Based on search attempts, this old but possibly interesting story doesn't appear to be part of the PE lore yet. Apologies if it's been posted before...
http://www.barkingdogrecords.com/ASIA.info.html
Highlight: "Carl Palmer, of EMERSON, LAKE, & PALMER, is going to call me and ask me to write more commercially?!"
Here's Asia's 1980 album Armed to the Teeth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGlByVcP9pw
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