Get Ready to ROCK! » Alan Lancaster https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:17:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : STATUS QUO – The Early Years 1966-69 (5 CD boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-status-quo-the-early-years-1966-69/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-status-quo-the-early-years-1966-69/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2024 17:02:47 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=94314 STATUS QUO early years cover 150BMG/Sanctuary Records [Release date : 15.03.24] This 5 CD, Early Years boxset is one of the most interesting of the Status Quo back catalogue repackaging of recent times. It tracks us through the band’s startup moments in the early sixties, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-status-quo-the-early-years-1966-69/feed/ 0 Album review: STATUS QUO – Deluxe Editions – 1+9+8+2, Back To Back, In The Army Now, Ain’t Complaining https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/09/album-review-status-quo-deluxe-editions-1982-back-to-back-in-the-army-now-aint-complaining/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/09/album-review-status-quo-deluxe-editions-1982-back-to-back-in-the-army-now-aint-complaining/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2018 21:54:39 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=55318 STATUS QUO - 1+9+8+2earMUSIC [release date 17.08.18] These albums are the next in line to get the Deluxe Edition reissue treatment which covers the band’s output during the 1980’s. This was a period which saw band members come and go, the ‘End Of … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/09/album-review-status-quo-deluxe-editions-1982-back-to-back-in-the-army-now-aint-complaining/feed/ 0 DVD review: STATUS QUO – The Frantic Four’s Final Fling https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/10/dvd-review-status-quo-the-frantic-fours-final-fling/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/10/dvd-review-status-quo-the-frantic-fours-final-fling/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:26:34 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=23384 STATUS QUO – The Frantic Four’s Final FlingAbbey Road/ Universal [Release date 01.09.14] On the 12th April 2014 in Dublin the last chords of the Frantic Four’s second and final reunion tour rang out and with it closed another chapter in the long history of Status Quo, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/10/dvd-review-status-quo-the-frantic-fours-final-fling/feed/ 1 Gig Review: STATUS QUO – 02 Academy, Glasgow, 9 April 2014 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/04/gig-review-status-quo-02-academy-glasgow-9-april-2014/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/04/gig-review-status-quo-02-academy-glasgow-9-april-2014/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:53:42 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=18687 Status Quo This is the second night of a two night stint in Glasgow by the Frantic Four and the denim clad Quo Army are once again out in force. After the one-off reunion tour in 2013 proved to be such a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/04/gig-review-status-quo-02-academy-glasgow-9-april-2014/feed/ 0 Album review: STATUS QUO – Piledriver Deluxe Edition https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/02/album-review-status-quo-piledriver-deluxe-edition/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/02/album-review-status-quo-piledriver-deluxe-edition/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:05:11 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=16863 Status Quo - PiledriverUniversal [Release date 24.03.14] Status Quo are preparing for the second round of their ‘Frantic Four’ reincarnation and – hey – here comes an extended reissue of their 1972 album.  ‘Piledriver’ is important because it continued their journey from the … Continue reading →

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