Live at the N.E.C.

Live at The N.E.C.
Live album by
Status Quo
Released1984
Recorded1982
LabelVertigo
ProducerStatus Quo
Status Quo chronology
Back to Back
(1983) 		Live at The N.E.C.
(1984) 		12 Gold Bars Vol. 2
(1984)
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Live at The N.E.C. was the second live album by rock band Status Quo which was recorded at the National Exhibition Centre. It had originally been released as part of the 3-LP box set From the Makers of... in 1982. In 1984 the recording became available as a separate album.

Track listings

  1. "Caroline" (Rossi, Young)
  2. "Roll Over Lay Down" (Rossi, Young, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan)
  3. "Backwater" (Parfitt, Lancaster)
  4. "Little Lady" (Parfitt)
  5. "Don't Drive My Car" (Parfitt, Bown)
  6. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt, Bown)
  7. "Hold You Back" (Rossi, Young, Parfitt)
  8. "Rockin' All Over the World" (John Fogerty)
  9. "Over the Edge" (Lancaster, Keith Lamb)
  10. "Don't Waste My Time" (Rossi, Young)

2006 remaster bonus tracks

  1. "Dirty Water" (Rossi, Young)
  2. "Down Down" (Rossi, Young)

2017 Deluxe Edition

Disc 1

  1. "Caroline" (Rossi, Young)
  2. "Roll Over Lay Down" (Rossi, Young, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan)
  3. "Backwater" (Parfitt, Lancaster)
  4. "Little Lady" (Parfitt)
  5. "Don't Drive My Car" (Parfitt, Bown)
  6. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt, Bown)
  7. "Hold You Back" (Rossi, Young, Parfitt)
  8. "Rockin' All Over the World" (John Fogerty)
  9. "Over the Edge" (Lancaster, Keith Lamb)
  10. "Don't Waste My Time" (Rossi, Young)
  11. "Dirty Water" (Rossi, Young)

Disc 2

  1. "Forty-Five Hundred Times" (Rossi, Parfitt)
  2. "Big Fat Mama" (Rossi, Parfitt)
  3. "Roadhouse Blues" (Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek)
  4. "Rain" (Parfitt)
  5. "Down Down" (Rossi, Young)
  6. "Bye Bye Johnny" (Chuck Berry)

In 2010 the complete concert was released for the first time as part of the 7CD+1DVD collection Live at the BBC.

Personnel

Status Quo

One single was released from Live at the N.E.C. in 1982: "Caroline" b/w "Dirty Water" on 7" Vertigo QUO 10 (6059583) and 7"-picture disc Vertigo QUO P10 - furthermore a 12"-single (Vertigo QUO 1012) featured "Down Down" as the b-side's second track.

Charts

Chart (1983–1984) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[1] 43
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[2] 45
UK Albums (OCC)[3] 83
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[4] 56

References

  1. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Status Quo – Live at the N.E.C." (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Status Quo – Live at the N.E.C.". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  3. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.


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