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chopper 
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 06:49 |
are now in PA.
I've always thought that "Argus" was generally recognised to be their best album, but I've only ever heard this and their first one.
Is it their best album? Is it their most prog album?
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Sean Trane
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 06:54 |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Argus is their best and proggiest, but the first three are excellent and the Lives Dates is also good, but from their fifth album (once Ted Turner left) they lost their magic
But I do not think of WA as prog, though!!
I think that they have been added as prog-related, though!!!
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Alucard
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 06:57 |
Prog Related they are...
...and lucky they were too, to have been added...
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Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear
"Hey there! Rotter's Club!
Explain the meaning of this song and share it"
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 07:14 |
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I always liked the album New England.
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Tony Fisher
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 07:30 |
I love Argus as much as any album in existence. It's perfection IMHO.
I don't think they are prog in the true sense, though some albums have prog related characteristics. Porg related is a good place for them.
I have in my collection:
Wishbone Ash
Pilgrimage
Argus
IV
New England
There's the Rub
No Smoke Without Fire (excellent)
Just Testing
Nouveau Calls
Here to Hear
Live Dates and Livedates 2
Live in Chicago
I've seen them 10 times in concert, the last in March 2005 in a pub in Hull with 200 young kids who loved them!
I look forward to reviewing them.
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 07:31 |
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Alucard
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 07:47 |
^Open wide the doors to 'Jefferson Airplane', let 'Santana' slip in and maybe 'The Doors ' through the backdoor.
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Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear
"Hey there! Rotter's Club!
Explain the meaning of this song and share it"
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Man Erg
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 08:22 |
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At the risk of repetition...
Wishbone Ash are lucky to be here.You may as well include Fleetwood Mac 1968-1971 and Ten Years After.
W.A.were basically a Blues/Folk Rock band with dual guitarists similar to Fleetwood Mac's Green/Kirwan line-up.
Edited by Man Erg
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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daz2112
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 13:18 |
Happy to see the Ash here  Saw them last week in concert at Stratford Upon Avon & they were absolutely brilliant!!! The new album Clan Destiny is fantastic but a million miles from prog! One of my best bands ever!!!
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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole
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Mandrakeroot
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 13:27 |
VERY BIG ADDITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARGUS
is(in ENGLAND)
THE BEST ALBUM OF 1972
AND NOT DISCUSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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mystic fred
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 13:46 |
more than chuffed to see 'ash on here, hope to see some more albums added to their list soon!
 
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Dick Heath
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 14:07 |
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At long bloody last. The first eponymous album is my fav
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Visitor13
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 14:38 |
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salmacis
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 14:40 |
I'd not have objected to them being in 'art rock' either, but don't have a problem with 'prog related'. I love their first three- 'Argus' is one of those albums that gets better and better every time you play it, with some of the finest guitar work I know of. After that though, I'm not so fussed on what I've heard ('4, There's The Rub, Number The Brave- ok albums but rather patchy) until 'Illuminations' which despite being way too long, had moments of top quality, and 'Bona Fide' featured three of their best songs ever, 'Ancient Remedy', 'Faith Hope and Love' and 'Come Rain Come Shine', their most progressive piece in years.
Might I recommend the DVDs 'Almighty Blues' and 'Phoenix Rising'- though the DVDs aren't so great- they split a concert into 2 discs so the punter would pay more- the gig featured is tremendous. The second of those has some nice archive film from the 70s..
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Fragile
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 14:54 |
Hallelujah their first three albums are all very much prog orientated with the still remarkable Argus one of my favourites.Saw them 2 weeks at The Renfrew Ferry in Glasgow where they always play to a full house of all ages who thoroughlly appreciate their brand of music.The King will come and at long last so has Wishbone Ash into Progarchives.
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daz2112
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 15:05 |
Might I recommend the DVDs 'Almighty Blues' and 'Phoenix Rising'- though the DVDs aren't so great- they split a concert into 2 discs so the punter would pay more- the gig featured is tremendous. The second of those has some nice archive film from the 70s.. [/QUOTE]
I agree,fantastic DVD's
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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole
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Soul Dreamer
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 18:04 |
Finally in the Archives! Justice done.
In my opinion Argus is their best studio album, but LIVE DATES is one of the best live albums of all times, up there with Yessongs and Live at Carnegie Hall (Renaissance)
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