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Bootleg CD Albums 1990-1998


This section lists a selection of the most well known Quo CD bootlegs. Over the last few years there has been an explosion of Quo CD bootlegs and it is pretty much impossible to try and keep track of them all. There is also the problem of how to define a bootleg - as with the computer technology now available it is possible for anyone with a modern P/C to make their own bootleg CDs.

1990 ROADHOUSE BLUES (Triangle PYCD 050)
Junior's Wailing / Someone's Learning / In My Chair / Railroad / Don't Waste My Time / Paper Plane / Roadhouse Blues / Bye Bye Johnny / I Don't Want You / It Takes Two / Almost But Not Quite There. "Roadhouse Blues" was pressed in Italy in 1990. It was the first issue of Status Quo bootleg material on Compact Disc. The album was made up of the "Ready Steady Quo" recordings and the three songs issued on 'The Traffic Jam' bootleg single of 1989. The sound quality was excellent.

1990 IT WAS JUST A GOOD NAME AND ONE THAT WE ALL LIKED (Oh Boy 1-9045)
Junior's Wailing / Someone's Learning / In My Chair / Railroad / Don't Waste My Time / Paper Plane / Roadhouse Blues / Bye Bye Johnny. Pressed in Luxembourg, "It Was Just A Good Name And One That We All Liked" first appeared in the U.K. in late 1990. Once again the "Ready Steady Go" recordings were used. Sound quality was excellent. The C.D. was re-pressed twice, with original copies having a silver & red middle, the first re-pressing a red & white middle and the last re-pressing a black & white middle.

1991 ALMOST BUT QUITE (02-CD-3336)
Bloodhound # / Neighbour, Neighbour # / Bird Dog # / I Don't Want You #1 / It Takes Two #1 / Almost But Not Quite There #1 / When My Mind Is Not Live / Gloria / Black Veils Of Melancholy / Bloodhound / Thing's Get Better / Mean Girl / Paradise Flat / Ice In The Sun / The Price Of Love / Junior's Wailing. Bootleg C.D. manufactured in France in late 1990. "Almost But Quite" first appeared in the U.K. in April 1991. It was made up of B.B.C. radio sessions covering the period 1966 to 1971. All of the tracks had already appeared, in bootleg form, either on the "Early Status Quo" album or on the "I Don't Want You" single. The tracks marked # were recorded as 'The Spectres' and those marked #1 were recorded as 'The Traffic Jam'. Sound quality was good.

1991 TOKYO QUO (732540/0)
Is There A Better Way / Little Lady / Most Of The Time / Rain / Caroline / / Roll Over Lay Down / Big Fat Mama / Don't Waste My Time / Bye Bye Johnny. Recorded 'live' at the Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, Japan on the 17th. November 1976. Bootleg C.D. issue of the official Japanese released "Tokyo Quo" album issued in 1977. The C.D. was pressed in Germany in 1991. Sound quality was excellent. The original album artwork was copied for the bootleg cover.

1993 WHATEVER YOU WANT (Hallmark HM 015)
Whatever you Want / Little Lady / Roll Over Lay Down / Cream Of The Crop / Who Gets The Love? / Hold You Back / In The Army Now / Rockin' All Over The World / Don't Waste My Time / Bye Bye Johnny / Dirty Water. Bootleg that was manufactured in Germany and first appeared in the U.K. in early 1993. The bootleg was recorded 'live' at Wembley Arena, London on the 7th. July 1988. As the concert had originally been recorded for a Radio broadcast the sound quality was excellent.

1993 DEMOS (STAR Q)
Down Down / Heavy Daze / Better Times / Long-Legged Girls / Don't Give It Up / Lonely / She's A Mystery / Ol' Rag Blues / Waiting For The Day / You Set The World On Fire / Shady Lady / Invitation / Another Game In Town / Rearrange / (April) Spring, Summer And Wednesdays / Pictures Of Matchstick Men. A thousand copies of this limited edition bootleg C.D. were made. They were manufactured in Germany in January 1993. The C.D. was a compilation of various Quo demos and un-issued songs. Sound quality varied from good to excellent. "Down Down" (with the "Rock 'Til You Drop" intro) was a 'live' recording taken from the "Rock 'Til You Drop" video (recorded at the SE&CC Glasgow on the 21st. September 1991). "Heavy Daze" and "Better Times" were the b-sides to the planned "Fakin' The Blues" single. The next three tracks, "Long-Legged Girls", "Don't Give It Up" and "Lonely" had previously not been available on C.D - they were the b-sides of the "Dreamin'", "Red Sky" and "Rollin' Home" singles respectively. "She's A Mystery" was an Alan Lancaster song recorded here in demo form and later issued by his Party Boys band. The song was also recorded by The Bombers. "Ol' Rag Blues" was a demo version of the song with Alan Lancaster on vocals. It was thought, at the time, that "Waiting For The Day" and "You Set The World On Fire" were from Francis Rossi's and Bernie Frost's, as yet, unreleased album "Flying Debris". They were in fact by the Swedish band Freeway and were correctly titled "Looking For A Way" and "Soul On Fire". The next four tracks were demos recorded, for the "Whatever You Want" album, at Trend studios, Dublin in November 1978. Only "Shady Lady" was included on the album. "Invitation" was later recorded for the "In The Army Now" album. Both "Another Game In Town" and "Rearrange" have never been officially released. The recording of "(April) Spring, Summer And Wednesdays" (later included on the "Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon" album) was copied from the German 'Beat Club' television program and "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" was a demo recordings.

1993 RESURRECTION (Music With Love MWL 014/15) Disc 1 -
Roll Over Lay Down / Backwater / Little Lady / Don't Drive My Car / Whatever You Want / Hold You Back / Rockin' All Over The World / Over The Edge / What You're Proposing / Dirty Water / Forty-Five Hundred Times / Big Fat Mama Disc 2 - Don't Waste My Time / Roadhouse Blues / Rain / Bye Bye Johnny / Roll Over Lay Down / Cream Of The Crop / Who Gets The Love? / Hold You Back / Don't Drive My Car / Dirty Water / In The Army Now / Rockin' All Over The World / Don't Waste My Time / Bye Bye Johnny. Two C.D. bootleg set which first appeared in the U.K in the summer of 1993. The C.D. originated from Germany. The set featured two 'live' Quo concerts. The first was taken from a Radio Clyde broadcast of the band's concert at the Glasgow Apollo Theatre on the 1st. May 1982. The whole concert was included on the C.D. with the exception of "Caroline" and "Down Down". The radio broadcast had been in stereo so the sound quality was very good. The tracks from "Roll Over Lay Down" on disc two were recorded at Quo's appearance at Wembley Arena on the 7th. July 1988. The same recordings had been used for the "Whatever You Want" C.D. bootleg, but the sound quality on this C.D. was better. A different track selection was used.

1993 THE POWER OF ROCK 'N ROLL LIVE (Soundproof STA 1)
The Power Of Rock / In My Chair / Little Dreamer / Perfect Remedy / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / Paper Plane / Forty-Five Hundred Times / What You're Proposing / Down Down / Unplugged (In My Chair-Caroline-From A Jack To A King-Down The Dustpipe-Railroad) / Address Book. Bootleg C.D. distributed in Germany. It was a limited edition issue with only one thousand copies made. The first four tracks were 'live' recordings taken from the "Rocking All Over The Years" video and recorded at the band's Birmingham N.E.C. concerts on the 17th. & 18th. December 1989. The "Mystery Song Medley" was recorded at Knebworth on the 30th. June 1990 and "Paper Plane" was recorded at Sindelfingen Stadhalle, Germany on the 27th. October 1986. The tracks "Forty Five Hundred Times" to "Bye Bye Johnny" were taken from the "End Of The Road" videos and were recorded at the Milton Keynes Bowl on the 21st. July 1984. The 'unplugged' recording was taken from the Steve Wright Radio 1FM show on the 30th. November 1989 - which featured Francis and Rick. In addition to short acoustic guitar versions of Quo songs, they played "From A Jack To A King" (a hit for Ned Miller in 1963). "Address Book" was taken from the T.V. programme 'Abracadigance' broadcast on the 7th. April 1990. Quo were joined, in performing the song, by the programme presenter Richard Digance. The C.D. was issued in early September 1993. Sound quality varied from good to excellent.

1994 THE PRINCE'S TRUST 1994 (PT Music CD-001/002) Disc 1 -
National Anthem-Introduction-Nellie The Elephant / Caroline / Hold You Back / One Man Band / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home- Again And Again-Slow Train / Forty-Five Hundred Times / Junior's Wailing / Roll Over Lay Down / Rock 'Til You Drop / Dirty Water / What You're Proposing / Whatever You Want Disc 2 - In The Army Now / Rockin' All Over The World / Roadhouse Blues (The Wanderer-Marguerita Time-Living On An Island-A Mess Of Blues-Break The Rules-Something 'Bout You Baby I Like-The Price Of Love) / Restless / The Anniversary Waltz Part One-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Sweet Soul Music-Bye Bye Johnny-Batman Theme-Bye Bye Johnny-Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On-Bye Bye Johnny / Down Down / Fakin' The Blues / No Problem / Don't Waste My Time. Two C.D. picture disc set manufactured in Germany that first appeared in the U.K. in May 1994. The bootleg was recorded, with the exception of four bonus tracks, at Quo's 'Prince's Trust' concert at the Royal Albert Hall, in London, on the 30th. March 1994. The tracks "Down Down", "Fakin' The Blues", "No Problem" and "Don't Waste My Time" were recorded on the 7th. December 1991 at Wembley Arena, London. The sound quality was excellent and the C.D. was stylishly packaged using photographs from the concert programme.

1994 JUST FOR THE RECORD (TSD SQ 00342) Disc 1 -
Joanna / The Eyes Of The World / Introduction-Nellie The Elephant / Caroline / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / Forty-Five Hundred Times / Junior's Wailing / Roll Over Lay Down / What You're Proposing / Restless / Caroline / Hold You Back / Paper Plane / One Man Band / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Big Fat Mama-Slow Train Disc 2 - Don't Drive My Car / Dirty Water / Whatever You Want / In The Army Now / Rockin' All Over The World / Roadhouse Blues (The Wanderer-Marguerita Time-In My Chair-Living On An Island-Something 'Bout You Baby I Like-The Price Of Love) / Burning Bridges / The Anniversary Waltz Part One-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Sweet Soul Music / Bye Bye Johnny-Batman Theme-Bye Bye Johnny. Double C.D. set that first appeared in the U.K. in June 1994. The bootleg was manufactured in Germany and the sound quality was very good. "Joanna" and "The Eyes Of The World" were by 'Little Eqypt' Quo's support band for the 'Just For The Record' tour. The tracks from "Caroline" to "I'm Restless", on disc one, were recorded at Wembley Arena, London in December 1993. The rest of the tracks were recorded on the 23rd. November 1992 at Braunschweig Stradhalle, in Germany.

1994 THE LEGEND THAT NEVER DIES! (CO 94001)
Junior's Wailing / Someone's Learning / Umleitung / In My Chair / Railroad / Roadhouse Blues / In My Chair / Gerdundula / Piece Of Mind / I'll Be Back / You Don't Own Me / Calling The Shots / I Wonder Why / Paper Plane / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Big Fat Mama-Slow Train. "The Legend That Never Dies!" bootleg C.D. was manufactured in Germany and first appeared in the U.K. in July 1994. It was a limited edition issue of 500 numbered copies, with the first 22 copies coming in a special collectors box. Sound quality was excellent to reasonable. The C.D. sleeve was made up of a 'live' picture of the band, from the late seventies. The tracks from "Junior's Wailing" to "Roadhouse Blues" were taken from a radio broadcast of Quo's concert in Stockholm, Sweden on the 20th. November 1971. "In My Chair" was a demo version of the song, which had been included on the Dojo C.D. "The Early Years", "Gerdundula" was from the 1975 'live' E.P. and "Piece Of Mind" was the original title of "You Lost The Love" (the b-side of the "Rain" single). "I'll Be Back" was from Bob Young's album with Mick Moody, "Young & Moody", from 1977. "You Don't Own Me" was taken from the "First Night Stand" bootleg and was recorded on the 18th. July 1978 in Newcastle, Australia. "Calling The Shots" has never been issued in the U.K. and was to be the b-side to the intended "Jealousy" single (see Part 1) and "I Wonder Why" was the b-side of the Rossi Frost "Modern Romance" single. "Paper Plane" was a 'live' recording from Quo's concert at Friesland Hall, Immenstradt in Holland on the 5th. November 1992 and the "Mystery Song Medley" was recorded in Germany on the 20th. November 1992 at Immenstadt Stadhalle.

1994 RARE STATUS QUO (RSQV 001)
Little Lady / Paper Plane / Jealousy / Where Are You Now / Jealousy / That's All Right / Fakin' The Blues (Edit) / Fakin' The Blues (Album version) / Heavy Daze / Better Times / Getting Better / Don't Waste My Time / A Planet Called Monday / Rain / Need Your Love / In My Chair / Nothing Better. Bootleg C.D. that first appeared in the U.K. in September 1994. Although it was professionally packaged the sound quality was only fair. "Little Lady" and "Paper Plane" were 'live' recordings that had appeared on the mispressed "Anniversary Waltz Part One" 12" single. "Jealousy" and "Calling The Shots" were from the planned single release. The second version of "Jealousy" was from the Rossi Frost 12" single. The b-sides to the single, "Where Are You Now" and That's All Right", were also included on the C.D. The next four tracks were from the planned "Fakin' The Blues" single. "It's An Illusion" was from Roger Taylor's solo album "Strange Frontier" and featured Rick Parfitt. "Getting Better" was from the "All This And World War II" compilation album and "Don't Waste My Time" was taken from the "Reading Festival" L.P. "A Planet Called Monday" was Francis and Rick's contribution to the concept album "Intergalactic Touring Band" of 1977. "Rain" was from the band's Birmingham N.E.C. concert on the 14th. May 1982. The recordings of "Need Your Love" and "In My Chair" were taken from the Dojo C.D. "The Early Years". The last track, "Nothing Better" was the John Du Cann recording from 1977.

1995 RARE LITTLE DIAMONDS (CD-R 74)
Little Lady / Paper Plane / Down Down / Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) / It's An Illusion / Anthony Boy / The Bell / You Set My Soul On Fire / Waiting For The Day / Goin' Nowhere / Soft In The Head / Rude Awakening Time / Gerdundula / Ships In The Night / Getting Better / Jealousy / Learning How To Rock 'N' Roll / High Flyer /The Wild Ones. Collectors C.D. with only fifty copies made. The C.D. was made in Germany in January 1995. Sound quality was excellent. "Little Lady" and "Paper Plane" were taken from the 'live' recordings that had appeared on the mispressed "Anniversary Waltz Part One" 12" single. "Down Down" was also a 'live' recording, being taken from the 12" "Caroline (Live at the N.E.C.)" single. The recording of "Judy In Disguise" was taken from a BBC Radio 1 session recorded in January 1968. Both "It's An Illusion" and "Anthony Boy" featured Rick Parfitt on guitar. "It's An Illusion" (also co-written by Rick) was from Roger Taylor's album "Strange Frontier" and "Anthony Boy" was from Graham Bonnet's album "Line-Up" . "The Bell" was a single by 'Coast To Coast" which had been written by Rick Parfitt and Andy Bown. "You Set My Soul On Fire" and "Waiting For The Day" were by the Swedish band Freeway and were not connected with Quo. The tracks "Goin' Nowhere", "Soft In The Head", "Rude Awakening Time" and "Gerdundula" were 'live' recordings from Quo's concert in Arnhem, Holland on the 5th. November 1994. "Ships In The Night" featured Francis Rossi with Bernie Frost and was from the various artist album "Exiled". "Getting Better" was from the 1976 various artists concept album "All This And World War II". The version of "Jealousy" was from the Rossi Frost 12" single. "Learning How To Rock 'N' Roll" was co-written by Rick Parfitt. The final two tracks, "High Flyer" and "The Wild Ones" were the only two Vertigo album tracks that had not been issued on C.D.

1995 GOIN' NOWHERE (SQCD 00194)
Caroline / Down Down / One Man Band / Goin' Nowhere / Soft In The Head / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time- Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / Rude Awakening Time / Gerdundula / Whatever You Want / In The Army Now / Rockin' All Over The World / Don't Waste My Time / Roadhouse Blues (The Wanderer- Marguerita Time-Living On An island-A Mess Of Blues-Break The Rules-Something 'Bout You Baby I Like). 'Live' bootleg from Quo's 'Thirsty Work' tour. The C.D. was manufactured in Germany in July 1995 and recorded at Arnham, Holland on the 5th. November 1994. Sound quality was very good. Although "Bye Bye Johnny" was shown on the track listing the C.D. finished part way through "Roadhouse Blues", due to the overall maximum C.D. running time.

1995 END OF THE ROAD
Caroline / Roll Over Lay Down / Whatever You Want / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Slow Train / Rockin' All Over The World / Dirty Water / Roadhouse Blues / What You're Proposing / Down Down / Bye Bye Johnny. Good quality bootleg that was copied from the first "End Of The Road" video in 1995.

1996 BORN TO BOOGIE (3 CHORDS TO PARADISE) (Quo Vadis)
Better Times / She's A Mystery / In My Chair / Gerdundula / Piece Of Mind / I'll Be Back / Calling The Shots / I Wonder Why / Junior's Wailing / Someone's Learning / Umleitung / In My Chair / Railroad / Roadhouse Blues / You Don't Own Me / Paper Plane / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Big Fat Mama-Slow Train) / Down Down. "Born To Boogie" was a bootleg compilation made up of material previously available on other bootlegs. "Better Times" was copied from "Rare Status Quo", "She's A Mystery" and "Down Down" (although without the "Rock 'Til You Drop" intro) were copied from "Demos". The rest of the material was taken from the "Legend That Never Dies!" bootleg. The bootleg first appeared in the U.K. in January 1996. Sound quality was excellent to reasonable.

1996 LIVE AT ARNHEIM 5.11.1994!
Caroline / Down Down / One Man Band / Goin' Nowhere / Soft In The Head / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / Rude Awakening Time / Gerdundula / Whatever You Want / Rockin' All Over The World / Don't Waste My Time / In The Army Now / The Anniversary Waltz Part One-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Sweet Soul Music-Bye Bye Johnny-Batman Theme-Bye Bye Johnny. Second Quo bootleg from the gig in Arnham, Holland on the 5th. November 1994. Sound quality was good.

1996 MYSTERY QUO (TEJA 2767/002)
Roll Over Lay Down / Backwater / Just Take Me / Hold You Back / Over The Edge / Forty-Five Hundred Times / Big Fat Mama / Don't Waste My Time / Whatever You Want / Rockin' All Over The World / Dirty Water / In The Army Now / Claudie / Mad About The Boy. Bootleg that first appeared in the U.K. in February 1996. The first eight songs were taken from the 'More From The End Of The Road' video, recorded on the 21st. July 1984. "Whatever You Want" through to "In The Army Now" were copied from the Knebworth video and were recorded on the 30th. June 1990. "Claudie" was recorded at Rheingold Arena, in Mainz, Germany on the 22nd. February 1975. Due to C.D. total running time constraints only part of "Mad About The Boy", recorded at Bingley Hall in Stafford on the 7th. March 1976, was included. Sound quality was good.

1996 SOFTER RIDE (TEJA 2767/003) Disc 1 -
Paper Plane / Softer Ride / The Wanderer / Backwater / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / Don't Drive My Car / Caroline / Gerdundula / Whatever You Want / In The Army Now Disc 2 - Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Don't Waste My Time / Come Rock With Me-Rockin' On / Roadhouse Blues / Burning Bridges / Rockin' All Over The World / The Anniversary Waltz Part One-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Sweet Soul Music -Bye Bye Johnny-Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On-Batman Theme-Bye Bye Johnny / Heavy Daze / Better Times / Roadhouse Medley. Live bootleg C.D. recorded at Quo's London Wembley Arena concert on the 16th. December 1995. "Heavy Daze" and "Better Times" were bonus tracks and the "Roadhouse Medley" was recorded 'live' at Countdown studios in Holland in September 1992.

1996 LIVE FUN (RSM International RSM 183-2) Disc 1 -
Into-Fun Fun Fun / Paper Plane / Softer Ride / The Wanderer / Backwater / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / Gerdundula / Get Back / Get Out Of Denver / Whatever You Want / In The Army Now / Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Don't Waste My Time Disc 2 - Come Rock With Me-Rockin' On / Roadhouse Blues / Caroline / Rockin' All Over The World / The Anniversary Waltz Part One-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Sweet Soul Music-Bye Bye Johnny / Down Down / Little Dreamer / Perfect Remedy / The Power Of Rock / Dirty Water. Excellent quality radio broadcast 'live' concert from the Philispshalle, Düsseldorf in Germany on the 16th. May 1996. The double CD bootleg package was manufactured in Austria and first appeared in the U.K. in July 1996. In addition to the full concert, five bonus tracks were included. "Down Down" was a 'live' recording taken from the "Rock 'Til You Drop" video and was recorded at the SE&CC Glasgow, on the 21st. September 1991. The last four songs were recorded at Quo's Birmingham concerts in December 1989 and were copied from the "Rocking All Over The Years" video.

1996 BRITISH FUN INVASION (Quo Vardis BTG 3316)
Paper Plane / Softer Ride / The Wanderer / Backwater / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / Gerdundula / Get Back / Get Out Of Denver / Whatever You Want / In The Army Now / Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Don't Waste My Time / Come Rock With Me-Rockin' On / Roadhouse Blues / Caroline / Rockin' All Over The World. Another bootleg using the Radio broadcast of Quo's concert at the Philispshalle, Düsseldorf in Germany on the 16th. May 1996. The sound quality was not as good as the "Live Fun" bootleg.

1996 MYSTERIES FROM THE BALL (Rocking With Fun 626204)
Rotten To The Bone / Doing It All For You / Dead In The Water / Mysteries From The Ball / Medley (Caroline-Down Down-Whatever You Want-Rockin' All Over The World) / Come On You Reds (Instrumental) / I Didn't Mean It (Acoustic Version) / I Didn't Mean It (Hooligan Version) / Survival / She Knew Too Much / Beautiful / Tossin' And Turnin' / Down To You / And I Do / Democracy / Restless (Orchestral Version) / Tilting At The Mill / Mortified / Temporary Friend. "Mysteries From The Ball" was made up of single b-sides and extended mixes from 1989 to 1996. The recording of "Come On You Reds" was taken from the 1994 Manchester United Football Club single. The picture disc bootleg was professionally packaged with excellent sound quality. "Rotten To The Bone" and "Doing It All For You" were taken from the 12" 1989 "Little Dreamer" single. "Mysteries From The Ball" was one of the b-side to the "Can't Give You More" 12" single and "Medley" (Caroline/Down Down/Whatever You Want/Rockin' All Over The World) was the b-side to the "Rock 'Til You Drop" single. The two versions of "I Didn't Mean It", "Survival" and "She Knew Too Much" were from the CD singles. "Beautiful", "Tossin' And Turnin'" and "Down To You" were taken from the "Sherri Don't Fail Me Now!" CD singles. The 'Orchestral version' of "Restless", "And I Do" and "Democracy" were also taken from the CD singles. "Tilting At The Mill" was the b-side to the "When You Walk In The Room" single, "Mortified" was the b-side to the "Fun Fun Fun" single and "Temporary Friend" was the b-side to the "Don't Stop" single.

1996 FINITO (A7A13QF4) Disc 1 -
Caroline / Paper Plane / Roll Over Lay Down / Backwater / Just Take Me / Little Lady / Don't Drive My Car / Whatever You Want / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Slow Train / Hold You Back / Rockin' All Over The World / Over The Edge / Dirty Water Disc 2 - Forty-Five Hundred Times / Big Fat Mama / Don't Waste My Time / Roadhouse Blues / What You're Proposing / Rain / Down Down / Bye Bye Johnny. C.D. issue of the 1984 bootleg album.

1996 MORE MYSTERIES FROM THE BALL (Rocking With Fun 626205)
In the Army Now (Military Mix) / Heartburn / Late Last Night / Dreamin' (Wet Mix) / Running All Over The World / Ain't Complaining (Extended) / That's Alright / Lean Machine / In The Army Now (Remix) / Who Gets The Love? (Extended) / Halloween / The Reason For Goodbye / The Wanderer (Sharon The Nag Mix) / Burning Bridges (Extended) / Everytime I Think Of You. Second "Mysteries From The Ball" type collection of single b-sides and extended mixes. The bootleg came as a picture disc and first appeared in the UK in December 1996. Sound quality was excellent. The recordings of "In The Army Now (Military Mix)", "Dreamin'", "Ain't Complaining", "Who Get's The Love" and "Burning Bridges" were 12" extended mixes. "Heartburn" and "Late Last Night" were the b-sides to the 12" "In the Army Now" single. The 7" version of "Running All Over The World" was not available on C.D. in the U.K., at this time, and "That's Alright" and "Lean Machine" were the b-sides to the "Ain't Complaining" 12" single. The remix of "In The Army Now" was only previously available on the "Ain't Complaining" CD single. "Halloween" and "The Reason For Goodbye" were the b-sides to the "Who Gets The Love?" 12" single and the 'Sharon The Nag Mix' of "The Wanderer" was only available on the CD single release. "Everytime I Think Of You" was taken from the "Ain't Complaining" album and also appeared as one of the b-sides to the "Not At All" 12" single.

1997 GREAT BALLS OF FIRE (848 363-9) Disc 1 -
Introduction / Paper Plane / Softer Ride / The Wanderer / Proud Mary / Fun Fun Fun / Backwater / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / Gerdundula / Get Back / Get Out Of Denver Disc 2 - Whatever You Want / In The Army Now / Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Don't Waste My Time / Rockin' All Over The World / Roadhouse Blues / Caroline / All Around My Hat / The Anniversary Waltz Part One-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Sweet Soul Music-Dizzy Miss Lizzy-Long Tall Sally-Bye Bye Johnny-Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On-Bye Bye Johnny. From Quo's concert at London Wembley Arena concert on the 15th. December 1996. The CD first appeared in the U.K. in April 1997. Sound quality was good and the packaging excellent.

1997 QUO'S BACK WEMBLEY (Spartacus 7629G048851)
Whatever You Want / Paper Plane / Roll Over Lay Down / Little Lady / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Slow Train / Hold You Back / Don't Drive My Car / Dirty Water / Rockin' All Over The World / Big Fat Mama / Don't Waste My Time / Roadhouse Blues (The Price Of Love) / Caroline. 'Live' bootleg from Quo's London Wembley Stadium concert (with Queen) on the 12th. July 1986. Sound quality was good and the recording was made at the p.a. mixing desk.

1997 PERFECT REMEDY LIVE (Shoot That Lion 7629G122626) Disc 1 -
Caroline / Roll Over Lay Down / Little Lady / In My Chair / Little Dreamer / Perfect Remedy / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Again And Again- Slow Train Disc 2 - Hold You Back / The Power Of Rock / Dirty Water / Whatever You Want / In The Army Now / Rockin' All Over The World / Don't Waste My Time / The Wanderer-Marguerita Time- Living On An Island-Break The Rules- Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Burning Bridges. Copied from the 1990 "Rocking All Over The World" video. The bootleg first appeared in the U.K. in July 1997. Sound quality was excellent.

1997 THE VERY BEST OF STATUS QUO (Gull 526764-2)
Whatever You Want / Down Down / Rockin' All Over The World / In The Army Now / Caroline / Break The Rules / Roll Over Lay Down / Wild Side Of Life / What You're Proposing / Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Dear John / Ol' Rag Blues / Marguerita Time / The Wanderer / Rollin' Home (2) / Paper Plane / Burning Bridges / The Anniversary Waltz (Part One & Two). Counterfeit CD manufactured in Bulgaria. The recording of "Roll Over Lay Down" was an edited version from the "Hello!" album.

1997 LIVE AT 5-OREN - AUG 97 (W.H.T.S. WHAT-03) Disc 1 -
Paper Plane / The Wanderer / Backwater / Mystery Song -Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home- Again And Again-Slow Train / Gerdundula / Roll Over Lay Down / Get Out Of Denver / Whatever You Want / In The Army Now Disc 2 - Don't Waste My Time / Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Rockin' All Over The World / Caroline / Rain / The Anniversary Waltz Part One-Rock 'N' Roll Music- Sweet Soul Music-Bye Bye Johnny. Good quality bootleg recorded live at the Femoren festival in Copenhagen, Denmark on the 9th. August 1997. The double CD was manufactured in Denmark and first appeared in the U.K. in late 1997.

1997 OVER THE EDGE Disc 1 -
Caroline / Roll Over Lay Down / Backwater / Little Lady / Don't Drive My Car / Whatever You Want / Hold You Back / Rockin' All Over The World / Over The Edge / Don't Waste My Time / Dirty Water Disc 2 - Forty-Five Hundred Times / Big Fat Mama / Roadhouse Blues / Rain / Down Down / Bye Bye Johnny. Double CD copied from the bootleg L.P. set of 1983.

1997 STATUS QUO - ROCK 'TIL YOU DROP (CD-RXG74EB)
Paper Plane / The Wanderer / Proud Mary / Fun Fun Fun / Get Back / Whatever You Want / In The Army Now / Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Come Rock With Me-Rockin' On / Roadhouse Blues / Caroline / All Around My Hat / Softer Ride / Gerdundula / Get Out Of Denver / Bye Bye Johnny. Taken from a BBC Radio 2 'live' broadcast of Quo's gig in Brighton on the 12th. December 1996. The CD was manufactured in Belgium and the sound quality was excellent.

1997 NORWICH CITY FOOTBALL CLUB - SATURDAY AUGUST 2nd 1997
Paper Plane / Softer Ride / The Wanderer / Backwater / Mystery Song -Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / Gerdundula / Roll Over Lay Down / Get Out Of Denver / Whatever You Want / Caroline / Rain / The Anniversary Waltz Part One-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Sweet Soul Music-Bye Bye Johnny. A live recording of Rick's first concert after his heart operation. The sound quality was very good.

1997 THE RETURN OF RICK Disc 1 -
Paper Plane / Softer Ride / The Wanderer / Backwater / Mystery Song-Railroad- Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / Gerdundula / Roll Over Lay Down / Get Out Of Denver / Whatever You Want Disc 2 - In The Army Now / Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Don't Waste My Time / Rockin' All Over The World / Roadhouse Blues / Caroline / Rain / The Anniversary Waltz Part One-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Sweet Soul Music-Bye Bye Johnny. Second bootleg from the Norwich concert.

1998 GOING QUOING! - LIVE IN BRUSSELS Disc 1 -
Whatever You Want / Softer Ride / The Wanderer / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Dear John-Again And Again-Slow Train / Don't Drive My Car / Gerdundula / Roll Over Lay Down / Get Out Of Denver / In My Chair Disc 2 - Rock N' Roll-Marguerita Time-Living On An Island-Break The Rules-Mean Girl / Rain / In The Army Now / Rockin' All Over The World / Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Roadhouse Blues / Caroline / Let's Dance-Red River Rock-No Particular Place To Go-I Hear You Knocking-Lucille- Great Balls Of Fire-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Sweet Soul Music-Bye Bye Johnny. Live bootleg recorded at the Vorst National in Brussels, Belgium on the 1st. December 1997. The C.D. first appeared in the U.K. in January 1998 and the sound quality was excellent. The sleeve design was copied from the "Whatever You Want" CD album compilation.

1998 GOING QUOING! - LIVE IN BRUSSELS
Whatever You Want / Softer Ride / The Wanderer / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Dear John-Again And Again-Slow Train / Don't Drive My Car / Gerdundula / Roll Over Lay Down / Get Out Of Denver / In My Chair / Rock N' Roll-Marguerita Time-Living On An Island-Break The Rules-Mean Girl / Rain / Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Roadhouse Blues. Single CD version of the above.

1998 BURNING WEMBLEY
Intro-Dance Of The Knights / Whatever You Want / Softer Ride / The Wanderer / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Dear John-Again And Again-Slow Train / Gerdundula / Get Out Of Denver / In My Chair / Rock N' Roll-Marguerita Time-Living On An Island-Break The Rules-Mean Girl / Burning Bridges / Rockin' All Over The World / Caroline / Let's Dance-Red River Rock-No Particular Place To Go-I Hear You Knocking-Lucille-Great Balls Of Fire-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Sweet Soul Music-Bye Bye Johnny. Live bootleg recorded on Quo's 'Whatever You Want' tour at Wembley Arena, London on the 13th. December 1997. The CD sound quality was very good.

1998 DANCE OF THE KNIGHTS Disc 1 -
Whatever You Want / Softer Ride / The Wanderer / Mystery Song-Railroad- Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Dear John-Again And Again-Slow Train / Don't Drive My Car / Gerdundula / Roll Over Lay Down / Get Out Of Denver / In My Chair Disc 2 - Rock N' Roll-Marguerita Time-Living On An Island-Break The Rules-Mean Girl / In The Army Now / Burning Bridges / Rockin' All Over The World / Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Roadhouse Blues / Caroline / Let's Dance-Red River Rock-No Particular Place To Go-I Hear You Knocking-Lucille-Great Balls Of Fire-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Sweet Soul Music-Bye Bye Johnny. Second bootleg from Quo's concert of the 13th. December 1997 at Wembley Arena. This CD set included the whole concert.

1998 MYSTERIES FROM THE BALL PART 3
The Anniversary Waltz (Rockin' All Over The World-Whatever You Want-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Lover Please-Let's Dance-Red River Rock-Great Balls Of Fire) / A Mess Of Blues (extended version) / FBI / Keep Me Guessing / The Quo Christmas Cake Mix (The Wanderer-Whatever You Want - Something 'Bout You Baby I Like-Roll Over Lay Down-Rain-Break The Rules-Rockin' All Over The World) / Don't Waste My Time / Going Down Town Tonight / Caroline (slow version) / The Wild Ones / The Anniversary Waltz (Rock 'N' Roll Music-Lover Please-What You're Proposing-Let's Dance-Red River Rock-Great Balls Of Fire / Rollin' Home / High Flyer / Caroline (fast version) / Roll Over Lay Down / Long Legged Linda / The Quo Cake Mix (The Wanderer-Whatever You Want-Something 'Bout You Baby I Like-Rain-Break The Rules-Rockin' All Over The World-In The Army Now (Military Mix)) / Queenie. Part 3 of a series of compilation CDs made up of b-sides and rare tracks. The "Anniversary Waltz" recordings were taken from Spanish promo singles. "A Mess Of Blues" and "Rollin' Home" were the extended versions from the 12" singles. "FBI" was with Brian May and had been recorded for the possible inclusion on Quo's "Don't Stop" album. "Keep Me Guessing" was from the 12" single of "Rollin' Home", "The Quo Cake Mix" was from the Spanish 12" single and "Going Down Town Tonight" was the slightly re-mixed single version. Three Quo 'live' recordings were included: "Don't Waste My Time" from the 1973 Reading Festival, "Roll Over Lay Down" from the 1975 EP and "Queenie" recorded at one of Quo's concerts in Sweden in November 1994. Also from the 1973 Reading Festival was Andy Bown's "Long Legged Linda". The two recordings "Caroline" were taken from the 1997 release of Bob Young's "In Quo Country" CD. "The Wild Ones", from the "Just Supposin'" album", and High Flyer", from the "Whatever You Want" album, had not been previously officially issued on CD. The "Quo Cake Mix" was taken from a Spanish 12" single and was the "The Quo Christmas Cake Mix" without "Roll Over Lay Down" and with the "In The Army Now (Military Mix)" .

1998 DRIVE MY CAR IN NETHERLAND (ST 198) Disc 1 -
Whatever You Want / Paper Plane / Roll Over Lay Down / Dreamin' / Little Lady / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Slow Train / Don't Drive My Car / Dirty Water / In The Army Now Disc 2 - Rockin' All Over The World / Don't Waste My Time / Roadhouse Blues (The Price Of Love) / Caroline / Down Down / Junior's Wailing / Bye Bye Johnny-Rock 'N' Roll Music-Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On-Bye Bye Johnny. Live bootleg CD recorded on the 7th. November 1987 at Ericahal Apeldoorn in Holland. Sound quality was average.

1998 ON THE LEVEL & PILEDRIVER (PIL1041) Counterfeit CD from Bulgaria. The CD did not include "A Year" or the extract of "You'll Never Walk Alone" (from "On The Level") due to total playing time restraints.

1998 LIVE AT THE N.E.C. '82 (Quoboots qb001)
Caroline / Roll Over Lay Down / Backwater / Little Lady / Don't Drive My Car / Whatever You Want / Hold You Back / Rockin' All Over The World / Over The Edge / Big Fat Mama / Roadhouse Blues / Rain / Down Down / Bye Bye Johnny. Bootleg manufactured in Denmark in August 1998 and copied from the video. Sound quality was excellent.

1998 END OF THE ROAD '84 (Quoboots qb002)
Caroline / Roll Over Lay Down / Whatever You Want / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Slow Train / Rockin' All Over The World / Dirty Water / Roadhouse Blues / What You're Proposing / Down Down / Bye Bye Johnny / Waiting For The Day / You Set The World On Fire / Ol' Rag Blues / She's A Mystery. Danish bootleg copied from the first "End Of The Road" video. The last four tracks were bonus recordings taken from the "Demos" bootleg CD of 1993. Sound quality was good to excellent.

1998 MORE FROM THE END OF THE ROAD (Quoboots qb003)
Roll Over Lay Down / Backwater / Just Take Me / Hold You Back / Over The Edge / Forty Five Hundred Times / Big Fat Mama / Don't Waste My Time / Whatever You Want (New Version) / Don't Waste My Time ('98 Version) / Heavy Days / Better Times / Caroline (Live). Danish CD bootleg that was manufactured in August 1998. The first eight songs were taken from the 'More From The End Of The Road' video and the recordings of "Whatever You Want", "Don't Waste My Time" and "Caroline" were taken from the German 1998 "In The Army Now" CD single. "Heavy Daze" and "Better Times" were from the planned "Fakin' The Blues" single.


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