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Spare Parts (album)

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Released
  
September 1969

Artist
  
Status Quo

Label
  
PRT Records

Length
  
41:50

Release date
  
September 1969

Producer
  
John Schroeder

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Recorded
  
January - September 1969 at Pye Studios

Spare Parts (1969)
  
Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon (1970)

Genres
  
Psychedelic rock, Pop rock, Psychedelic pop

Similar
  
Status Quo albums, Other albums

Spare Parts is the second album by the English rock band Status Quo, and the final one in the psychedelic vein. It is also the first in which the group's roadie Bob Young began writing and co-writing songs for and with the band.

Contents

The album covers a song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, "You're Just What I Was Looking for Today". Only one song was slated for a single release. This was the Anthony King written song "Are You Growing Tired of My Love", backed with the Alan Lancaster composition "So Ends Another Life". Released in April 1969 it reached no. 46 in UK singles charts.

The album was released in September 1969 but wasn't a commercial success.

Following the disappointment of the album, the band released a non-album single - the Everly Brothers' "The Price of Love", also released in September 1969, with the Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt composition "Little Miss Nothing" as the b-side.

Track listing

  1. "Face Without a Soul" (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt) - 3:08
  2. "You're Just What I Was Looking for Today" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 3:50
  3. "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" (Anthony King) - 3:37
  4. "Antique Angelique" (Alan Lancaster, Bob Young) - 3:22
  5. "So Ends Another Life" (Lancaster) - 3:12
  6. "Poor Old Man" (Rossi, Parfitt) - 3:36
  7. "Mr. Mind Detector" (A. King) - 4:01
  8. "The Clown" (Lancaster, Young, Paul Nixon) - 3:22
  9. "Velvet Curtains" (A. King) - 2:56
  10. "Little Miss Nothing" (Rossi, Parfitt) - 2:59
  11. "When I Awake" (Lancaster, Young) - 3:49
  12. "Nothing at All" (Lancaster, Roy Lynes, Young) - 3:52

1998 Remaster bonus tracks

  1. "The Price of Love" (Don Everly, Phil Everly) - 3:41
  2. "Josie" (Dion Francis DiMucci, Tony Fasce) - 3:37
  3. "Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16
  4. "Hey Little Woman" (Previously unreleased version) (Lancaster) - 3:56
  5. "Are You growing Tired of My Love" (A. King) - 3:39

2003 reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Josie" (DiMucci, Fasce) - 3:37
  2. "Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16
  3. "Nothing At All" (demo) (Lancaster, Young, Lynes)
  4. "The Price of Love" (D. Everly, P. Everly) - 3:41

2009 Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

  1. "Josie (DiMucci, Fasce) - 3:37
  2. "Do You Live in Fire (Lancaster) - 2:16
  3. "Face Without a Soul [Mono Version] (Parfitt, Rossi) - 3:10
  4. "You're Just What I Was Looking for Today [Mono Version] (Goffin, King) - 3:51
  5. "Are You Growing Tired of My Love [Mono Version] (A. King) - 3:40
  6. "Antique Angelique [Mono Version] (Lancaster, Young) - 3:25
  7. "So Ends Another Life [Mono Version] (Lancaster) - 3:13
  8. "Poor Old Man [Mono Version] (Parfitt, Rossi) - 3:41
  9. "Mr. Mind Detector [Mono Version] (A. King) - 4:03
  10. "The Clown [Mono Version] (Lancaster, Young, Nixon) - 3:25
  11. "Velvet Curtains [Mono Version] (A. King) - 3:01
  12. "Little Miss Nothing [Mono Version] (Parfitt, Rossi) - 3:03
  13. "When I Awake [Mono Version] (Lancaster, Young) - 3:54
  14. "Nothing at All [Mono Version] (Lancaster, Lynes, Young) - 3:59
  15. "Nothing at All [Demo Version] (Lancaster, Lynes, Young) - 2:23
  16. "The Price of Love (D. Everly, P. Everley) - 3:42

Personnel

  • Francis Rossi - guitar, vocals
  • Rick Parfitt - guitar, vocals
  • Alan Lancaster - bass, vocals
  • John Coghlan - drums
  • Roy Lynes - organ, vocals

    • Songs

    1Face Without a Soul3:09
    2You're Just What I Was Looking For3:51
    3Are You Growing Tired of My Love3:35

    References

    Spare Parts (album) Wikipedia
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