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Torquay, Devon, England (1969 – present)

Wishbone Ash is a British rock band which achieved its geatest success in the early and mid-1970s. Their most popular albums included Wishbone Ash (1970), Argus (1972), There’s the Rub (1974), and New England (1976). They were one of the first bands to use twin lead guitars.

Wishbone Ash can trace its origins back to Torquay, Devon, England, a seaside resort in the southwest of the country. It was there that Martin Turner and Steve Upton first performed together; Turner on bass, Upton on drums, before moving to London in 1969 to seek fame and fortune. In the capital the decision was made to place an advertisement for a keyboard player and a lead guitarist. The resulting audition threw up two guitar leads, but nobody could decide who to choose and the trademark twin-lead sound of Wishbone Ash was born.

Ted (David) Turner and Andy Powell soon went through the poverty and growing pains of a new band, but were fortunate that Miles Copeland was championing their cause and a fairly rapid progression was achieved. The first Album, Wishbone Ash, was released in December 1970 and their second, Pilgrimage, surfaced just six months later to reach #6 in the NME charts. Great things were just 11 months away with the release of Argus (1972) — possibly the band’s best album; certainly their most commercially successful — which reached #2 in the UK charts and went gold. The next album, Wishbone Four, only 12 months later, went silver.

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1		The King Will Come			404
2		Blowin' Free			346
3		Throw Down The Sword			329
4		Warrior			327
5		Time Was			277
6		Leaf And Stream			258
7		Sometime World			235
8		Phoenix			141
9		Jail Bait			127
10		Persephone			106
10		Blind Eye			106
12		Errors Of My Way			103
13		The Pilgrim			102
14		Queen Of Torture			82
15		Ballad Of The Beacon			75

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