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Air Conditioning | 
| Artist: Curved Air
Label: Wea Int'l
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 121529
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 081227990671
EAN: 0081227990671
ASIN: B001BS4RAY
Release Date: August 4, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | It Happened Today | | • | Stretch | | • | Screw | | • | Blind Man | | • | Vivaldi | | • | Hide and Seek | | • | Propositions | | • | Rob One | | • | Situations | | • | Vivaldi With Cannons |
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| Customer Reviews:
This Band Comes at you from a different dimension January 2, 2009
TDN
Listening to It Happened Today, this group is creative, it jumps from one style where the band and Sonia are soaring and becomes like a meandering river. So much of their music was inovative, many guitarists would copy the licks on Stretch for years later. Screw is a real propduction that moves from one point to another gradually building in form. Such a good example of a well oiled machine.
YES, "It Happened Today" the discovery by many how good this album from 1970 is! July 15, 2007
Craig Fenton (Airplaneville, New Jersey)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various music supplies and recordings from the 60's and 70's.
"Air Conditioning" Curved Air's first record should be labeled a musical odyssey. The sheer brilliance of Francis Monkman's keyboards and guitar would be reason enough to procure the album. There are a myriad of mesmerizing events that further escalate the urgency in owning the recording. Sonja Kristina's vocals are captivating. Each word has a such a presence that the listener rids themselves of all internal distractions. Darryl Way's violin is played with the aggression of a guitar. It resonates in your mind long after the musical selection has ceased. While you often hear the band fall under the words progressive rock, they were influenced by avant-garde composer Terry Riley.
Those that have followed the career of "It's A Beautiful Day" will enjoy the opening track "It Happened Today". Sonja vocals are captivating and leave a calling card for the songs that follow. "Stretch" isn't far from the early Jethro Tull realm. This particular tune may be the most underrated the band would pen. The longest composition on the album is the seven plus minute "Vivaldi" from Darryl Way. It can be described as an all out assault of the senses. Darryl's violin can be haunting or rocking but always hypnotic.
Curved Air did not construct any long songs for the debut. What they achieved with the ten tracks were consistency, musical diversity, and a memorable record from 1970.
Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
"It Happened Today" those discovering this terrific gem from 1970! July 15, 2007
Craig Fenton (Airplaneville, New Jersey)
As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various music supplies and recordings from the 60's and 70's.
"Air Conditioning" Curved Air's first record should be labeled a musical odyssey. The sheer brilliance of Francis Monkman's keyboards and guitar would be reason enough to procure the album. There are a myriad of mesmerizing events that further escalate the urgency in owning the recording. Sonja Kristina's vocals are captivating. Each word has a such a presence that the listener rids themselves of all internal distractions. Darryl Way's violin is played with the aggression of a guitar. It resonates in your mind long after the musical selection has ceased. While you often hear the band fall under the words progressive rock, they were influenced by avant-garde composer Terry Riley.
Those that have followed the career of "It's A Beautiful Day" will enjoy the opening track "It Happened Today". Sonja vocals are captivating and leave a calling card for the songs that follow. "Stretch" isn't far from the early Jethro Tull realm. This particular tune may be the most underrated the band would pen. The longest composition on the album is the seven plus minute "Vivaldi" from Darryl Way. It can be described as an all out assault of the senses. Darryl's violin can be haunting or rocking but always hypnotic.
Curved Air did not construct any long songs for the debut. What they achieved with the ten tracks were consistency, musical diversity, and a memorable record from 1970.
Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
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