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I have the vinyl version of this record and loved it so much when it was new I would have raped it if I hadn't put it on cassette sooner. Therefore my LP is in excellent condition. When I finally found his CD it was only available as a Japanese import and I paid almost $30 for it and the same as PHANTASMAGORIA (I still have three Curved Air vinyls in my permanent collection). I'm happy to spend money on something this good when expensive imports are all I can get. Music? Well the comments above

According to the accompanying lyrics, the band named themselves after American composer Terry Riley's 1969 minimalist masterpiece "A Rainbow in Curved Air", although the music on this 1971 release is anything but minimalist is. This is a full Prog album and the eight tracks on the second album show the use of odd time signatures, virtuoso playing from all the musicians (in fact keyboardists Francis Monkman and Darryl Way studied at the Royal Academy of Music for a time), some complicated…

I've heard this music for a long time today. I was 19 when I discovered this in 1982 and it's the only Curved Air album I've ever heard. I'm so happy to see it's available on CD now and I'll order it as soon as I've finished this comment. It's so rooted in that era that it can be hit or miss for young people, but on the other hand it's such strong music. it can still crumble to some degree after 35 years of musical development as it had profoundly influenced me after 10 years of musical…