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They initially struck gold as the psychedelic singers of Pictures of Matchstick Men in the late ’60s, but Status Quo cemented their stature as one of the most enduringly successful bands in the UK with their ’70s slabs of heavy boogie ’n’ blues. Those original Vertigo albums return here in posh form: a 10-disc box of 180-gram LPs with original covers, inserts and an exclusive poster for each record. UK Top 10 smashes are to be found everywhere here; even as seismic shifts in popular music occurred in England and everywhere else across the ’70s, Status Quo kept their heads down, their amps up and their hard-rockin’ sound forging full speed ahead with these recordings. Digital download codes accompany the vinyl reissues of Piledriver, Hello!, Quo, On the Level, Blue for You, Rockin’ All over the World the double-LP Live, If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Whatever You Want and Just Supposin’. This lavish look at Status Quo’s glory days features their UK Top 10s Paper Plane; Caroline; Down Down; Roll Over Lay Down; Rain; Rockin’ All over the World; live renditions of Don’t Waste My Time; Roadhouse Blues; Big Fat Mama; Bye Bye Johnny; Junior’s Wailing; In My Chair…this is the ultimate way to savor all the most infectious riffs and hooks of Status Quo in their prime! Mercury.