"Flash forward four years, and after another two seminal albums, Iron Maiden are again on a break after their “Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour”. This time around it is Adrian who is looking to fill in his time, although on this occasion it is to write and record an album outside of the Iron Maiden scope. In recruiting members for what would become Adrian Smith and Project, shortened to A.S.a.P, he decided to go with the core of those who had been a part of those session four years earlier – Andy Barnett and Dave Colwell on guitars and support vocals. Robin Clayton came on board to play bass, while another former member of Urchin, Richard Young, took on the keyboards. Adrian had wanted Nicko to retain his place as drummer of the band, but as he was in the process of getting married, he was unavailable to join up. Instead, Adrian found a willing ally in Zak Starkey, son of another reasonably famous drummer from another band, Richard Starkey. Adrian himself, along with playing guitar, also became lead vocalist of the project. And so was born he side project and the album that became “Silver and Gold”"

On this episode we are going to talk about “Silver and Gold” by A.S.a.P, (Adrian Smith and Project), the band’s only studio album released 35 years ago this week, on today’s ‘destiny was calling me, I would never be the same’ episode of Music from a Lifetime.