Biography
John Kenneth Wetton was an English singer, bassist, and songwriter. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth, Dorset. He rose to fame with bands Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry, Uriah Heep, and Wishbone Ash After his period with King Crimson, Wetton formed U.K. releasing albums, UK and Danger Money and later he was the frontman and co-principal songwriter of the supergroup Asia,which proved to be his biggest commercial success. Their eponymous debut album sold eight million copies worldwide and was Billboard magazine’s No. 1 album of 1982. He later formed the duo Icon with Geoff Downes (also from Asia, ex-Yes, ex-The Buggles), and from the 1990s had a successful solo career, releasing several studio and live albums. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wetton
Album & Cover
Caught in the Crossfire is the debut solo album by the English rock musician John Wetton, released by E.G. Records. Featuring guitarist Martin Barre of Jethro Tull, drummer Simon Kirke of Bad Company as well as saxophonist Malcolm Duncan, the album’s release took place in a transitional spell after Wetton had left U.K. but before he had formed Asia.
This is a black & white photograph printed with block colour taken from an idea by Storm Thorgerson. The cover resembled a child’s block painting kit with John Wetton’s image showing through. For the 7″ single ‘I’ll Be There’ the image was of a soft focus Wetton against a sharp background image of horizontal lines to portray a forwards motion for his career and it did as he became a member of Asia…
Cover Location: Hipgnosis Studio, London, UK
Who Did What: Photography – A. Powell. Cover Design – Hipgnosis.
Label: EG EGLP107(US&UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Turn On The Radio Baby Come Back When Will You Realise? Cold Is The Night Paper Talk |
Side Two Get Away Caught In The Crossfire Get What You Want I’ll Be There Woman |
Credits
Drums, Percussion – Simon Kirke
Engineer – John Punter, Martin Moss, Nigel Walker, Richard Mason
Lead Guitar – Martin Barre (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B5)
Mastered By – Sean Davies
Producer – John Punter, John Wetton
Saxophone – Malcolm Duncan (tracks: B2, B4)
Voice, Lead Guitar, Bass, Keyboards – John Wetton
Written-By – John Wetton, Sinfield (tracks: B3)
