Alive, 1990 is a recording from the Curved Air

Curved Air

Curved Air are a pioneering British progressive rock group formed in 1970 by musicians from mixed artistic backgrounds, including classic, folk, and electronic sound. The resulting sound of the band was a mixture of progressive rock, folk rock, and fusion with classical elements...

 reunion concert 23 September 1990. The lineup reunited Sonja Kristina, Francis Monkman

Francis Monkman

Francis Monkman is an English rock, classical and film score composer, and a founding member of the progressive rock band Curved Air.-Career:...

, Florian Pilkington-Miksa

Florian Pilkington-Miksa

Florian Pilkington-Miksa was the drummer in the original line-up of the British rock group Curved Air. He subsequently joined Kiki Dee's band. In 2008 he became a founding member of the most recent incarnation of Curved Air.-References:...

, and Darryl Way

Darryl Way

Darryl Way is a British rock and classical musician who was a founding member of Curved Air and co-writer of their only hit single, "Back Street Luv". He is best known as a violinist although he also played keyboards.He began his musical training at Dartington College of Arts, and later studied at...

, sixteen years after the last time all four of them played together.

Aside from the ambient introductory piece "Twenty Years On", all the material was taken from Curved Air's first three albums, with a particular emphasis on the debut album. Most of the running time is devoted to songs from the debut album.

The introductory track, "Twenty Years On", was taken from an audience recording on a mono cassette recorder, and hence is of exceptionally poor sound quality. Since the album was compiled chiefly for fans of the group, it was decided that it would be better to include a low quality recording of the intro than none at all.

Track listing

1. "Twenty Years on (Intro)" (Monkman, Way) – 4:11
2. "It Happened Today" (Kristina, Monkman) – 5:31
3. "Stretch" (Monkman, Way) – 4:29
4. "Hide and Seek" (Kristina, Way) – 6:52
5. "Marie Antoinette" (Kristina, Way) – 7:04
6. "Melinda (More or Less)" (Kristina) – 4:14
7. "Situations" (Martin, Way) – 5:43
8. "Young Mother" (Kristina, Way) – 7:06
9. "You Know" (Kristina, Way) – 3:45
10. "Propositions" (Monkman) – 5:15
11. "Vivaldi" (Way) – 9:59
12. "Everdance" (Monkman) – 4:15
13. "Backstreet Luv" (Eyre, Kristina, Way) – 4:26

Personnel

• Sonja Kristina – acoustic guitar on "Melinda", vocals
• Francis Monkman
  Francis Monkman
  Francis Monkman is an English rock, classical and film score composer, and a founding member of the progressive rock band Curved Air.-Career:...
  
   – bass, electric guitar, keyboards
• Florian Pilkington-Miksa
  Florian Pilkington-Miksa
  Florian Pilkington-Miksa was the drummer in the original line-up of the British rock group Curved Air. He subsequently joined Kiki Dee's band. In 2008 he became a founding member of the most recent incarnation of Curved Air.-References:...
  
   – percussion
• Darryl Way
  Darryl Way
  Darryl Way is a British rock and classical musician who was a founding member of Curved Air and co-writer of their only hit single, "Back Street Luv". He is best known as a violinist although he also played keyboards.He began his musical training at Dartington College of Arts, and later studied at...
  
  – keyboards, backing vocals on "Backstreet Luv", electric violin