Status Quo boxed up STATUS Quo fans should prepare to get very excited.
Next week sees the release of a four-CD box set containing 68 Quo songs.
The collection includes 17 songs previously unreleased tunes.
Everything you could possibly want is on there.
So grab your denim jackets, grow your hair into a ponytail -- and prepare for 70s' take off. New gig date ANY Monkees fans out there should note that the band have postponed its gig.
It had been due to take place at the Manchester Arena later this month.
It will now be held on Tuesday, March 26.
Tickets still available on 0161 930 8000 or 0161 832 1111. REVIEWS by Steve Canavan SINGLES
A Teens -- Halfway Round The World
God, wish they were.
This is awful, terrible, depressing rubbish. Boy/girl band type music but without one iota of originality.
It is bland and boring, like a burger before you add ketchup, mustard, relish, but not gherkin because no one likes that.
PS: The B-side is a dance version of Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight). Do I need to go on?
The Supernaturals -- Finishing Credits
Pretty poor stuff from a group who once promised so much.
The release of the brilliantly infectious Smile proved to be this Scottish band's highlight and after an average second album they were dropped by their record label.
Fair play, they have fought their way back and, after landing a new deal, this is the first single.
It is typical Supernaturals with witty lyrics and catchy tune, but very lightweight and destined for the bargain bins.
Cinerama - Health and Efficiency
Lovely song from ex-Wedding Present frontman Dave Gedge.
It is mellow pop with sweeping string instruments (not violins that brush up; simply lush orchestral arrangement).
The usual fantastic lyrics which as always sees Gedge obssessed with women.
Typical line: "I've eaten peaches in this very place, the juice was dribbling down your face."
B-side Swim is very good too.
Afroman -- Because I Got High
Stupid name, stupid song and infuriatingly good.
Obviously it is a pathetic, novelty-style, joke song but you can not help but quite like it. Nice responsible lines like: "I was gonna pay my child support but then I got high", which sets a good example to all.
Sure to be pretty big.
Supersister -- Summer Gonna Come Again
'This is gonna be the one' screams the press release. Which one? The one that gets played once on Radio No Listeners before being sold off in Our Prices' around the country for 49p.
For good measure, the press release adds: "It is an infectious record of epic proportions". The words 'gross' and 'exaggeration' spring to mind.
Having said that, this slushy ballad is no worse than any other 'pop' act so good luck to 'em.
ALBUMS
Right Said Fred -- Fredhead
It starts off really badly, dips in the middle and tails off at the end.
Actually, I was afraid to leave it on the CD player in case the neighbours called the police under the 1994 Bad Music Taste Act.
The press release says: "Think Aqua meets Slade".
And they're trying to make that the selling point!
The album includes the "classics" I'm Too Sexy and Don't Talk Just Kiss (were they short of material do you possibly think?).
Hopefully the great British public has become a little older and a lot wiser since the early 90s and will leave this record where it belongs: on a dark, lonely shelf alongside the likes of Supersister, A Teens and anything by Gary Barlow.
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