Live Dates

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Live Dates
Live album by Wishbone Ash
Released	November 1973[1]
Recorded	June 17–24, 1973
Genre	Progressive rock, hard rock
Length	81:46
Label	MCA
Producer	Wishbone Ash[2]
Wishbone Ash chronology
Wishbone Four (1973) Live Dates (1973) There's the Rub (1974)

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Live Dates is the first live album by the British rock band Wishbone Ash released in November 1973.^[1]

Following the release of the album, founding member Ted Turner left the band, resulting in a shift of the band's musical approach.^{[citation needed]}

Composition[]

The album features 11 tracks, 10 of which originally featured on the band's first four albums. The one new track was a cover of the Jimmy Reed blues standard "Baby What You Want Me to Do".

The tracks were recorded in June 1973 at Croydon Fairfield Halls,^[A] Reading University,^[B] Newcastle City Hall,^[C] and Portsmouth Guildhall.^[D], using The Rolling Stones Mobile Recording Studio.

Track listing[]

Side 1

1. "The King Will Come" ^[A] – 7:58
2. "Warrior" ^[C] – 5:42
3. "Throw Down the Sword" ^[C] – 6:01

Side 2

1. "Rock 'n Roll Widow" ^[B] – 6:06
2. "Ballad of the Beacon" ^[B] – 5:21
3. "Baby What You Want Me to Do" ^[D] – 7:48

Side 3

1. "The Pilgrim" ^[B] – 9:17
2. "Blowin' Free" ^[A] – 5:28
3. "Jail Bait" ^[A] – 4:40

Side 4

1. "Lady Whiskey" ^[B] – 6.13
2. "Phoenix" ^[A] – 17:12^[1]

Personnel[]

• Andy Powell – guitar, vocals
• Ted Turner – guitar, vocals
• Martin Turner – bass, vocals
• Steve Upton – drums^[3]

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