Curved Air - Phantasmagoria

Artist: Curved Air

Label: Warner Bros. Records

Catalogue No: P-8226W

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: Japan

Year: 1972

Genre: Rock

Style: Experimental, Prog Rock

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Curved Air - Phantasmagoria, Rock, Experimental, Prog Rock, 1972 - Warner Bros. Records, Japan, Vinyl 1x LP, Album

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Track A4: Also featuring Doris the Cheetah
Track A5: Recorded at E.M.S.(London); Sequenced On A Synthi 100 Synthesizer
Track B2: Recorded at E.M.S.(London) by kind permission of Peter Zinovieff; This track consists entirely of tapes of Sonja's voice analysed and processed ba a PDP 8/L computer and a Synthi 100 Synthesizer. The final tapes were edited and prepared for performance by Francis Monkman and Robert Carvell.

Recorded at Advision Studios (London), March 1972 (except where otherwise stated).
Lyrics reproduced by permission of Blue Mountain Music A Lymark Production

On back cover: ©1972 Warner Bros. Records Inc./ Warner-Pioneer Corporation*IC A*

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Warner Bros. Records Inc., Warner-Pioneer Corporation

Made By

Warner-Pioneer Corporation

Recorded At

Advision Studios, Electronic Music Studios (London) Limited

Credits

Art Direction

Richard Rockwood

Engineer

Colin Caldwell

Illustration

John Gorham

Producer

Colin Caldwell, Curved Air

Text Tracklist (9 tracks)

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Position	Title	Credits	Duration
A1	Marie Antoinette	Florian Pilkington-Miksa (Drums), Francis Monkman (Electric Piano, Guitar), Darryl Way (Piano, Synthesizer, Bells [Tubular], Other [Melon]), Sonja Kristina (Vocals), Mike Wedgwood (Vocals, Bass Guitar), Darryl Way (Written-By), Sonja Kristina Linwood (Written-By)	6:20
A2	Melinda (More Or Less)	Mike Wedgwood (Bass Guitar), Annie Stewart (Flute), Francis Monkman (Harpsichord), Darryl Way (Violin), Sonja Kristina (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar), Sonja Kristina Linwood (Written-By)	3:25
A3	Not Quite The Same	Mike Wedgwood (Bass Guitar), Florian Pilkington-Miksa (Drums), Francis Monkman (Piano, Synthesizer), Alan Gout (Trombone), Chris Pyne (Trombone), David Purser (Trombone), Stephen Saunders (Trombone), Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet), George Parnaby (Trumpet), James Watson (2) (Trumpet), Paul Cosh (Trumpet), Darryl Way (Violin, Synthesizer), Sonja Kristina (Vocals), Darryl Way (Written-By), Sonja Kristina Linwood (Written-By)	3:44
A4	Cheetah	Mike Wedgwood (Bass Guitar), Florian Pilkington-Miksa (Drums), Francis Monkman (Harpsichord, Guitar), Darryl Way (Violin), Darryl Way (Written-By)	3:33
A5	Ultra-Vivaldi	Darryl Way (Written-By), Francis Monkman (Written-By)	2:22
B1	Phantasmagoria	Florian Pilkington-Miksa (Drums), Francis Monkman (Organ, Piano), Darryl Way (Violin), Sonja Kristina (Vocals), Mike Wedgwood (Vocals, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar), Francis Monkman (Written-By)	3:15
B2	Whose Shoulder Are You Looking Over Anyway?	Francis Monkman (Written-By)	3:24
B3	Over And Above	Florian Pilkington-Miksa (Drums), Francis Monkman (Organ, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Guitar, Bells [Tubular], Gong), Alan Gout (Trombone), David Purser (Trombone), Stephen Saunders (Trombone), Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet), James Watson (2) (Trumpet), Paul Cosh (Trumpet), Darryl Way (Violin), Sonja Kristina (Vocals), Mike Wedgwood (Vocals, Bass Guitar), Francis Monkman (Written-By), Frank Ricotti (Xylophone, Vibraphone [Vibes])	8:36
B4	Once A Ghost Always A Ghost (Dedicated To Al & Bena)	Florian Pilkington-Miksa (Drums, Percussion [Assorted Percussion]), Francis Monkman (Harpsichord, Percussion [Assorted Percussion]), Colin Caldwell (Percussion [Assorted Percussion], Melodica [Hooters], Noises), Jean Akers (Percussion [Assorted Percussion], Other [Hooters], Noises), Mal Linwood-Ross (Percussion [Assorted Percussion], Other [Hooters], Noises), George Parnaby (Trumpet), James Watson (2) (Trumpet), Paul Cosh (Trumpet), Frank Ricotti (Vibraphone [Vibes], Congas), Sonja Kristina (Vocals), Mike Wedgwood (Vocals, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion [Assorted Percussion]), Francis Monkman (Written-By), Sonja Kristina Linwood (Written-By)	4:25