Midnight Wire

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{{Infobox album

| name = Midnight Wire

| type = Studio album

| artist = Curved Air

| cover = Curved_Air_Midnight_Wire.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1975

| recorded = August 1975

| venue =

| studio = Ramport Studios (London) {{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Curved-Air-Midnight-Wire/release/1790959 |title=Curved Air - Midnight Wire (Vinyl, Album) at Discogs |publisher=www.discogs.com |accessdate=2009-12-22 }}

| genre = Progressive rock, folk rock

| length = 35:18

| label = BTM

| producer = Ron and Howard Albert for FAT Productions

| prev_title = Curved Air – Live

| prev_year = 1975

| next_title = Airborne

| next_year = 1976

}}

Midnight Wire is the fifth studio album by Curved Air and was recorded in 1975. It marked another line-up change in the band, with Darryl Way and Sonja Kristina recruiting new musicians after the end of the reunion tour marked by the Curved Air - Live album. Kristina's friend Norma Tager, who had helped design the costumes she wore on stage from Curved Air's reunion in 1974 to their breakup in 1976,{{cite web | author = | date = | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K7M_oXwYtk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/1K7M_oXwYtk |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live| title = Cherry Red TV interview | publisher = Cherry Red Records | accessdate = 2009-09-30}}{{cbignore}} contributed all the lyrics to the songs.

Background and recording

The album's recording was marked by intense and bitter arguments between the band and producers Ron and Howard Albert, who often vehemently criticized the band members.Sutcliffe, Phil & Fielder, Hugh (1981). L'Historia Bandido. London and New York: Proteus Books. {{ISBN|0-906071-66-6}}. p. 16.

Track listing

=Side one=

  1. "Woman On A One Night Stand" (Sonja Kristina, Norma Tager) – 5:06
  2. "Day Breaks My Heart" (Darryl Way, Tager) – 4:38
  3. "The Fool" (Way, Mick Jacques, Tager) – 4:27
  4. "Pipe of Dreams" (Jacques) – 3:58

=Side two=

  1. "Orange Street Blues" (Way, Tager) – 5:01
  2. "Dance of Love" (Jacques, Way, Tager) – 4:36
  3. "Midnight Wire" (Way, Tager) – 7:32

Personnel

;Curved Air

;Guest musicians

;Technical

  • Will Reid-Dick – engineer
  • Bob Searles, Liz Gilmore – sleeve design

"Thanks to Beric Wickens, Carolann Nicholls, Ian Copeland, Miles Copeland, Moray McMillin, Nick Blackburn"

References

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Category:Curved Air albums

Category:1975 albums