Live at the BBC (Curved Air album)

Live at the BBC
Live album by Curved Air
Released	1995
Recorded	1970-1971 and 1976
Genre	Progressive rock, folk rock
Label	Band Of Joy
Producer	John Walters (tracks 1 to 3) John Muir (tracks 4 to 6) Frances Line (tracks 7 to 8) Mike Appleton (tracks 9 to 11)
Curved Air chronology
Lovechild (1976) Live at the BBC (1995) Alive, 1990 (2000)

Live at the BBC is a compilation live album of the British progressive rock band Curved Air from sessions on:

• November 10, 1970 (tracks 1-3)
• January 5, 1971 (tracks 4-5)
• March 9, 1971 (tracks 6-8)
• January 29, 1976 (tracks 9-13)^[1]

The album's liner notes give conflicting dates for the sessions. The prose section lists the dates as above, while a secondary listing dates tracks 1-3 as April 28, 1970, places track 6 in the same session at tracks 4-5, and provides the unlikely date of January 27, 1971 (three weeks after the previous session) for tracks 7 and 8.

The album was released in 1995.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3.1 Credits 4 References 5 External links

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic said the album was "typical of BBC rock compilations, with alternate live radio versions that serious fans will find highly enjoyable, though more casual admirers will find the material unnecessary." They noted the solid sound quality and lightly praised the band's blending of classical, rock, and folk.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Vivaldi" (Darryl Way) – 6:25
2. "Propositions" (Francis Monkman)/"What Happens When You Blow Yourself Up" (Monkman, Sonja Kristina Linwood) – 5:23
3. "It Happened Today" (Monkman, Linwood) – 4:39
4. "Young Mother In Style" (Way, Linwood) – 5:14
5. "Situations" (Way, Rob Martin) – 5:38
6. "Blind Man" (Way, Martin) – 2:45
7. "Thinking On The Floor" (Way, Linwood) – 4:01
8. "Stretch" (Way, Monkman) – 4:34
9. "Stark Naked" (Way, Mick Jacques, Stewart Copeland, Phil Kohn, Linwood) – 5:44
10. "Woman On A One Night Stand" (Linwood, Norma Tager) – 5:43
11. "Midnight Wire" (Way, Tager) – 6:20
12. "Hot 'N' Bothered" (Jacques, Tager) – 3:02
13. "The Fool" (Way, Jacques, Tager) – 6:43

"Thinking On The Floor" and "Stark Naked" were not released on any official album releases, while the lyrics for "Young Mother In Style" are different to those of the song "Young Mother" on their Second Album.

Personnel

• Sonja Kristina – vocals
• Ian Eyre – bass (tracks 4 to 8)
• Robert Martin – bass (tracks 1 to 3)
• Tony Reeves – bass (tracks 9 to 13)
• Florian Pilkington-Miksa – drums (tracks 1 to 8)
• Stewart Copeland – drums (tracks 9 to 13)
• Darryl Way – violin, vocals
• Mick Jacques – guitar(tracks 9 to 13)
• Francis Monkman – guitar, keyboards (tracks 1 to 8)

Credits

• Producer - Frances Line (tracks 7 to 8), John Muir (tracks 4 to 6), John Walters (tracks 1 to 3), Mike Appleton (tracks 9 to 11)
• Engineer - Bob Conduct (tracks 1 to 3), John White (tracks 4 to 6), Tom Corcoran (tracks 9 to 11)

References

External links

• "Curved Air - Live At The BBC (CD, Comp) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Curved-Air-Live-At-The-BBC/release/1302081. Retrieved 2009-08-28. 

• "CURVED AIR On Air - Live at the BBC music reviews and MP3". www.progarchives.com. http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=4804. Retrieved 2009-08-28. 

Curved Air Sonja Kristina Linwood • Darryl Way • Florian Pilkington-Miksa • Kit Morgan • Chris Harris Francis Monkman  • Rob Martin  • Ian Eyre • Mike Wedgwood • Eddie Jobson • Kirby Gregory • Jim Russell • Phil Kohn • Mick Jacques • Stewart Copeland • Tony Reeves • Alex Richman Guest musicians: Annie Stewart • Crispian Steele-Perkins • Paul Cosh • Jim Watson  • George Parnaby • Chris Pyne • Alan Gout • David Purser • Steve Saunders • Frank Ricotti • Mal Linwood-Ross • Colin Caldwell • Jean Akers • John G. Perry • Peter Wood • Derek Damain • Robin Lumley • Alan Skidmore • Henry Lowther • Jack Emblow • Bob Sargeant Studio albums Airconditioning  • Second Album • Phantasmagoria • Air Cut • Midnight Wire • Airborne • Lovechild Live albums Live • Live At The BBC • Alive, 1990