The Spectres (later to become Status Quo) released this Incredibly Rare UK Single on the Pye label, it was a cover of the US Garage band The Blue Magoos "We Ain`t Got Nothin` Yet" which sounds remarkably like Deep Purples `Black Night` Riff but 3 years earlier, listen for yourself, this will cost you upwards anything from a couple of hundred British Pounds for a decent copy up to 500 for Mint- check out my you tube channel for other seriously rare records, why not subscribe

The origins of Status Quo were in the rock and roll freakbeat band "The Spectres" formed in 1962. Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster met at Sedgehill Comprehensive School, Catford, and were members of the same orchestra. Rossi and Lancaster played their first gig at the Samuel Jones Sports Club in Dulwich, 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 cabaret 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 18 July 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) Nothin' Yet" (a song originally recorded by New York psychedelic band The Blues Magoos). All three singles failed to make an impact on the charts.

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