The Buggles.
Phoenix,
XXX and toured regularly during that period.
Palmer said of Asia’s reunion albums, “The chemistry and energy that comes out when the four of us are working together, is reflected in the new material.”
The Reunion Albums: 2007-2012 features packaging with artwork by famed prog-rock artist
Roger Dean, who designed all of Asia’s original album covers.
Howe left Asia in 2013 and Wetton passed away on 2017, but Asia has continued on with Downes and Palmer. The band’s current lineup also features Yes bassist
Billy Sherwood and ex-
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An official illustrated book about
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, told in their own words, is due out later this year.
The book, titled
Greg Lake and
Carl Palmer, the trio’s only surviving member.
The text is made up of excerpts of things all three members have said in interviews both published and unpublished over the years, as well as in recordings and films. It’s all illustrated with rare, private and recently discovered photos.
“I was involved with it from the beginning to the end,” says Palmer in a promotional video for the book. “What a fantastic book some photographs which I’d never, ever seen before. Can you imagine, after all this time?”
This 5CD deluxe clamshell box set features the 2CD live recording
Fantasia, Live In Tokyo together with the three reunion studio albums
Phoenix,
XXX.
ASIA took the world by a storm with their eponymous debut album, globally the biggest-selling album of 1982. The single
Heat Of The Moment, a huge soft-rock anthem, reached the top 40 in over a dozen markets, peaking in the U.S. at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
The four original members of ASIA –
John Wetton (King Crimson, lead vocal/bass),
Steve Howe (YES, guitars),
Geoff Downes (The Buggles, YES, keyboards), reunited to celebrate their 25