Special Deluxe Collector's Edition / Fully Remastered Audio shaped from 24 BIT digital technology / Includes `The Moment Is Here', `Fight To Win', `Can't Let You Go' / 12-page full colour booklet - 3,000-word essay, enhanced artwork and new interviews - PROGRESSIVE ROCK'S POPULARITY ebbs and flows depending on its relevance and timing in the marketplace. It is similar in fact to the machinations of stocks and shares giving rise to unexpected highs and lows in the financial world. When World Trade first appeared on the scene the general view was that they would signal a new flood of progressive rock into the scene, one that would see them replacing the old guard with fresh blood. Indeed, immediate comparisons were made to Yes's late '80s golden period of hi-tech sheen and powerful production. World Trade delivered a sound that promised much yet ultimately delivered little in the way of commercial success. It wasn't as if the playing or the songwriting was at fault. The musical content was similar to the recent Yes triumphs but the market in 1989 was already moving ahead swiftly, edging towards what would eventually be called grunge. It also didn't help that behind the scenes their record label was going through a tumultuous reshaping, leaving the band high and dry with very little in the way of support morally or financially. Helmed by guitarist Bruce Gowdy (Stone Fury) and bassist/vocalist Billy Sherwood (now in Yes!) the album was produced with pinpoint accuracy by Keith Olsen (Whitesnake, Heart, Foreigner) and features a bright selection of tracks that conjure up comparisons to Yes's `90125' and `Big Generator' records. Songs such as `The Moment Is Here', `Life Time', `Fight To Win' and `Can't Let You Go' laid down a bedrock of faultless progressive rock that still ring with breathtaking clarity.