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2.0 out of 5 stars Be Aware - this is not what you think, 3 Oct 2002

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Mr. I. W. Smart (Royston, Herts, UK) - See all my reviews
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The important missing words here are "Official Bootleg". This CD contains cleaned up "audience" recordings of the three concerts. At one level they have done an excellent job of cleaning up the sound, however especially on the first CD sometimes the audience are almost louder than the music. You do get tracks that were not recorded, such as their cover of "The Man with the Golden Arm", and for completists that may be enough, but that was not the case for me. The sound quality of the 1990 show (without Steve Howe - Pat Thrall deputises) is better, but when there is the Live in Moscow and Live in Nottingham CD's which available, why release an audience recording. Finally, the first CD starts partway through the first track, so you are straight away plunged into what feels like a second rate product - which bearing in mind the quality of the musicianship that follows is unfortunate.

In terms of the music these are excellent versions, and they obviously were a great live act, but . . .

I guess that this is coming out of my disappointment because I thought I was buying a Live recording from 1982/3 and was excited at the concept, and the sound makes this much less satisfying to listen to. If you were forwarned then I guess the aftertaste would not be so bitter!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not great Sound Quality But Fantastic Service from Sellar !, 8 May 2010

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P. R. Storey (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quadra: Live (Audio CD)

I was quite dissapointed with the sound quality of this CD and contacted the sellar and asked if it was possible to send the item back for a refund.Sam very kindly said that she would do this and gave a full refund.So for that this sellar gets a 5 star review.It was a very kind gesture and i would recommend this sellar.The CDS themselves are best avoided because of the poor recordings on the 4 discs.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A great disappointment!, 3 Dec 2002

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I've been an avid Asia fan from their inception so I was very excited with the release of this live compilation. Unfortunately my excitement was short-lived...The sound is so horrendous, I literally disconnected my speakers to check for faulty wiring. With today's technology, there is no excuse for not cleaning up the noise from these performances. In addition to poor sound, some effort could have been made to edit this collection (do we really need 3 versions of "Heat of the Moment" and "Only Time Will Tell"???). Asia is a hard-working group of artists...too bad the same can't be said about the technicians. I can only hope that if a DVD is ever released of Asia in concert, someone will take the same care in recording it as the band does in giving us their music.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Ouch! Can I Have My 1 Star Back?, 2 Oct 2002

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Being a huge Asia fan I was very excited to find this CD of live material, there is almost none available. The packaging is very nice including a booklet and the set list contained every song I would be interested in hearing - then I heard it. This has to be the worst sounding recording I have ever paid for. In many cases you can actually hear individuals clapping and making noise apparently near the recording device (?). I was at the Worcester show and I am thankfully I can remeber it in bits and pieces because even over 20 years later my memories are better than this. Save the money, get takeout with someone special, put the first three cd's in your player and enjoy - you won't feel ripped off like I do right now.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Asia Quadra, What a Disaster, 19 Aug 2002

By roger eng - Published on Amazon.com

As a long time fan of the original lineup, I thought this 4 disc set was finally going to put to rest my long suffering soul that was dying for a definitive release of Classic Asia live. I cannot believe how poor these recordings are. Why can't someone release a decent soundboard of any of these shows from 82 or 83. I have cassettes from this time period which are probably as good if not better than this fiasco. If you gotta hear Asia before the breakup, well there's not much else around. (besides the other Zoom Club Records debacle "Asia, Alive in Hallowed Halls"). I certainly can't believe that Carl Palmer doesn't have anything better than this garbage lying around his collection. Then again though, this is still a lot better than anything by the current lineup. Hard to recommend for anyone besides the absolute diehard.

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