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‘Previously un-released Print’

‘A message from Danny’

Birmingham November 1977.

I have mentioned many times over the years that Quo kidnapped me just after meeting them when they recorded the video for Rocking All Over The World. That was recorded in South London at a studio called ‘Ewarts’. Shortly after that event, their manager, the brilliant Colin Johnson, ordered me to be at a certain film studio early one morning on a certain day. I did as I was told as I was 18 years old, and everything was new to me. I was excited to work with one of my favourite bands. I was in a band in my school days, and we played plenty of Quo. Not as well as Quo, but you would have guessed that. So, this tour in 1977 was my first with them.

I had already been working with Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Queen and many others, but this was QUO. During that tour, we played all over the UK. So many of those dates were extremely memorable for me. I found the band, crew and management at Quarry Productions to be wonderful and kind to me. Rick, Francis Alan and John were extremely lovely to me. Everyone was funny, caring, and, of course, brilliant. I cannot tell you how exciting it was to be with them in their limos, driving to gigs and having fans spot Rick, John, Alan or Francis, and I would be right there in the car with them—usually being driven by Jim, their chauffeur.

Something else still makes me smile from ear to ear (if possible), and that is the start of those gigs.  My great friend, Bob Young, tour manager (and co-writer of over 100 of Quo’s songs), would lead the band from the dressing room to the stage. The house lights would go down. There would be a loud humming noise over the PA. Dry Ice would creep across the stage. It was dark, and the crowd would be chanting Quo oh-oh-oh-oh! The tension was high. Suddenly, in the dark, the band slipped onto the stage through the dry ice, in the dark. Then suddenly, you were hit by a sudden spotlight hitting the three guitarists standing together in tight formation at the front of the stage as Rick opened up into ‘Caroline’ with his utterly brilliant, thundering, and loud rhythm guitar (written by Francis Rossi / Bob Young). The crowd would react and go crazy. For me, those moments were massive. I did get many fantastic photos of the three guitar gods at the start of those shows. As well as the drumming god sitting behind them, the fantastic John Coghlan.  I would be shooting all of the shows from beginning to end. As well as the dressing rooms, limos, hotel lobbies and hotel bedrooms.  

For me, they were incredible times, with the most incredible people and the most amazing band.

I will write more about my time with Quo in a book, which I hope to finish soon.

This photo was taken in Birmingham in November 1977 and has never been published. It has never been seen before anywhere. So, like hundreds of thousands of my Quo photos, this is the first time this negative has been brought back to life!

So, please treat yourself or someone else to a unique piece of Quo history.

This is an open-edition (not numbered), unframed, fine-art print. It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and is signed by Danny. There are three sizes to choose from. A4 (210 x 297mm or 11.7 x 8.3 inches).  A3 (297x420mm or 11.7 x 16.5 inches) & the even bigger A2 (420 x 494 or 16.5 x 23.4 inches). Each print comes with a white border. So, the print size is slightly smaller if you account for the white surround. The finished print does not have a watermark on it. That is just for display purposes and to prevent thieves from stealing the image.

Our Fine Art prints are produced on museum-quality, acid-free archival paper. We only use the very finest quality paper for a combination of aesthetic perfection and ensured longevity. As such, we have selected Epson as our printing partner. We use top-of-the-range Epson printers and Epson UltraChrome ink. This combination produces what we think are the finest Giclée prints available. Frame not included. (Francis is, Frame not) Quo fans will know what that means.