Love In Vain - The Spectres (Status Quo)

Emidisc acetate, only 401 vinyl copies of this song exist, the original acetate and 400 copies on an album called "Riot Of The Amphetamine Generation" I think the history of this acetate is interesting. A few years ago John Coghlan was featured on a Tv programme in which he was selling off a lot of old possessions at a car boot sale (sad man), the discovery of the acetate seems to be around this time.
Status Quo /Spectres began as a rock and roll freakbeat band in 1962. At Sedgehill Comprehensive School, Catford, Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster who were members of the same orchestra, started a band called The Scorpions. Changing their name to The Spectres, Rossi and Lancaster played their first gig at the Samuel Jones Sports Club in Dulwich, South London. In 1963 they added drummer John Coghlan. They began writing their own material and after a year met Rick Parfitt who was playing with a band called The Highlights. By the end of 1965, Rossi and Parfitt, who had become close friends, made a commitment to continue working together. On July 18, 1966 The Spectres signed a five-year deal with Piccadilly Records, releasing two singles that year, 'I (Who Have Nothing)' and 'Hurdy Gurdy Man' (written by Alan Lancaster), and one the next year called 'We Ain't Got Nothing Yet', but all three sank without trace.

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• Spectres
• Blues
• Pop
• Quo
• Rossi
• Parfitt
• Lancaster
• Coghlan
• Acid
• Rock
• Beat

[retrobiker]

Oh yes, such a sweet boy lol

[retrobiker]

I think it's him on the solo picture stood up at the organ.

[XxMJJladyxX]

Is that Francis at 0:21 ? :D

[Asuplex]

@honestjoe1000

Just looked but sadly no 'love in vain'.

[honestjoe1000]

@Asuplex Yup! : Status Quo - the Singles Collection 1966-73. Released on June 16th 1999, via Castle Communications (CCS CD 821) Early Quo made some wonderful 60s pop.

[honestjoe1000]

@Asuplex Yup! : Status Quo - the Singles Collection 1966-73. Released on June 16th 1999, via Castle Communications (CCS CD 821)

[Asuplex]

This is just great. Is there a comp of all their stuff?

[JosefWhite]

these guys are hardcore!

[Khultan]

Wow : ) I'm really, really liking this!!!! : )

[jlennon48]

Yes the pic of Jess was the one of the solo Keyboard pic at the start.

Go Quo, love ya boys, I was even lucky enough to play in Australia with Roy Lynes in a Quo Tribute band called Statoz Quo.

[cleveroonie]

Blimy - I never knew this existed.

20 yrs ago I was a keen collector of Quo records - I had all the spectres and Traffic Jam demos and normal releases on single - I even had technicolour dreams on blue Pye.

This acetate is rarer than any of them