Now Voyager is the second solo album to be recorded by Barry Gibb, although it was his first to be released. Gibb had recorded an entire album in 1970 called The Kid's No Good, which never received official release. The album contains his biggest hits "Shine, Shine" and "Fine Line". The album also included the Olivia Newton-John duet "Face to Face", which was released as a promo single. In 1986, Gibb recorded his third solo album Moonlight Madness, which remains unreleased, leaving Now Voyager his only officially released album. Gibb co-produced the album with Karl Richardson, who worked with the Bee Gees from 1976 to 1979. Richardson worked with Barry until 1986, his last project with Barry being Moonlight Madness.
Five CD box set containing a quintet of their albums housed together in an attractive slipcase: Chicago Transit Authority (1969), Chicago II (1970), Chicago V (1972), Chicago VI (1973) and Chicago VII (1974). While Chicago are oft remembered as a Pop/Rock hit making machine, their musical roots were Jazz-oriented and this quintet of albums features the band blending their commercial sensibilities with their excellent Jazz/Rock musicianship
It's not easy being Asia, when you've the millstone of those early albums potentially sinking anything new. Whatever the band do these days will almost inevitably pale by comparison to those first three great records from the 1980s.
So, what do the quartet do? They ignore the past, pretend they're new to all of this and go their own way. The result is surprisingly impressive, a smoothly melodic ride that feels like a birth, or a rebirth…
One of the finest debuts in rock history - there is no denying the epic grandeur of the music!
Asia's debut spend 9 weeks at #1 on the U.S. album chart. "Heat Of the Moment", "Sole Survivor", and "Only Time Will Tell" were huge Top 40 hits. Asia would go on to receive a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist of the Year and Billboard named Asia Album of the Year…
"Asia - Anthology" is a collection of Asia's greatest hits. While all of the music is the same as all other Asia albums (due to being a greatest collection), the combination of all the greatest hits is what is new and fresh. The ability to listen to all of the great Asia songs, like "Only Time Will Tell" and "Heat of the Moment" on one CD makes this production a true pleasure to add to any soft rock music lovers collection…
…2001 album, described as, 'a return to form' for the orchestral Prog/Rock act Including three bonus tracks, 'Under The Gun', 'Come Make My Day' and 'Hands Of Time'. . Highlights include, 'Ready To Go Home' (written by Andrew Gold and 10cc's Graham Gouldman) and 'Free' (an eight-minute epic featuring stunning guitar work from Pat Thrall and Saga's Ian Crichton). Additional artists include Simon Phillips, Tony Levin (King Crimson), Vinnie Colaiuta, Elliott Randall, Chris Slade (AC/DC) and Michael Sturgis (Wishbone Ash/21Guns).
Lodewijk (Lo) van Gorp is a seasoned and seasoned musician (vocals, sax, arrangements) from Leiden. For years he was in Marco Borsato 's band , collaborated with, among others, Al Jarreau, Oleta Adams, Ladies of Soul and the Metropole Orchestra , appeared in dozens of TV programs in backing choirs and appeared on hundreds of stages. Van Gorp played as a session musician on a large number of CDs and was lead singer in The Princess Project .