Today we have the first two albums by the Supergroup Asia. With an abundance of musical talent from bands like Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and King Crimson this band was destined to succeed.  With the debut album Asia released in 1982 came the top 10 hit Heat of the Moment, as well as other great songs like Sole Survivor and Here Comes the Feeling. Any Yes fan will recognise the cover art style of Roger Dean on these albums.

The second release in 1983 Alpha is also the final release with the original band members until the much later Phoenix.
My copy of Asia was mastered at Sterling Studio (as indicated in the deadwax) and Alpha has the Artisan Studio symbol, both are known for the high quality mastering.  Since it is more cost effective to ship out lacquers and press locally than ship finished albums, most large production albums are pressed in many different factories, but the mastering of the different issues can affect quality of sound and sometimes value of the record.  An example of this would be the Led Zeppelin II release with "RL" in the deadwax, showing it was mastered by engineer Robert Ludwig, who was at Sterling Studios at that time.

Jumping back to 1966 for the final "A" record, is The Association with and then...along comes The Association.  This is the second pressing of the debut album by this Sunshine Pop band from California, on Valiant Records. After the first release, Cherish became a hit so was added to the cover instead of just sings Along Comes Mary.
See if you recognise this: