Asia
Rapids Theater
Niagara Falls, NY
September 19, 2014

16 bit version

Taper: Binko
Gear: Audio Technica AT831 mics > Tascam DR-08
Transfer and mastering by }{eywood
Lineage: DR-08 (wav @ 24/96) > USB > Adobe Audition 1.5 (EQ, normalization, splits & fades, conversion to 16/44.1, peak limiting) > TLH (SBE fix, flac 8)


What do you get when you take four exceptional musicians from the most influential and explorational legends of progressive rock (OK the Buggles aren't a legend of prog, but work with me here) and put them together in a supergroup? Apparently you get radio-friendly MOR pop, at least in the case of Asia. I never understood how such good players could fashion such mediocre music. (Then again the same thing happened years ago with The Band. You got a bunch of multi-instrumental, incredibly talented guys together and the made music that was...well, it's not bad, it's just...meh.) But a lot of people like them, so here's an hour and 47 minutes of bland for you to enjoy.

01 intro
02 Sole Survivor
03 Wildest Dreams
04 The Face on the Bridge
05 Time Again
06 Valkyrie
07 Finger on the Trigger
08 I Know How You Feel
09 Voice of America
10 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
11 An Extraordinary Life
12 Gravitas
13 keyboard solo
14 Days Like These
15 Go
16 Don't Cry
17 drum solo
18 Only Time Will Tell
19 Open Your Eyes
20 Heat of the Moment