''Live Dates 2'' is the third live album by

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Wishbone Ash Wishbone Ash are a British Rock music, rock band who achieved success in the early to mid-1970s. Their albums include ''Wishbone Ash (album), Wishbone Ash'' (1970), ''Pilgrimage (Wishbone Ash album), Pilgrimage'' (1971), ''Argus (album), Argu ...

. The album was recorded partly on dates between 1976 and 1980, including the tour in support of the album '' Just Testing''. It peaked at No. 40 in the

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. The first 25,000 copies of this album were a double album, with six extra bonus tracks. Subsequent copies of the album contained only tracks one to six. The sleeve only lists the tracks on the first album along with their recording locations: *Hull City Hall ("Doctor") *Bristol Colston Hall ("Living Proof", "The Way Of The World") *Wolverhampton Civic Hall ("Runaway", "Helpless") *London Hammersmith Odeon ("F.U.B.B.") The tracks on side one were recorded in 1980 and those on side two in 1978. Dates for the bonus LP are not listed. The album was also released as two single LPs with the titles ''Live Dates 2'' and ''Live Dates 2, Additional Tapes''.

Track listing

Personnel

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- bass, vocals * Andy Powell - guitar, vocals *

Laurie Wisefield Laurence Mark Wisefield (born 27 August 1952) is an English guitarist and vocalist, best known for his contributions to Wishbone Ash during the 1970s and 1980s. Early career Prior to his stint in Wishbone Ash, Wisefield performed with the pro ...

- guitar, vocals * Steve Upton - drums ;Technical *Produced by: John Sherry, Wishbone Ash *Recorded at

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- Glasgow (19 November 1976),

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- Sheffield (18 October 1977),

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- London (19 October 1977),

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- London (25 October 1978),

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- Bristol, England (27 October 1978),

- Bristol (16 February 1980),

- Hull (1 June 1980), Civic Hall - Wolverhampton (4 June 1980)

Charts

References

{{Wishbone Ash 1980 live albums Wishbone Ash live albums MCA Records live albums Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis