Curve – Fait Accompli
Town And Country
London, UK
3/27/92
Recently I got a handful of live Curve videos from Europe and this one was the best of the bunch. Curve was one of the few bands that despite all my best efforts, I was never able to catch a live show.
Download: Curve – Fait Accompli (Live Video)
Curve – The Colour Hurts
Venue
Oxford, UK
6/1/91
As you can probably tell for the picture above, the video of this concert was shot from the back of the room, and Curve used a lot of smoke during their show. A lot of smoke. So you can only see a rough approximation of a band through all of it, but the sound is still great.
Download: Curve – The Colour Hurts (Live Video)
Curve
Brixton Academy
London, UK
10/29/93
Curve are one of the very few bands that I really, really wanted to see live but never had the opportunity. On top of that, most live Curve recordings are really poor quality due to the volume of their concerts. This recording is one of the better ones I’ve heard.
Set List:
1. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
2. Crystal
3. Sandpit
4. Left Of Mother
5. Unreadable Communication
6. Superblaster
7. Turkey Crossing
8. Fait Accompli
9. Missing Link
10. Coast Is Clear
11. Cuckoo
Sample:
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Download: Curve – London, UK – 10/29/93 – 404 MB
This song was recorded for the March 30th, 1991 Peel Session on BBC Radio. It was later released on the official “Radio Sessions” on Anxious Records in 1993. Because it only came out on Anxious and never got an official US release, I didn’t pick this CD up until years after it’s release. I still think it’s a shame that they broke up last year, but they put out great music for over fifteen years.
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Download: Curve – The Colour Hurts (Peel Session)
Before Toni Halliday joined Dean Garcia to form Curve, she released a solo album called “Hearts And Handshakes.” The tracks were produced by her and Alan Moulder of NIN fame. The record is a pale comparison to Curve, but you can certainly hear hints of the greatness to come. The song “Time Turns Around” was the first single from the lp. I believe she released one more single from this release, plus a couple of other 7″/12″ releases that I’ve never been able to track down.
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Download: Toni Halliday – Time Turns Around
The first time I ever heard Curve was on MTV’s 120 Minutes when they played the “Coast Is Clear” video. The next day I went to the radio station I worked at and found the single in our pile of new cds that I hadn’t brought over to the studio yet. The Frozen EP was played on my radio show every week for at least the next two months until the Cherry EP finally came out. I never got to see them live, but this song is from their show in May of 1992 at the Toronto Opera House which would have been amazing to see.
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Download: Curve – Coast Is Clear (Live)
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