)
engineer:
Damon Lyon-Shaw
producer:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
arranger:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1982)
recorded at:
IBC Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
recording of:
Big Fat Mama (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
written in:
East Dulwich, Southwark, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
writer:
Rick Parfitt (UK guitarist for Status Quo) and Francis Rossi
publisher:
Valley Music Ltd (publisher)
live recording of:
Big Fat Mama
written in:
East Dulwich, Southwark, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
writer:
Rick Parfitt (UK guitarist for Status Quo) and Francis Rossi
publisher:
Valley Music Ltd (publisher)
5:55
6Paper Plane
assistant engineer:
Richard Manwaring (Producer)
engineer:
Damon Lyon-Shaw
producer:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
arranger:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (UK) (in 1972)
recorded at:
IBC Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
recording of:
Paper Plane (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
writer:
Robert Keith Young (UK musician & author, Young & Moody; Status Quo) and Francis Rossi
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and Valley Music Ltd (publisher)
3:00
7All the Reasons
assistant engineer:
Richard Manwaring (Producer)
engineer:
Damon Lyon-Shaw
producer:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
arranger:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
recorded at:
IBC Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972 until 1972-10)
recording of:
All the Reasons (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
writer:
Alan Lancaster and Rick Parfitt (UK guitarist for Status Quo)
publisher:
Valley Music Ltd (publisher)
3:41
8Roadhouse Blues
assistant engineer:
Richard Manwaring (Producer)
engineer:
Damon Lyon-Shaw
producer:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
arranger:
Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1972), Mercury Records Ltd. (UK) (in 1972) and Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1982)
recorded at:
IBC Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972 until 1972-10)
cover recording of:
Roadhouse Blues (from 1972-09 until 1972-10)
lyricist:
Jim Morrison (lead vocalist of the Doors)
composer:
John Densmore, Robby Krieger (American guitarist, member of The Doors), Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison (lead vocalist of the Doors)
publisher:
Doors Music Company, Nipper Music, Rondor Music, Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Sharandall Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.
7:31
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Credits

Release

art direction:Hugh Gilmour
photography:Steve Campbell (photographer)
liner notes:Dave Ling
miscellaneous support:Bob Young (UK musician & author, Young & Moody; Status Quo) (task: research / archive photos & memorabilia)
12 string guitar and guitar [lead guitar]:Francis Rossi
12 string guitar [acoustic] and bass guitar:Alan Lancaster
acoustic guitar and vocal:Richard Parfitt (UK guitarist for Status Quo)
Francis Rossi
guitar [second guitar] and organ:Richard Parfitt (UK guitarist for Status Quo)
harmonica:Rob Young (UK musician & author, Young & Moody; Status Quo)
percussion [various percussions]:John Coghlan
piano:Jimmy Horowitz
Richard Parfitt (UK guitarist for Status Quo)
design:Hugh Gilmour (task: reissue)
manufactured by:EDC, Germany (Entertainment Distribution Company GmbH)
publisher:Artist-Musical Production (publisher)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (EMI (Taiwan), DO NOT USE. There is no label with this name. Please enter the labels that match the logos shown on the item.)
Franklyn Boyd Music Ltd. (UK based music publishing company, affiliated with PRS; now dissolved)
copyrighted (©) by:Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5564493 [info]