Doing Their Thing (1970) - Status Quo, Free, Deep Purple #classicrock

A chance for bands and singers to play songs from their new LP live, but unlike BBC2's Colour me Pop which had trolled the album charts before them this would see each band perform in front of an audience, and a typically British unresponsive one at that. Produced by Granada legend Johnny Hamp the show was recorded at Granada's Quay Street studios in Manchester and broadcast for twenty-five minutes on Friday evenings over the summer of 1970. Status Quo - Roadhouse Blues, Down the Dustpipe, Spinning Wheel Blues, Is It Really Me / Gotta Go Home. Deep Purple - Speed King, Child In Time, Wring That Neck, Mandrake Root. Free - Ride On Pony, Mr Big, I'll Be Creeping, Alright Now, Songs of Yesterday.