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    Posted: August 06 2024 at 05:49
Keyboard legend Geoff Downes is one of the busiest keyboard players on the entire planet, aside from Rick Wakeman, obviously. In fact, the number of bands and album projects Geoff Downes has been involved with over the years just Buggles the mind. When he's not touring Asia with YES, he's touring Europe with ASIA, and as if that's not enough to keep any musician fully occupied, he's also one half of the Wetton-Downes partnership as well as being one half of the Downes Braide Association, on top of which Geoff Downes has made numerous guest appearances on other albums too. All in all then, his professional life has been filled with mostly Ups and hardly any Downes. Regarding his personal life, Geoff Downes is a supporter of Cardiff City, but you can't have everything in life. Tongue

 5 stars 1987: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - The Light Program -   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEapk1L5x6Xvsc0u4w1rIcMr
 3 stars 1992: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - Vox Humana - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZYaESgPStXwVjEioAhIICw
 3 stars 1994: Geoff Downes - Evolution
 4 stars 1999: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - The World Service - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZJehI5Mybfzs5NnPTXLdX3
                  2003: Geoff Downes - Shadows and Reflections
                  2006: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - The Bridge
                  2010: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - Electronica 


ASIA     A Prog-Rock supergroup with the original line-up featuring prog legends John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes & Carl Palmer. Asia were formed from the apparent break-up of three other prog bands, namely, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson and YES, although none of the three bands ever really broke up - they just took a long extended break on the tropical island of Hiatus. Tongue

 5 stars 1983: Asia - Live at the Budokan, Tokyo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0KT9JgioEg
 4 stars 1990: Asia - Access All Areas: Live in Nottingham - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeXBtp5Kymc
 4 stars 2007: Asia - Fantasia: Live in Tokyo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hytNsWdL6BM
 4 stars 2014: Asia - Recollections: A Tribute to British Prog - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lG160InK3t42Z3zzzHk4n3eHTCABc-eWg


THE BUGGLES       Fed up with producing untalented punk idiots with band names such as the Unwanted, the Unwashed and the Unheard, Trevor Horn decided The Buggles would be a great name for his own Synth-Pop band (although he's since regretted the choice of name) in partnership with premier league keyboardist Geoff Downes. Their first single "Video Killed the Radio Star" made it all the way to number one, as well as being the first video ever to be played on MTV in 1981. The Buggles broke up following poor sales of their sophomore album, but more Drama was just around the corner when Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes both became unexpected members of YES! Shocked

 3 stars 1981: The Buggles - Adventures in Modern Recording - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALm9OqeAm6luHidBL21rnXdJ2lAulMks


DOWNES-BRAIDE ASSOCIATION (DBA)      Not a firm of chartered accountants, but a musical partnership with Geoff Downes and Chris Braide. Smile

 3 stars 2012: Downes-Braide Association - Pictures of You - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDuJPaAeh6WbiU7fmWBc6PknzpReh46OA
 4 stars 2015: Downes-Braide Association - Suburban Ghosts - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l0tdnDNa8LlI-pWQnpWa7_unQew0-oltc
 4 stars 2017: Downes-Braide Association - Skyscraper Souls - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mrS6ZNUOk0BpsYpzl5yNtshHgmbQ6cU7Q
 4 stars 2019: Downes-Braide Association - Live in England - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nOojXmCSkY0y6p7VAUl1s7kuKcrt8vhxk
 4 stars 2021: Downes-Braide Association - DBA IV: Halcyon Hymns - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbxzSX8xo-t12KMZd2FkA1o
 4 stars 2023: Downes-Braide Association - Celestial Songs - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m612im3DBpw5oOzPQgCZjSjZA3y13D2OM


GLENN HUGHES & GEOFF DOWNES

3 stars 1998: Glenn Hughes & Geoff Downes - The Work Tapes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0dTQa8UK5I


GREG LAKE & GEOFF DOWNES

4 stars 2015: Greg Lake & Geoff Downes - Ride the Tiger - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL88IcgHVjkeJDc33BMEbe5bF6Kinx0hm9


TRAPEZE      A high-wire act of funk rockers from Cannock in Staffordshire.

3 stars 1998: Trapeze - Welcome to the Real World (Live)


WETTON DOWNES       All the way from Asia, two Icons together. 

 4 stars 2006: Wetton Downes - Icon Live: Never in a Million Years - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEanOaCIzqHCW3dCmAIwCQJF
 3 stars 2006: Wetton Downes - Icon: Acoustic TV Broadcast - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbnroEXCaf02DFBftxA0mW6


WHITE      A one-off Prog-Rock collaboration between Geoff Downes and YES drummer Alan White.



YES albums with GEOFF DOWNES

 3 stars 2014: YES - Like It Is - Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvSA1zR-bGM
 3 stars 2015: YES - Like It Is - Yes at the Mesa Art Centre - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgeQHxFEF6I
 4 stars 2017: Yes - Topographic Drama: Live Across America - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lu1VEi_AQcCcEjECicJLUw4bJDlB-MoKw
 4 stars 2018: YES - Yes 50 - Live at the Apollo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTk7KmCNOJE&t=1066s
 3 stars 2019: YES - The Royal Affair Tour (Live from Las Vegas) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mmt9lVzEFpWw-b5F-oKFWrojd6c9_kuOo




Edited by Psychedelic Paul - February 16 2025 at 02:18
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I still haven't heard those albums with Lake and Hughes.
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

I still haven't heard those albums with Lake and Hughes.

Geoff Downes collaboration with Alan White is pretty good too. Thumbs Up

I still haven't heard four of Geoff Downes' solo albums though, mainly because I've never been able to find them on YouTube. Confused


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4 stars 2009: Wetton Downes - Urban Psalm Live - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lqUBldKJAlaFwQNzwBmI-H1jmZ6RdErus

John Wetton & Geoff Downes with a Live performance of Urban Psalm - the most fun you can possibly have in a church. Smile 
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5 stars 1987: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - The Light Program -   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEapk1L5x6Xvsc0u4w1rIcMr

The superb opening track from The Light Program (Or BBC Radio 2 as we now call it in England, for those of us old enough to remember Jimmy Young). Tongue
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

1987: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - The Light Program


A classic electronic symph (no vocals, hooray) recording from the good old days when keyboard players in well-known bands outside Tangerine Dream, like Eddie Jobson and Pete Bardens, surprised us with their contributions to the genre. I've owned multiple versions of it, with my "keeper" being the Voiceprint reissue.
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