Sealed LP: Asia: Astra

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Dec 19, 2019 Sold Date

Nov 25, 2019 Start Date

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Asia: Astra

FACTORY SEALED LP

Format: Sealed LP
Record Company/Release Number: Geffen: GHS 24072
Bar Code: 07599240721
Original release date: 1985
Country: U.S.A.
Condition of the cover: Mint
Condition of the record: Sealed - Assumed Mint
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds, 0 ounces
Inventory number: 206206
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Songs:

Voice of America

Hard on Me

Wishing

Rock and Roll Dream

Countdown to Zero

Love Now Till Eternity

Too Late

Suspicion

After the War

Credits:

Asia: Mixing

Willie Christie: Photography, Cover Photo

Louis Clark: Arranger, Conductor, Orchestration, Orchestral Arrangements

Roger Dean: Design, Cover Design

Alan Douglas: Engineer, Mixing

Geoffrey Downes: Keyboards, Producer

Mike Drake: Assistant Engineer

Greg Fulginiti: Mastering

Mark Gorlick: Art Direction

John Kalodner: Executive Producer

Greg Ladanyi: Mixing

Bob Ludwig: Mastering

Mandy Meyer: Guitar

Carl Palmer: Drums

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Orchestra

Mark Saunders: Assistant Engineer

Mike "Clay" Stone: Producer, Engineer, Mixing

John Wetton: Bass, Guitar (Bass), Keyboards, Vocals

Album Review:

Review by William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Asia was always a bland, derivative excuse for a dinosaur rock band, but when their debut album came out in 1982 and sold three million copies, they seemed like a repudiation of the new wave movement, the pop music equivalent of the Reagan revolution in politics. Like Ronnie, however, Asia ran out of gas around mid-decade. True, they were still constructing keyboard-dominated, heroic-voiced arena pop, but suddenly nobody cared anymore, or at least not enough customers to vault them into the Top Ten, and for this kind of band, it's platinum or don't bother. So, first, guitarist Steve Howe took his marbles and went home to Yes, and then the rest of the band packed it in, too. They'd be back, of course, when the money was right.

Biography:

Asia biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

When they appeared in the early '80s, Asia seemed to be a holdover from the '70s, when supergroups and self-important progressive rockers reigned supreme. Featuring members of such seminal art rock bands as King Crimson (John Wetton), Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Carl Palmer), and Yes (Steve Howe), as well as Geoff Downes from the Buggles, Asia did feature stretches of indulgent instrumentals on their records. However, they also could be surprisingly poppy, and that is what brought them to the top of the charts with their debut album, Asia, and its hit single, "Heat of the Moment." Alpha, their second album, also had a couple of hits ("Don't Cry" and "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes") but its follow-up, Astra, was a flop. The group disbanded in 1985, only to reunite in 1990 without John Wetton; John Payne took his place. After churning out a couple of new songs for a greatest-hits collection, the band hit the road, including two sold-out dates in front of 20,000 fans in Moscow, of all places. Thereafter, they toured sporadically and released the albums Aqua (in 1992) and Aria (in 1994).

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