ASIA

Asia In Asia: Live At The Budokan, Tokyo, 1983 BMG

JMN

Made in Japan, with help from Greg Lake. Asia in Asia. What could possibly go wrong? On paper quite a lot, actually. The acrimonious departure of frontman John Wetton saw 11th hour stand-in Greg Lake use a teleprompter onstage as an aide-mémoire, while the Budokan show’s live broadcast to MTV USA via satellite meant the heat was most certainly on. This deluxe box set, with a 40-page book, testifies to Asia’s fortitude and adaptability. Reunited with his ELP bandmate Carl Palmer, Lake is predictably solid, while Steve Howe and Geoff Downes seem energised by Lake’s arrival. With MTV’s Mark Goodman compering and the Japanese fans going uncharacteristically apeshit when Palmer’s drum solo segues into Heat Of The Moment, Asia In Asia is a reminder of an era when prog’s poppier…

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