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| Format: | | CD |
| Condition: | | SEALED / NEW (Cover / Media) More Info |
| Label: | | Long Out Of Print 2 LP'S ON 1 CD |
| Country: | | Usa |
| Genre: | | PROG METAL |
| Num In Set: | | 1 |
| Quantity: | | 1 in stock |
$6 SHIP PAY-PAL WELCOMED USA ONLY ~ OVERSEAS VIA WESTERN UNION 15$ (NO PAY-PAL) NON REGISTERED SHIPS CUSTOMS VALUE FRIENDLY PACKAGED ~ PLEASE E MAIL ME AFTER PURCHASE FOR INSTRUCTIONS 4 WESTERN UNION PAYMENT ~ LIMITED AVAILABILITY ...
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SEALED ASIA S/T self titled & ARMED TO THE TEETH * CD PROG METAL PRIVATE NORTH DAKOTA BAND (AKA WHITEWING) CD IS A 2LP SET ON 1 CD ORIGINAL Limited Remastered Special Edition ~ SEALED ~ NEW ~ NEVER OPENED ~ LITTLE CIRCULATION ~ LONG OUT OF PRINT ~ NOT A CUT OUT ~
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Asia (1979) ***½
Love May Be Gone
A Better Man for Leavin'
The Taming of the Bull
The Road of Kings
Law of the Land
Requiem
Asia, 'Armed to the Teeth'
Armed to the Teeth (1980) ****
Thunder Rider
Xanadu
Kamikaze
Paladin
Genghis Khan
The Bard
The original Asia formed in 1977 from the ashes of another South Dakota outfit White Wing, and most of their debut, '79's Asia is comprised of rearranged White Wing material. The band consisted of two guitars/bass/drums, with one guitarist, Mike Coates, doubling on keys in the studio. The album has a sophisticated mid-'70s US hard rock sound, with progressive overtones, betraying the band's influences in British progressive rock. Coates' classical training shows in the unusual guitar harmonies, while the album's two longest tracks, The Taming Of The Bull and Requiem both feature explicitly 'progressive' arrangements, making this something of a treat for the hard rock/prog crossover fan. Coates only played Mellotron on one track, The Taming Of The Bull, but he slapped strings all over the thing, making for a T½ rating.
Armed to the Teeth is slightly more sophisticated than its predecessor, and definitely has a better sound, although there are also hints of a potential future AOR direction on a couple of tracks. There's a distinct 'eastern' sound and concept to the album, with most track titles alluding to the Far East, although using the title Xanadu after Rush's epic from only three years earlier was possibly a mistake, although Coates only mentions Olivia Newton-John's single of a few months later. Coates goes for it on the 'Tron front in a big way this time, with strings on every track, plus flutes and cellos on closing ballad The Bard. His use isn't always 'typical', but where's the problem in that? I feel that the band could probably have benefitted from having a full-time keyboard player, as a Hammond backdrop to many of the tracks would've worked well, as would some monosynth work, although those newfangled polysynth things wouldn't have fitted in with the band's sound at all.
Of course, the sh*t hit the fan for Asia when the tedious UK supergroup of the same name appeared a year or so later. It seems there was much legal wrangling, not to mention bullshit in high places, which ended, unsurprisingly, with the British outfit gaining full control of the name, and the Americans dissolving amidst acrimony and debt. That was pretty much it for the band until the mid-'90s, when Michael Piper of The Wild Places reissue label stumbled across a copy of Armed to the Teeth. After much negotiation, transfers were made from pristine copies of the albums (the tapes having been lost in the interim), and they're now available from the label on a 2-on-1. Coates elected to put their sophomore effort first, as they were more pleased with the end result, but to my ears, they would've worked better in sequence, but that's what programmable CD players are for, isn't it?
Anyway, good material and excellent 'Tron, at least on their second album and, let's face it, you're not going to find their debut on its own anyway, are you? Just a Must Buy. LP'S NEARING THE 500$ MARKER (ALONE) THIS IS BOTH LP'S ON ONE CD SET ...
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