Live from Memphis (Wishbone Ash)
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Live From Memphis was a live promotional recording by rock band Wishbone Ash
. The promotional recording featured only a few tracks and was only released in America
. On the 2002 remastered version of Argus
the entire EP was included as bonus tracks.
The album has never officially been released on CD in its own right, although a recording of the original broadcast, including previously unreleased tracks, was pressed as a bootleg CD in 2009. Although this appears to be endorsed by Andy Powell
(the disc was offered for sale at his 2009 Wishbone Ash concerts), this release was made without license from Universal, who own the copyright, and without the approval of the other original members of the band who appear on the disc.
Wishbone Ash
Wishbone Ash are a British rock band who achieved success in the early and mid-1970s. Their popular records included Wishbone Ash , Argus , There's the Rub , and New England...
. The promotional recording featured only a few tracks and was only released in America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. On the 2002 remastered version of Argus
Argus (album)
Argus is the third album by the rock band Wishbone Ash. It is the most popular Wishbone Ash album and widely considered their greatest by fans and reviewers. It was named "Album of the Year" in the 1972 year-end issue of Sounds magazine...
the entire EP was included as bonus tracks.
The album has never officially been released on CD in its own right, although a recording of the original broadcast, including previously unreleased tracks, was pressed as a bootleg CD in 2009. Although this appears to be endorsed by Andy Powell
Andy Powell
Andy Powell is an English guitarist and songwriter, and best known as a founding member of Wishbone Ash.-Early life and career:...
(the disc was offered for sale at his 2009 Wishbone Ash concerts), this release was made without license from Universal, who own the copyright, and without the approval of the other original members of the band who appear on the disc.
Side two
- "Phoenix" - 17:05 (also included as bonus track on 1992 US release of Live DatesLive DatesLive Dates is the first live album by the British rock band Wishbone Ash. It was a critical and commercial success and was one of the best-selling live albums of the 1970s....
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Personnel
- Martin TurnerMartin TurnerMartin Turner is the bass guitarist, lead vocalist and a founding member of the rock band, Wishbone Ash.-Career:...
– bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - Andy PowellAndy PowellAndy Powell is an English guitarist and songwriter, and best known as a founding member of Wishbone Ash.-Early life and career:...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - Ted TurnerTed Turner (guitarist)-External links:*.*.*....
– guitar, vocals - Steve UptonSteve UptonSteve Upton is the former drummer for the British rock band Wishbone Ash. He was with the band for two decades...
– drumsPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...