Performer: Asia
Album: Astra
Label: Geffen Records. Made in FR.
Catalog #: GED24072
Style: Pop Rock, Symphonic Rock, Arena Rock
Year: 1990
Format: FLAC (image + .cue)
Bitrate: lossless
Covers: full (600 DPI)
Amount of tracks: 10
Size ZIP: ~ 308 mb
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Started in 1984, it marked the return of Wetton to the group after his firing in September 1983. He had been replaced by Emerson, Lake & Palmer co-founder Greg Lake, temporarily, for the concerts at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in December 1983. The opening night of these shows, highly advertised as Asia in Asia, was the first in the history of MTV to be broadcast via satellite transmission. Following a two-month stint, Lake had left Asia and soon Wetton had been convinced to come back. The latter agreed, but made it a condition to his return that Howe depart the line-up. By the time sessions for Astra began, the group had recruited Meyer, a former guitarist of the Swiss hard rock band Krokus. This personnel change marked a shift in musical direction for Asia to a more edgy, slightly arena rock and metal sound. Howe commented in The Steve Howe Guitar Collection (1993) that when the album was done he was asked to play on it but declined because he didn't feel the material was strong.
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