There must be nearly a dozen Status Quo cd albums featuring these songs from the earliest incarnation of the band ( there's "Early Years", "Psychedelic Years", "Singles Collection", "Down The Dustpipe", "Technicolor Dreams" to name only a few). However, none of the previously mentioned sets are as complete and sound as good as this digitally remastered 60 plus song set. The sonic pleasure of hearing Status Quo morph from a psychedelic, "flower power" band on the beginning of disc one into a kick-@ss, rock n' roll, boogie monster by the end of disc three can not be understated.
This 3 disc set is essential for any Status Quo fan, even if you have similar releases on cd (like me). Sure many of the tracks are already on "Ma Kelly's" & "Dog Of Two Head", but for 20 bucks and three cds so what! Again, to here the transformation of the band over these 3 discs is well worth the cash.
For anyone who has yet to add any Status Quo cds to their collection (shame on you), this is the set to purchase for a retrospective of their early years. If you can afford it, add "Piledriver" & "Hello" to your shopping cart too.
You'll be hooked and end up working your way down the Status Quo Discography on future purchases.
This excellent three-disc set perfectly shows the Quo's transition from psychedelic pop of the late 60s to the hard blues and boogie rock that would take them into the 70s and all the way up to the present day. Personally, I like the early Status Quo better, and there's plenty of rarities here for like-minded fans, lots of tracks by the earlier incarnations of the group, Traffic Jam and the Spectres.
There's also enough of the boogie rock here, as well, with disc three totally dedicated to their harder rocking stuff, and disc two bridging the gap.
This is the perfect anthology of Status Quo if you want an overview of their early career, with good liner notes and pictures and a well-presented package. Most people have a definate preference over which version of the band they prefer, though, so if the psychedelia is your thing you might just want to go for the two-disc repackaging of Picturesque Matchstickable Messages instead of getting lumbered with the early 70s stuff, and vice versa for the 70s fans.
Overall, though, an excellent anthology for those who like all parts of the Quo, and an interesting document of their early times.
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