I was way late to the Wishbone Ash party. I used to see their albums going back to college in the mid 80s, and sampled a couple of them, but they weren't to my taste at the time. It wasn't until the CD era that I finally picked up a couple. To date, I have to say this is my favorite Wishbone Ash so far, beating the highly revered Argus and the debut (which was my fave prior). Mostly instrumental with some very inventive guitar sequences. More like Automatic Fine Tuning in this way. Hard rock that bleeds into prog. Final track is live and is more trad blues, which might not have been the best way to spend 10 minutes. Not to end on a sour note (like they did), Pilgrimage is essential.
Ownership: LP: 1971 Decca (USA). Gatefold. Thrift shop find from earlier in the year.
2/26/21
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