Label: MCA Records (UK), MKPS 2014
Style: Rock, Art Rock
Country: Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Time: 42:45
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 252 Mb
Absolutely amazing debut album from Wishbone Ash, though on hearing
it for the first time some may wonder where the prog elements come into
it as they boogie their way through the first two tracks, "Blind Eye"
and " Lady Whiskey". Engineered by Martin Birch who many may know worked
on albums by Deep Purple, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Whitesnake and Iron
Maiden, the album reached no.34 in the UK album charts by 1971. An
unusual feature of the group, originally from Devon, was the twin lead
guitarists Andy Powell and Ted Turner, who sang on the album along with
Martin Turner on bass. the group played a gig with Deep Purple, and
after jamming with Ritchie Blackmore during a sound check they were
recommended to Purple's producer Derek Lawrence and they never looked
back. the third track on side one of the album, "Errors of my Ways"
slows the tempo and features a wonderful guitar solo, one of my personal
favourites. The next track, "Queen of Torture" has a similar boogie
style to the first two. On side two the first track "Handy" is eleven
minutes long and starts off as a slow bluesy instrumental featuring some
fine twin lead guitar work, short bass solos and a classic drum solo
from Steve Upton, and develops in to a blues/scat style jam session. one
of the real all-time-classic pieces Wishbone Ash is famous for is the
last ten-minute track "Phoenix", which really shows off the lead guitar
effects to the full. The signature twin-guitar boogie style sound is
here, and includes a snatch from Purple's "Child in Time" and though
this LP obviously may not seem as sophisticated as the classic albums
that followed, you must admit this is one hell of a debut. I deeply
regret not seeing them live, but i'll definitely catch 'em next time
they're round! Sound quality of this album on my original vinyl issue on
MCA is excellent - detailed, spacious and balanced, I hope they have
preserved this on transition to cd. An essential masterpiece of British
Prog.
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=11444) Review by mystic fred. March 31, 2006
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=11444) Review by mystic fred. March 31, 2006
Matrix: Side A: 7-224, Side B: 7-225
01. A1 Blind Eye (03:46)
02. A2 Lady Whisky (06:16)
03. A3 Errors Of My Way (07:01)
04. A4 Queen Of Torture (03:24)
05. B1 Handy (11:42)
06. B2 Phoenix (10:33)
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