Curved Air - The Lost Broadcasts (1971)

The Lost Broadcasts are a series of DVD sets featuring performances that have rarely been seen since the original transmission on German television, in some cases more than forty years ago. Some of the artists featured within the series are legendary and these "Lost" performances will be a fine addition to any music fans collection.
The original line up of Curved Air first came together in early 1970 when Sonja Kristina, formerly a member of the cast of the stage musical Hair and briefly of the Strawbs following the departure of Sandy Denny met up with classically trained violinist Daryl Way and keyboardist Francis Monkman. The band, which would go on to be described as a progressive rock band played a mix of rock music with classical influences courtesy of Way and Monkman. The band were also famous for releasing their debut album Air Conditioning as a picture disc, one of the first British rock albums to be released commercially as a picture disc. The album also included the popular track Vivaldi. All this combined with a commercial sense combined in the hit single Back Street Luv from the bands second album entitled "Second Album"
Various members have come and gone over the first six years of the bands existence and former members include Ian Eyre, Eddie Jobson, Phil Kohn, Mike Wedgewood and Tony Reeves. The one constant throughout the bands existence was and remains vocalist Sonja Kristina. Other long term members include violinist Daryl Way and keyboardist Francis Monkman. Another key member was Florian Pilkingto-Miksa who along with Sonja Kristina remains in the current line up of Curved Air.
This DVD contains three separate sessions with two from 1971. The first set from March 1971 featured three tracks, Vivaldi, It Happened Today and Propositions. All three tracks come from the Air Conditioning album. The next session filmed by the band came in September 1971 when the band would record two sessions just two days apart on the 20th and 22nd of September. Two versions of Back Street Luv were recorded on this day along with the extended Piece of Mind both tracks coming from the bands biggest selling album Second Album. The drummer on these sessions was not the bands regular drummer but a session drummer Barry de Souza who would subsequently play with the likes of Lou Reed, David Essex, Jeff Beck and Kate Bush.

Tracks:
1 Vivaldi - 8:38
2 It Happened Today- -5:02
3 Propositions - 7:02
4 Back Street Luv I - 3:56
5 Back Street Luv II - 4:11
6 Piece Of Mind - 10:33


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the Lost Broadcasts series on my blog