{"id":16285,"date":"2021-08-09T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=16285"},"modified":"2021-08-08T20:27:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T20:27:30","slug":"the-quireboys-a-bit-of-what-you-fancy-30th-anniversary-edition-off-yer-rocka-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=16285","title":{"rendered":"The Quireboys \u2013 \u2018A Bit Of What You Fancy – 30th Anniversary Edition\u2019 (Off Yer Rocka Recordings)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>1990 was a great year for the Quireboys. After years of slogging away on the UK club circuit, the dawn of a new decade saw the band not only make the leap to headlining theatres and delivering show stealing festival\/support slots but also saw them release a gold-selling album that boasted 4 hit singles, and with \u2018A Bit Of What You Fancy\u2019 mainstream success appeared just a top five single away for Spike and the \u2018boys.<\/p>\n

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Of course, hindsight is always a wonderful thing, and the veritable tsunami of \u201cwhat ifs\u201d that followed for the band could form the basis of multiple RPM features all of their own, but 30 years on when the 21st<\/sup> Century version of The Quireboys decided to re-record their debut it was never really about looking back but all about giving the dozen songs that make up the record a Gypsy Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll makeover to capture how the band sounds right now.<\/p>\n

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So, for those of you who have always longed for the loose energy of those early Survival released singles and the Reading Festival bootlegs that were essential listening for those of us in the know in the late 80s, this could be your chance to finally get the debut album you so yearned for. For me though, I\u2019ve always loved what the band along with George Tutko and Jim Cregan did with \u2018A Bit Of What You Fancy\u2019 first time around (\u2018Seven O\u2019Clock\u2019 shoehorned chorus aside that is), so let\u2019s see what a Gypsy Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll makeover has added to proceedings shall we?<\/p>\n

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Sequenced in its original running order the 30th<\/sup> Anniversary party version of \u2018A Bit Of What You Fancy\u2019 kicks of as it should with their honky tonk Top 40 smash \u2018Seven O\u2019Clock\u2019 and yes the chorus is still very much where it has been for the past 30 years, but you know what, after all these years I wouldn\u2019t want it any other way. This is the perfect album opener and wonderfully raucous stuff!<\/p>\n

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\u2018Man On the Loose\u2019 is where things truly step up a gear as this tune is given a cowbell driven rocket up its arse, complete with soaring gospel backing vocals and some glorious two-handed piano work (if you know you know) from the always excellent Keith Weir. The Willie Dowling cowrite \u2018Whippin\u2019 Boy\u2019 sounds positively reborn here too and given room to breathe the guitars of Guy Griffin and Paul Guerin smoulder.<\/p>\n

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Overdriven backing vocals aside \u2018Sex Party\u2019 will always be err a beast of a party tune, whilst one of my favourite tracks from the original album \u2018Sweet Mary Anne\u2019 has never sounded more like the track that would make the Quireboys the Rod Stewart & The Faces of my generation. And talking of Rod if he had recorded \u2018I Don\u2019t Love You Anymore\u2019 on one of his albums I\u2019m sure that Spike and the boys would now be living some kind of Brian Tatler royalty enriched highlife. That this song never went top 5 when released is still one of life\u2019s great mysteries.<\/p>\n

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Virtually flipping the album over for what would have been side 2, \u2018Hey You\u2019 (the band\u2019s biggest hit back in the day, charting at number 14) stays pretty damn close to the original version, and acoustic intro aside so does the swaggering giant that is \u2018Misled\u2019. \u2018Long Time Comin\u2019 meanwhile still struts and boogies hard, and thirty years ago it was Quireboys tunes like this that really opened the door for The Black Crowes to come steaming in and steal the band\u2019s limelight whilst they were off trying to record album number two in the US.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Roses And Rings\u2019 is yet another song that has The Faces influence written through it like a stick of seaside rock, and here with added fiddle I can just see John Peel kicking a football around to it on Top Of The Pops. \u2018There She Goes Again\u2019 and a wonderfully reworked \u2018Take Me Home\u2019 close the 30th<\/sup> Anniversary version of \u2018A Bit Of What You Fancy\u2019 out in true style, and if you have purchased the CD version of the album you\u2019ll also have live versions of \u2018Man On The Loose\u2019 and \u2018Mayfair\u2019 left to enjoy. My one small gripe here is there is no place for \u2018How Do You Feel?\u2019 or \u2018Pretty Girls\u2019, two tracks that not only featured on the Japanese version of the 1990 album but also deserve a Gypsy Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll makeover…ah well, you can always dream I suppose.<\/p>\n

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Available on CD right now and later this month on limited edition double 10\u201d blue vinyl, The Quireboys aim to get back in the top ten with this 30th<\/sup> anniversary edition of \u2018A Bit Of What You Fancy\u2019 and I for one wish the \u2018boys every success with the campaign. \u00a0Get your copy now from the links below and make The Quireboys dreams come true.\u2026<\/p>\n

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Author: Johnny Hayward<\/p>\n

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