Wishbone Ash - Phoenix (Live) (MCA, 1972)

Dirty, dirty Prog but rather splendid with it.

Those familiar with the BBC4 'Prog Britannia' will be familiar with Wishbone Ash's 'Vas Dis' - a slice of widdly-diddly progressive duelling guitar madness. I was rather taken with it and it led me to the hoarier end of the Progressive spectrum...

Namely, Wishbone Ash's 1972 opus 'Argus' and the track 'Phoenix'. This nineteen-and-a-half minute live version veers from (what I imagine) Lynyrd Skynyrd (sounds like) to subtle touches of Jazzy, Tortoise-esqueness. From passages of pompous portent to explosions of frizzy thunder. From plateaus of calm to what sounds like the band playing pat-a-cake.

Nice.

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