Asia Under The Bridge (Vinyl - The Vinyl Countdown, 2012) ***Genre: Progressive Rock
Places I remember: The Warehouse (Hastings)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Heat of The Moment from the live album is always a great source for early eighties memories.
Gear: Soul Survivor
Active compensatory factors: Supergroup Asia's debut was firmly in the prog vein, thanks to sinuous songs, John Wetton's wonderful vocals (sadly John passed away in January this year), Geoff Downes' pop smarts, and great musical chops from Palmer and Howe.
Under The Bridge is an 'official bootleg' of a show by the original band members from 2008 in San Francisco. One of those shows where legacy bands play a whole album - in this case their debut.
It's pretty good, too.
Sidebar for Under The Bridge: Naff cover is NOT by Roger Dean.
Where do they all belong? Asia would go through numerous personnel changes and I'd lose interest from the debut, persevering with collecting Yes albums instead.
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