WISHBONE ASH

JOE BANKS

Argus MADFISH Progressive blues rock landmark reissued as bells and whistles box. Released in 1972, Argus was Wishbone Ash’s breakthrough album, going Top Three in the UK charts and voted album of the year by both Melody Maker and Sounds, no mean feat given the competition. Sitting somewhere between Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac and the harmony guitars of the Allman Brothers, Wishbone Ash in many ways epitomised the blues rock sound that dominated Britain’s live circuit at the turn of the 1970s. “What’s striking is how thoughtful a lot of the music is.” So why is Prog reviewing this sumptuous, if belated 50th anniversary box set reissue of Argus? It’s because, far from being just purveyors of heads-down boogie, the album also had folk, jazz and progressive influences. Coming in…

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