Status Quo

Artist:  Status Quo
Origin:  London, England
Genre:  Rock, Boogie Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Contemporary Pop

Original line-up:

Francis Rossi:  Guitar, Vocals
Alan Lancaster:  Bass, Vocals
Jess Jaworski:  Keyboards
Alan Key:  Drums

Classic line-up:

Francis Rossi:  Guitar, Vocals
Rick Parfitt:  Guitar, Vocals
Alan Lancaster:  Bass
John Coghlan:  Drums

Status Quo are an English Rock Band from London, formed in 1962 by Francis Rossi (Guitar, Vocals), Alan Lancaster (Bass, Vocals), Jess Jaworski (Keyboards) and Alan Key (Drums).  Status Quo are one of Britain's longest-lived bands, staying together for over 40 years, and the band was only successful in the U.K.  In 1991, the band received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

Title:  The Very Best Of The Early Years  (2015)
Genre:  Rock, Boogie Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Contemporary Pop
Label:  Union Square Music
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Pictures Of Matchstick Men  (3:17)
 2.  Ice In The Sun  (2:13)
 3.  Green Tambourine  (2:19)
 4.  Spicks And Specks  (2:54)
 5.  Down The Dustpipe  (2:04)
 6.  Technicolor Dreams  (3:17)
 7.  Gerdundula  (3:22)
 8.  When My Mind Is Not Live  (3:02)
 9.  Are You Growing Tired Of My Love  (3:38)
10. Mean Girl  (3:54)
11. Spinning Wheel Blues  (3:20)
12. Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe  (3:02)
13. Daughter  (3:01)
14. Auntie Nellie  (3:33)
15. Black Veils Of Melancholy  (3:14)
16. Little Miss Nothing  (3:03)
17. To Be Free  92:37)
18. I (Who Have Nothing) (The Spectres)  (3:03)
19. Hurdy Gurdy Man (The Spectres)  (3:17)
20. (We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet (The Spectres)  (2:18)

Disc 2:

 1.  Shy Fly  (3:48)
 2.  Elizabeth Dreams  (3:47)
 3.  Paradise Flat  (3:15)
 4.  Sheila  (1:56)
 5.  Sunny Cellophane Skies  (2:48)
 6.  Make Me Stay A Little Bit Longer  (2:55)
 7.  So Ends Another Life  (3:12)
 8.  Face Without A Soul  (3:08)
 9.  You're Just What I Was Looking For Today  (3:50)
10. Nothing At All  (3:54)
11. The Price Of Love  (3:41)
12. In My Chair  (3:13)
13. Tune To The Music  (3:07)
14. Good Thinking  (3:41)
15. Railroad  (5:32)
16. Neighbour Neighbour (The Spectres)  (2:44)
17. I Want It (The Spectres)  (3:02)
18. Laticia (The Spectres)  (3:02)
19. Almost But Not Quite There (Traffic Jam)  (2:46)
20. Wait A Minute (Traffic Jam)  (2:14)

The Very Best Of The Early Years is the collection album in two 
CD by Status Quo, was released on October 2m 2015 by Union Square Music, featuring all the singles, rarities and key album tracks from their formative Pye Records Years perfectly charts, includes details sleeve notes in an eight-page booklet.