Asia Announce ‘The Official Live Bootlegs Vol. 1’ Album
Written by Johnson Stephen on October 13, 2021
Asia are to release a 10CD boxset ‘The Official Live Bootlegs Volume 1’ through BMG Records on 26th November 2021. There will also be a digital album, featuring a selection of 24 tracks taken from the full boxset, out on the same day.‘The Official Live Bootlegs Volume 1’ celebrates the huge appeal of the concert tours that followed Asia’s first two albums in 1982 and 1983 as well as Asia’s 25th anniversary reunion in 2006 and three more highly acclaimed albums. The slipcase boxset features 5 x 2CD concerts from 1982 (Buffalo, NY, USA), 1983 (Worcester, MA, USA), 2007 (São Paulo, Brazil), 2008 (Tokyo, Japan) and 2010 (London, UK).
”This historical collection represents some of our finest and most defining live moments” says Geoff Downes before adding ”from the very first Asia tour in 1982 and the ‘Alpha’ tour the following year, through three of our many ‘Reunion’ shows. It was such a privilege to take Asia’s music to these different continents and feel the warmth and support from fans all over the world. We hope this brings back great memories and inspires others to appreciate the music of Asia”.
This the first time these recordings have been made officially available by Asia and they are presented together in a superb collector’s edition boxset with original artwork by Roger Dean, who created all of Asia’s album artwork.
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