New England/Front Page News [Original recording remastered, Import]

Wishbone Ash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 28, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B00000ILKY
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,391 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #92 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Progressive

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Mother of Pearl

2. (In All of My Dreams) You Rescue Me

3. Runaway

4. Lorelei

5. Outward Bound

6. Prelude

7. When You Know Love

8. Lonely Island

9. Candlelight

Disc: 2

1. Front Page News

2. Midnight Dancer

3. Goodbye Baby Hello Friend

4. Surface to Air

5. 714

6. Come in from the Rain

7. Right or Wrong

8. Heart-Beat

9. The Day I Found Your Love

10. Diamond Jack

Editorial Reviews

Two of the English rock group's LPs for MCA paired together, 1976's 'New England' & 1977's 'Front Page News'. Acombined total of 19 tracks, including 'Mother Of Pearl','(In All Of My Dreams) You Rescue Me' and 'Goodbye Baby Hello Friend'. All tracks are digitally remastered from the original master tapes. Also features the original cover art of each LP and additional sleeve notes. Double slimline jewelcase. 1998 release.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Double your pleasure..., April 5, 2000

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D. Hartley (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: New England/Front Page News (Audio CD)

The two albums contained on this re-issue CD, "New England" and "Front Page News", represent a transitional period in the Wishbone Ash "sound". The band has largely dispensed with the semi-mystical/medieval themes by this time (1976-1977, the prog-rock slaying disco era) and moved to a more slickly produced, even poppier sound. The patented twin guitar work is still there, but is heading in a more mature and subtle direction, as opposed to the "Free Bird" style duels of the earlier albums.Standout tracks include "Lonely Island", "Front Page News" and "Come In From The Rain". Worthwhile for fans of tasty guitar work and melodic, well-arranged rock. I wish more music companies would follow BGO's lead in re-issuing back catalog in such sonically excellent "2-fer" packages--space saving for collectors and more bang for your buck!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New fans should start here..., July 7, 2002

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Jiminy Cricket (downstate NY USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: New England/Front Page News (Audio CD)

This is 2 albums: New England (1976) and Front Page News (1977) re-issued together on a double CD. New England shows W.A. at what was perhaps their creative peak, in retrospect. It alone is worth the price of the package. Creative, great playing, great harmonies. W.A. was one of the most influential 70's British bands, but for some reason never achieved massive stardom. They had a unique style, unique harmonies. Maybe W.A. musicical style was a bit too subtle for the mass public to fully appreciate. Still enjoyable after all these years.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great 2 disc set., August 8, 2001

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RKL (Asheville, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New England/Front Page News (Audio CD)

'Front page news' is of course one of the classic albums by Wishbone Ash, definitely 70's music here(always a good thing)and all the tracks are quite good, check out the following tracks- Front page news, Goodbye baby hello friend, Come in from the rain, Heartbeat. These guys are very serious about their craft and it shows. While this remastered BGO version didn't make me stand up and say 'OH WOW!!', it is better than the companion disc 'New England' in terms of sound. 'New England' is a superb album but suffers from a veiled and muddy sound picture. In this case, get the single German import version. Their original label MCA could have given both of these discs a proper remastering but ironically chose not to. This is as good as it will get for now.