12 Years For You

Part of Vertigo's chronologically impaired "Back 2 Back/2 for 1" series, this offers up a straightforward repackaging of Status Quo's seventh and ninth albums, from 1974 and 1976, respectively (Blue for You was released as Status Quo in America). Beyond the obvious value for your money, the package offers little in the way of frills – the booklet opens up to track listings alone, and the absence of either remastering or bonus tracks renders it a very poor substitute for the Repertoire label's subsequent forays into the mid-period Status Quo catalog…