WISHBONE ASH - January 08, 1987 - Maxim, Stuttgart, Germany
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This one here is for fubb...
for all your fantastic Wishbone Ash (etc...etc...) uploads

and for weizman, Soreballs and 38f...








This recording here comes directly from the "Men With Microphones" archive.
"MWM" started in the 70ies in South Germany with analog recording equipment,
and at least two of them are still recording sometimes (since the 90ies on DAT,
and, lazy as we are, since lately with small, handheld WAV-recorders on SD-cards).
The "MWM" startet as a project of friends sharing their hobbies together. But by
reason of jobs, partners and other interests the circle of all involved shrinked.





History

Classic era: formation and rise to fame (1969-1980)

Wishbone Ash were formed in October 1969 by bass guitarist Martin Turner and drummer Steve Upton.
After an extensive search for a guitar player, the band could not decide between the final two
candidates, Andy Powell and Ted Turner. It was suggested that they try both guitar players "just
to see what it sounds like". Differing from the twin lead sound of The Allman Brothers Band,
Wishbone Ash included strong elements of folk, progressive rock, and classical music. After the
band members wrote several suggested band names on two sheets of paper, Martin Turner picked one
word from each list - 'Wishbone' and 'Ash'.

The band's eponymous debut album, Wishbone Ash, was released in 1970. One year later, the group
released Pilgrimage. The band struck gold in 1972 with Argus, their commercial peak. The album was
voted by the readers of Sounds magazine as the best rock album of the year. The band were getting international acclaim for their live performances as they gained popularity around the world.

The band had begun to now play major arenas as headliners. Wishbone Four (1973) was the band's first
record without producer Derek Lawrence, as the band decided to produce the album themselves. In 1973,
the band released a double live album entitled Live Dates. Not long after, guitarist Ted Turner left
the band and, largely, retired from music. After replacing Turner with guitarist Laurie Wisefield,
the band relocated to America and recorded the There's the Rub (1974) album. Locked In (1976), produced
by Tom Dowd, saw the band moving towards US soft-rock territory and the group even began touring with
a keyboard player.

1976's New England returned to the traditional Wishbone Ash style. Front Page News (1977) was the band's
final US-recorded album of this period and contained a mix of rock numbers with more mellow tracks as well.

In 1978, after years of experimental albums, the band decided to return to its roots with No Smoke Without
Fire, the first to be produced by Derek Lawrence since Argus in 1972. The album contained mainly songs
written by Laurie Wisefield and Martin Turner. The band spent six months making the next album, Just Testing. Released in February 1980, the album contained mostly Martin Turner material. Pressured by MCA to make more
commercial music, the band considered bringing in a lead singer and restricting Martin Turner's duties to
bass guitar only.After 11 years, the band's front man and co-founder found himself in what he regarded as
an untenable position and reluctantly parted company with Wishbone Ash.


Lineup instability (1981-1986)

Turner was replaced by John Wetton, formerly of King Crimson, UK, and several other classic groups. Number
the Brave was released in 1981 and featured Wetton's lead vocal on just one song, although during album
sessions he had offered songs such as "Here Comes The Feeling" that would eventually sell millions when released on Asia's 1982 debut album. Wetton did not continue with Wishbone Ash beyond the album sessions
and continued with Asia. Wishbone Ash were dropped by MCA the same year.

Wetton was replaced on the Number the Brave tour by former Uriah Heep bassist Trevor Bolder. Also joining
the band was female backing vocalist, Claire Hamill, who had sung on both the Just Testing and Number the Brave albums. The new Wishbone got mixed reviews.In 1982, after Hamill's departure, the band experimented
with heavy metal on the Twin Barrels Burning album. Surprisingly, the album became the highest charting
Wishbone Ash album in years.

Trevor Bolder left the group to rejoin Uriah Heep in 1983, to be replaced by bassist/vocalist Mervyn Spence
(ex-Trapeze). The group continued with a heavy metal side on 1985's Raw to the Bone, which became the first
Wishbone Ash album not to make the charts. Not long after, Laurie Wisefield quit after being in the band
for eleven years for a varied career that would include work with Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Roger Chapman,
Jeff Wayne and the Queen musical We Will Rock You. He was replaced by Jamie Crompton, who in turn was
succeeded briefly by top sessioner Phil Palmer. Early in 1986, Mervyn Spence quit as well, to be replaced
by ex-Kinks bassist Andy Pyle.





About this concert:

Recently my old trading pal from the early 1980ies offered
this incredible show from Stuttgart here on DIME:

Torrent #201153
Uli Jon Roth & Electric Sun
- Stuttgart (GER), Maxim, 1985-04-03 aud from cassette master (samples included)

And suddenly all those memories about the 80ies
and this fine venue "Maxim" came back.

Checking our collection for trades we found out that we got a fine Wishbone Ash,
1984-12-17, from weizman back in the days. Sadly we lost contact with him somewhere
in summer or fall of 1985, so we had to tape 1986 and this one here from 1987
on our own...not knowing that weizman was there too...still taping...

Nowadays "loosing contact" sounds silly, with all this computers, email, cellular phones...
But 20 or 25 years ago we just traded cassettes via snail-mail...and did you ever
ask your male trade-partners for a photo - being a heterosexual male yourself ??

So thanks DIME, some 20 years later i found this guy again, by checking his uploads
and remembering his collection and his faves...and he was not the only one (hi to
hanwaker, 38f, mossa, budapest...and a few dozens more...).


Some 20 years later i'm really interested now how weizman's masters
sound, compared to our recordings. Here is the first attempt ;-)

A damn short BUT COMPLETE show with ex-Kinks-ter Andy Pyle on bass...

Our tape came out better than we thought, compared to the live sound
inside the hall during the show. But good recording equipment in the 80ies,
approximately this damn sweet spot in front of the left speaker stack (or,
better, INSIDE the left speakers...) and a careful transfer from analog
Compact Cassette (Nakamichi Tape Deck with playback head azimuth adjustment)
to digital DAT-tapes (Tascam DA 20 markII) at the end of the 90ies helped
to record AND conserve this show under nearly optimal conditions...



PLEASE ENJOY...






WISHBONE ASH

Maxim,
Stuttgart, Germany
January 08, 1987





lineage:
recorded by MWM, audience to analog cassette


Aiwa CM30 > portable Sony Professional WM D6C > Compact Cassette (TDK SA 90, 1-7/8ips Super Avilyn, High Bias (CrO2) Type II, 135 meter tape)


Cassette (master) > Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1 (manual playback head azimuth aligned !) > Analog Cable (coax) >
> Tascam DA-20 markII (16 bit, SP 48 kHz) > DAT (Maxell HS-4/90s, Helical-Scan 4mm Data Cartridge, 90 meter tape)


DAT (master) > Tascam DA-20 II, S/P-DIF out > Digital Cable (coax) >
> Behringer Ultramatch SRC 2000 (Sample Rate Converter & Jitter Remover) > Digital Cable (coax) > Soundcard, S/P-DIF in >
> CD Wave (recording) > Harddisc > CD Wave (tracking) > Traders Little Helper (SB aligned/level 6) > FLAC > DIME






the concert:


01. check/intro music 0:37
02. Living Proof 5:53
03. Genevieve 3:43
04. intro by Andy 0:26
05. Streets Of Shame 5:22
06. ...we can't hear you... 0:35
07. Cell Of Fame 5:15
08. No More Lonely Nights 5:58
09. Underground 4:41
10. band intro 0:48
11. Don't Cry 4:28
12. The King Will Come 6:06
13. -> Jail Bait 4:57
14. ...our last song tonite... 0:32
15. Blowin' Free 8:32
16. crowd + 0:42

encore 1:
17. Hard Times 4:51
18. crowd + 0:40

encore 2:
19. Bad Weather Blues 7:35


total time: 71.47 mins



marks:

+ applause partly OMITTED



musicians:

Andy Powell - guitar, vocals
James Crompton - guitar, vocals
Andy Pyle - bass, vocals
Steve Upton - drums




Please support the artists, visit their concerts and buy their CDs...
Tourdates are in the comments-section !

Check out their websites...
http://www.wishboneash.com




THIS TORRENT IS DEDICATED TO WISHBONE ASH, all the past & present bandmembers...
and especially to Uwe S. and a certain "weizman" for sharing sweet memories.

Big thanks to my wife, Mrs. Leo, for supporting
and taking an active part in all my crazyness...





Please write your comments to show your interest in this kind of music.


You know, our friend Dave T says: "There's always more to come..."
And i'll promise you to keep MY tapes coming...

Leo




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Recorded, transferred & finally uploaded by lonetaper on Dime, June 2008. This is "MWM 0083"