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Don Airey is a keyboardist who has had a quite varied career since becoming a professional musician in 1971. He began with his own group, and then signed on to the group Hammer with Cozy Powell in 1974. His next band move also found him playing with Powell, this time in Rainbow. He stayed with them for a time, and then moved on to Ozzy Osbourne's group (having performed with Ozzy previously as a guest on the Never Say Die album by Black Sabbath). He stayed with that group for several years before hooking up with Jethro Tull in 1987. He left the band the following year, to work on various projects over the next few years. His first solo album ‘K2-Tales Of Triumph And Tragedy’ was released in Japan and Germany only back in 1988. On this album we’ll find the track ‘Song For Al’ which is a tribute song to the British climber Alan Rouse who died on the 10ht of August 1986 on K2 together with Julie Tullis and Dobroslawa Wolf. This album features guest performances from Genki Hitomi of Vow Wow, Cozy Powell, Mel Galley and guitarist Gary Moore. With printed innersleeves Track listing: 1. Overture 2. Sea Of Dreams-part 1 3. Sea Of Dreams-part 2 4. Voice Of The Mountain 5. Song For Al-instrumental 6. Balti Lament 7. Ascent To Camp 4 8. Cant Make Up Your Mind 9. Summit Fever 10. Close To The Sky 11. Blues For J.T 12. Julie (If You Leave Me) 13. Death Zone/Whiteout 14. Song For Al (reprise)