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 Curved AirOne of the most dramatically accomplished of all the bands lumped into Britain's late-'60s prog explosion, Curved Air was formed in early 1970 by violinist Darryl Way, a graduate of the Royal College of Music, and two former members of Sisyphus, keyboard player Francis Monkman and drummer Florian Pilkington-Miksa. Adding bassist Robert Martin, the band named itself from
avant-garde composer Terry Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air, a touchstone that would inform much of their early work. Curved Air's first album, Air Conditioning, was released in November 1970. With Ian Eyre replacing bassist Martin, the band crossed that precipice the following summer, when the incandescent "Back Street Love" rocketed to number four, ahead of the prosaically named Second Album. Curved Air bounced back in spring 1972 with their masterpiece, Phantasmagoria. Retaining the band name, Kristina and bassist Mike Wedgwood (who replaced Eyre for Phantasmagoria) brought in an entire new lineup - Jim Russell (drums), Kirby Gregory (guitar), and Eddie Jobson (violin, synths). In this form, the band released spring 1973's Air Cut album.
Kristina initially intended to launch a solo career. In fall 1974, however, Curved Air's original core quartet of Kristina, Way, Monkman, and Pilkington-Miksa reunited for a one-off British tour. With the lineup completed by bassist Phil Kohn, the band rekindled all of the past's most precious memories, captured for posterity on the blockbusting Curved Air Live album. The rejuvenation could not, however, heal the breaches that had destroyed the lineup the first time around and, when Curved Air resurfaced in fall 1975, Kristina and Way alone remained, alongside guitarist Mick Jacques, bassist John Perry, keyboardist Pete Woods, and drummer Stewart Copeland. (Perry would be replaced by Greenslade's Tony Reeves during 1976.)
Two albums released over the next year, Midnight Wire and Airborne .
Way was the first to depart. Then the band recorded the single "Baby Please Don't Go"; Way having been replaced by Alex Richman, but the group lasted only a few more months before splitting in early 1977. Copeland promptly joined the Police, Reeves re-formed Greenslade, and Kristina finally launched solo career.
1975 :
Midnight Wire
Woman On a One Night Stand (Sonja Kristina/Norma Tager)
Day Breaks My Heart (Darryl Way/Norma Tager)
The Fool (Darryl Way/Norma Tager/Mick Jacques)
Pipe of Dreams (Mick Jacques)
Orange Street Blues (Darryl Way/Norma Tager)
Dance of Love (Darryl Way/Norma Tager/Mick Jacques)
Midnight Wire (Darryl Way/Norma Tager)
Stewart Copeland - Drums
Mick Jacques - Guitars
Sonja Kristina - Vocals
Darryl Way - Violin, Keyboards
Guest Musicians :
John Perry - Bass
Peter Wood - Keyboards
Derek Damain - Backing Vocals
Norma Tager - Lyrics
Produced by Ron Albert & Howard Albert; recorded at Ramport Studios.
1976 :
Airborne
Desiree (Mick Jacques/Sonja Kristina/Stewart Copeland)
Kids to Blame (Stewart Copeland/Norma Tager)
Broken Lady (Tony Reeves/Sonja Kristina)
Juno (Darryl Way)
Touch of Tequila (Mick Jacques/Sonja Kristina/Tony Reeves)
Moonshine (Darryl Way)
Heaven (Never Seemed So Far Away) (Stewart Copeland/Lyons)
Hot and Bothered (Mick Jacques/Norma Tager)
Dazed (Darryl Way)
Baby Please Don't Go (Williams) (only on CD)
Stewart Copeland -- Drums
Mick Jacques - Guitars
Sonja Kristina - Vocals
Tony Reeves - Bass,keyboards
Darryl Way - Violin, Keyboards, Vocals
Guest Musicians:
Robin Lumley - Piano
Alan Skidmore - Sax
Henry Lowther - Trumpet
Frank Ricotti - Congas
Jack Emblow - Accordian
Bob Sargeant - Organ
Produced by Dennis MacKay & Curved Air; recorded at Trident Studios.
1997 :
Live at the BBC
Vivaldi
Propositions
It Happened Today
Young Mother In Style
Situations
Blind Man
Thinking On The Floor
Stretch
Star Naked
Woman On A One Night Stand
Midnight Wire
Hot 'n' Bothered
The Fool
Tracks 1-3: recorded for "In Session" on 28-04-1970
Tracks 4-6: recorded for "In Session" on 05-01-1971
Tracks 7-8: recorded for "In Session" on 27-01-1971
Tracks 9-13: recorded for "In Concert" at Paris Theatre, London on 29-01-1976
Sonja Kristina - vocals (tracks 1-13)
Darryl Way - violin/ vocals (tracks 1-13)
Francis Monkman - guitar/ keyboards (tracks 1-8)
Robert Martin - bass (tracks 1-3)
Florian Pilkington-Miska - drums (tracks 1-8)
Ian Eyre - bass (tracks 4-8)
Tony Reeves - bass (tracks 9-13)
Mick Jacques - guitar (tracks 9-13)
**Stewart Copeland - drums (tracks 9-13)* |
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