Wishbone Ash – Live Dates Live (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:18:59 minutes | 491 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Steamhammer
In September 2023, it will be exactly 50 years since the British rock band Wishbone Ash released “Live Dates”, the most commercially successful album of their career.
A milestone, not only for the band itself, but for the history of rock music in general. “At that time, we had been on tour for three years without interruption, had released our most important studio album – from today’s perspective – “Argus” and were perfectly recorded,” recalls founder Andy Powell, who is still the head of the group today. “We were firmly established as a vital live band, so it made sense to capture the energy and liveliness of our shows on a live album. Fortunately, the record company financed the expensive “Rolling Stones Mobile Recording Truck”, so we were able to record several shows from our UK tour and use the strongest moments for “Live Dates”.
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Wishbone Ash – Coat of Arms (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 58:55 minutes | 746 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Steamhammer
Coat Of Arms sounds stylistically diverse and technically accomplished, yet the new album is typical of Wishbone Ash’s traditional strengths – a balancing act that is a challenge to Powell every time: “Following the countless songs that we have written throughout the history of Wishbone Ash, my own expectations are extremely high. On the one hand as a composer you try not to repeat yourself in your creative output but to come up with new ideas all the time, on the other you want to remain faithful to your style. Good songs need an inner conviction and the right inspiration. We had both when we started working on Coat Of Arms. You’d be right in describing the current line-up as the best in the history of Wishbone Ash. We all love our lives as musicians, the direct contact with our fans, travelling, the shows, our songs. It’s that commitment by everybody involved that you hear in every single note on Coat Of Arms.”
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Wishbone Ash – Argus (1972/2013) {2016, SHM-SACD, Remastered}
PS3 Rip | ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans (JPG, 300 dpi) | 3,26 Gb
FLAC (Tracks), 24bit/88,2 kHz (converted with foobar2000) | Full Scans (JPG, 300 dpi) | 1,53 Gb
Genre: Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock | 01:20:44 | © 2016 Geffen Records #UIGY-15033
If Wishbone Ash can be considered a group who dabbled in the main strains of early-’70s British rock without ever settling on one (were they a prog rock outfit like Yes, a space rock unit like Pink Floyd, a heavy metal ensemble like Led Zeppelin, or just a boogie band like Ten Years After?), the confusion compounded by their relative facelessness and the generic nature of their compositions, Argus, their third album, was the one on which they looked like they finally were going to forge their own unique amalgamation of all those styles into a sound of their own. The album boasted extended compositions, some of them (“Time Was,” “Sometime World”) actually medleys of different tunes, played with assurance and developing into imaginative explorations of new musical territory and group interaction. The lyrics touched on medieval themes (“The King Will Come,” “Warrior”) always popular with British rock bands, adding a majestic tone to the music, but it was the arrangements, with their twin lead guitar parts and open spaces for jamming, that made the songs work so well. Argus was a bigger hit in the U.K., where it reached the Top Five, than in the U.S., where it set up the commercial breakthrough enjoyed by the band’s next album, Wishbone Four, but over the years it came to be seen as the quintessential Wishbone Ash recording, the one that best realized the group’s complex vision. ~~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Reviews (more…)
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Wishbone Ash – Argus (1972) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2010 # UIGY-9046]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 44:44 minutes | Scans included | 1,8 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 870 MB
Features the 2010 DSD mastering based on Japanese original analog tape. Reissue features the high-fidelity SHM-SACD format (fully compatible with standard SACD player, but it does not play on standard CD players). DSD Transferred by Kenji Yoshiro. (more…)
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Wishbone Ash – Almighty Blues: London & Beyond (2003) {2.0 & 5.1}
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 68:30 minutes | Scans included | 4,24 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 68:21 mins | Scans | 1,37 GB
Label: Classic Rock Legends | Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound
Wishbone Ash hit the road with a vibrant line-up bursting with energy, & a great set crammed with classic Ash plus awesome material forged in the timeless Ash tradition. The band drew full houses everywhere as fans delighted in a heady mix of old favorites & powerful new material from ‘Bona Fide’, the album which brought Wishbone back to prominence. (more…)
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