Live Dates is the first live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by the British rock band Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash are a British rock band who achieved success in the early and mid-1970s. Their popular records included Wishbone Ash , Argus , There's the Rub , and New England...

. It was a critical and commercial success and was one of the best-selling live albums of the 1970s.

Following the release of the album, founding member Ted Turner

Ted Turner (guitarist)

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 left the band, resulting in a shift of the band's musical approach.

Track listing

The album was recorded in June 1973 at Croydon Fairfield Halls

Fairfield Halls

Fairfield Hall is an arts centre in Croydon, London, England and opened in 1962. It contains a concert hall, the Ashcroft Theatre , the Arnhem Gallery civic hall and an art gallery....

,^[A] Reading University,^[B] Newcastle City Hall

Newcastle City Hall

Newcastle City Hall is a concert hall, located in Newcastle upon Tyne which has hosted many popular music and classical artists throughout the years, as well as standup and comedy acts. Opened in 1927, the City Hall was built as a part of a development which also included the adjacent City Pool...

,^[C] and Portsmouth Guildhall

Portsmouth Guildhall

Portsmouth Guildhall is the biggest events venue in the Hampshire city of Portsmouth in England. The building, completed in 1890, was designed in the neo-classical style by architect William Hill, who had earlier been responsible for the design of the town hall in Bolton...

.^[D] The version of "Phoenix" on disc one was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

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 in 1972, and was also included on the Live from Memphis

Live from Memphis (Wishbone Ash)

Live From Memphis was a live promotional recording by rock band Wishbone Ash. The promotional recording featured only a few tracks and was only released in America...

album. However, the MCA double-album set (MCA2-8006) also issued in June 1973, contains only the seventeen minute, thirteen second version. It follows "Lady Whiskey" on side four.

Disc one

1. "The King Will Come"^[A] - 7:44
2. "Warrior"^[C] - 5:57
3. "Throw Down the Sword"^[C] - 6:08
4. "Rock 'n Roll Widow"^[B] - 6:08
5. "Ballad of the Beacon"^[B] - 5:22
6. "Baby What You Want Me to Do
   Baby What You Want Me to Do
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   "^[D] - 7:48
7. Phoenix - 17:10

Disc two

1. "The Pilgrim"^[B] - 9:14
2. "Blowin' Free"^[A] - 5:31
3. "Jail Bait"^[A] - 4:37
4. "Lady Whiskey"^[B] - 5:57
5. "Phoenix"^[A] - 17:23

Personnel

• Martin Turner
  Martin Turner
  Martin Turner is the bass guitarist, lead vocalist and a founding member of the rock band, Wishbone Ash.-Career:...
  
   - bass, vocals
• Andy Powell
  Andy Powell
  Andy Powell is an English guitarist and songwriter, and best known as a founding member of Wishbone Ash.-Early life and career:...
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Ted Turner
  Ted Turner (guitarist)
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   - guitar, vocals
• Steve Upton
  Steve Upton
  Steve Upton is the former drummer for the British rock band Wishbone Ash. He was with the band for two decades...
  
  - drums