Post by rockinronnie on Feb 28, 2014 20:45:53 GMT
Taken from the official messageboard in February 2009:
to quo or not to quo
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Member # 3763
5/2/09
I am very curious about this particular track. Bad Company is a cracker and I, like many others I am sure, can't believe this stayed hidden in the vaults for many years only to resurface on the Rocker's Rollin' box set some 2 decades later!
As it was produced during the 'Want' sessions can Pip shed any light on this track? Any particular reason it was left off the album? It's a Lancaster song so it could easily have replaced High Flyer as being the better of the two.
Was it because the album had to have Alan singing at least one song and Bad Company did not work with Alan on vocals and therefore was left off the album?
Even putting it on a B side to one of the singles from that era would have been welcome. Subsequently, the song would have been great on Just Supposin' or NTL.
I just find it hard to believe that such a good song could have been hidden for so long. I know these things happen of course but it does seem there is little hidden material from the FF era so it is not as if Bad Company was one of the many songs they recorded that simply got ignored.
For me, personally, I rate this song as the best track I have heard come out from Quo, old and new, since the NTL album. JC's drumming on this is fabulous.
Pip The Prod
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Member # 16211
5/2/09
BC was NOT written by Alan Lancaster, despite the credits on the Rockers Rollin' boxed set. I can't remotely understand why this incorrect credit was placed, but it is in the hands of my publisher for dispute.
If you study the lyrics, they aren't remotely written in Alan's lyrical style. I find it incredulous that Alan should even have mentioned in the sleeve notes something about him writing it on an 18-string guitar!
I mentioned it to Frame a while back and he hadn't read any credits, nor was he aware of this issue. He did say however, "What! You wrote that one with your mate didn't you?"
As I've stated before, elsewhere on the messageboard, I wrote this song in 78/79, with my writing partner Peter Hutchings.
I'd just had an 18 string guitar made by Steve Ackworth, who'd serviced a few of our guitars and also built a couple for Frame.
I fancied writing another song incorporating the B-Tuning and BC was it.
The version recorded during the WYW sessions was based faithfully on my old Revox 2-track demo (I still have that demo and may need it one day!)
It was decided by hierarchy to leave it off the album- possibly to be held back for a b-side, or more likely because it was felt the album was complete enough anyway.
The above is the gospel truth and I just wanted to clear this up!
to quo or not to quo
Member
Member # 3763
5/2/09
I am very curious about this particular track. Bad Company is a cracker and I, like many others I am sure, can't believe this stayed hidden in the vaults for many years only to resurface on the Rocker's Rollin' box set some 2 decades later!
As it was produced during the 'Want' sessions can Pip shed any light on this track? Any particular reason it was left off the album? It's a Lancaster song so it could easily have replaced High Flyer as being the better of the two.
Was it because the album had to have Alan singing at least one song and Bad Company did not work with Alan on vocals and therefore was left off the album?
Even putting it on a B side to one of the singles from that era would have been welcome. Subsequently, the song would have been great on Just Supposin' or NTL.
I just find it hard to believe that such a good song could have been hidden for so long. I know these things happen of course but it does seem there is little hidden material from the FF era so it is not as if Bad Company was one of the many songs they recorded that simply got ignored.
For me, personally, I rate this song as the best track I have heard come out from Quo, old and new, since the NTL album. JC's drumming on this is fabulous.
Pip The Prod
Member
Member # 16211
5/2/09
BC was NOT written by Alan Lancaster, despite the credits on the Rockers Rollin' boxed set. I can't remotely understand why this incorrect credit was placed, but it is in the hands of my publisher for dispute.
If you study the lyrics, they aren't remotely written in Alan's lyrical style. I find it incredulous that Alan should even have mentioned in the sleeve notes something about him writing it on an 18-string guitar!
I mentioned it to Frame a while back and he hadn't read any credits, nor was he aware of this issue. He did say however, "What! You wrote that one with your mate didn't you?"
As I've stated before, elsewhere on the messageboard, I wrote this song in 78/79, with my writing partner Peter Hutchings.
I'd just had an 18 string guitar made by Steve Ackworth, who'd serviced a few of our guitars and also built a couple for Frame.
I fancied writing another song incorporating the B-Tuning and BC was it.
The version recorded during the WYW sessions was based faithfully on my old Revox 2-track demo (I still have that demo and may need it one day!)
It was decided by hierarchy to leave it off the album- possibly to be held back for a b-side, or more likely because it was felt the album was complete enough anyway.
The above is the gospel truth and I just wanted to clear this up!