Gold Dates - Tracks

Released 2004.

A strange mixture of songs from legal and more suspicious sources.
The sources are:

The soundtrack of the Almighty Blues DVD. London 2002.
Band members: Andy Powell, Ben Granfelt, Bob Skeat and Ray Weston.
Also available on a super audio DVD.
The soundtrack of the Live in Bristol DVD. Reunion tour 1989
Band members: Andy Powell, Ted Turner, Martin Turner and Steve Upton.
Also available on audio CD "Live in Bristol" and on a combined DVD/CD entitled "Wishbone Ash in Concert (Bedrock in Concert)".
The most "popular" bootleg CD (Liverpool Empire 17-Nov-1976 [Mixing desk recording]
except Helpless which is from Hammersmith 2-Feb-1980 [BBC]).
Band members: Andy Powell, Laurie Wisefield, Martin Turner and Steve Upton.

Written on the CD’s leaflet: "Under exclusive licensed from Classic Rock Ltd". Didn’t know Classic Rock Ltd has the rights to the bootleg songs. Also: Whoever made the track list for the CDs made a couple of mistakes. See the track list for more info. Makes me wonder...

Song	Time	Source etc.

CD 1
Outward Bound		Liverpool 1976
Warrior		London 2002
Throw Down the Sword		London 2002
Helpless		London 1980
Runaway		Liverpool 1976
Looking for Clues		Real title: Living Proof :-D London 2002
Almighty Blues		London 2002
Changing Tracks		London 2002
Phoenix		London 2002

CD 2
Real Guitars Have Wings		Bristol 1989
The King Will Come		Bristol 1989
Cosmic Jazz		Bristol 1989
Keeper of the Light		Bristol 1989
Why Don’t We		Bristol 1989
Ancient Remedy		London 2002
Persephone		Wrong track! Actually: Warrior Liverpool 1976
Jail Bait		London 2002
Blowin’ Free		Bristol 1989
Time Was		Liverpool 1976
Bad Weather Blues		Liverpool 1976

ANDY POWELL: Guitars, vocals on all tracks
LAURIE WISEFIELD: Guitars, vocals on Liverpool 1976 and London 1980
TED TURNER: Guitars, vocals on Bristol 1989
BEN GRANFELT: Guitars, vocals on London 2002

MARTIN TURNER: Bass, vocals on all except London 2002
BOB SKEAT: Bass, vocals on London 2002

STEVE UPTON: Drums on all except London 2002
RAY WESTON: Drums on London 2002

What's Unique About This?

At the moment (Jul/2004) this is one of the few places where you can hear "Phoenix" as played on year 2002 in London. It was omitted from the "Almighty Blues" DVD containing songs from the 2002 London gig.

Some other source where "Phoenix" from London 2002 can be heard (and seen) is:
- "Guitar Legends" a various artist DVD by Classic Rock Productions.
- "Phoenix Rising" both on the 2 DVD and the 1 DVD releases by Classic Rock Productions in year 2004.

Written by: Rainer Frilund - Last update: Feb, 2007