I want to take this opportunity to once to take the entire remastered collection under scrutiny and report details about: With "Piledriver" from 1972 will start up in 2005 and eleven albums comprehensive series of remastered longplayers the English rock band Status Quo. It includes the best time of the group in the original cast with John Coghlan (drums), Alan Lancaster (bass guitar), Francis Rossi (lead guitar) and Rick Parfitt (rhythm guitar) and extends to the LP "Never Too Late" from 1981. Each CD contains an extensive, beautifully styled booklet, which on the front and back has the original artwork of the formerly released LP's. Interior shines a short insight into the genesis of the respective albums and publication data of LP and singles, written by Garry Fielding. Subsequently, all lyrics are reprinted, topped by numerous band photos and various single-cover illustrations. The inside of the transparent CD trays is reduced cover images published within the Remaster series albums with the exception of CD that you hold in your hands. The inscription: "From The Makers Of" topped up and down the cover images. The whole is rounded Duch stylized and heavily scaled cover illustrations on the left side of the tray - modeled on the LP's, where the interested skirt followers could see which albums were already released from status quo. These stylized cover illustrations appear again each down on the back of the CD jewel cases. Here one has a special treat for Status Quo fans thought. Is one that is proud owner of all eleven remastered albums and lined up the CD back in the order of appearance of each year, ie: 1) Piledriver 2) Hello 3) Quo 4) On The Level 5) Blue For You 6) Live [Doppel-CD] 7) Rockin 'All Over The World 8) If You Can not Stand The Heat 9) Whatever You Want 10) Just Supposin 'and 11) Never Too Late this gives a picture of the "Blue For You" Covers 1976 !!! For CD: The printed side shows designs from either front or back of each album cover artwork. By the time you went to Mercury and burned, in addition to all CDs a CD-text to the shekel. As the owner of a CD player that can display this feature, you must be so happy on the Display of album title and individual securities. Not managed, I find this the implementation of display of album title. An Example: the LP "Rockin 'All Over The World" from 1977. The display of CD text on the display looks there so: "Quo Rockin 'etc. 9825969" Why only the second part of the band name was chosen (for all CD's), as well as with longer music titles like here an abbreviation, followed by number representing the item number of the album (also on all CD's), me remains a mystery. Technically easily both the complete name of the band and the whole album title could be shown as a CD-text, ie "Status Quo - Rockin 'All Over The World". But as the chosen variant looks ugly !!! I find it very successful, the remastering of Tim Turan, what you hear most in the time produced by Damon-Lyon Shaw Albums:: The most important thing for fans and sound lovers finally the sonic mush gave way to a more transparent sound, with especially the drums benefited. Above all, the calmer and more Acoustical pieces of Status Quo sound thereby partly almost audiophile. The soundscape in all CD's can convince so consistently, surpassed only by the CD Best Of compilation "Caroline - Best" of the German remaster Labels "Zounds" from Stuttgart. In addition, each CD has at least one bonus track. These are tracks usually published only on the B-side of Singles. For Status Quo fans this is certainly the icing, and I must say, however, that under no buried treasure can be found. Most rightly, the bonus tracks were not designed for the LP's, since they do little more song standard with mediocrity - and not only as an example for the status quo, but also with most bonus tracks by other artists. The exception, however, as so often confirms the rule: should be emphasized the albums "On The Level" and "Blue For You". In "On The Level" you can look forward on the 1975 live EP come out with their three titles. In addition to hearing "Roadhouse Blues" on this album, the single version of "Down Down" and an approximately 14-minute live version of. On the album "Blue For You" shine the bonus tracks of which appeared only on single "Wild Side Of Life" and the B-side of "All Through The Night". A demo version of "Wild Side Of Life" is very different from the released single. Furthermore, on this CD the bonus tracks "You Lost The Love" (B-side of "Rain") and the abridged and published as a single "Mystery Song". Total 6 bonus tracks there are on the album "Whatever You Want", but can not so convincing to the abridged single version of "Living on an Iceland" - here the true been said before with respect to song quality. Overall, a very, very successful re-release old Status Quo classics that can convince especially in the format used and the more powerful and sounded moderately more transparent soundscape - that I forgive no less than five stars !!!
