This is another smokin live cd from status quo and this is from the early 80's. the band can still smoke live though! But this one had famous folks showing up at it to enjoy the monster rock machine jam out. At this time the crowds were insane to be in a mass of jumping people, quo shows were pure energy and had been since the early seventies. todays shows audience wise are much more sedate because the audience is now a mixture of oldies and still even teens! , back then it was teens to 30's. A quo concert was a true experience that few bands can recreate and this show captures it. It even has two extra tracks , it's could have thrown a few more in but still this is prime quo from a live time when the audiences and the band were in their prime. Another similiar release called 'tokyo quo' (1976 show) exists and I had to buy a boxset to get that one. This is first rate rockin and that's good enough for me though.

The sound of this album is not good, because it's difficult to hear the keaboards of Andy Bown, the sound of the guitars are too in the background, the voices of the singers too, the drums and the bass are too in the front. Don't buy this album and wait the new remaster double CD ( full set) for december 2005 with an new mix by Tim Turan.

to shed some light on the actual concert it was staged in birmingham in front of prince charles and if i remember the album was first released on vinyl over here as part of a 3 album box set called from the makers of the line up had changed and im sure was the first for drummer pete kircher who had replaced john coghlan it was televised over here unheard of in those days to have popular music live on tv but i think that it was more to do with charlies appearance.as for the album classic quo!