{"id":6728,"date":"2017-10-11T09:04:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T09:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/10\/11\/john-wettons-akustika-live-in-amerika-a-akustika-ii-return-to-amerika-2-cd-now-available\/"},"modified":"2017-10-11T09:04:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T09:04:46","slug":"john-wettons-akustika-live-in-amerika-a-akustika-ii-return-to-amerika-2-cd-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2017\/10\/11\/john-wettons-akustika-live-in-amerika-a-akustika-ii-return-to-amerika-2-cd-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"John Wetton&#8217;s AKUSTIKA \u2013 LIVE IN AMERIKA &#038; AKUSTIKA II \u2013 RETURN TO AMERIKA 2-CD  Now Available!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71lzlg6eB8L._SL1200_.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"215\" height=\"215\" \/><br \/>JOHN WETTON was the lead singer &amp; bassist of ASIA, UK and the Red era of KING CRIMSON, with an extensive solo catalogue. This 2-CD set AKUSTIKA \u2013 LIVE IN AMERIKA &amp; AKUSTIKA II \u2013 RETURN TO AMERIKA includes a 2017 remaster of the acoustic album AKUSTIKA and a previously unreleased acoustic show from 2005.  <!--more-->  The booklet features specially written recollections of close friends and fans who attended the 2005 show with previously unseen photographs. The release is on the imprint label John Wetton started during his lifetime, Primary Purpose, via Cherry Red Records.<\/p>\n<p>John Wetton rose to fame with King Crimson in the early 70s during the iconic Red era and later formed the band UK. In the early 1980s he was a founder member of supergroup ASIA which was his biggest commercial success. The band\u2019s 1982 self-titled debut album was the biggest selling album in the world that year and gave fans and mainstream radio the mega-hit \u201cHeat of the Moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John also enjoyed a successful solo career, including the seminal album Battle Lines, and formed iCon with ASIA bandmate Geoff Downes. In 2006 the original line-up of ASIA reformed and toured the world several times to promote four new studio albums.<\/p>\n<p>John Wetton sadly passed away on the 31st January 2017, after a long and courageous battle against colon cancer. This new release was personally selected by John before his passing as one of the many back catalogue titles to be reissued in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>TRACK LIST<\/p>\n<p>DISC ONE<br \/>1. VOICE OF AMERICA<br \/>2. HOLD ME NOW<br \/>3. RENDEZVOUS 6:02<br \/>4. CHRISTINA<br \/>5. 30 YEARS<br \/>6. ONLY TIME WILL TELL<br \/>7. BOOK OF SATURDAY<br \/>8. DON\u2019T CRY<br \/>9. BATTLE LINES<br \/>10. THE SMILE HAD LEFT YOUR EYES<br \/>11. HEAT OF THE MOMENT<br \/>12. YOU\u2019RE NOT THE ONLY ONE<\/p>\n<p>DISC TWO<br \/>1. WALKING ON AIR<br \/>2. MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT<br \/>3. SOLE SURVIVOR<br \/>4. BOOK OF SATURDAY<br \/>5. EMMA<br \/>6. DAYS LIKE THESE<br \/>7. THIRTY YEARS \/ HOLD ME NOW<br \/>8. ARKANGEL<br \/>9. RENDEZVOUS 6:02<br \/>10. STARLESS<br \/>11. VOICE OF AMERICA<br \/>12. WOMAN<br \/>13. THE NIGHT WATCH<br \/>14. THE SMILE HAS LEFT YOUR EYES<br \/>15. HEAT OF THE MOMENT<\/p>\n<p>Released October 6, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>To purchase:<br \/>Amazon CD: http:\/\/geni.us\/PP008CD<br \/>iTunes: http:\/\/geni.us\/PP008DIG<\/p>\n<p>Source: http:\/\/www.johnwetton.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHN WETTON was the lead singer &amp; bassist of ASIA, UK and the Red era&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}