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NEW EXPANDED 2 DISC (CD / DVD) EDITION OF THE
CLASSIC 1971 ALBUM BY CURVED AIR
WITH FIVE BONUS TRACKS (FOUR PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
& A DVD (NTSC / REGION FREE) OF
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED PROMOTIONAL FILMS AND
TELEVISION PERFORMANCES FROM THE
UK, FRANCE & GERMANY IN 1971
RESTORES THE ORIGINAL ALBUM ARTWORK & BOOK, ALONG
WITH A LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED
BOOKLET WITH ESSAY & EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS
Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the
release of an expanded 2 disc edition of the
acclaimed Curved Air album “Second Album”. Released
in 1971 the album featured a line-up of Sonja
Kristina (vocals, acoustic guitar), Darryl Way
(violin, piano), Francis Monkman (guitar, keyboards,
VCS3), Florian Pilkington-Miksa (drums) and new
member Ian Eyre (bass).
The album featured the classic hit single ‘Back
Street Luv’ along with such classic tracks as ‘Young
Mother’, ‘Jumbo’, ‘Puppets’, ‘Everdance’ and ‘Piece
Of Mind’ and was an acclaimed hit album in the UK
and Europe. This expanded two-disc CD / DVD edition
of “Second Album” includes five bonus tracks taken
from a BBC Radio John Peel session in January 1971
and the entire live performance recorded for the
BBC’s John Peel’s Sunday Concert in March 1971. The
release has been re-mastered by Francis Monkman and
also includes an additional DVD (NTSC / Region Free)
featuring a recently discovered and previously
unreleased promotional film from 1971, Warner
Brothers presents Curved Air, featuring the tracks
‘It Happened Today’, ‘Vivaldi’ and ‘Screw’, along
with the band’s appearance filmed for the French TV
show Pop Deux in July 1971 and their performances
for the German TV show Beat Club the same year.
“Second Album” restores the original album artwork
and features a lavishly illustrated booklet with an
essay by Malcolm Dome featuring exclusive interviews
with Sonja Kristina, Darryl Way and Francis Monkman.
DISC ONE
SECOND ALBUM: RE-MASTERED
1. YOUNG MOTHER
2. BACK STREET LUV
3. JUMBO
4. YOU KNOW
5. PUPPETS
6. EVERDANCE
7. BRIGHT SUMMER’S DAY ’68
8. PIECE OF MIND
BONUS TRACKS
9. YOUNG MOTHER IN STYLE
BBC RADIO ONE JOHN PEEL “TOP GEAR” SESSION –
RECORDED 5TH JANUARY 1971
10. IT HAPPENED TODAY
11. BLIND MAN
12. PROPOSITIONS (INCLUDING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
BLOW YOURSELF UP)
13. VIVALDI
BBC RADIO ONE “JOHN PEEL SUNDAY CONCERT” RECORDED
4TH MARCH 1971 AT THE BBC PARIS THEATRE, REGENT
STREET, LONDON
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
DISC TWO
CURVED AIR
TELEVISION & PROMOTIONAL FILMS 1971
1. IT HAPPENED TODAY
2. VIVALDI
3. SCREW
“WARNER BROTHERS PRESENT CURVED AIR” A 1971
PROMOTIONAL FILM
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
4. BACK STREET LUV
5. PROPOSITIONS
6. INTERVIEW
7. VIVALDI
“POP DEUX” – FRENCH TELEVISION FILMED 6TH JULY 1971
AT
TAVERNE DE L’OLYMPIA, PARIS
FIRST BROADCAST 4TH SEPTEMBER 1971 PREVIOUSLY
UNRELEASED
8. IT HAPPENED TODAY
9. PROPOSITIONS
10. VIVALDI
“BEAT CLUB” – RADIO BREMEN TV, GERMANY RECORDED
MARCH 1971
11. BACK STREET LUV
12. PIECE OF MIND
13. BACK STREET LUV (VERSION 2)
“BEAT CLUB” – RADIO BREMEN TV, GERMANY RECORDED
SEPTEMBER 1971
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