Disco de Wishbone Ash: “King Will Come: Live”

I bought this only because as a fan, I want all of their material. First off, you'll notice the disc length of 76.46. The band added a keyboard player Graham Maitland for this tour which at first is a bit hard to digest(mixed too far up front)sometimes the keyboards work, other times not. There are some classics here- 'The king will come', 'Persephone', 'Time Was' as well as a few others. Sound quality is average, sounds like a straight transfer with no doctoring with the sound. This is the Mark 2 lineup with Laurie Wisefield. Not one of the best concert offerings by the band but worthwhile. I'm sure the band has some real gems in their archive like the live tracks on the superb 'Distillation' box set. Sadly they are not contained on this disc. If you can get past the keyboards and the muddy sound quality, you may enjoy it. Somehow I feel only the true fans will want this disc in their collection.

After reading the two reviews of this cd,I was very hesitant to buy this disc.But being a big fan of the ASH I went ahead and got it anyway.So glad I did.Don't know where the other reviewers thought this was no better than a bad bootleg recording.I wish all my boots sounded this good.Sounds like it was recorded in a small club rather than a large venue and the performances are just fine.It's good to hear Laurie Wisefield here.The only unsatisfactory cds out there are the Chronicle series.And they even have some redeeming value.Wishbone Ash in all it's line-ups always ROCKS!

Watch out for this turkey! Definitely a disk for the true believers only. Sound quality as bad as any bootleg I have ever listened to, some songs fade (on a live album!?) and skimpy liner notes add up to a pretty bad package. And the addition of a keyboard player seems to hurt rather than add to WA's sound. If you are dying for a live disk from WA's "Locked In" tour, this will have to do. Otherwise, save your money.