Wishbone Ash remake

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by KeithieW

I disagree.

Argus is an amazing album...one of the best to come out of the 70s without a doubt.

In the same way that Mick Abrahams did a "New" This Was, Martin is doing the same with Argus.

No-one batted an eyelid when the This Was band went on tour and neither should they with this project. And a project it is. I doubt that Martin will make an exact copy of the album (I don't recall Hammond Organ on the original) and to hear a different take on some great songs will be, at the very least, interesting.

My last point is that as Martin wrote most of the songs I think he has the right to do what the hell he likes with them.

I was hoping you would give your perspective...the fact that he wrote the songs (and sings them) carries an enormous amount of weight. And I am not a traditionalist. It just seems to me that this coincides with the other band's appearance at Rosfest and smacks of the Ozzy/Sabbath one-upping that occured in the early 80's when Dio joined. The difference there was that each band (Ozzy and Iommi's) put out new material and drove each other to creative highs. Remaking Argus doesn't seem to me to accomplish this.

Here's hoping they can get along in the future.

As for Mick Abrahams, that record was so far different from other Tull - and Tull actually has been playing This Was cuts for years, with Ian's own take. The difference I see here is that Mick and Ian have reconciled their differences and I'm certain Ian is happy that Mick would do this. Remaking a blues-based record seems a bit easier.

But a good discussion I think - thanks Keith for the perspective.