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Warhorse – Live At Woods
Another new(ish) release courtesy of letters to our better-late-than-never department. A Warhorse live album was quietly released some time in January 2025 via SingSong Music (a company founded by George Harrison himself). It is a recording of their one-off reunion gig from 2001.
A founding member of Deep Purple, British music veteran Nick Simper left after recording on the band’s first three albums to form hard rock act, Warhorse.
Along with Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath and Juicy Lucy, Warhorse settled quickly into the ranks of embryonic cult record label, Vertigo.
Initially counting Rick Wakeman in its ranks, the line-up settled down with Simper (bass), Ged Peck (guitar), Ashley Holt (vocals), Mac Poole (drums) with Frank Wilson replacing Wakeman on keyboards.
Warhorse’s 1970 self-titled debut was well-received and the band became a popular attraction on the live circuit. A return to the studio in 1972 for ‘Red Sea’ with Pete Parks replacing Peck showed musical development and assured direction.
While a bolt from the blue came with the band’s sudden dissolution, the line-up reunited for one night in January 2001 at Woods Club in Borehamwood near London to play a memorable note-perfect set that reached back to the glory days of three decades prior.
Recorded for posterity by BBC producer Tony Wood, the tapes have languished until now and their first ever release in “Live At Woods”.
Warhorse’s albums, copies of original LPs selling for vast sums on the collector market today, have never been out circulation.
“Live At Woods” serves to complement them admirably, reviving some of the band’s favourite compositions in an incendiary set that measures Warhorse’s reputation as a devastating live act – at full gallop!
Track list:
- Woman Of The Devil
- Chest Fever
- The Ritual
- No Chance
- Just Looking
- Confident But Wrong
- Burning
- I Who Have Nothing
- St. Louis
- Back In Time
- Shakin’ All Over
- Hollywood Nights
- I Can Tell
- Lucille
Apparently there is no physical media on offer so far (although Nick Simper’s website is hopeful for a CD release “out soon”). The album is available for streaming and download only via this link. Physical aficionados will have to burn a CD themselves or wait for “out soon” to materialize.
Thanks to Arch for the sharp eyes.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
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