Curved Air, the Glossary
Curved Air are an English progressive rock group formed in 1970 by musicians from mixed artistic backgrounds, including classical, folk and electronic sound.[1]
Table of Contents
103 relations: A Rainbow in Curved Air, A-side and B-side, Air Conditioning (album), Air Cut, Airborne (Curved Air album), Alive, 1990, AllMusic, Ö3 Austria Top 40, B. B. King, Baby, Please Don't Go, Back Street Luv, Billboard Hot 100, Black Sabbath, Brian Eno, Butts Band, Caravan (band), Carl Orff, Cherry Red Records, Chislehurst, Classical music, Colosseum (band), Composer, Curved Air – Live, Darryl Way, Dartington College of Arts, David Bedford, De facto, Deram Records, Dream Theater, Eddie Jobson, Electronic music, Extended play, Faces (band), Florian Pilkington-Miksa, Folk music, Folk rock, Francis Monkman, Galt MacDermot, GfK Entertainment charts, Gloucestershire, Greenslade, Hair (musical), High Voltage Festival, In C, Isle of Wight Festival 2008, Jazz fusion, Jethro Tull (band), Johnny Winter, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Kiki Dee, ... Expand index (53 more) »
A Rainbow in Curved Air
A Rainbow in Curved Air is the third album by American composer Terry Riley, released in 1969 on CBS Records.
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A-side and B-side
The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings.
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Air Conditioning (album)
Air Conditioning is the debut studio album by English progressive rock band Curved Air.
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Air Cut
Air Cut is the fourth studio album by Curved Air and was recorded in 1973, following the departure of three of the band's founding members.
Airborne (Curved Air album)
Airborne is the sixth studio album by Curved Air and was recorded in 1976.
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Alive, 1990
Alive, 1990 is a recording from the Curved Air reunion concert 23 September 1990.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Ö3 Austria Top 40
Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Tuesdays on Hitradio Ö3.
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B. B. King
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Baby, Please Don't Go
"Baby, Please Don't Go" is a traditional blues song that was popularized by Delta blues musician Big Joe Williams in 1935.
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Back Street Luv
"Back Street Luv" is a song by British rock band Curved Air, written by band members Ian Eyre, Sonja Kristina and Darryl Way.
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Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.
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Brian Eno
Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and visual artist. Curved Air and Brian Eno are Warner Records artists.
Butts Band
Butts Band was a British and American group formed by ex-Doors members John Densmore and Robby Krieger, active from 1973 to 1975.
Caravan (band)
Caravan are an English rock band from the Canterbury area, founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings, and Richard Coughlan in 1968. Curved Air and Caravan (band) are Deram Records artists and English progressive rock groups.
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Carl Orff
Carl Heinrich Maria Orff (10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982) was a German composer and music educator, who composed the cantata Carmina Burana (1937).
Cherry Red Records
Cherry Red Records (formerly Cherry Pop Records) is a British independent record label founded in Malvern, Worcestershire by Iain McNay in 1978.
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Chislehurst
Chislehurst is a suburban district of south-east London, England, in the London Borough of Bromley.
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Classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.
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Colosseum (band)
Colosseum are an English jazz rock band, mixing blues, rock and jazz-based improvisation. Curved Air and Colosseum (band) are English progressive rock groups.
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Composer
A composer is a person who writes music.
Curved Air – Live
Curved Air – Live was the first official live album by the British progressive rock band Curved Air.
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Darryl Way
Richard Darryl Way (born 17 December 1948 in Taunton, Somerset, England) is an English rock and classical musician who was a founding member of Curved Air and co-writer of their Progressive Rock seminal albums from 1970 to 1976. Curved Air and Darryl Way are Deram Records artists.
Dartington College of Arts
Dartington College of Arts was a specialist arts college located at Dartington Hall in the south-west of England, offering courses at degree and postgraduate level together with an arts research programme.
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David Bedford
David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician.
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De facto
De facto describes practices that exist in reality, regardless of whether they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms.
Deram Records
Deram Records was a subsidiary record label of Decca Records established in the United Kingdom in 1966. Curved Air and Deram Records are Deram Records artists.
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Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts. Curved Air and Dream Theater are Warner Records artists.
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Eddie Jobson
Edwin Jobson (born 28 April 1955) is an English musician noted for his use of synthesizers.
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Electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation.
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Extended play
An Extended Play (EP) is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.
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Faces (band)
Faces are an English rock band formed in 1969 by members of Small Faces after lead singer and guitarist Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie. Curved Air and Faces (band) are musical groups established in 1969 and Warner Records artists.
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Florian Pilkington-Miksa
Florian M. Pilkington-Miksa (3 June 1950 – 20 May 2021) was an English rock drummer and a sculptor.
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Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
Folk rock
Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music.
Francis Monkman
Anthony Francis Keigwin Monkman (9 June 1949 – 12 May 2023) was an English rock, classical and film score composer, and a founding member of both the progressive rock band Curved Air and the classical/rock fusion band Sky.
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Galt MacDermot
Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot (December 18, 1928 – December 17, 2018) was a Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theater.
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GfK Entertainment charts
The GfK Entertainment charts are the official charts for music, home video, and video games in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of GfK, on behalf of.
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Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
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Greenslade
Greenslade were an English progressive rock band, formed in the autumn of 1972 by keyboard player Dave Greenslade and bassist Tony Reeves, with keyboardist Dave Lawson and drummer Andrew McCulloch. Curved Air and Greenslade are English progressive rock groups.
Hair (musical)
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot.
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High Voltage Festival
High Voltage was a music festival, held twice in Victoria Park, London.
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In C
In C is a musical piece composed by Terry Riley in 1964 for an indefinite number of performers.
Isle of Wight Festival 2008
The Isle Of Wight Festival 2008 was the seventh revived Isle of Wight Festival held at Seaclose Park in Newport on the Isle Of Wight.
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Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion, jazz rock, and jazz-rock fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues.
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Jethro Tull (band)
Jethro Tull are a British rock band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, in 1967. Curved Air and Jethro Tull (band) are English progressive rock groups.
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Johnny Winter
John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer.
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Kawasaki, Kanagawa
,; is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area.
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Kiki Dee
Pauline Matthews (born 6 March 1947) better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English pop singer.
Kirby Gregory
Graham Patrick "Kirby" Gregory, often credited simply as Kirby (born 11 March 1953 in Wallingford, Berkshire, England) is an English musician best known for playing with rock bands Curved Air and Stretch.
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Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and Anglican priest.
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Live at the BBC (Curved Air album)
Live at the BBC is a compilation live album of the British progressive rock band Curved Air from sessions on.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.
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Lovechild (album)
Lovechild is a studio album credited to progressive rock band Curved Air, though only half the tracks are actually performed by the group.
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Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.
Marc Bolan
Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet.
Marvin Ayres
Marvin Ayres (born 1950s) is a British composer, cellist, violinist and producer.
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Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
The Mercury Theatre was a small theatre on Ladbroke Road, Notting Hill Gate, London, notable for the productions of poetic dramas between 1933 and 1956, and as the home of the Ballet Rambert until 1987.
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Midnight Wire
Midnight Wire is the fifth studio album by Curved Air and was recorded in 1975.
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Mike Wedgwood
Mike Wedgwood (born 19 May 1950 in Derby) is an English bassist and singer.
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Miles Copeland III
Miles Axe Copeland III (born May 2, 1944) is an American music and entertainment executive and former manager of the Police.
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Naturopathy
Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine.
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New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
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North Star (Curved Air album)
North Star is the seventh studio album by Curved Air and was released on 17 March 2014.
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Notting Hill Gate
Notting Hill Gate is one of the main thoroughfares in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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O2 Forum Kentish Town
The O Forum Kentish Town is a concert venue in Kentish Town, London, England, owned by MAMA & Company and originally built in 1934.
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Official Charts Company
The Official Charts Company (OCC or Official Charts; previously known as the Chart Information Network, CIN, and the Official UK Charts Company; legally known as the Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
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Ogg
Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation.
Orange Amps
Orange Amps is an English amplifier manufacturing company, noted for their products' distinctive sound and the bright orange Tolex-like covering of their heads and speaker cabinets.
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Phantasmagoria (Curved Air album)
Phantasmagoria is the third studio album by Curved Air.
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Planet Rock (radio station)
Planet Rock is a British digital radio station owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Kiss Network.
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Playboy Club
The Playboy Club was initially a chain of nightclubs and resorts owned and operated by Playboy Enterprises.
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Progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s.
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Purson (band)
Purson was an English psychedelic rock band from London, England, founded by Rosalie Cunningham. Curved Air and Purson (band) are English progressive rock groups.
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Queensrÿche
Queensrÿche is an American progressive metal band.
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music are an English rock band formed in 1970 by lead vocalist and principal songwriter Bryan Ferry and bassist Graham Simpson. Curved Air and Roxy Music are English progressive rock groups and Warner Records artists.
Roy Guest
Roy Norman Guest (13 March 1934 – 23 September 1996) was a British folk singer and music promoter.
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa.
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Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK.
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Second Album (Curved Air album)
Second Album is the second studio album by English progressive rock band Curved Air, released in 1971.
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Single (music)
In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album or LP record, typically one or two tracks.
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Sky (English/Australian band)
Sky were an English/Australian instrumental rock group that specialised in combining a variety of musical styles, most prominently rock, classical and jazz.
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Soft Machine
Soft Machine are a British rock band from Canterbury formed in mid-1966 by Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and Larry Nowlin. Curved Air and Soft Machine are English progressive rock groups.
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Sonja Kristina
Sonja Kristina (born Sonia Christina Shaw; 14 April 1949) is an English singer and songwriter, best known for starring in the original London production of the seminal 1960s musical Hair, and for being the lead vocalist of the 1970s progressive rock band Curved Air.
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Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.
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Spirit (band)
Spirit was an American rock band founded in 1967 and based in Los Angeles.
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Spock's Beard
Spock's Beard is an American progressive rock band formed in Los Angeles.
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Stewart Copeland
Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician and composer.
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Strawbs
The Strawbs are an English rock band founded in 1964 as the Strawberry Hill Boys. Curved Air and Strawbs are English progressive rock groups.
Stretch (band)
Stretch were a 1970s British rock band that grew from the collaboration between vocalist Elmer Gantry (real name Dave Terry) and guitarist Kirby Gregory (real name Graham Gregory).
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
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Terry Riley
Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition.
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The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977.
Tony Brainsby
Tony Brainsby (1945-2000) was a British publicist of the 1960s.
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Tony Reeves
Anthony Robert Reeves (born 18 April 1943, New Eltham, South East London) is an English bass guitarist/contrabassist, noted for his "distinctive and complex bass sound" and use of electronic effects.
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UK Albums Chart
The Official UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom.
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UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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Value-added tax
A value-added tax (VAT or goods and services tax (GST), general consumption tax (GCT)), is a consumption tax that is levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution.
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Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
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Warner Records
Warner Records Inc. (formerly known as Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) is an American record label.
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100 Club
The 100 Club is a music venue located at 100 Oxford Street, London, England, where it has been hosting live music since 24 October 1942.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curved_Air
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