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Multi-platinum selling prog supergroup Asia will release a triple vinyl set of the band’s 2007 live album Fantasia: Live in Tokyo 2007 through BMG Records on February 24. it’s the first time the set, which was originally released through Eagle Records in June 2007, has been made available on vinyl.
Fantasia: Live in Tokyo 2007 was recorded on the band’s original line-up reunion tour to celebrate Asia’s 25th anniversary. The original line-up of Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton reunited in 2006, after Downes severed ties with John Payne, which whom he’d been running Asia with since 1992’s Aqua.
The original line-up announced their reunion and headed out on tour in America in late 2006, reaching Japan in 2007, where they recorded their show at Tokyo’s Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan venue on March 8.
The setlist focuses on their globally successful 1982 debut album Asia and second LP Alpha, and includes one song each of the members’ previous bands – Buggles’ Video Killed The Radio Star, Yes’s Roundabout, ELP’s Fanfare For The Common Man and King Crimson’s The Court Of The Crimson King.
The reformed line-up went on to record three studio albums together, Phoenix (2008), Omega (2010) and XXX (2012) before Howe quit once more. He was replaced by young UK guitarist Sam Coulson on 2014’s Gravitas.
Wetton sadly succumbed to cancer in 2017. The band toured in 2018 with Yes bassist Billy Sherwood in the Wetton role and Sons Of Apollo‘s Ron ‘Bumbelfoot’ Thal on guitar. He has since been replaced by former Keith Emerson guitarist Marc Bonilla.
Pre-order Fantasia: Live in Tokyo 2007.
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- Asia - Alpha - Spanish - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 11-Apr-2024 13:12)on April 18, 2024 at 10:43 pm
ASIA Alpha (1983 Spanish 10-track vinyl LP, the second studio album from the prog supergroup featuring Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer & John Wetton. The Roger Dean artwork picture sleeve shows a little shelfwear but comes with the illustrated lyric insert and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with only light signs of play GEF25508)
- Asia - Astra - Spanish - vinyl LP - £8.00, $10.00, €9.36 (New Item) (arrived 11-Apr-2024 13:09)on April 18, 2024 at 10:43 pm
ASIA Astra (1985 Spanish 10-track LP, glossy picture sleeve with lyric insert. The sleeve shows a spot of gloss removal and the vinyl remains in Near Mint condition with minimal signs of play GEF26413)
- Asia - Asia - UK - picture disc LP - £40.00, $50.00, €46.80 (New Item) (arrived 02-Apr-2024 16:32)on April 18, 2024 at 10:43 pm
ASIA Asia (Scarce 1982 UK limited edition 9-track Picture Disc LP - a wonderful copy of the band's debut album, displaying Roger Dean's stunning artwork, clear PVC sleeve GEF-11-85577)
- Asia - Alpha - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 24-Jan-2024 14:10)on April 18, 2024 at 10:43 pm
ASIA Alpha (1983 UK 10-track vinyl LP, the second studio album from the prog supergroup featuring Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer & John Wetton. The Roger Dean artwork picture sleeve shows a little shelfwear but comes with the illustrated lyric insert and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with only light signs of play GEF25508)
- Asia - Astra - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 12-Jan-2024 15:35)on April 18, 2024 at 10:43 pm
ASIA Astra (1985 UK 10-track LP, housed in a great sc-fi picture sleeve designed by Roger Dean with lyric insert. The sleeve shows some minor edgewear and the vinyl looks barely played GEF26413)
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