Quo Prep Huge Sessions Live Album

Status Quo are to release a brand new Live At The BBC collection in October.

The band have announced several editions of the brand new Live At The BBC album; one will be a 33 track double album, another will be a four disc box set. There will also be a DVD version and a massive eight disc edition.

The two disc set contains many of the band’s biggest hits spanning a 30 year period, while the four and eight disc sets will include material recorded when the band were known as The Spectres and, briefly, Traffic Jam.

'There's no doubt that the Beeb played a big part in getting Status Quo off the ground, and I'm just as excited by this anthology as the fans will be,' says drummer John Coghlan, adding: 'It's about time it came out.'

The collection has been brought together by trawling the BBC archives, but also by inviting contributions from fans. The BBC had a habit of wiping tapes after they were broadcast which has meant that some of the Corporation's output has been lost for ever. However thanks to fans recording broadcasts at home a couple of gems have been reclaimed here for this set.

Sessions for shows hosted by the likes of David Symonds, Dave Lee Travis, Steve Wright, Ken Bruce and more are included, as are live performances such as the legendary and much-bootlegged Paris Theatre set from 1973, and shows in Wembley, Birmingham and Brighton.

The sets are released on 25 October.