Tag Archives: Argus

Album review: WISHBONE ASH – Argus (50th Anniversary Edition 1972-2022)

Posted on April 24, 2023 by GRTR! HQ

Madfish/Snapper Music [Release date 14.04.23] In his Best of two decades listing our Melodic Rock Editor Andy Nathan (and big Wishbone Ash fan) included the gig at a country house in Buckinghamshire in 2012. Andy wrote: “Given the enmity between … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues | Tagged 50th anniversary, Andy Powell, Argus, box set, classic rock, folk, Limited Edition, Martin Turner, progressive, rock, Steve Upton, Ted Turner, Wishbone Ash | Leave a comment

Gig review: WISHBONE ASH – Islington Academy, London, 21 October 2022

Posted on October 31, 2022 by andynathan

Classic rock’s golden age is now giving us half century celebrations of bands and landmark albums. One such – indeed my all time favourite album – is Wishbone Ash’s ‘Argus’, which was voted album of the year by Melody Maker … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MARTIN TURNER – 100 Club, London, 15 April 2022

Posted on April 21, 2022 by andynathan

For the last few years founder Wishbone Ash member Martin Turner and his band have been gradually revisiting a series of the band’s classic seventies albums in their entirety. When touring activity resumed last autumn, they finished off the pre-pandemic … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged Argus, Danny Willson, gig, Martin Turner, Misha Nikolic, Tim Brown, Wishbone Ash, Wishbone Four | Leave a comment

Gig review: MARTIN TURNER – 100 Club, London, 14 October 2017

Posted on October 18, 2017 by andynathan

You could argue that Wishbone Ash founder member Martin Turner has overstayed the classic album concept with regular live renditions of their 1972 classic ‘Argus’ over the past decade. Yet his band’s performance of the album at Ramblin Man Fair … Continue reading →

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Album review: MARTIN TURNER – Reissues

Posted on June 13, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Cherry Red [Release date 08.04.16] Martin Turner albums are like buses. There’s nothing, and then along come several. That’s no problem as the one-time Wishbone Ash bassist always maintains a high quality quotient and they are worth the wait even … Continue reading →