Wetton Downes Explained

Wetton/Downes
Type:	studio
Artist:	Wetton/Downes
Cover:	Wetton Downes.png
Released:	2002
Genre:	Progressive rock
Length:	1:01:12
Language:	English
Label:	Stallion Records
Producer:	Wetton/Downes
Next Title:	Icon
Next Year:	2005

Wetton/Downes (sometimes stylised as Wetton-Downes or Wetton & Downes, though the album is given no official title) is the first album released by Asia member Geoff Downes and former Asia member John Wetton, and is a precursor to their Icon series. It is essentially a collection of (previously unreleased) demo tracks, mostly recorded during Asia's hiatus in the late 1980s through the time of their brief reformation in 1990. In September 2017, Downes announced (via his Twitter account) the re-release of this title, with remastered sound and additional tracks, as Icon Zero on Epicon Records.^[1]

Personnel

• Geoffrey Downes^{[2] [3]} – keyboards, programming
• John Wetton^[2] – lead guitar, bass, lead vocals
• Scott Gorham – guitar on "Kari-Anne"
• Francis Dunnery – guitar solo on "Kari-Anne"
• Mike Sturgis – drums on "Kari-Anne"
• Agnetha Fältskog – vocals on "We Move As One"

Production

• Produced By Wetton/Downes

Notes and References

1. 911488621278048256. asiageoff. It's largely the same, but with some extra tracks, remastered, new artwork etc #iconzero . 23 September 2017.
2. Web site: John Wetton And Geoffrey Downes* – John Wetton/Geoffrey Downes . Discogs . 17 July 2017 . 18 July 2017.
3. Web site: geoffdownes.com . geoffdownes.com . 16 June 2017 . 18 July 2017.