Curved Air – The Albums 1970-1973 [4 CD, 2021/FLAC]


Back in 2017, it was announced that Esoteric had picked up the rights to part of the vast Warner Music back catalogue, and the first fruits of this (with plenty of really exciting re-issues including Barclay James Harvest, Be-Bop Deluxe and Chris Squire) were the remasters of the Curved Air back catalogue from the early 1970s. Those special edition remasters of the first four albums are condensed into a 4-disc clamshell box containing Air Conditioning (1970), Second Album (1971), Phantasmagoria (1972) and Air Cut (1973).

 




  • Sonja Kristina – Lead & Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar (disc 3 track 2 & disc 4 track 2)
  • Darryl Way – Violin, Keyboards, Tubular Bells, Melon, Backing Vocals (discs 1-3)
  • Francis Monkman – Guitars, Keyboards, Percussion (discs 1-3)
  • Rob Martin – Bass Guitar (disc 1)
  • Florian Pilkington-Miksa – Drums & Percussion (discs 1-3)
  • Ian Eyre – Bass Guitar (disc 2)
  • Mike Wedgwood – Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Percussion, Lead & Backing Vocals (discs 3 & 4)
  • Eddie Jobson – Electric Violin, Backing Vocals, Keyboards (disc 4)
  • Kirby Gregory – Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals (disc 4)
  • Jim Russell – Drums (disc 4)
With:
  • Annie Stewart – Flute (disc 3 track 2)
  • Crispian Steele-Perkins, Paul Cosh, James Watson, George Parnaby – Trumpets (disc 3)
  • Chris Pyne, Alan Gout, David Purser, Steve Saunders – Trombone (disc 3)
  • Frank Ricotti – Xylophone, Vibes (disc 3)
  • Mal Linwood-Ross, Colin Caldwell, Jean Akers – Percussion (disc 3)
  • Doris the Cheetah — Vocals (disc 3 track 4)

Disc One: Air Conditioning (1970)

01. It Happened Today (4:55)
02. Stretch (4:05)
03. Screw (4:03)
04. Blind Man (3:32)
05. Vivaldi (7:26)
06. Hide and Seek (6:15)
07. Propositions (3:04)
08. Rob One (3:22)
09. Situations (6:17)
10. Vivaldi (With Cannons) (1:35)
~ Bonus Tracks:
11. It Happened Today (Single Version) (3:50)
12. What Happens When You Blow Yourself Up (3:34)


Disc Two: Second Album (1971)

01. Young Mother (5:55)
02. Back Street Luv (3:38)
03. Jumbo (4:11)
04. You Know (4:11)
05. Puppets (5:26)
06. Everdance (3:08)
07. Bright Summer’s Day ’68 (2:54)
08. Piece of Mind (12:52)


Disc Three: Phantasmagoria (1972)

01. Marie Antoinette (6:20)
02. Melinda (3:25)
03. Not Quite the Same (3:44)
04. Cheetah (3:33)
05. Ultra-Vivaldi (1:22)
06. Phantasmagoria (3:15)
07. Whose Shoulder Are You Looking Over Anyway? (3:24)
08. Over and Above (8:36)
09. Once a Ghost, Always a Ghost (4:25)
~ Bonus Track:
10. Sarah’s Concern (3:20)


Disc Four: Air Cut (1973)

01. The Purple Speed Queen (3:20)
02. Elfin Boy (4:20)
03. Metamorphosis (10:30)
04. World (1:32)
05. Armin (3:16)
06. U.H.F. (6:06)
07. Two-Three-Two (4:10)
08. Easy (6:45)
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