Argus (Remastered & Revisited) [Limited Edition] [Import]

argus (remastered & revisited) [limited edition] [import]

Track Listings

1. Time Was

2. Sometime World

3. Blowin' Free

4. King Will Come

5. Leaf and Stream

6. Warrior

7. Throw Down the Sword

8. No Easy Road [#][*]

9. Pilgrim

10. Phoenix

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese reissue of the UK prog-rock act's 1972 album, packaged in a limited edition miniature gatefold LP sleeve. Includes the bonus track 'No Easy Road'.

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Argus (Remastered & Revisited) [Limited Edition] [Import]

Average customer rating:

Never goes back on the rack
An exciting and creative album of hard rock
Simply The Best
Too 1970's...
Wishbone's BEST

Argus (Remastered & Revisited)
Wishbone Ash
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000062X90
Release Date: 2002-03-05

Tracks:

Time Was
Sometime World
Blowin' Free
The King Will Come
Leaf & Stream
Warrior
Throw Down The Sword
Jail Bait (Bonus Track-Live From Memphis EP)
The Pilgrim (Bonus Track-Live From Memphis EP)
Phoenix (Bonus Track-Live From Memphis EP)

Customer Reviews:

Never goes back on the rack.......2007-07-04

We all have those cd's that sit forever next to the player and never make it back onto the rack. Ever since I discovered Argus it has taken on a prominent place in that frequently played pile. My discovery of this album while browsing Amazon was quite by accident and up until that moment I had never even heard of the band. But after reading the reviews I decided to give it a shot. What I found was an early 1970' gem that's equal parts bluesy and progressive with great vocal harmonies and a guitar duo that should be ranked amoung the best that rock has ever seen. It can be held up as a perfect example of "the album". Not just a collection of songs, but one of those rare moments in history when everything clicks, the material, the performence, the recording, the packaging, everything sits tightly and flawlessly together. The three live bonus tracks are a little more raw than the studio material, but when compared to other live recordings of the day, they bear witness to the fact that Wishbone Ash was just as capable on stage as in the studio. It's certainly the place to start if you're at all interested in this band, the only downside being that their other albums-as great as many of them are-all have to live up to this recording.

An exciting and creative album of hard rock .......2007-04-15

Interestingly enough, my first exposure to this great album was through the Supernatural Fairytales progressive rock box set put out by Rhino. The track presented on the box set was Warrior, an imaginative bit of hard rock that sounded "proggy enough" that my curiosity was piqued and I picked this album up. All in all, Argus (1972) is an excellent concept album of hard rock that features some great playing and features creative arrangements.

The lineup on the album included Steve Upton (drums and percussion); Martin Turner (Gibson Thunderbird bass guitar); Andy Powell (electric and acoustic guitars); and Ted Turner (electric and acoustic guitars). Much to my surprise (and delight) John Tout of English progressive rock group Renaissance played a very "churchy" sounding Hammond organ on Throw down the Sword (although I swear that I heard a tiny bit of mellotron buried in there somewhere as well). The guys are all great musicians and are capable of jamming pretty intensely. I especially like the aggressive and trebly sound that Martin gets out of his Gibson - in fact it reminds me a great deal of the sound John Entwistle would get. As a side note, Wishbone Ash had supported The Who on a few occasions, and their influence is felt on a few tracks (particularly Time Was, which would not have been out of place on Who's Next (1971)). The twin lead guitar work is also great and a pleasant change of pace for me - as a progger I am used to hearing leads played on synthesizers or just a single lead guitar (two guitarists were highly unusual for most prog bands).

The music on Argus is a great blend of hard rock jamming, nice acoustic passages, and thoughtful arrangements. Dynamics are used pretty effectively and the quieter pieces balance the heavier tracks nicely. The vocal melodies are also excellent and really contribute a great deal to the album, which seems to be arranged in a song-cycle suite of sorts.

This remastered album features great sound quality and loads of liner notes. The bonus tracks are all excellent although my favorite is 10'10" proggy workout entitled The Pilgrim - this is a fantastic track that features some intricate ensemble work and great playing by the entire band. Another fun track is the high energy jam on the 17'05" Phoenix. Apparently, the three bonus tracks were taken from an August 21, 1972 concert in Memphis, Tennessee, USA and were released as a limited edition promotional album.

All in all, a great album of hard rock by this English band that is creative enough that it makes for a very enjoyable listening experience.

Simply The Best.......2007-03-13

Argus is Wishbone Ashes masterpiece. They never bettered it. The best example I know of for crystal clear twin-lead (Gibson ans Fender) guitars-way ahead of it's time. Their vocals also never sounded better. One of life's mysteries is why The Ash never continued in this direction? They followed up with 'Wishbone Four', which is great, but pales next to this gem. Every home should have a copy. Over the years I have had 3 LPs, 2 tapes, 2 eight-track tapes (wore them all out. I had the older master of the cd, now I have this remixed cd and it is absolutely stunnig in clarity----Bravo! Buy it, you need it--pioneering English rock from the early seventies.

Too 1970's..........2006-12-06

I was tipped off to Wishbone Ash from an article I read about Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) who credited this band as being one of his earliest and biggest influences.

I bought their self titled debut album and this one from Amazon based on that article and also because both of these albums were well received by reviewers.

Maybe I read too much into the article or perhaps this was just another spur of the moment purchase, but I think these albums would better suit 1970's rock fans per se i.e. a fan of the period than those who prefer the harder style of rock that would emerge from the mid to late 1970's.

The album does have its moments, and there are some really nice melodies and some nice guitar/bass work, but it too often drifts into that very early "happy happy" 1970's sound that marked the transition from the 1960s to the 1970's.

I guess that should be expected, since this album was released only two years into the turbulent new decade at the close of the flower power hippie period.

The use of the twin guitars a noteworthy feature, since this band is also credited as an early pioneer of this style of rock. The bass is unusually active for this period and doesn't just settle for simple changes, which would make sense, since they did influence Steve Harris after all.

I prefer this album to their debut, but it does make me think of an English version of the Eagles if there ever was such a thing. Not that that is a bad thing.

I am a fan of 1970's rock and I think this decade produced some fantastic guitar/bass rock, but this is just a little too 70's for my tastes.

If you are new to Wishbone Ash as I am, but are basically a hard rock/metal fan at heart, try looking for MP3 versions on the web and just test drive one or two songs before you decide on buying a complete album.

Wishbone's BEST.......2006-11-10

The album "Argus" by Wishbone Ash is by far their best studio album they ever produced. Every song, except maybe "Leaf and Stream" is a beautifully crafted 'artsy" rock style. Somewhat similar to Pink Floyd or Steely Dan, only with much more guitars. With the addition of their awesome song "Phoenix" added to this remastered & revisited cd, this is defintily a WishBone Ash essential cd. Favorite picks are "Sometimes World" and "Blowing Free". Can't go wrong with this CD

Stadtpfeiffer: Music of Renaissance Germany

Average customer rating:

"Kind of Blue," 16th-Century Style
Lively, intricate and artful music from Piffaro!
Exquisite!
It made me cry!

Stadtpfeiffer: Music of Renaissance Germany
Paul Hofhaimer , Heinrich Isaac , Heinrich Finck , Ludwig Senfl , Caspar Othmayr , Adam Gilbert , Johann Jakob Walther , Michael Praetorius , Anonymous , Gregorian Chant , Adam von Fulda , Georg Forster , Mack Ramsey , Christa Patton , and Piffaro
Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Music From the Odhecaton
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ASIN: B000056OE8
Release Date: 2001-02-27

Tracks:

Greyner, Zanner - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Greiner, Zancker, Schnopfitzer - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Greiner, Zanner - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Ach Elshein, Liebes Elselein Mein - Piffaro
Im Maien - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Was Wird Es Doch Des Wunders Noch - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Was Wird Es Doch Des Wunders Noch - Piffaro
Was Wird Es Doch Des Wunders Noch - Piffaro
Ein Maidlein Zue Dem Brunnen Gierg - Piffaro
Quisquis Requiem Quaeris - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Non Argus Largus - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Non Somnos Requiem - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott - Piffaro
Der Grabentanz - Piffaro
Will Neimand Singen - Piffaro/Christa Patton
Philou & Ho, Herders - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Der Pfauen Schwantz - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Bonum Vinum Cum Sapore - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
In Feuers Hitz/Mole Gravati Criminum - Piffaro
Pange Lingua Gloriosi - Piffaro
T' andernaken A 4 - Piffaro
German Tunes Of The Early 16th Century - Piffaro
Den Besten Vogel - Piffaro/Benjamin Harms
Presulem Sanctissimum - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Patientiam Sanctissimum - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Patientiam Mueb Ich Han (A 4) - Piffaro
Patientiam Mueb Ich Han - Piffaro
Patientiam Mueb Ich Han (A 5) - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
O Du Armer Judas - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey
Veni Sancte Spiritus - Piffaro/Mack Ramsey

Customer Reviews:

"Kind of Blue," 16th-Century Style.......2007-01-07

Most devotees of the great Miles Davis album Kind of Blue know its story from the liner notes by Bill Evans: Miles comes to the studio with a pocketful of modal scales and changes, shows them to the illustrious group - Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb - and everyone simply blows, unrehearsed. The result is the consensus "most influential" or "most beautiful" or simply "the greatest" (and certainly best-selling) jazz album of the '50s and perhaps the entire post-World War II period (and some say "ever"). It popularized "modal jazz," essentially a modal "cantus firmus" ("fixed song") around which players shaped their improvisations.

Lovers of early music - and admirers of "the Renaissance Band" Piffaro - will know exactly where I'm going here. The precision with which early music ensembles like Piffaro perform their repertoire leads most listeners to conclude that every single note is scored as it is played. Nothing could be further from the truth. Generally, such pieces are also built around a modal cantus firmus and consist of ensemble members finding polyphonic, often contrapuntal, lines that harmonize or embellish the main melody.

Thanks to Guenther Schuller and other jazz historians, we associate "early jazz" with pioneering, pre-swing era, early 20th century Buddy Bolden/King Oliver/Louis Armstrong/Jelly Roll Morton "spontaneous composition" jazz music. That said, most music lovers know the familiar great players (and often composers) of earlier centuries - Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, etc. - were all prodigiously talented spontaneous improvisers. Few of their improvisations have been written down (except as cadenzas to their scored compositions), and we don't connect classical improvisation to jazz music. Nor do we generally connect it to "early music" - that is, music that precedes the Baroque - nor does it seem we should, really: jazz is jazz, and in a distinct way, uniquely American, and Renaissance improvisation is vastly less "free."

And now (I know: "at last!") the point: Piffaro's "Stadtpfeiffer: Music of Renaissance Germany" is a glorious tutorial is the Renaissance style of cantus-firmus-plus-improvisation musical composition and performance, as beautiful and surprising in its way as Miles' classic is in its. Each member of this Philadelphia-based ancient-instruments wind ensemble is a technically flawless, multi-instrument musician. And each of the thirty tracks on this generous CD builds from simplicity through several incremental layerings to a thrilling, gyring, soaring, perfectly harmonious multi-voiced conclusion. The scholarship of the group - on display in the attractive, informative notes - is impeccable and results in satisfying arrangements that run through the full diversity of early wind-instrument settings (with occasional percussion, lute, and harp accompaniments).

Moreover, as other reviewers have noted, those who think early music wind instrumentation consists solely of the familiar recorders, shawms, crumhorns, serpents, and the like will be stunned by the presence of bagpipes in Piffaro's kitbag. Bagpipes traversed Europe from the Middle East and wound up in the British Isles (and known to most solely via sonic clichés like "Amazing Grace" and "Danny Boy"). Here they're a force of nature, blowing out from a primordial past, pitched higher than Scottish pipes, in swirls of glorious polyphony. If you enjoy Celtic music, or bluegrass, or the Baroque, or the Hot Fives and Sevens, or the Chieftains, or the Lord of the Rings soundtrack, find a copy of this CD and let the ingenuity of Renaissance masters such as Ludwig Senfl and Caspar Othmayr wash over you via the vituoso improvisational playing of Piffaro. "Early jazz" indeed.

Stadtpfeiffer (literally, "city piper" or "city musician") is, by the way, still available; you can at least order it from the Piffaro website. I stumbled across mine while Christmas shopping; the attractive cover art caught my eye, I like early music, had some Michael Praetorius but little else from Germany, and so selfishly gave myself a gift, sound unheard. What a find, like pulling down a random book at the library that, once read, has changed your life. I haven't stopped playing it. Neither will you.

Lively, intricate and artful music from Piffaro!.......2002-11-25

"Across early Renaissance Europe," begins commentator Robert Kendrick in the insert introduction, "the best-known wind ensembles consisted largely of players from Germanic lands, who took their craft with them to Italy, Spain, and France." This CD features sophisticated, contrapuntal compositions of Senfl, Isaac, Othmayer and Finck, interspersed with delightfully direct arrangements of simpler tunes by the Piffaro musicians themselves. Alternating consorts of recorders and reeds are enhanced by brass, lute, harp and percussion. Core Piffaro members Adam and Rotem Gilbert, Grant Herreid, Tom Zajac, and co-directors Joan Kimball and Robert Wiemken are joined by guests Benjamin Harris on percussion, Christa Patton on harp, and Mack Ramsey on wind instruments. This is my favorite Piffaro recording so far, because of the variety of distinctive sounds and composition styles. There's a bit of everything on here, and all of it very enjoyable to listen to! Done in a similar vein is the group's 2002 Dorian release, "Music from the Odhecaton: Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the First Printed Music".

Exquisite!.......2001-12-25

This CD contains beautiful songs of German Renaissance. The music is performed in a very sensitive way. I consider impossible not to be touched by the wonderful sounds of the wind instruments. I highlight the 5 track, very beautiful. The musicians of Piffaro play the instruments with love and passion. The result is a great emotion.

It made me cry!.......2001-03-27

I tuned to the classical radio when I ran errands the other day and heard music like none I've heard before. Perfect bagpipes, yet I verified that it was indeed German Rennaisance music. I nearly had to pull over with the tears that came to my eyes!

Average customer rating:

Kill
Berto Pisano , and Jacques Chaumont
Manufacturer: Argus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000O9RDG6

Product Description

Japanese Import CD! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music from the classic 1971 film starring James Mason and Stephen Boyd! Music composed and conducted by Berto Pisano and Jacques Chaumont. 14 Tracks total, including 3 tracks (alternate versions) only available on the Japanese Edition! CD packaging is an LP-style slipcase.

Average customer rating:

Never goes back on the rack
An exciting and creative album of hard rock
Simply The Best
Too 1970's...
Wishbone's BEST

Argus
Wishbone Ash
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002OG8
Release Date: 1991-04-23

Tracks:

Time Was
Sometime World
Blowin' Free
The King Will Come
Leaf And Stream
Warrior
Throw Down The Sword
No Easy Road

Customer Reviews:

Never goes back on the rack.......2007-07-04

An exciting and creative album of hard rock .......2007-04-15

Simply The Best.......2007-03-13

Too 1970's..........2006-12-06

Wishbone's BEST.......2006-11-10

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Argus

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AA7BNE
Release Date: 2005-09-27

Album Description

Remastered Japanese pressing of the 1972 album. The groups third album, was the one on which they looked like they finally were going to forge their own unique amalgamation of all those styles into a sound of their own. The album boasted extended compositions, some of them ('Time Was', 'Sometime World') actually medleys of different tunes, played with assurance and developing into imaginative explorations of new musical territory and group interaction. The lyrics touched on medieval themes ('The King Will Come', 'Warrior') always popular with British rock bands, adding a majestic tone to the music, but it was the arrangements, with their twin lead guitar parts and open spaces for jamming, that made the songs work so well. Argus was a bigger hit in the U.K., where it reached the Top Five, than in the U.S., where it set up the commercial breakthrough enjoyed by the band's next album, Wishbone Four, but over the years it came to be seen as the quintessential Wishbone Ash recording, the one that best realized the group's complex vision. Feature the 8 original tracks. A&M Records. 2005.

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Argus
Wishbone Ash
Manufacturer: Universal
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000RGGYI4
Release Date: 2007-08-06

Tracks:

Time Was
Sometime World
Blowin' Free
The King Will Come
Leaf And Stream
Warrior
Throw Down The Sword
No Easy Road (Single Version)
The Pilgrim (Live 1972/Memphis)
Phoenix (Live 1972/Memphis)
Time Was (1972 Bbc In Concert Session)
Blowin' Free (1972 Bbc In Concert Session)
Warrior (1972 Bbc In Concert Session)
Throw Down The Sword (1972 Bbc In Concert Session)
The King Will Come (1972 Bbc In Concert Session)
Phoenix (1972 Bbc In Concert Session)
Blowin' Free (1972 Bbc In Concert Session)
Throw Down The Sword (1972 Bbc In Concert Session)

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Georg Forster: Teutsche Liedlein

Manufacturer: Christophorus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Classical | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00004YLFY
Release Date: 2000-09-19

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Argus
Argus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005TZ9X

Tracks:

Friend Of Mine
Road Of Life
24 Hours
Same Old Story
Superstition

Album Description

First ever release of ultra-rare, privately recorded, 1973 album by UK downer-rock/blues band (named after the classic Wishbone Ash album). Also features rare live set from post-Argus band 'Anaconda', with a flutey, jazz-rock feel recorded in London, 1977

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Argus
Wishbone Ash
Manufacturer: Universal
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000065EAZ

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Like A Bomb EP

Manufacturer: ARGUS
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000A875CI

Product Description

5 Tracks

Music:

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