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by Andy Powell


  Lost Pearls (Talking Elephant, 2004)

  Is Justice Done / Bells Chime / Hard On You / Out On A Limb / Where You Been / Halfway House (Martin Vocal) / Halfway House (Claire Vocal) / Football And Boxing / John Sherry Jam / Too Much Monkey Business (Live) / Night Hawker / Sheriff Of Sherwood (Demo)

  Producer: Martin Turner

  Personnel: Wishbone Ash MkII + MkIV

  A selection of previously unreleased material from 1978 (with one track from 1982). Reissued by Eagle, 2009.

  Backbones (Talking Elephant, 2004)

  Personnel: Wishbone Ash Mk VIII & X

  No point in listing everything on this one. A 3CD compilation with two discs drawn from material on the band’s previous HTD and Talking Elephant releases—Illuminations, Bona Fide, Tracks, Tracks 2, Lost Pearls—but adding a third disc featuring an audio interview with Andy and three exclusive live acoustic tracks from 2002: ‘Strange Affair’, ‘The King Will Come’, and ‘Hard Times’.

  Tracks 3 (Talking Elephant, 2007)

  Surfing A Slow Wave / Ancient Remedy / The Ring / Healing Ground / Changing Tracks / Living Proof / Rock’n Roll Widow / Ballad Of The Beacon / Lullaby / Candlelight / Wings Of Desire / Sorrell / Capture The Moment / Comfort Zone / Why Don’t We / Baby What You Want Me To Do / Clousseau / The Raven / Valediction / Errors Of My Way / Wait Out The Storm / Dreams Outta Dust / Eyes Wide Open / Faith Hope And Love / Persephone / Cell Of Fame / Phoenix / Baby Don’t Mind / Hard On You / Ship Of Dreams / Come In From The Rain / High Heeled Sneakers / Rock Me Baby / Jail Bait / Another Time / Motherless Child / Hard Times / Blind Eye / East Coast Boogie / Loose Change / Warrior (Orchestral Arrangement)

  Personnel: Various

  A 3CD third compilation of previously unreleased live tracks. Reissued as Live History: Tracks Vol.3 by Happinet/Ward in Japan, 2009.

  First Light (Talking Elephant, 2007)

  Lady Whiskey / Roads Of Day To Day / Blind Eye / Joshua / Queen Of Torture / Alone / Handy / Errors Of My Way

  Personnel: Wishbone Ash Mk I

  Taken from the sole surviving acetate—bought at auction by Ash fan Dr John and generously made available for release—of a pre-first album studio session, this is the earliest known recording of Wishbone Ash. Reissued in 2014.

  Selected DVD Releases

  30th Anniversary Concert (Eagle, 2001)

  Real Guitars Have Wings / The King Will Come / F.U.B.B. / Ballad Of The Beacon / Errors Of My Way / No Joke / Strange Affair / Living Proof / Blowin’ Free / Phoenix / Come In From The Rain / Hard Times

  Personnel: Wishbone Ash IX + guests

  Recorded in London, 2000, with Laurie Wisefield and Claire Hamill guesting. Released in the US by Eagle as 30th Anniversary Concert—Live Dates 3.

  Phoenix Rising (Classic Rock Legends, 2004)

  Vas Dis / The King Will Come / Blowin’ Free / Phoenix / Warrior / Cosmic Jazz / Living Proof / Jail Bait / Wings Of Desire / Why Don’t We / Ballad Of The Beacon / Real Guitars Have Wings / Blowin’ Free / Bad Weather Blues / Where Were You Tomrorrow?

  Personnel: Wishbone Ash Mk I, Mk I (reunion) & Mk IX

  Vintage performances from The Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC) 1971, ABC TV (Australia) 1972, Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (USA) 1973, Bristol 1989, and London 2003.

  Live At The Spirit Of 66 (2006)

  Outward Bound / Warrior / The King Will Come / Healing Ground / Underground / Why Don’t We / Persephone / Leaf & Stream / Dreams Outta Dust / Tales Of The Wise / Changing Tracks / Almighty Blues / Living Proof / Phoenix / Surfin’ A Slow Wave / Jail Bait

  Personnel: Wishbone MK XI

  Recorded in Belgium, 2006.

  Live In Hamburg (BHM Productions, 2007)

  Eyes Wide Open / Healing Ground / The King Will Come / The Warrior / Why Don’t We / Dreams Outta Dust / The Raven / Sometime World / Valediction / Sorrell / Capture The Moment / Tales Of The Wise / Almighty Blues / Standing In The Rain / Phoenix / Blind Eye / Ballad Of The Beacon / Blowin’ Free

  Personnel: Wishbone Mk XI

  Recorded in Hamburg, 2007.

  40th Anniversary Concert: Live In London (C&B Productions, 2010)

  Blind Eye / Runaway / Right Or Wrong / Growing Up / Sometime World / Rainstorm / The Way Of The World / Everybody Needs A Friend / The King Will Come / Throw Down The Sword / Cell Of Fame / Almighty Blues / Faith, Hope And Love / Engine Overheat / Phoenix / Jail Bait / Blowin’ Free + Bonus: Road Movie

  Personnel: Wishbone Ash MK XII

  Recorded in London, 2010, with guests Mark Birch, Ben Granfelt, and Mervyn Spence.

  This Is Wishbone Ash (A Rockumentary) (Wishbone Ash/Glasgow Production, 2010)

  Documentary including six full live performances.

  APPENDIX 3

  WISHBONE ASH LIVE DATES 1969–2015

  The 1969–2001 dates were very kindly provided by Simon Atkinson, with additional information from Big Harry, and are presented here with only a few editorial tweaks. Wishbone Ash performed many more dates in this period but these are all that can be currently retrieved, from numerous print sources. The 2002–15 dates were sourced from the official band website and represent virtually every show Wishbone Ash performed in this period.

  All dates UK unless otherwise stated

  1969

  November

  10 Civic Hall, Dunstable (with Aynsley Dunbar’s Retaliation)

  18 Tiffany’s, Exeter

  December

  ? Klooks Kleek, London

  20 Eel Pie Island, London (with Audience)

  1970

  January

  14 Klooks Kleek, London (with Hard Meat)

  February

  3 Northern Poly, London (with Edgar Broughton Band, Steamhammer, Sam Apple Pie, and Forest)

  6 Assembly Rooms, Wood Green

  12 Polytechnic Kingston (with Caravan and Rare Bird)

  19 The Temple, London (with Mighty Baby and The Grope)

  20 Bedford College, London (with Heavy Jelly and May Blitz)

  March

  13 Connaught Hall, London

  14 University College, London (with Rupert’s People)

  19 St Martin’s School of Art, London (with Boris and Flesh)

  21 The Swan, Yardley

  23 Speakeasy, London

  April

  2–3 Le Bilbouquet, Paris, France

  4–5 The Golf Druot, Paris, France

  6–7 Le Rock ‘n Roll Circus, Paris, France

  12 Youth Club, Bletchley (supporting Van der Graaf Generator)

  13 College of Agriculture, Leeds

  16 Imperial College, London

  17 Trent Park College, Barnet

  18 The Cavern, Liverpool

  29 Victoria Hall, Chelmsford

  May

  2 University College, London (with Heavy Jelly)

  8 Marquee, London (with Slade)

  9 Imperial College, London (with T.Rex, Taste, Smile, and Kevin Ayers)

  14 Country Club, London (with Rupert’s People)

  15 College of Education, Coventry

  16 Tofts, Folkestone

  18 Civic Hall, Dunstable (with Deep Purple)

  19 Speakeasy, London

  23 Twerton Park, Bath City Pop Festival

  June

  ? Guildford College

  ? Roundhouse, London

  ? Henry Blues House, Newcastle

  4 Marquee, London (with Writing On The Wall)

  ? Dorchester Hotel, London

  ? Country Club, London

  15 Marquee, London

  20 Hull University (with Taste)

  July

  ? Old Granary, Bristol

  ? Farx Club, Southall

  7 Ronnie Scott’s, London

  25 Civic Hall, Dunstable (with Aquila, supporting The Who)

  26 Brewery Tap, London

  31 Town Hall, Torquay

  August

  1 Town Hall, Torquay (with Atomic Rooster, Adolphus Rebirth)

  6 BBC Paris Studios,
London (Sounds Of The 70s)

  8 Starlight Rooms, Boston

  9 National Jazz & Blues Festival, Plumpton

  14 Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green

  16 Roundhouse, London (with Writing On The Wall, Heads Hands & Feet, Trader Horne, Stoics, Supertramp)

  21 Lyceum, London (with Hardin & York, Keef Hartley Band)

  22 Builders Exchange, Huddersfield

  23 Edinburgh Festival

  25 City Hall, St Albans

  September

  14 Cook’s Ferry Inn, Edmonton

  16 Marquee, London

  24 Town Hall, Watford (with ELP)

  25 City Hall, St Albans (with Farm, ELP)

  26 Starlight Rooms, Boston (with Farm, ELP)

  27 De Montfort Hall, Leicester (with Farm, ELP)

  28 Guildhall, Portsmouth (with Farm, ELP) or Nite Cat, Clacton

  October

  1 Town Hall, Leeds (with Farm, ELP)

  or Hornsey Town Hall (with Juicy Lucy)

  4 City Hall, Newcastle (with Farm, supporting ELP)

  7 The Dome, Brighton (with Farm, ELP)

  8 Lancaster University (with Free)

  9 Dunhelm House, Durham (with Free)

  10 Polytechnic, Kingston

  16 Floral Hall, Hornsey (with Van der Graaf Generator and Mandrake)

  19 Ronnie Scotts, London

  24 University College, London (with Blodwyn Pig)

  29 Acid Palace, Uxbridge (with Mogul Thrash)

  30 Rag Ball, University of Surrey (with Keef Hartley Band, Yes, Jimmy James, New Temperance Seven)

  31 Starlight Ballroom, Boston (with Van der Graaf Generator)

  November

  7 Imperial College, London (with Brinsley Schwartz)

  19 Paris Theatre, London (John Peel Sunday Concert, with The Faces)

  30 Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes (with Stray and Mogul Thrash)

  December

  2 BBC TV Studios, London (Disco 2)

  ? 1932, Windsor

  ? Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton

  ? Railway Tavern, London

  10 Locarno Mecca, Blackpool (with Barclay James Harvest)

  1971

  January

  1 BBC Maida Vale, London (Sounds Of The 70s)

  8 Sisters, Tottenham

  9 Van Dyke Club, Plymouth

  16 Dumfries University

  17 Eel Pie Island, London

  18 Civic Hall, Dunstable

  22 Thames Polytechnic (with If)

  27 Albert Hall, Nottingham (with Mott The Hoople, Red Dirt, Nothineverhappens)

  28 City Hall, Newcastle (with Mott The Hoople, Red Dirt, Nothineverhappens)

  29 City Hall, Sheffield (with Mott The Hoople, Red Dirt, Nothineverhappens)

  30 City Hall, Hull (with Mott The Hoople, Red Dirt, Nothineverhappens)

  31 St George’s Hall, Bradford (with Mott The Hoople, Red Dirt, Nothineverhappens)

  February

  2 Marquee, London (with Gordon Giltrap)

  5 Il Rondo Ballroom, Leicester

  7 Youth Club, Bletchley

  12 Co-op Hall, St Albans

  19 Town Hall, West Bromwich (with Tea & Symphony and Egg)

  20 Shenstone College, Worcester

  21 Roundhouse, London

  25 Austin, USA (with The Guess Who)

  26 Dallas, USA

  27 Houston, USA

  March

  5–7 Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles, USA (with Ned)

  9 San Diego, USA

  11 Fillmore West, San Francisco, USA (with Siegel-Schwall)

  12–14 Fillmore West, San Francisco, USA (with Poco and Siegel-Schwall)

  19 Eastown Theatre, Detroit, USA (with Eric Burdon, War, Badfinger)

  20 Eastown Theatre, Detroit, USA (with Mountain and McKendree Spring)

  April

  3 The Warehouse, New Orleans, USA (with The James Gang; The Allman Brothers?)

  ? Detroit, USA

  ? Chicago, USA

  8–10 Fillmore West, San Francisco, USA (with Seatrain and Elton John)

  12 Virginia Theatre, Alexandria, USA

  16 Cheltenham Town Hall

  17 Country Club, Kirklevington

  18 Boat Club, Nottingham

  21 BBC Maida Vale, London (Sounds Of The 70s)

  23 Nag’s Head, Wollaston

  24 Dudley Technical College

  25 Lyceum, London (with Wooden Horse and Thin Lizzy)

  27 Resurrection, Hitchin

  28 Big Brother, Hertford

  29 Westbridge College, Nottingham

  30 Penthouse Club, Scarborough

  May

  1 Hull University

  2 Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage

  4 Marquee, London (with Stackridge)

  5 Tooting Castle, London

  6 Swansea University

  7 Polytechnic, Lancaster

  8 Van Dyke Club, Plymouth

  14 Red Lion, Leytonstone

  15 University College, London

  21 Westfield College, London

  June

  5 The Phonograph, Finchley

  All dates to June 22 with Stackridge and Renaissance unless otherwise noted.

  7 Town Hall, Plymouth

  9 Flamingo, Redruth

  10 Colston Hall, Bristol

  11 Guildhall, Southampton

  12 Town Hall, Oxford

  14 De Montfort, Leicester

  15 St George’s Hall, Bradford

  16 Free Trade Hall, Manchester (with Stackridge and Mogul Thrash)

  17 University, Warwick

  18 Town Hall, Birmingham

  19 City Hall, Newcastle

  20 City Hall, Hull

  22 City Hall, Sheffield (with Stackridge and Mogul Thrash)

  23 Town Hall, Leeds

  24 Albert Hall, Nottingham

  25 Caird Hall, Dundee

  26 Stirling University

  27 Caley Cinema, Edinburgh

  July

  5 BBC Maida Vale, London (Top Gear)

  17 Pioneer Club, St Albans

  26 Reading Festival

  August

  All dates to August 16 with The Who

  12 Public Hall, Cleveland, USA

  13 Hara Arena, Dayton, USA

  14 Cobo Arena, Detroit, USA

  15 Sports Centre, Minneapolis, USA

  16 Mississippi River Festival, Edwardsville, USA

  September

  3 Satsop River Festival, Seattle, USA (with Steve Miller, Flash Cadillac, Eric Burdon, War)

  5 Austin, USA

  ? Alexandria, USA

  ? Performing Arts Centre, Saratoga Springs, USA (with Love and Humble Pie)

  24 The Hove, Bournemouth

  25 Slough College

  26 Greyhound, Croydon

  28 Osborne Hotel, Clacton

  October

  1 Polytechnic, Bristol

  2 Roundhouse, Dagenham

  3 Lyceum, London (with Renaissance, Burnt Oak, Armada)

  5 Town Hall, Cheltenham (with Phillip Goodhand-Tait)

  6 Patti Ballroom, Swansea

  8 Mayfair, Newcastle

  9 Sheffield University

  10 Jazz Festival, Redcar

  12 BBC TV Studios, London (Old Grey Whistle Test)

  15 Chez, Leightonstone

  16 Polytechnic, Isleworth (with Keith Christmas)

  18 BBC Kensington House, London (Sounds Of The 70s)

  24 Empire Theatre, Sunderland

  28 Alsager College

  29 Bath University or Technical College Ball at the Pavilion (with Stray and Edgar)

  30 College of Technology, Watford (with Renaissance)

  31 Starlight Ballroom, Boston (with Van der Graaf Generator)

  November

  12–13 Rainbow, London (with Gordon Haskell and Mountain)

  18 Kinetic Circus, Birmingham

  19 St Peters, York University

/>   21 Caley Picture House, Edinburgh (with Glencoe—60p)

  26 Stockport College (with In Crust)

  27 Spa Hall, Bridlington

  30 Southampton University

  December

  1 Lyceum, London (with Renaissance and Phillip Goodhand-Tait)

  4 Technical College, Waltham Forest (with Camel)

  31 Marquee, London

  1972

  January

  14 Subscription Room, Stroud (with Renaissance)

  15 University College, London (with Glencoe)

  26 Civic Hall, Dunstable

  27 De Montfort Hall, Leicester

  28 Town Hall, Birmingham

  29 Colston Hall, Bristol

  31 Exeter University (with Glencoe)

  February

  5 Free Trade Hall, Manchester

  6 Greyhound, Croydon (with Trapeze)

  7 Oxford Polytechnic

  8 Town Hall, Watford

  9 Civic Hall, Guildford

  10 City Hall, Sheffield

  11 Town Hall, Leeds

  12 City Hall, Newcastle

  13 Caley Cinema, Edinburgh

  14 City Hall, Glasgow

  16 Guildhall, Southampton

  17 Essex University

  18 The Dome, Brighton

  19 Guildhall, Portsmouth

  20 Winter Gardens, Bournemouth

  March

  23 Schwabingerau, Munich, Germany

  April

  ? Camden Festival

  4 Kinetic, Kenilworth (with The Groundhogs)

  13 Central Hall, Chatham (with Cat Iron)

  14 Locarno, Sunderland

  15 Sports Centre, Bracknell (with Glencoe)

  16 King George’s Hall, Blackburn (with Cat Iron)

  17 Top Rank, Swansea

  18 BBC Maida Vale, London (Top Gear)

  19 City Hall, Salisbury (with Cat Iron)

  20 Winter Gardens, Malvern

  22 City Hall, St Albans (with Glencoe)

  30 Camden Festival, Roundhouse, London (with Flash, Linda Lewis and Hookfoot)

  May

  5 Bickershaw Festival, Wigan

  10 BBC Maida Vale, London (Sounds Of The 70s)

  12 ? University

  14 Locarno, Bristol

  21 Germersheim Festival (with Humble Pie and Atomic Rooster)

  25 Paris Theatre, London (In Concert taping)

  27 Great Western Festival, Lincoln

  31 BBC Aeolian Hall, London (Sounds Of The 70s)

  June

  10 Will Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth, USA (with Jo Jo Gunne)

  16 The Warehouse, New Orleans, USA (with ZZ Top and The Uncle Jam Band)

  19 St Louis, USA

  ? Houston, USA (with Jo Jo Gunne)

  ? Memorial Stadium, Charlotte, USA (with Uriah Heep)

  July

  19 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, USA (with Poco and The Kinks)

 

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