Power Of Eternity, The [Digipak] - Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash Argus (Remastered)

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 Wishbone Ash. 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 ...

JeroBear 09.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Argus [Remastered] - Wishbone Ash

Power of a Woman

Advantages: Great tracks, harmonies
Disadvantages: None

Eternal - Power of a Woman One of my favourite girl bands from old were Eternal (this is probably showing my age a bit but oh well). They were popular before The Spice Girls, Girls Aloud etc and I think one of the reasons why they were successful was because they could actually sing and had some lovely harmonies, with beautiful voices that all worked well together. They were also all very pretty as well so I'm sure this added to their success. Eternal were formed in 1992 and eventually ceased as a band around the year 2000. The group consisted of four members, Easther and Vernie Bennett who were sisters, Kelle Bryan and Louise Nurding. Louise Nurding is now probably the most famous of the quartet as she was fairly successful as a solo artist and went on to marry the footballer Jaime Rednapp. She still does some television work as ...

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Rock of ages

Advantages: Brilliant early 70's rock music
Disadvantages: Some of the singing!

The first version of Wishbone Ash 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 ...

pinkmatchstick 29.07.2005 · Read full review
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