Wishbone Ash – Wishbone Four
Label:
MCA Records – MDKS 8011, MCA Records – M.D.K.S. 8011, MCA Records – MDKS8011, MCA Records – MAPS 6673
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold
Country:
UK
Released:
May 1973
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Folk Rock, Hard Rock, Ballad
 
Tracklist
A1        So Many Things To Say    5:00
A2        Ballad Of The Beacon    4:58
A3        No Easy Road
Horns [Horn Section] – Bud Parks, Dave Coxhill*, Phil Kenzie
Piano – Graham Maitland
3:40
A4        Everybody Needs A Friend
Keyboards – George Nash
8:53
B1        Doctor    5:48
B2        Sorrel    5:35
B3        Sing Out The Song    4:21
B4        Rock 'N Roll Widow    5:41
 
Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MCA Records, Inc.
Licensed From – MCA Records, Inc.
Published By – Miles Music (2)
Published By – Feldman
Recorded At – Olympic Studios
Recorded At – Apple Studios
Manufactured By – The Decca Record Company Limited
Designed At – Hipgnosis (2)
Printed By – Robert Stace & Co. Ltd.
Lacquer Cut At – Decca Studios
Pressed By – Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals – Andy Powell
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Martin Turner (2)
Design [Cover Design], Photography By – Hipgnosis (2)
Design [Tinting] – Maurice Tate
Drums, Percussion – Steve Upton
Engineer [For A Shillin'] – Keith Harwood
Lacquer Cut By – L (16)
Lap Steel Guitar [Lap-Steel], Twelve-String Guitar [12 String], Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals – Ted Turner
Lyrics By – Martin Turner (2) (tracks: A1 to B3), Steve Upton (tracks: B4)
Management – Miles Axe Copeland III ('Captain Goddam')*
Music By – Wishbone Ash
Producer [Produced By] – Wishbone Ash
Written-By – Powell*, M. Turner*, Upton*, T. Turner*
Original UK release in matt gatefold cover, on black/silver-print MCA labels.
Contains folded [76x51cm] poster insert with live photos and lyrics on the back.
Poly-lined [blue 'Stereo' squares] standard company inner sleeve with record handling instructions and 'Made In England R.S.' [Robert Stace].
First catalogue number on cover inside gatefold and labels, 2nd on cover spine, 3rd on poster insert, 4th (Int. No.) in parentheses on cover inside gatefold & labels.
Recorded in February and March 1973 at Olympic and Apple Studios - London
℗ 1973 MCA Records Inc.
A2 appears on cover & label as "Ballad Of The Beacon", but as "Ballad Of The Beacons" on lyrics insert.
B4 appears on cover & lyrics insert as "Rock 'N Roll Widow", but as "Rock And Roll Widow" on label.
Equipment Goodies and Patience; Spoon, Hobbit, Alf and Harry
Sleeve printed in England by Robert Stace & Co Ltd
MCA Records, Decca House, 9 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SW
Manufactured in Great Britain by the Decca Record Company Ltd, Licensed by MCA Records Inc., Universal City, California, USA.
Printed in England [poster/lyrics insert]
Made In England • The Decca Record Co. Ltd. [labels]
 
Rights Society (Boxed): N.C.B.
Other (Cover spine): 🅢
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 7 LNMG 279
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 7 LNMG 280
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamp, variant 1): 7-LNMG 279-1L
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamp, variant 1): 7-LNMG 280-1L
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamp, variant 2): 7-LNMG-279-1L 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamp, variant 2): 7-LNMG-280-1L I I
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamp, variant 3): 7-LNMG 279-1L A 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamp, variant 3): 7-LNMG 280-1L C 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamp, variant 4): 7-LNMG 279-1L B 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamp, variant 4): 7-LNMG 280-1L B 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamp, variant 5): 7-LNMG 279-1L U B 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamp, variant 5): 7-LNMG 280-1L UU 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamp, variant 6): 7-LNMG 279-1L U H 2D
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamp, variant 6): 7-LNMG 280-1L UH 1