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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 490.1 | PILGRIMAGE is still my favourite 8-) | AYOV18::DROBB | All alone in the middle of a crowd | Thu Sep 07 1989 09:04 | 5 |
| Re. .0 - do you happen to know anything about the availability of
the older Wishbone Ash stuff on CD? A U.S. friend of mine is keen
to know.
Dougie_who_saw_them_twice__around_'73/'74
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| 490.2 | | WELMTS::GREENB | Legal, decent, honest and truthful | Thu Sep 07 1989 16:17 | 4 |
| I have recently seen argus on CD in my local Our Price. Wishbone
Ash are also playing live at the moment.
Bob
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| 490.3 | | COMICS::LANG | Multiplex-Is-Fun-Ing | Thu Sep 07 1989 20:53 | 5 |
| Re -.1
"Argus"...definitely one of the best albums of the 70's.
H
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| 490.4 | The Ashes .... | ODIHAM::COHEN_D | Keep Music Live | Wed Sep 13 1989 17:20 | 21 |
| Ahhhhhhhh, 'Argus' .... one of those albums that everyone talked
about at the time.
I saw them last year at the Hammy Odean - Ted Turner was late arriving
from the US, but when he turned up, all those great classics came
thundering out.
I also like 'Live Dates' - great album. I'm gonna see them again
at the Odeon on the 23rd. I believe that they are also playing
in Aldershot soon.
Laurie Wisefield was a good guitar player, there's no doubt, and he
seemed to fit in well with the band; I saw their tour for 'Theres The
Rub' at Belle Vue, Manchester (Kings Hall - anyone remember that
place?) and it was great. I've got the 'Home' LP, which I think is one
of the best of it's time. I've never really heard much of their post
"Wishbone 4" period, although I have 'Locked In'; bargain bin buy which
I never played much.
David.
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| 490.5 | | WELMTS::GREENB | The Rotters Club | Wed Sep 13 1989 17:33 | 3 |
| Does anyone remember Home, Laurie's pre-WA band?
Bob
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| 490.6 | "Fancy lady, Hollywood child" | AYOV18::DROBB | Tethered to the logic of Homo Sapien | Thu Sep 14 1989 09:22 | 10 |
| Yep, Bob - I remember Home well. I saw them supporting WA on the
U.K. tour of '73 or '74, and liked them so much that I went out
and bought the album they were promoting at the time, THE ALCHEMIST.
Haven't played in it a few years, but I recall at the time thinking
that it was not quite as good as the previous album, HOME (which
I also have). Must dig it out again soon.
Used to have their first album, PAUSE FOR A HOARSE HORSE (What a
rotten title for an album, eh?), but didn't care much for it, so
I gave it away/traded it in, or something.
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| 490.7 | red laurie yellow laurie | TRUCKS::OGDEN | | Thu Sep 14 1989 16:49 | 12 |
| Does anyone know where Laurie W. is now ?
A year or two ago he was a member of Tina Turner's backing band,
but since the tour ended and the band...well disbanded I've lost
track of him.
I certainly think that Laurie added a more rocky dimension to
Ash's music, an example perhaps is the Raw To The Bone lp from '85
which if marketed well could have given Def Leppard a run for their
money.
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| 490.8 | See you later Bob !! | INCH::SMITHP1 | I unreservedly retract 851.154 | Fri Sep 15 1989 15:28 | 13 |
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Never realised that 'Home' was Lauries' previous band......i've
got the 'Home' and 'Alchemist' albums and agree that the first
is a bit more listenable....as for the dreaded WA....'Ash',
'Pilgrimage' and 'Argus' do contain some memorable tracks, but in
my mind 'There's the Rub' is probably most interesting. (even though
WA themselves don't rate the album !) This is probably why I havn't
been interested in them since that one.
Oh well that was my 2p worth.
P1
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| 490.9 | | WELMTS::GREENB | The Rotters Club | Mon Sep 18 1989 10:34 | 8 |
| I always thought it strange that Laurie joined WA, given that they
were at the time a more straight ahead rockin' band, whereas Home,
and particularly Laurie's guitar style, had a much more country-ish
feel.
BTW, didn't Home dot the 'Welwyn Garden City Blues'?
Bob
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| 490.10 | they were better with Laurie.. | FTCVAX::SMITHS | | Mon Sep 25 1989 18:56 | 12 |
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Laurie is still playing in the Tina Turner band.
I went to see WA on saturday night at the hammy odeon,this was the
first time I had seen the original lineup and they were OK,I think
reforming was not one of their better ideas.I much prefered the
band with Laurie W ,it was good to see Ted Turner but he is not
as good as Laurie.
Still it was a good way to spend a saturday night,and I did meet
Randy California in the foyer who was very friendly and interesting
to talk to.
steve.
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| 490.11 | Question | SHAPES::HARRISONP | | Tue Sep 26 1989 09:08 | 7 |
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Re .-1
Weren't Spirit meant to be the support band - were they any good?
Paul
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| 490.12 | yes spirit were the support | FTCVAX::SMITHS | | Tue Sep 26 1989 15:58 | 8 |
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Spirit were the support and they were good,the newer material was much
better than some of the old songs,which to be honest sounded dated.
They had some minor problems with the PA but overcame these and played
a good entertaining set.
steve.
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