John Wetton: Concentus - The John Wetton Live Collection Volume 1, 10CD Box Set

 “Those songs and recordings will live forever and continue to bring joy to those who listen to them. John has left us all a gift, and it is a very precious one.”
~ Geoff Downes, speaking about John Wetton in 2024

• ‘Concentus: The John Wetton Live Collection, Volume I’ is the first in an on-going series of three box sets celebrating the life and times of this incredible musician, focusing on the concert arena.

From his beginnings in the genre defining King Crimson, to the inventive, early prog supergroup UK, to the all-conquering prog-pop behemoth that was Asia and the many projects in-between, John Wetton was revered as a colossus of the progressive rock world.

Not only did he front three of the most successful progressive rock bands of all-time, John also enjoyed stints with Roxy Music, Family, Uriah Heep and Wishbone Ash. His list of collaborators is a veritable Who’s Who of the rock music world. In addition John released no fewer than six solo albums! Thus he is rightly seen as a true song writing visionary and one of the greatest bass players that ever lived.

This 10CD collection includes the first selection of John’s live albums, which have been newly mastered by Andy Pearce.

Where available, bonus material is featured, including hard-to-find cuts which has been especially curated by Rick Nelson, long-time Wetton archivist and John’s close friend.

Presented in a compact box, this collection also features extensive booklet notes written by Jerry Ewing, editor of PROG Magazine and artwork by Michael Inns, long-time friend and collaborator of John’s.

This box set has been carefully curated with the blessing of John’s wife Lisa and son Dylan and is released with the full support of the Wetton estate.

From the committed prog connoisseur to the prog-pop fan of Asia, Wetton’s appeal is broad and deep. This extensive collection is the perfect way to begin exploring John Wetton’s live performances.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

Chasing The Dragon

1 Heat Of the Moment

2 Don't Cry

3 Rendezvous 6:02

4 Crime Of Passion

5 Caught In the Crossfire

6 Easy Money

7 In The Dead of Night

8 Thirty Years

9 Only Time Will Tell

10 Hold Me Now

11 Starless

12 Book Of Saturday

13 Battle Lines

14 Open Your Eyes

15 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

DISC TWO

Akustika Live in Amerika

1 Voice Of America

2 Hold Me Now

3 Rendezvous 6:02

4 Christina

5 Thirty Years

6 Only Time Will Tell

7 Book Of Saturday

8 Don't Cry

9 Battle Lines

10 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

11 Heat Of the Moment

12 You're Not the Only One

DISC THREE 

Live in Argentina

1 In The Dead of Night

2 Sole Survivor

3 Only Time Will Tell

4 Voice Of America

5 Book Of Saturday

6 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

7 Thirty Years

8 Hold Me Now

9 Quilmes

10 Rendezvous 6:02

DISC FOUR 

Live in Argentina

1 Thomas Lang's Drum Solo

2 Caught In the Crossfire

3 Easy Money

4 Battle Lines

5 Heat Of the Moment

6 Starless

7 Don't Cry

DISC FIVE

Hazy Monet

1 The Circle of St. Giles

2 Heat Of the Moment

3 Book Of Saturday

4 Sole Survivor

5 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

6 Thirty Years

7 Hold Me Now

8 Rendezvous 6:02

9 Quilmes

10 The Night Watch

11 Arkangel

12 Battle Lines

13 Starless

14 Easy Money

DISC SIX

Live in Osaka

1 Intro

2 The Last Thing on My Mind

3 Sole Survivor

4 I Can't Lie Anymore

5 Battle Lines

6 John Young's Keyboard Solo

7 Arkangel

8 Emma

9 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

10 The Night Watch

11 Thirty Years

12 Hold Me Now

13 Only Time Will Tell

DISC SEVEN

Live in Osaka

1 Rendezvous 6:02

2 Thomas Lang's Drum Solo

3 Easy Money

4 In The Dead of Night

5 After All

6 Heat Of the Moment

7 Starless

8 Don't Cry

DISC EIGHT

ADAMA

1 The Circle Of St. Giles

2 In The Dead Of Night

3 Sole Survivor

4 Voice Of America

5 Billy Liesegang's Guitar Solo

6 Battle Lines

7 Arkangel

8 The Night Watch

9 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

10 Thirty Years

11 Hold Me Now

12 Only Time Will Tell

13 Quilmes

DISC NINE

ADAMA

1 Rendezvous 6:02

2 Thomas Lang's Drum Solo

3 Caught In the Crossfire

4 Easy Money

5 Starless

6 Heat Of the Moment

7 Don't Cry

8 Short Jam (soundcheck)

9 All Along the Watchtower (soundcheck)

10 Starless (soundcheck)

DISC TEN

AKUSTISCHA
1 Heat Of the Moment

2 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes 3 Hold Me Now

4 Don't Cry

5 Open Your Eyes

6 Battle Lines

7 Rendezvous 6:02

8 Book Of Saturday (rehearsal)

9 Lament (rehearsal)

10 You're Not the Only One (rehearsal)

11 Starless (rehearsal)

12 Thirty Years (rehearsal) PROGFEST 1997

13 In The Dead of Night

14 Rendezvous 6:02

15 Sole Survivor

16 Battle Lines

17 Starless