CURVED AIR Airconditioning 1970 UK WARNER BROTHERS WSX 1st PRESS - MINT
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£ 58
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Jan 23, 2017
Sold Date
Jan 13, 2017
Start Date
£ 24
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CURVED AIR Airconditioning 1970 UK WARNER BROTHERS WSX 1st PRESS - MINT
CURVED AIRAirconditioning
UK WARNER BROTHERS (WSX 302) FIRST PRESSING
SUPERB ORIGINAL COPY - FINAL UPGRADE
PLAYED ONCE, IF AT ALL THEN CAREFULLY STORED
MATRIX: WS 3012-A1 / WS 3012-B1
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED COVER “Printed in England by West Bros Printers Ltd., London, S.W. 19”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING" PRINTED IN BLUE
One of the finest classical rock fusions of the age, Curved Air were an unwieldy beast, an uneasy liaison between Sonja Kristina's rampant rock sensibilities and her bandmates' undisguised virtuosity.
Keyboard player Francis Monkman, in particular, led the group into some genuinely uncharted territory -- it was he who named the group after a Terry Riley composition; he who consumed side two of each album for a series of wild experiments, most of which incorporate acoustic folk, free form jazz, and a hefty dose of Vivaldi. Not that this was a bad thing. Indeed, Air Conditioning rates among the great debut albums of 1970s rock, a breathlessly audacious hybrid full of wild experimentation.
But even in full flight (the instrumental "Rob One" or the sawing discordant "Vivaldi"), you can hear the band enjoying themselves, as Darryl Way's violin soars to pitches unknown to rocking man, the immortally named Florian Pilkington-Miksa conjures brand new rhythms from his percussive arsenal.
Kristina, meanwhile, possesses one of the most distinctive voices of the age, a virtue which is apparent from the moment she enters on the opening "It Happens Today." Hints of Grace Slick enter her delivery during the Airplane-like "Stretch," but it's a fleeting comparison. By the time you hit "Propositions," all echoed riffs and space age synth, Curved Air don't sound like anything else on earth. You do, however, notice how many subsequent bands sound a lot like them
Side 1:
It Happened Today (4:55)
Stretch (4:05)
Screw (4:03)
Blind Man (3:32)
Vivaldi (7:26)
Side 2:
Hide And Seek (6:15)
Propositions (3:04)
Rob One (3:22)
Situations (6:17)
Vivaldi (With Cannons) (1:35)
LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of labels - no signs of use
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces are unmarked and shine like new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
This possibly unplayed copy is as-new throughout - a couple of one-off ticks noted - nothing really - but I did not clean this copy as it looks so immaculate so these will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins (I prefer not to clean records unless absolutely necessary)
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Apart from a soft crease to the top corner the deeply glossy cover is again, as-new
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period @£3 for each additional LP
Guarantee: all records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
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783 (GS 7.0.5 (783))
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