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
EAC | CD-image, APE, CUE, LOG – 360Mb | cover | 3% recovery | rs.com
Frontiers Records © 2006, Italy | FR PR CD 309
1 The Die is Cast
2 Finger on the Trigger
3 Reflections (of my life)
4 To Catch a Thief
5 Tears of Joy
6 Shannon
7 The Hanging Tree
8 The Glory of Winning
9 Whirlpool
10 Rubicon
During summer 2006 Geoffrey Downes and John Wetton followed their new spark of inspiration.
In Geoff’s words: “John and I had to face and cross our individual Rubicons during critical moments in our lives when circumstances and fate entangled, obliging us to face defining moments of truth. Both of us realized that having examined our choices, it resolved to there being no choice at all. These experiences reminded us of an analogous set of historical circumstances faced by Julius Caesar in 49BC, similar in scope if not in scale, similar in style if not in substance. Inevitably our creative antennae were tweaked. The follow up to Icon should reflect autobiographical experience set against historical scenery.”
With the help of longtime John Wetton collaborators Steve Christey (Jadis) on drums and John Mitchell (Arena, Kino) on guitars and Hugh McDowell (ELO), along with the special appearance of Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering) - who duets on ‘To Catch a Thief’ and ‘Tears of Joy’ - and violin 15-years old prodigy Katie Jacoby, John and Geoff cut the new album “Rubicon” in the southern England countryside.
One word: WOW! This album from the first track grabs you with its very infectious harmonies and never lets go. Wetton & Downes hit just the right balance with ballads and rockers…
~ JCE
This is a 'coming of age' album for Wetton and Downes. Obviously influenced by real events in their lives during their 'mid-life crises' they've been inspired to produce this brilliantly crafted masterpiece. ‘To Catch a Thief’ is probably the best love song ever penned - both lyrically and vocally a true masterpiece. 'The Glory of Winning’ is an “Asiatic” humdinger of a song and the title track ‘Rubicon’ (the point of no return) just makes you want to take on the World head-on. As Wetton says 'Carpe Diem' (Seize the moment) and basically “Just do it”!
~ V. Standing "tricky62" (UK)
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
EAC extraction logfile from 26. September 2009, 13:59
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes / Icon II - Rubicon
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EAC extraction logfile from 26. September 2009, 13:59
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes / Icon II - Rubicon
Used drive : MATSHITAUJDA720 DVD/CDRW Adapter: 2 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 690
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Monkey's Audio Lossless Encoder
Selected bitrate : High Lossless Compression
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : Yes
Command line compressor : D:\Program Files\Monkey's Audio\MAC.exe
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.32 | 6:16.70 | 32 | 28301
2 | 6:17.27 | 4:00.47 | 28302 | 46348
3 | 10:17.74 | 5:02.33 | 46349 | 69031
4 | 15:20.32 | 5:36.49 | 69032 | 94280
5 | 20:57.06 | 4:49.12 | 94281 | 115967
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8 | 34:27.37 | 4:11.73 | 155062 | 173959
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