With the 70's came the live album, and this rates up there with the best of them. Purple had Made in Japan and Yes had Yessongs, and now Ash had their Live Dates.
WishboneAsh had already released four excellent studio recordings, but like many bands in this era, they really came into their own on stage. Like Argus, their third album, no Ash fan should be without this album!
All the classic Ash songs are on here: The King Will Come, Blowin' Free, Warrior, Pheonix, Lady Whiskey and many more.
If you like guitar and vocal harmonies, then you'll like Ash, and you'll love this album. Wisbone Ash are still playing today, and are still well worth going to see.
It's a pity everything after this album went downhill for Ash. ...
Advantages: Technically very good, virtuoso performances, good prog Disadvantages: A little dated, won't make you look trendy
Ash don't seem to have dated as well as other bands: they did the twin lead guitar thing and combined rock, folk and blues long before Thin Lizzy but while Lizzy are perennial favourites Ash are largely forgotten.
The Allman Brothers are revered but say "Ted Turner and Andy Powell" and people would probably say: "Television guy? Radio One DJ?"
Originally released in April 1972, "Argus" is said to be the crowning moment of the recording career of WishboneAsh. Fans and critics see it as the definitive Ash album yet I bet it hardly ever figures in those "best 100 albums of all time polls" you get when magazines and newspapers need to fill space.
If you've never heard of Ash, they're a bit like Jethro Tull or Yes: prog rock combined with jazz, blues and folk, with quite delicate vocals. In fact the whole sound is quite delicate ...
Advantages: Brilliant early 70's rock music Disadvantages: Some of the singing!
The first version of WishboneAsh in the early 1970s were a London-based band fronted by the twin guitars of Andy Powell and Ted Turner, who had released two albums prior to this, their self-titled debut in 1970 and Pilgrimage in 1971.
Although nominally a progressive rock act, the Ash were too varied to be pinned to any particular style, alternating between hard rock, folksy-leaning acoustic material and melodic rock with jazzy undertones. All in all, a good band with more than capable musicians, who were: Andy Powell and Ted Turner (guitars, occasional vocals), Martin Turner (bass, vocals) and Steve Upton (drums).
Argus was first released in May 1972, it was a very sucessful album at the time, going gold, and over the years has become their most famous record. Something of a "concept" album this one, but I use ...
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