What Are The Best Wishbone Ash Live Albums?

Wishbone Ash have released a lot of live albums after the initial success of Live Dates. What are the best Wishbone Ash live recordings?

The temptation is to go back to their glory days in the 1970s but is that right? Is that when the trademark sound of the duelling guitars can be best heard?

Blowin’ Free is one of my all-time favourite songs by any rock group so that has to be on at least one of my choices.

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Wishbone Ash Live In 1976

Live In 1976 is a live album by Wishbone Ash which catches the Laurie Wisefield version of the band promoting the New England album.

This is the version of Wishbone Ash Mark 2 before most of Live Dates 2 was recorded.

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Wishbone Ash BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert 1972

BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert is a live album by Wishbone Ash catching the band on the Argus tour in London on 25th May 1972 (before Live Dates).

There are so many live albums by later versions of Wishbone Ash, that it’s great to find another by the original band.

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Wishbone Ash Live Dates 2 1976 to 1980

Live Dates 2 is a live compilation album by Wishbone Ash pulling together recordings from 1976 to 1980.

In the original Live Dates, Ted Turner was the second guitarist duelling with Andy Powell but in Live Dates 2, he’s replaced by Laurie Wisefield.

The CD has been unavailable for many years except as an expensive import, but checking on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk shows that you can now get it for a normal price.

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Wishbone Ash Live Dates 1973

Live Dates is the first live album by Wishbone Ash, recorded in 1973, after the critical and commercial success of Argus and when they were promoting their next album, Wishbone 4.

Wishbone Ash haven’t shown much imagination with the titles of their live albums because there are also Live Dates 2 and Live Dates 3 from later reincarnations of the band..

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