WISHBONE ASH ARGUS LP on UK MCA GF NICE HARD ROCK PROG 1971

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Feb 17, 2014 Sold Date

Feb 10, 2014 Start Date

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Here is an EXCELLENT! copy of the LP from WISHBONE ASH titled ARGUS. It is an UK pressing on the MCA label, catalog #MDKS 8006 in STEREO sound. This LP was originally released in 1971. The vinyl is in EXCELLENT! condition shiny and black with some light non-sounding marks and should have excellent playback. The original GATEFOLD cardboard cover is in EXCELLENT! condition with corner and edge wear. It is an EXCELLENT! copy of this LP for you to own. It is an opportunity to purchase this LP in this condition. It’s a true gem for the HARD / PROG ROCK collector! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pic’s. I DO NOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM OR MAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY & OTHER COUNTRIES. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE USA CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING! International bidders can email me for shipping rates. Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!

Music Review from AllMusic.com by William Ruhlmann

If Wishbone Ash can be considered a group who dabbled in the main strains of early-'70s British rock without ever settling on one (were they a prog rock outfit like Yes, a space rock unit like Pink Floyd, a heavy metal ensemble like Led Zeppelin, or just a boogie band like Ten Years After?), the confusion compounded by their relative facelessness and the generic nature of their compositions, Argus, their third album, was the one on which they looked like they finally were going to forge their own unique amalgamation of all those styles into a sound of their own. The album boasted extended compositions, some of them ("Time Was," "Sometime World") actually medleys of different tunes, played with assurance and developing into imaginative explorations of new musical territory and group interaction. The lyrics touched on medieval themes ("The King Will Come," "Warrior") always popular with British rock bands, adding a majestic tone to the music, but it was the arrangements, with their twin lead guitar parts and open spaces for jamming, that made the songs work so well. Argus was a bigger hit in the U.K., where it reached the Top Five, than in the U.S., where it set up the commercial breakthrough enjoyed by the band's next album, Wishbone Four, but over the years it came to be seen as the quintessential Wishbone Ash recording, the one that best realized the group's complex vision.

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