Wishbone Ash - There's the Rub (1974)

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There's the Rub is the fifth studio album by rock band Wishbone Ash. It is the first album to feature guitarist/vocalist Laurie Wisefield, who would be a major part of the band's creative direction for the next 11 years.
The title is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet; "To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub."
The track "F.U.B.B." caused controversy because of the acronym's meaning ("Fucked Up Beyond Belief") upon the album's release. Moreover, the haunting ballad "Persephone" would go on to become one of the band's most popular live songs. The lyrics of "Lady Jay" are based on the Dartmoor folk legend about Kitty Jay.
The cover shows a cricketer rubbing (in effect, polishing) a cricket ball on his trousers - a common practice by fast bowlers who do so in order to make one side of the leather ball shinier than the other. This helps the ball to 'swing' as it travels through the air after being bowled, so making it harder for the batsman to play it.

Martin Turner - bass, vocal
Andy Powell - acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, vocal
Laurie Wisefield - acoustic, electric & steel guitars, banjo, vocal
Steve Upton - drums, percussion
Additional Personnel
Albhy Galuten - organ, synthesizers
Nelson Flaco Padron - congas and additional percussion

"Silver Shoes" - 6:36
"Don't Come Back" - 5:12
"Persephone" - 7:02
"Hometown" - 4:48
"Lady Jay" - 6:00
"F.U.B.B." - 9:33

Wishbone Ash - Four (1973)

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Wishbone Four is the fourth studio album by British rock band Wishbone Ash. It was a radical departure from their previous album, Argus, containing almost none of the twin-lead guitar harmonies and folk elements that featured in the previous album. Though Wishbone Four was popular among fans upon its release, sales paled in comparison to Argus, and founding member Ted Turner would leave the band after the subsequent tour.


Ted Turner - lap-steel, 12 string, acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
Andy Powell - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
Martin Turner - bass guitar, vocals
Steve Upton - drums and percussion
Additional musicians
George Nash - keyboards on "Everybody Needs a Friend"
Graham Maitland - piano on "No Easy Road"
Phil Kenzie, Dave Coxhill and Bud Parks - horn section on "No Easy Road"

"So Many Things to Say" - 5:06
"Ballad of the Beacon" - 5:04
"No Easy Road" - 3:48
"Everybody Needs a Friend" - 8:24
"Doctor" - 5:53
"Sorrel" - 5:03
"Sing Out the Song" - 4:24
"Rock 'n Roll Widow" - 5:50

Wishbone Ash - Live dates (1973)

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Live Dates is the first live album by the British rock band Wishbone Ash.
Following the release of the album, founding member Ted Turner left the band, resulting in a shift of the band's musical approach.
The album was recorded in June 1973 at Croydon Fairfield Halls,[A] Reading University,[B] Newcastle City Hall,[C] and Portsmouth Guildhall.[D] The version of "Phoenix" on disc one was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1972, and was also included on the Live from Memphis album. However, the MCA double-album set (MCA2-8006) also issued in June 1973, contains only the seventeen minute, thirteen second version. It follows "Lady Whiskey" on side four.

Martin Turner - bass, vocals
Andy Powell - guitar, vocals
Ted Turner - guitar, vocals
Steve Upton - drums

Disc one
"The King Will Come"[A] - 7:44
"Warrior"[C] - 5:57
"Throw Down the Sword"[C] - 6:08
"Rock 'n Roll Widow"[B] - 6:08
"Ballad of the Beacon"[B] - 5:22
"Baby What You Want Me to Do"[D] - 7:48
Phoenix - 17:10

Disc two
"The Pilgrim"[B] - 9:14
"Blowin' Free"[A] - 5:31
"Jail Bait"[A] - 4:37
"Lady Whiskey"[B] - 5:57
"Phoenix"[A] - 17:23