Customer Reviews
When Quo were at their peek - By: J. M. F. Hill, 05 Jun 2007 
I originally bought this album on vinylin the early eighties & always thought that it was very good. If you are a hard rock or metal fan then this is the era of Quo that you want to hear with the more raw & brash sound along with bassist Alan Lancaster providing some of the vocals too which all helped give them a definite undiluted hard rock sound back then.
Since being into this album as a kid some 25 years ago I`ve been through the musical mill being into Metal ,House , Thrash , death metal , hardcore , cybermetal , Trance , goth metal , Nu-metal , metalcore etc & currently my fave bands apart from my own are Opeth Onslaught & Children of Bodom !
I wouldn`t normally recommend Quo to a rock/metal fan of today but their work from the early/mid seventies is surely worth a look & this album is the best one to go for
Good stuff !
A Quo masterpiece. - By: T. G. S. Roads, 22 Sep 2006 
There is not much to say about this album other than it is very good.
It is really enjoyable to listen to whether you are into hard rock or pop/rock & surely that defines how good an album is.
For a comparison I rate it up there with 'Whitesnake Livein the Heart of the City'and Deep Purple's 'Madein Japan' althought it is not quite as good as 'Black Nightin Denmark: Deep Purple at the K.B. Hallen 1972' but better that Led Zeppelin's 'How the west was won'.
Allin all this is a good live album that is worth owning.
Loud, honest and a stomper all the way through! - By: David Wright, 24 Jul 2006 As a believer that you can only tell a really great band by the strength of their 'live recorded' material, this puts the Blue Boysin a class of their own. At the time, Quo were building up their fan base & wanted to record an album that reflected this - it was no surprise that they chose Glasgow & The Apollo to strut their stuff. I guess I'm a little biased on this as I was one of the lucky ones to be there & hearing it 30 years on still gives me a buzz. As far as actually reviewing 'Quo Live' is concerned, all I can say is that it was summed up at the time by the late John Peel on Radio 1 as brilliant, commenting that 'Bye Bye Johnny' was the best cover version of C.B's classic that he'd ever heard....and to all those who say the Quo are 'one dimensional', I say, 'Go see em' live & if you don't tap your feet & leave with a smile on your face, then you got no pulse!'
The magnificent Status Quo - By: , 28 Mar 2006 The racous intro from the Apollo Galsgow's MC says it all. "Will you welcome the number 1 rock & roll bandin the land, the magnificent Status Quoooooo!" In 1976, Quo were the number one R&R bandin the UK, Europe, Australia & NZ. Quo had swept aside the early 70's pop culture that had filled the charts after the Beatles demise & had avoided slipping into the super heavy Sabbath/Purple/Zepplin scene. They could rock, but they still seemed like 4 lads who'd stumbled on a good idea & were just having a good time. Lots of people critisize Status Quo as a one dimensional 3 chord band, but when you actually listen to their songs, at their raw best on LIVE, they are complicated & sharply arranged rock classics.
This album is almost like a time capsule. I wasn't at the Apollo but listening to this I feel like I was. From the balcony swaying under the weight of the crowd to the rip-tearing tightness of the live arrangements, it's all there. If you never buy another Status Quo album, buy this one. Your collection of greatest rock albums to hear before you die will now be complete.
The dividing line between the old and the new - By: D. J. H. Thorn, 12 Dec 2005 After five stone classic studio albums Quo released this double set, recordedin 1976 at the Glasgow Apollo. Though, like all live albums, it only offers a glimmer of the experience of being there, it's a worthy record of what Quo were doingin those halcyon days. The rapport between band & audience is unmistakeable.
The track order as listed by Amazon is somewhat awry, though this remastered issue does contain a reordering of the tracks on the original LP. "Rain" has been brought forward to track 6 while "Caroline" & "Bye Bye Johnny", having originally ended side 3, now finish the CD behind "Roadhouse Blues". "Roll Over Lay Down" is however still well down the order & never was track 3 as listed here.
Putting all that aside, the material presented here was the staple of Quo's live act, including lengthier versions of "Forty Five Hundred Times" & "Roadhouse Blues" which took on a life of their ownin concert. Many of these songs remainin Quo's live act today, though the Alan Lancaster ones have not surprisingly been dropped. This is a shame, as "Junior's Wailing" virtually started Quo's boogie phase, albeit a cover sung by Lancaster.
This is one of the best live albums you'll ever experience & is much better than "N.E.C." & "Live Alive Quo". Buy this & the previous five studio albums & you'll own all the essential Quo material (but don't forget "Whatever You Want" and...and so on...and on).
