Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo

by The Status Quo

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 September 1968
  • Label: Pye
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:03:53
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Prior to their transformation into boogie-rock stalwarts, the British group debuted with this quintessential artifact of late-1960s pop psychedelia. Anchored by the massive, flanging hit 'Pictures of Matchstick Men', the album relies heavily on chiming guitars, surreal lyrics, and tight vocal harmonies.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, british, guitar-driven, orchestral, harmonies

Tracklist

  1. Black Veils of Melancholy (3:16)
  2. When My Mind Is Not Live (2:49)
  3. Ice in the Sun (2:13)
  4. Elizabeth Dreams (3:28)
  5. Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe (3:01)
  6. Paradise Flat (3:13)
  7. Technicolor Dreams (2:53)
  8. Sheila (1:55)
  9. Spicks and Specks (2:45)
  10. Sunny Cellophane Skies (2:46)
  11. Green Tambourine (2:18)
  12. Pictures of Matchstick Men (3:10)
  13. To Be Free - B-Side Version (2:36)
  14. Make Me Stay a Little Bit Longer - A-Side Version (2:55)
  15. Auntie Nellie - B-Side Version (3:21)
  16. Interview with Brian Matthew - BBC Sessions Saturday Club 7/2/1968 (1:07)
  17. Pictures of Matchstick Men - Live at the BBC (3:13)
  18. Things Get Better - BBC Saturday Club 17/2/1968 (2:10)
  19. Spicks and Specks - Live at the BBC (2:47)
  20. Judy in Disguise - BBC Saturday Club 17/2/1968 (2:44)
  21. Interview with Status Quo - BBC Sessions Saturday Club 17/2/1968 (1:18)
  22. Make Me Stay a Little Bit Longer - Live at the BBC (2:48)
  23. Black Veils of Melancholy (3:15)
  24. When My Mind Is Not Live (3:01)
  25. Ice in the Sun (2:12)
  26. Elizabeth Dreams (3:48)
  27. Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe (3:00)
  28. Paradise Flat (3:14)
  29. Technicolor Dreams (3:18)
  30. Sheila (1:56)
  31. Spicks and Specks (2:54)
  32. Sunny Cellophane Skies (2:48)
  33. Green Tambourine (2:19)
  34. Pictures of Matchstick Men (3:15)
  35. Auntie Nellie (3:31)
  36. Gloria - BBC Sessions Saturday Club 10/9/1966 (2:46)
  37. Interview with Francis Rossi - BBC Live Recording (0:49)
  38. I (Who Have Nothing) - BBC Live Recording (3:02)
  39. Neighbour Neighbour - BBC Live Recording (2:38)
  40. I Don't Want You - BBC Session (2:33)
  41. Almost but Not Quite There - BBC Session (2:38)
  42. Spicks and Specks - Saturday Club BBC Session 24/6/67 (2:46)
  43. Gloria - BBC David Symonds Show (2:43)
  44. Interview with Alan Lancaster - BBC the David Symonds Show April 1968 (1:00)
  45. Black Veils of Melancholy - BBC David Symonds Show April 1968 (3:14)
  46. Bloodhound - BBC David Symonds Show April 1968 (2:05)

Credits

  • Status Quo - primary artist
  • Alan Lancaster - bass guitar, vocals, written-by
  • John Coghlan - drums
  • Rick Parfitt - guitar [second], vocals, written-by
  • Tony Bridge - lacquer cut by
  • Francis Rossi - lead guitar, vocals, written-by, written-by [uncredited]
  • Roy Lynes - organ, vocals
  • Marty Wilde - written-by

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