Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From the Status Quo

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Copyright: © 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

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Tracklist

1▶Digital Media: Mono LP
2▼Digital Media: Stereo LP remixed
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Black Veils of Melancholy (stereo remixed)
sound engineer:
Alan Florence
producer:
John Schroeder (English composer, arranger, orchestra leader, record producer, author and A&R chief)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. (not for release label use, for copyrights use only) (in 1968)
recording of:
Black Veils of Melancholy
lyricist and composer:
Francis Rossi
publisher:
Valley Music Ltd (publisher)
Status Quo3:15
2When My Mind Is Not Live (stereo remixed)
Status Quo3:01
3Ice in the Sun (stereo remixed)
Status Quo2:12
4Elizabeth Dreams (stereo remixed)
Status Quo3:49
5Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe (stereo remixed)
recording of:
Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe
lyricist and composer:
Kenny Young
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Enquiry Music Ltd.
Status Quo3:01
6Paradise Flat (stereo remixed)
Status Quo3:15
7Technicolor Dreams (stereo remixed)
Status Quo3:18
8Sheila (stereo remixed)
Status Quo1:57
9Spicks and Specks (stereo remixed)
Status Quo2:54
10Sunny Cellophane Skies (stereo remixed)
Status Quo2:48
11Green Tambourine (stereo remixed)
Status Quo2:19
12Pictures of Matchstick Men (stereo remixed)
Status Quo3:16
13Auntie Nellie (stereo remixed)
Status Quo3:32
14Gloria (BBC Sessions Saturday club 10/9/66)
recorded at:
Playhouse Theatre in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-09-10)
live cover recording of:
Gloria (Van Morrison/Them song) (on 1966-09-10)
lyricist and composer:
Van Morrison
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Exile Publishing Ltd., Gallo Music Publishers, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Unichappell Music, Bernice Music, Inc. (in 1965) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1965)
part of:
Gloria: In excelsis Deo
The Spectres2:47
15Interview With Francis Rossi
producer:
Brian Willey (BBC producer)
spoken vocals:
Francis Rossi (on 1966-09-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BBC Worldwide Ltd. (not for release label use! for copyrights use only) (in 1966)
recorded at:
Playhouse Theatre in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-09-06)
The Spectres0:49
16I (Who Have Nothing) (BBC Sessions Saturday club 10/9/66)
recorded at:
Playhouse Theatre in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-09-10)
live cover recording of:
I (Who Have Nothing) (on 1966-09-10)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
writer:
Mogol (Italian lyricist)
composer:
Carlo Donida
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Orange Sky Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI) (in 1961, in 1963), Milky Way Publishing Co., Inc. (in 1961, in 1963), Trio Music Co., Inc. (in 1961, in 1963), Walden Music (publisher) (in 1979) and Yellow Dog Music (in 1979)
translated version of:
Uno dei tanti
The Spectres3:02
17Neighbour Neighbour (BBC Sessions Saturday club 10/9/66)
recorded at:
Playhouse Theatre in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-09-10)
live recording of:
Neighbour Neighbour (on 1966-09-10)
writer:
Valior
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Chappell Morris Ltd.
The Spectres2:38
18I Don't Want You (BBC Sessions Saturday club 10/9/66)
Status Quo2:33
19Almost but Not Quite There (BBC Sessions Saturday club 24/6/67)
recorded at:
Playhouse Theatre in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-06-24)
live recording of:
Almost but Not Quite There (on 1967-06-24)
writer:
Pat Barlow and Francis Rossi
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Miracle Songs Ltd.
Status Quo2:38
20Spicks and Specks (Saturday club BBC session 24/6/67)
live cover recording of:
Spicks and Specks (on 1968-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
Barry Gibb
publisher:
BMG Music, Carlin Music Corporation, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Status Quo2:46
21Gloria (BBC Sessions David Symonds Show April 1968)
live cover recording of:
Gloria (Van Morrison/Them song) (on 1968-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
Van Morrison
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Exile Publishing Ltd., Gallo Music Publishers, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Unichappell Music, Bernice Music, Inc. (in 1965) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1965)
part of:
Gloria: In excelsis Deo
Status Quo2:43
22Interview With Alan Lancaster (The David Symonds Show April 1968)
producer:
Ron Belchier
spoken vocals:
Alan Lancaster
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BBC Worldwide Ltd. (not for release label use! for copyrights use only) (in 1968)
recorded at:
Maida Vale Studios in Paddington, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1968-03-29)
Status Quo1:01
23Black Veils of Melancholy (BBC Sessions David Symonds Show April 1968)
live recording of:
Black Veils of Melancholy (on 1968-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
Francis Rossi
publisher:
Valley Music Ltd (publisher)
Status Quo3:14
24Bloodhound (BBC Sessions David Symonds Show April 1968)
recorded at:
Playhouse Theatre in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-09-10)
live recording of:
Bloodhound (on 1966-09-10)
writer:
Larry Bright
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
Status Quo2:05