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John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon: Acoustic TV Broadcast (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 359 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 143 Mb | Time: 00:56:18
DVD5 | PAL | 4:3 (720x576) VBR | AC3, 2.0, 192 kbps | ~ 2.94 Gb | Time: 00:55:24
Acoustic, Classic Rock, Prog-Rock | Label: Frontiers | # FR CD 277/FR DVD 012 | Scans included

Following the warm response that graced their return CD, Icon, in May 2005 and the Icon EP in August 2005, John Wetton and Geoff Downes are now offering an acoustic DVD filmed for a broadcast special at TV studios during October 2005. Stripping bare a selection of their classic songs, John and Geoff demonstrate how they originally sounded around the piano, accompanied by acoustic guitar or acoustic bass. ELO’s Hugh McDowell joins them on cello and the three virtuosos clearly enjoy the opportunity to relax while performing in front of the cameras. At the time of recording this broadcast, they were keeping quiet about the plans for a 25th anniversary reunion of the founder members of Asia, including Steve Howe and Carl Palmer, which were publicised in February 2006. 2005 and 2006 has seen the original "Heat of the Moment" grace the soundtracks of 2 Hollywood blockbusters, the number 1 film of Summer 2005 [40 year old virgin], and Pierce Brosnan’s Golden Globe nominee "The Matador" which has graced the top 10 both sides of the Atlantic.

John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon (2005) {Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 6, 2025
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon (2005) {Japan 1st Press}

John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon (2005) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 395 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 155 Mb
Scans Included | 00:51:03 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Art Rock | Avalon #MICP-10481

The songwriting core of '80s supergroup Asia was vocalist/bassist John Wetton and keyboardist Geoffrey Downes. Guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Carl Palmer contributed to the awesome whole, but virtually every song on 1982's number-one behemoth Asia and 1983's Alpha were officially credited to Wetton and Downes. After the original lineup splintered following those two albums, Downes continued to lead various incarnations of the group with occasional, gradually dwindling involvement from the others. Wetton and Downes resumed writing together from time to time, and finally pooled their talents to record 2005's Icon, which is what they also named this duo project itself.

John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon (2005) {Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 6, 2025
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon (2005) {Japan 1st Press}

John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon (2005) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 395 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 155 Mb
Scans Included | 00:51:03 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Art Rock | Avalon #MICP-10481

The songwriting core of '80s supergroup Asia was vocalist/bassist John Wetton and keyboardist Geoffrey Downes. Guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Carl Palmer contributed to the awesome whole, but virtually every song on 1982's number-one behemoth Asia and 1983's Alpha were officially credited to Wetton and Downes. After the original lineup splintered following those two albums, Downes continued to lead various incarnations of the group with occasional, gradually dwindling involvement from the others. Wetton and Downes resumed writing together from time to time, and finally pooled their talents to record 2005's Icon, which is what they also named this duo project itself.
John Wetton - Battle Lines (1996) {2007, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}

John Wetton - Battle Lines (1996) {2007, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 441 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 206 Mb
Full Scans | 00:51:46 | RAR 5% Recovery
The Store For Music / Isol Discus Organization / Universal Music K.K. #POCE-19014
Art Rock / Progressive Rock

Voice Mail is the second solo album by the English rock musician John Wetton. Initially released on 17 June 1994 in Japan only, it was re-released internationally as Battle Lines with the same musical content but different artwork. John Wetton was an English singer, bassist, and songwriter. He rose to fame with bands Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music and Uriah Heep. Following his period in Uriah Heep, Wetton formed U.K., and later — after a brief stint in Wishbone Ash — he was the frontman and principal songwriter of the supergroup Asia, which proved to be his biggest commercial success.

John Wetton, Geoffrey Downes - Icon II (2006)  Music

Posted by uff at April 26, 2016
John Wetton, Geoffrey Downes - Icon II (2006)

John Wetton, Geoffrey Downes - Icon II (2006)
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Wv + Cue + Log | covers
Avalon, MICP-10616 | rel: 2006 | 430Mb

Icon II - Rubicon is the second collaborative effort by John Wetton and Geoff Downes who first worked together in Asia in the early 80's. Compared to the first Icon album, Icon II - Rubicon is certainly more "iconic" and might well be the finest set of songs that Wetton and Downes have ever written together, at least since the first two Asia albums that were released more than 20 years earlier. I think they have matured as songwriters and certainly as lyricists and there is nothing as banal as Heat Of The Moment or Don't Cry here.

Wetton & Downes - Icon: Zero (2017)  Music

Posted by v3122 at Dec. 28, 2017
Wetton & Downes - Icon: Zero (2017)

Wetton & Downes - Icon: Zero (2017)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Epicon Records, iCon-0-CD | RU | ~ 433 or 156 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 8.33 Mb
Progressive Rock | Unofficial Release

iCon Zero is a revised presentation of the Wetton/Downes album and is a precursor to their iCon series of albums. It is essentially a collection of tracks mostly recorded in the late 1980s through the time of their brief reformation in 1990…
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon (2005) (Special Edition)

John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon (2005) (Special Edition)
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Ape + Cue + Log | covers
Frontiers Records, FR CD 473 | rel: 2010 | 580Mb

The songwriting core of '80s supergroup Asia was vocalist/bassist John Wetton and keyboardist Geoffrey Downes. Guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Carl Palmer contributed to the awesome whole, but virtually every song on 1982's number-one behemoth Asia and 1983's Alpha were officially credited to Wetton and Downes. After the original lineup splintered following those two albums, Downes continued to lead various incarnations of the group with occasional, gradually dwindling involvement from the others.
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon Live: Never In A Million Years (2006)

John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon Live: Never In A Million Years (2006)
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | covers
Frontiers, FR CD 306 | rec: 2005 - 2006 | 370Mb

The original Asia lineup supplied several tracks that were spun endlessly by MTV during the early '80s, as the band scored a mega-hit with their chart-topping 1982 self-titled debut. But the group was unable to retain its success, no doubt due to constant lineup fluctuation and inner-band bickering. By the early 21st century however, all was well in the Asia camp once more, as the original lineup had reunited.

Wetton / Downes – Icon II - Rubicon, 2006  Music

Posted by GrUrs at Sept. 26, 2009
Wetton / Downes – Icon II - Rubicon, 2006

John Wetton * Geoffrey Downes – Icon II: Rubicon
EAC | CD-image, APE, CUE, LOG – 360Mb | cover | 3% recovery | rs.com
Frontiers Records © 2006, Italy | FR PR CD 309

Wetton ♦ Downes - Icon 3 (2009) {Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Nov. 2, 2022
Wetton ♦ Downes - Icon 3 (2009) {Japan 1st Press}

Wetton ♦ Downes - Icon 3 (2009) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 407 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 146 Mb
Covers Included | 00:58:22 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | King Records #KICP-1370

Icon 3 is a studio album, recorded by Asia band members John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes in 2009, and released the same year. It is their third and final studio release under the Icon offshoot. Andreas Vollenweider and Anne-Marie Helder guest on several songs.