Wishbone Ash

Ashcon @ Sea

sailing from Margaritaville

Isla Cozumel, Mexico

September 1st 2001

Remastered audience recording (25th anniversary)

Couldn't find much info about this cruise.

Excellent show as always from WA.

The source had quite a few mic/loose connection noise moments

but I managed to eliminate all the really bad ones.

For anyone interested in the remastering results

there's a link to a small contrast file

with a before and after snippet from 'Living Proof'.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Real Guitars Have Wings

02 Mountainside

03 Runaway

04 You See Red

05 The King Will Come

06 Throw Down the Sword

07 Bona Fide

08 Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda

09 Faith, Hope and Love 

10 Almighty Blues

11 Sometime World

Disc 2

01 Strange Affair/Living Proof

02 Blowing Free

03 Hard Times

04 Way of the World/Jail Bait

05 untitled lullaby

06 Blind Eye*

07 Baby What You Want Me to Do*

08 She Loves My Automobile*

* with The Flyin' Ryan Brothers

(Jimmy & Johnny Ryan - guitars)

link

contrast sample

A show from the 2nd series of Midnight Special.

I think it was originally aired on March 30th 1974.

Hosted by The Guess Who with M.C. Wolfman Jack.

featuring:

Slade, Sha Na Na, Wishbone Ash, David Essex, Leo Kottke and Judi Pulver.

Really good vintage video in decent quality.

regards

Titus

link

Wishbone Ash

Theaterfabrik

München, Germany

April 19th 1988

Remastered audience recording.

The classic line-up reunited.

Pete Haycock's band were the opening act and they sit in on the last song.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Tangible Evidence

02 The King Will Come

03 In the Skin

04 The Pilgrim

05 Throw Down the Sword

06 Real Guitars Have Wings

07 Clousseau

08 Jail Bait

Disc 2

01 Something's Happening in Room 602

02 Phoenix

03 Blowin' Free

04 Livin' Proof

05 Bad Weather Blues

06 Rollin'

link

Wishbone Ash

BBC Studio Sessions 1971-1972

Remastered FM.

The last post for 2025.

From a-rebroadcast on Alan 'Fluff' Freeman's Saturday Rock Show.

The bonus track is off an old E.P.

The songs from that E.P. have been released in various forms

but the exact source seems to be unclear.

'unknown venue' - Memphis August 21st 1972

or Memphis WCNK Studios August 24th 1972

are two of the potential options.

regards

Titus

01 Blind Eye

02 Lullaby

03 The Pilgrim

04 Jail Bait

05 Blowin' Free

06 Throw Down the Sword

bonus:

07 Phoenix (Memphis 1972)

link

Wishbone Ash

DVD with remastered audio

This is a French TV show first broadcast on January 10th 1973.

The footage is from  a gig at the Rainbow Theatre in London

which took place on November 18th 1972.

It's only 23 minutes long and we don't get the full songs

but I thought some of you might like a copy.

I've seen a few of these old 'filmed from behind the band' French TV productions

and I'm not sure why they did that.

La cendre de l'os à souhait? :)

regards

Titus

Blowin' Free

interview 1

The Pilgrim

interview 2

Phoenix

link

Wishbone Ash/Black Sabbath

British Biscuit

WAAF FM broadcast date: January 16th 1977

Reposted from March 2024

Remastered British Bicuit...it's a cracker!

I'd like to make it clear I am not sponsored by Toyota.

regards

Titus

Wishbone Ash

Usher Hall

Edinburgh, Scotland

November 18th 1976

* Glasgow Apollo - November 19th 1976

01 intro/Runaway

02 The King Will Come

03 Lorelei *

04 Mother of Pearl

05 Blowin' Free

Black Sabbath

Civic Arena

Pittsburgh, PA.

December 8th 1976

06 Symptom of the Universe

07 War Pigs

08 Gypsy

09 Children of the Grave/outro

link

Wishbone Ash

The Funky Biscuit

Boca Raton, FL

April 22nd 2022

Reposted from October 2023

Remastered soundboard.

Very good quality but lacks a bit of room-ambience

as many SBDs do to my ears.

OK, I'm being picky!

This is a nice one for those who don't like

the rough and ready audience recordings

for which I have a, perverted, fondness.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 intro/Bona Fide

02 Enigma

03 Eyes Wide Open

04 The King Will Come

05 Warrior

06 Throw Down the Sword

07 Sometime World

08 Way Down South

Disc 2

01 We Stand As One

02 Standing in the Rain

03 band intros/Phoenix

04 break/Blowin' Free

05 Jail Bait

link

Wishbone Ash

Tralf Music Hall

Buffalo, NY

March 5th 2004

Reposted from November 2022

Really good quality SBD here.

Just a couple of minor things fixed but otherwise untouched.

The separation and balance is spot on.

Another venue that is, I believe, no longer in business.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Bona Fide

02 Wait Out the Storm

03 Warrior

04 The King Will Come

05 Throw Down the Sword

06 Faith, Hope, and Love

07 Standing in the Rain

08 Time Was

Disc 2

01 F.U.B.B.

02 Almighty Blues

03 Living Proof

04 Blowin' Free

05 Blind Eye

06 Jail Bait

link

Wishbone Ash

Capitol Theatre

Passaic, NJ

January 19th 1974

Reposted from November 2022

The classic early line up. Another nice SBD.

It's from a double bill with Climax Blues Band.

Peter Haycock and Colin Cooper of CBB

sit in on guitar and sax respectively for the final song.

The 24 minute 'Phoenix' is an epic.

The version on 'Live Dates' clocks in at a paltry 17 minutes :)

I only have this in mp3 format.

There is/was a version over on Soundaboard which didn't have the full set.

The Capitol Theatre opened in 1921 as a "vaudeville house". (sounds saucy!)

It closed it's doors in 1989 and was demolished two years later.

The site is now a shopping mall.

George Orwell would be thrilled.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Vas Dis (Jack McDuff)

02 Sometime World

03 Rock 'n Roll Widow

04 The King Will Come

05 Warrior

06 The Pilgrim

07 Blowin' Free/Jail Bait

Disc 2

01 Phoenix

02 Time Was

03 Where Were You Tomorrow

link

Wishbone Ash

Tally Ho Theater

Leesburg, VA

June 18th 2023

Aggessively remastered audience recording.

We get a full rendition of the Argus album.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 intro/In the Skin

02 We Stand As One

03 Coat of Arms

04 Time Was

05 Sometime World

06 Blowin' Free

07 The King Will Come

08 Leaf and Stream

Disc 2

01 Warrior

02 Throw Down the Sword

03 Standing in the Rain

04 Phoenix

05 Persephone

06 Jail Bait

link

Wishbone Ash

Glasgow Apollo

November 19th 1976

Originally from John Peel's show, this copy is taken from

a later re-broadcast by Alan 'Fluff' Freeman.

Unfortunately there was a section of bad interference

during Lorelei which I opted to remove.

We lost a couple of bars and my splice is not perfect

but I wanted to preserve as much as possible.

The bad section was also the loudest part

so once it was eradicated the whole thing could be re-normalised.

Only 30 minutes long but the sound quality is top notch.

regards

Titus

01 Runaway

02 The King Will Come

03 Lorelei

04 Mother of Pearl

05 Blowin Free

link

Wishbone Ash

Glasgow Apollo

October 17th 1977

My reworked copy of this classic BBC broadcast.

Guaranteed to be better than any other version you've heard

(or your money back)

Despite what Toyota-salesman Brian Mathew says

the smart money says this was recorded in Glasgow.

regards

Titus

01 Brian Matthew intro

02 Blind Eye

03 Lady Whiskey

04 Warrior

05 Throw Down the Sword

06 Front Page News

07 Goodbye Baby Hello Friend

08 Come in from the Rain

09 Phoenix

10 Blowin' Free

link

Wishbone Ash

Summerfest

Milwaukee, USA

July 2nd 2003

This was such a dry/flat SBD

that I actually added some reverb during the remastering process.

Something I've never done before (in public)

It's fairly subtle so don't get all 'Yeah I can tell' cocky about it.

Might not be to everyone's taste

but I felt it would benefit from some ambience/humanity

and I'm nothing if not ambient/human.

I believe Roger Filgate (a WA member in the 90s) had been drafted in,

at short notice, to be Andy Powell's guitar partner.

He does a good job but, occasionally,

there are hints that he may have lacked rehearsal time.

regards

Titus

01 Mountainside

02 The King Will Come

03 Throw Down the Sword

04 On Your Own

05 No Joke

06 Phoenix

07 Strange Affair

08 Errors of My Way

09 Sometime World

10 Blowin' Free

11 Blind Eye

link

Wishbone Ash

Mr. Kyps

Poole, Dorset

October 10th 2007

Another fine audience recording.

Andy's band is very consistant regardless of era/line-up.

No comments on the recent Gong posts!...I'm gutted :)

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 intro/Keeper of the Light

02 The King Will Come

03 Sometime World

04 The Power

05 On Your Own

06 Like a Child

07 Way of the World

08 Vas Dis

Disc 2

01 In Crisis

02 Standing in the Rain

03 Jailbait

04 Phoenix

05 Blowin' Free/Bad Weather Blues

06 Motherless Child

link

Wishbone Ash

Wembley Arena

November 22nd 1979

A short but sweet FM remaster.

It's only 25 minutes long and I have included the source files.

So you can choose which one you prefer.

I suspect this may be the entire set as they are, presumably,

the opening act of this extensive, and rather odd, line-up:

I suppose it was a something-for-everyone approach.

David Essex for your Nan.

£7.50 for the best seats.

regards

Titus

01 Blowin' Free

02 Living Proof

03 Helpless

04 Bad Weather Blues

link

Wishbone Ash

The Wharf

Tavistock, Devon

October 14th 2006

This one's a remastered audience recording

so, maybe, not as good as the two soundboards

although it sounds quite decent to my ears.

Don't be too put off by the loud talking during the intro.

Once the band start there is little evidence of chatting.

Another from my mp3 files.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 intro

02 Queen of Torture

03 Eyes Wide Open

04 Healing Ground

05 Sometime World

06 The King Will Come

07 Throw Down the Sword

08 Why Don't We?

09 The Raven

Disc 2

01 Loose Change

02 Valediction

03 Sorrel

04 Tales of the Wise

05 Strange Affair

06 Standing in the Rain

07 Blowin' Free/Bad Weather Blues

link

Wishbone Ash

HRH Prog XI

O2 Academy, Sheffield

April 3rd 2022

I think there were something like 16 bands on over the two days

and we only paid £15 each for the tickets.

The crowd having been suitably warmed up by Focus

we were treated to Wishbone Ash to close the Sunday.

Here's the recording reworked to my own personal taste.

I hope you like it.

regards

Titus

01 intro/Bona Fide

02 Enigma

03 Eyes Wide Open

04 The King Will Come

05 Warrior

06 Throw Down the Sword

07 We Stand As One

08 Standing in the Rain

09 band introductions

10 Phoenix

11 Blowin' Free

12 Jail Bait

link

Wishbone  Ash

Fur Peace Ranch

Pomeroy, Ohio

April 21st 2019

Top quality recording here.

I saw them in November 2019.

In Southport of all places.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 intro

02 Come in from the Rain

03 Deep Blues

04 Lifeline

05 Way Down South

06 band intros

07 The King Will Come

08 Warrior

09 Throw Down the Sword

Disc 2

01 F.U.B.B.

02 Standing in the Rain

03 Jail Bait

04 Phoenix

05 Blowin' Free

06 Baby What You Want Me to Do?

Disc 1

Disc 2