TangerineBayern
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50 years since this classic album was released and they’re playing at Lowther Pavillion in Lytham on 3rd November on this tour, can’t wait 
Wishbone Ash Argus The Tour
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hertfordseasider
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Wow, what a great album a prog guitar lovers classic!!
I am going to Uriah Heep's 50th anniversary gig at Cambridge Corn Exchange in October and in an alternative reality I am coming up for Half Man Half Biscuit at the Emress Ballroom in October too.
I am going to Uriah Heep's 50th anniversary gig at Cambridge Corn Exchange in October and in an alternative reality I am coming up for Half Man Half Biscuit at the Emress Ballroom in October too.
glasshalffull
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Thanks for the heads up. Will try and get to see them if I can!
Stony Hill
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Is this the same Wishbone Ash that played the Waterloo last November? Sooty. I’m thinking you’ll know.
TangerineBayern
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Yes it is Stony
hertfordseasider
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Wash your mouth out son, go get a prog album, go listen to King Crimson, listen to King Crimson!!What the f@ck have I just opened?
I’ve never heard of this band. More so prog rock is absolute torture to listen to
Bluecabinboy
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Prog rock - why play 1 note, when 35 will do….?
Archibald Knox
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I agree much prog rock such as Yes, Genesis etc is pseudo-classical guitar or keyboard noodling but Wishbone Ash weren’t. Their original twin lead guitar attack in the early 70s picked up from the Yardbirds style (Beck and Page) and was creative and Argus is an absolutely top notch album. Check out their other albums of this era too (WA 1, Pilgrimage). I saw WA in Manchester in 1976 and still remember it (somewhere I have the T-shirt).What the f@ck have I just opened?
I’ve never heard of this band. More so prog rock is absolute torture to listen to
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TangerineBayern
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Argus Chunkylad you'll never look backRight gents.
Recommend me one album (please agree one) and I will listen to it with open ears and mind.
I will be fair to this prog rock muck you are peddling
TangerineBayern
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Oh dear Chunkylad you must have lived a very sheltered musical life!What the f@ck have I just opened?
I’ve never heard of this band. More so prog rock is absolute torture to listen to
hertfordseasider
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Selling England by the Pound - GenesisRight gents.
Recommend me one album (please agree one) and I will listen to it with open ears and mind.
I will be fair to this prog rock muck you are peddling
Red - King Crimson
Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
Just don't listen to any Emerson, Lake and Palmer!!
TangerineBayern
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Not like you to forget Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)
Archibald Knox
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Groundhogs - Split (March 1971). More blues rock than prog rock though.
hertfordseasider
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That's Herts, not me. I would add Porcupine Tree to the list above too, there stuff is great.Not like you to forget Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)
tangerine.com
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Blast from the past.
TangerineBayern
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That’s true
Archibald Knox
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In 1972, due to Argus, Wishbone Ash were arguably a bigger band than Pink Floyd (pre-Dark Side of the Moon).
Hertsseasider
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Genesis - Nusery Chryme
PFM - Cook
NO EMERSON LAKE & PALMER by any account
PFM - Cook
NO EMERSON LAKE & PALMER by any account
timbertops
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Pictures at an exhibition
ELP
ELP
Hertsseasider
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RED CARD TIMBERSPictures at an exhibition
ELP
timbertops
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B_Side_The_C_Side
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Rush......Hemispheres.....Cygnus X-1 it's a whole 30 minutes long.....or a Farewell to kings......Xanadu is a cracker
Genesis.....Trick of the tail.......Ripples and Los Endos
Yes...Close to the edge.........2 songs on a whole LP that lasts about an hour
Marillion....Script for a jester tear........He knows you know, Garden party & Forgotten sons.....80's attempt at Prog
All that early 70's stuff, just came across as musical masturbation, not a decent tune amongst them
Genesis.....Trick of the tail.......Ripples and Los Endos
Yes...Close to the edge.........2 songs on a whole LP that lasts about an hour
Marillion....Script for a jester tear........He knows you know, Garden party & Forgotten sons.....80's attempt at Prog
All that early 70's stuff, just came across as musical masturbation, not a decent tune amongst them
hertfordseasider
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I bought Chocolate Kings when I was on a school trip to Paris in 1975, the poster that came with it still haunts me now!!
timbertops
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timbertops
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So Marilyn Monroe's death was fake news
Hertsseasider
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Jeez Herts. Thats a shocker
TangerineBayern
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Hertsseasider
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hertfordseasider
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It really is, it gave me nightmares as a 15 year old!!
Sooty59
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Thanks for the heads up, it is Andy Powell's version as were at the Waterloo, tickets bought. I wonder what my Mrs will think of them50 years since this classic album was released and they’re playing at Lowther Pavillion in Lytham on 3rd November on this tour, can’t wait
Stony Hill
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Excellent. Worth another night out. Thanks.Yes it is Stony
Stony Hill
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Al Stewart: ”Past, present and future.”Right gents.
Recommend me one album (please agree one) and I will listen to it with open ears and mind.
I will be fair to this prog rock muck you are peddling
Yes, he’s still touring. Keep your eyes peeled.
Stony Hill
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As no-one’s mentioned it: Thurs, 3rd Nov, £26.
Caravan,In The Land Of Grey And PinkRight gents.
Recommend me one album (please agree one) and I will listen to it with open ears and mind.
I will be fair to this prog rock muck you are peddling
Discojohndeary
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Archibald. I agree that Wishbone Ash were anything but "prog" in the conventional sense, and that those first three albums were gems. If you listen closely ( which I am sure you have) some of the tracks are clearly influenced by jazz-there is even scat-singing on a couple. There are also echoes of medieval and folk music, particularly on Argus.
Leopard Ossie
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...don't forget Camel , next year at Manchester Apollo - class act...
...smokin...(sorry)...
...smokin...(sorry)...
TangerineBayern
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Fantastic gig tonight at Lowther Pavilion
Sooty59
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I never saw you, then again I might have, if I knew what you looked likeFantastic gig tonight at Lowther Pavilion
Argus what a fantastic album, done justice by tonight's performance
Archibald Knox
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Thanks to Bayern and yourself for the positive feedback. It prompted me to get out of my chair and go and buy tickets for tonight at the Bury Met.I never saw you, then again I might have, if I knew what you looked like
Archibald Knox
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Yes, it was a super concert. 450 people really enjoying it. Most of them older, fatter and balder than me.
Andy Powell has some talented chaps in his band but he still shone out.
Set list...
In the Skin
We Stand as One (dedicated to the people of Ukraine)
Coat of Arms
Rock 'n Roll Widow
Ballad of the Beacon
Standing in the Rain (Free Water)
Argus... a 44 minute album stretched out into nearly an hour...
Time Was
Sometime World
Blowin' Free
The King Will Come
Leaf and Stream
Warrior
Throw Down the Sword
F.U.B.B.
Encore:
Jail Bait segued into...
Phoenix
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