Videos

1980 12 GOLD BARS (Phonogram)
Rockin' All Over The World / Down Down / Paper Plane / Again And Again / Mystery Song / Roll Over Lay Down / Rain / Wild Side Of Life / Whatever You Want / Living On An Island.
Copies of this video were made by Phonogram and presented to each member of the band. A further copy was given to the winner of a Fan Club competition. All tracks were the same film versions that appeared on the "Rockin' Through The Years" video except "Down Down". The following caption was shown at the beginning and end of the tape 'Presented to Status Quo to Commemorate the Album "12 Gold Bars" and the decade which produced them 1970-1980 from all your friends at Phonogram'. Time: 40 minutes approx.

1980 OFF THE ROAD (VCL M066A)
Filmed in 1976, "Off The Road" was released in the Autumn of 1980 and almost immediately withdrawn. It featured the band having four wheel drive lessons at Gatton Manor, with John Coghlan and Rick Parfitt having individual tuition. The music of "Mystery Song", "Nightride", "Where I Am" and "Rain" was included, together with clips of the "Mystery Song" and "Rain" videos. Time: 21:28 minutes.

1983 LIVE AT THE N.E.C. (Polygram 790 688)
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.
Released in September 1983. Recorded: Live at the Prince's Trust concert at the N.E.C., Birmingham on the 14th. May 1982. The video showed Quo meeting Prince Charles and included the band's version of the National Anthem. Part of this concert was broadcast live on B.B.C. television. The B.B.C. transmission included "Don't Waste My Time" which was not included on the video. The following, other, songs from the concert were not included on the video "Dirty Water" and "Forty-Five Hundred Times". Also issued on Betamax. "Live At The N.E.C." was re-issued on Channel Five (CFV 00052) in March 1986. Time: 80 minutes approx.

1984 END OF THE ROAD '84 (Videoform VFV 19)
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.
Released in November 1984. Recorded: Live at the Milton Keynes Bowl on the 21st. July 1984. Also issued on Betamax (VFX19). The "End Of The Road '84" video was re-issued on Channel Five (CFV 02362) in July 1986. Time: 59 minutes approx.

1985 MORE FROM THE END OF THE ROAD (Heron VFV 31)
Keep Right On / 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 / Keep Right On.
Released in February 1985. Also issued on Betamax (VFX31) and Video 8 (SYH 101). Recorded: Live at the Milton Keynes Bowl on the 21st. July 1984. "Roll Over Lay Down" was included on both the "End Of The Road '84" and "More From The End Of The Road" videos. The following songs from the concert were not included on either of the videos "Paper Plane", "Little Lady", Don't Drive My Car" and "Rain". The "More From The End Of The Road" video was later re-issued on Channel Five (CFV 02632). Time: 52:17.

1985 PRESERVED (Heron VFV 033)
Whatever You Want / Hold You Back / Rockin' All Over The World / Don't Waste My Time / What You're Proposing / Down Down.
Released in November 1985. Recorded: Live at the Milton Keynes Bowl on the 21st. July 1984. Also issued on Betamax (VFX33). Extracts taken from the "End Of The Road" videos. The "Preserved" video was re-issued on Channel Five (CFV 02442) in November 1986 and on Spectrum (SPC 00012) in October 1989. Time: 27 minutes approx.

1986 ROCKIN' THROUGH THE YEARS (Channel Five CFV 05972)
Paper Plane / Caroline / Down Down / Roll Over Lay Down / Rain / Mystery Song / Wild Side Of Life / Rockin' All Over The World / Again And Again / Whatever You Want / Living On An Island / Runaway / What You're Proposing / Lies / Don't Drive My Car / Something 'Bout You Baby I like / Rock N' Roll / Dear John / Ol' Rag Blues / A Mess Of Blues / Marguerita Time / Going Down Town Tonight / The Wanderer / Rollin' Home / In The Army Now / Dreamin'.
Singles compilation released in December 1986. The recordings for "Caroline" and "Down Down" were taken from the "Live At The N.E.C." video. The video was re-issued by Polygram (LED80152) in their '4 Front Video' budget price series in May 1991 and given a new catalogue number (630 288 3) in 1993. Also issued on Betamax. Time: 103 minutes approx.

1989 THE STATUS QUO VIDEO BOX (Channel Five CFV 08822)
Limited edition 'box set' of the three Quo videos "Live At The N.E.C.", "End Of The Road '84" and "Rockin' Through The Years" released in March 1989. Time: 242 minutes approx.

1990 ROCKING ALL OVER THE YEARS (Channel Five CFM 2644)
Only You / Pictures Of Matchstick Men / 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-Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / 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.
Released in October 1990. Recorded: Live at the Birmingham N.E.C. concerts on the 17th. & 18th. December 1989. The video was released in Denmark in 1995 with the title "Whatever You Want" (Polygram 082 644-3). Time: 85 minutes approx.

1991 ANNIVERSARY WALTZ (Castle Music Pictures CMP 6029)
Is It Really Me? - Gotta Go Home / Caroline / Roll Over Lay Down / Little Lady / Mystery Song-Railroad-Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / Hold You Back / Down Down / Dirty Water / Whatever You Want / In The Army Now / Rockin' All Over The World / Don't Waste My Time / Roadhouse Blues / The Wanderer-Marguerita Time-Break The Rules-Something 'Bout You Baby I Like-The Price Of Love / Burning Bridges / The Anniversary Waltz Part One / Caroline-Down Down-Whatever You Want-Rockin' All Over The World.
Released in February 1991. Recorded: Live at the band's '25th. Anniversary' concert at Butlins' Summerwest World in Minehead on the 10th. October 1990. Also included was some archive material from Granada T.V. and 'The Brit Awards' appearance in February 1991. The first five thousand copies came in a silver presentation box and included a sticker (CMPB 6029). The video was re-issued in May 1996 with the title "A Rockin' Anniversary" (Game Entertainment G1013). "A Rockin' Anniversary" was re-issued in 1998 by Quantum Leap (QLG 5018). Time: 85 minutes approx.

1991 ROCK 'TIL YOU DROP (Polygram 083 836-3)
Mystery Song-Railroad- Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Again And Again-Slow Train / Down Down / Roll Over Lay Down / Little Lady / Whatever You Want / Rockin' All Over The World / Burning Bridges / Bye Bye Johnny.
Released in October 1991. Recorded: Live at the Sheffield International Centre (Mystery Song-Railroad- Most Of The Time-Wild Side Of Life-Again And Again-Slow Train), Glasgow SE&CC (Down Down and Roll Over Lay Down), Birmingham N.E.C. (Little Lady and Whatever You Want) and London Wembley Arena (Rockin' All Over The World, Burning Bridges and Bye Bye Johnny) on the 21st. September 1991. The video was a double set, with the second video being 'The Making Of The Video - Behind The Scenes'. In addition to the songs recorded 'live' excerpts of six tracks from the "Rock 'Til You Drop" album were included in the soundtrack. Overseas the video release did not include the "Behind The Scenes" video. In August 1996, 'Rock 'Til You Drop' with 'Behind the Scenes' was re-issued on one video (4 Front 638 948 3). Time: 112 minutes approx.

1991 ONE TO ONE - ROSSI & PARFITT (Video Collection VC4111)
Released in November 1991. Featured interviews with Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt by the Radio D.J. Annie Nightingale. ‘Live' extracts from the Castle Music Pictures' 'Anniversary Waltz' video were also included. Due to a copyright dispute the video was withdrawn, for four months, after being on sale for two weeks. Time: 46 minutes approx.

1991 KNEBWORTH '90 (Castle Music Pictures CMP 2066)
Whatever You Want / Rockin' All Over The World / Dirty Water / In The Army Now.
Released in December 1991. Recorded: Live at the Silver Clef award winners concert on the 30th. June 1990. The material had been included on the "Knebworth The Event - Volume 2" video. Time: 18 minutes approx.

1992 LIVE ALIVE QUO (Polygram 085 952-3)
Whatever You Want / In The Army Now / Burning Bridges / Rockin' All Over The World / Roadhouse Medley (Roadhouse Blues-The Wanderer-Marguerita Time-Living On An Island-Break The Rules-Something 'Bout You Baby I Like-The Price Of Love-Roadhouse Blues) / Caroline / Roadhouse Medley (Anniversary Waltz Part 25).
Released in December 1992. Recorded: Live at Radio 1FM's '25th Anniversary Party in the Park' in Birmingham on the 30th. August 1992. The promotion video for the "Roadhouse Blues (Anniversary Part 25)" single was also included. Time: 51 minutes approx.

1996 DON'T STOP (Polygram 638 218 3)
Proud Mary / When You Walk In The Room / I Can Hear The Grass Grow / You Never Can Tell (It Was A Teenage Wedding) / Get Back / Safety Dance / Raining In My Heart / Don't Stop / Sorrow / Lucille / Johnny And Mary / Get Out Of Denver / The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades) / All Around My Hat / Fun, Fun, Fun.
Released in February 1996. Recorded: Live at the Brixton Academy, London on the 28th. January 1996. The video included guest appearances of Tessa Niles on "Saftey Dance" and "The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades), Brian May on "Raining In My Heart" and the Beech Boys on "Fun, Fun Fun". Time: 62 minutes approx.

1997 WHATEVER YOU WANT - THE VERY BEST OF STATUS QUO (Polygram 055 462 3)
A re-issue of the "Rockin' Through The Years" video packaged in the same style as the 1997 CD compilation album released in October 1997. Time: 103 minutes approx.

2000 FAMOUS IN THE LAST CENTURY (Eagle Rock Entertainment ERE 152)
Famous In The Last Century / Old Time Rock And Roll / Way Down / Rave On / Roll Over Beethoven / When I'm Dead And Gone / Memphis Tennessee / Sweet Home Chicago / Crawling From The Wreckage / Good Golly Miss Molly / Claudette / Rock 'N' Me / Hound Dog / Runaround Sue / Once Bitten Twice Shy / Mony Mony / Famous In The Last Century (reprise).
Released in October 2000. Recorded: Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire on the 27th. March 2000. The video also included interviews with Francis and Rick. Time: 90 minutes approx.

VARIOUS ARTIST COMPILATION VIDEOS

1986 FEED THE WORLD COMPILATION (Virgin VIDAID 102)
Included "Marguerita Time".

1986 NOW THAT'S .. VIDEO 8 (PMI MV NOW 8)
Included "In The Army Now".

1989 DECADE OF VIDEO MUSIC - 1984 (Wienerworld WNR 1084)
Included "The Wanderer".

1989 SOFT METAL - IT AIN'T HEAVY (Stylus SVO 862)
Included "In The Army Now".

1989 ROCK CITY SIGHTS (Channel Five CFV 10042)
Included "Burning Bridges".

1989 TOP OF THE POPS - VOL. 2 (Telstar TVE 1009)
Included "Pictures Of Matchstick Men".

1990 KNEBWORTH THE EVENT VOLUME 2 (Castle Music Pictures CMP 6007)
Included 'live' versions of "Whatever You Want", "Rockin' All Over The World", "Dirty Water" and "In The Army Now". The video was re-issued as part of a four video box set in 1992 (CMP 6095). Castle released the video in France, in 1992, with the title "Le Concert Des Annees 90 Vol 2" through Film Office.

1991 ROCK 'N' ROLL YEARS 74 (The Video Collection VC4097)
Included "Down Down".

1991 ROCK CLASSICS (Polygram 083 102-3)
Included "Rockin' All Over The World".

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

1984 DO THEY KNOW IT's CHRISTMAS? THE STORY OF THE OFFICIAL AID BAND VIDEO (Polygram 041 121 2)
The video traced the making of the single. Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt are interviewed and shown recording their parts for the record.

1985 LIFE IN THE FAST LANE
Video made of the 1983 Monaco Grand Prix, following the Formula One racing team drivers Derek Warwick and Bruno Giacomelli. Rick Parfitt and Roger Taylor, of Queen, were guests of the racing team. They were shown interviewing the drivers, mechanics and 'jet set'. The musical soundtrack featured both Status Quo and Queen material. The film was shown twice on ITV and a video release was planned.

1992 TISWAS - MORE OF THE BEST BITS (ITC 8173)
Included Andy Bown and Rick Parfitt appearing on 'compost corner'. Both appeared as sunflowers, dressed in green leotards.