status quo reprised marguerita time on the status quo album back to back.
on which status quo album did status quo reprise marguerita time?
back to back
it remained unavailable on status quo's albums until the release of the compilation "the best of status quo" in 1971, and has appeared on several compilations since then. the band re-recorded it on their 2003 album 'riffs', the new version being similar to the original but about 20 seconds longer. the song was reprised, in 2014, for status quo's thirty-first studio album "aquostic (stripped bare)". it was featured in the ninety-minute launch performance of the album at london's "roundhouse" on 22 october, the concert being recorded and broadcast live by bbc radio 2 as part of their "in concert" series.
down the dustpipe
it was the last recorded before the group temporarily disbanded in 1985 and therefore the last to feature original bass guitarist alan lancaster and drummer pete kircher. lancaster co-wrote the first single, "ol' rag blues", with keith lamb, lead singer of british bands the kase, sleepy talk and mr. toad, and founder and lead singer of australia's successful glam rock band hush. lancaster was angered when the production company declined to release the version featuring his lead vocal (which has since been made available as a bonus track on the 2006 remastered reissue), in preference to that featuring the voice of francis rossi. he also made no secret of his dislike of "marguerita time", which he thought was too pop-orientated for the group. when they appeared on bbc's "top of the pops" to mime to the single, his place was taken by jim lea of slade, who were also on the programme that week. the "top of the pops" performance was also notable for rick parfitt falling into pete kircher's drum set near the end of the song while the song kept playing. on the dvd "hello quo", parfitt claims that he had planned this action, although many people thought he was drunk. on the same dvd, alan lancaster also said that he wasn't so concerned with "marguerita time" as he was with "going down town tonight", which – according to him – was not a status quo recording and featured no status quo musicians apart from francis rossi.
back to back (status quo album)