Anyone who has even a remote interest in 60's Pop-Psych will know who Status Quo are, and have probably heard one of tonight's tracks at least a thousand times.

It was that popularity that became their undoing for the rest of the 60's. Pictures Of Matchstick Men became something of an anthem and they were hard pressed to duplicate its Instant Classic status for the rest of their Psychedelic period. It wasn't until they re-invented themselves in the early 1970's as a quasi-Hard Rock/neo-Heavy Metal outfit that they regained their appeal and dumped the notion they were one-hit wonders until their eventual breakup in the 1980's.

But tonight it's going back to the "Matchstick Men" period, as a struggling band who finally had a hit single after five years of trying, first as The Spectres, then as The Status Quo and finally as just Status Quo. Here they are during one of their Top Of The Pops appearances from March 29, 1968. Starting off with an interview by Brian Matthew, playing Matchstick Men, and then following it with Things Get Better.

A familiar song, heard in an unfamiliar version.

(Lots of promise and an opening for Hendrix but . . . )

The Syn were very short lived - all but two years before splitting up and taking different directions, including one which led to Yes (Chris Squire). But they had one memorable single which became something of an anthem over the years, 14 Hour Technicolour Dream was their first single. Tonight's track is off their second single - Grounded. Less familiar but no less potent and no less apropos for a band in 1967 to make.

Something for Friday.

(Arthur Lee and Love - It just wouldn't be L.A. without them)

Anybody who grew up in L.A. and was old enough (or look old enough) to get into any of the clubs lining the Sunset Strip in the 1960s remembers Arthur Lee and Love. They were such a fixture to the L.A. scene that it was hard to separate the two. They were just synonymous with everything L.A. was all about during those days,

And if you were in a band, you knew "7&7is" by heart and played it every time you got together. It became the anthem of every garage band from Santa Monica to Palm Springs.

But Love were so much more than a garage band's garage band. They were smart, innovative and above all, constantly evolving.

One of their classic albums was Forever Changes from 1967. In a year of pivotal albums from the rock world in general, Forever Changes stands out as one of the great ones. It has never faded, it has never become a curio of a bygone day and it has never lost its beauty.

This track, The Red Telephone has always been a favorite of mine.

If you haven't heard it lately, check it out for a few.