Wishbone Ash (Album)
Occupation
- Martin Turner: Bass, Vocals
- Andy Powell: guitar, vocals
- Ted Turner: guitar, vocals
- Steve Upton: Drums
Wishbone Ash is the debut album by the English rock band of the same name. It was released in 1970 on MCA Records.
History
This album was quickly successful, as Wishbone Ash played in the same year as the opening act for Deep Purple. Was produced the LP by Derek Lawrence, who also worked for Deep Purple. On Wishbone Ash, the band has already played their typical melodic guitar rock, dominated by the harmonic interplay between the two lead guitarist and vocalist Ted Turner and Andy Powell. The titles are more likely attributable to the blues rock and boogie as the progressive rock. In the nearly seven -minute Errors of My Way but is also clearly heard the turn to folk rock Anglo- Celtic expression by the three -part harmony vocals of the band and the 6/8-measure.
The cover photo shows the front part of a Y-shaped fork, as it was typically used as a divining rod with her awarded wonder and magic powers for ritual purposes, and up to the present time, although scientifically controversial, for finding hidden in the soil materials or aquifers used. On the back of the cover, the two are burnt as a handle serving branches and partly to ashes (English: "Ash" ) fall apart.
In the UK, the LP could place on 23 January 1971 Rank 34. As a single Blind Eye was released with the Queen of Torture B-side in February 1971. On CD, the album was released in 1992 on MCA.
Reception
When the term " Jam Band " had at that time already exists, so Dave Sleger in the All Music Guide, would have been called Wishbone Ash as "one of the most important representatives of this kind of music." He sees her debut album, compared with other British hard rock LPs this time, as " nice enrichment within the genre ."
Title list
All titles composed by Andy Powell, Martin Turner, Ted Turner and Steve Upton