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  • Artist: Ian Gillan Band
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1977 04
  • Total Time: 40:45
  • Genre: Rock

Review

When Ian Gillan was recording his solo albums in the late 1970s and early '80s, Deep Purple's influence never went away. But Gillan did make an effort to try different things, and he was at his most experimental on Clear Air Turbulence. Enjoyable, if uneven, this album illustrates Gillan's willingness to take some chances. While the singer favors an aggressive hard rock groove on "Money Lender," the jazz fusion-influenced touches of "Over the Hill," "Goodhand Liza" and the title song could lead you to believe that you'd been listening to Weather Report and Return to Forever. Had Chick Corea formed an alliance with Deep Purple, perhaps it might sound something like "Over the Hill." Heavy metal and hard rock are in short supply on this album, which employs no less than five horn players and shows that Gillan didn't want to be a headbanger 100-percent of the time. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Clear Air Turbulence Ian Gillan Ian Gillan (7:34)
Five Moons Ian Gillan (7:32)
Money Lender Ian Gillan (5:38)
Over the Hill Ian Gillan Ian Gillan (7:19)
Goodhand Liza Ian Gillan (5:27)
Angel Manchenio Ian Gillan (7:18)

Credits

Ian Gillan (Harmonica), Ian Gillan (Vocals), Ian Gillan (Main Performer), Mark Nauseef (Percussion), Mark Nauseef (Drums), Ray Fenwick (Guitar), Ray Fenwick (Vocals), Colin Towns (Keyboards), Martin Frith (Saxophone), Malcolm Griffiths (Trombone), John Gustafson (Bass), John Gustafson (Vocals), Derek Healey (Trumpet), John Huckridge (Trumpet), Phil Kenzie (Saxophone)
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For the aerodynamic phenomenon, see Clear-air turbulence.
Clear Air Turbulence

art by Chris Foss
Studio album by Ian Gillan Band
Released April 1977
Recorded Kingsway Recorders, London, UK
Genre Jazz-Rock fusion
Length 38:38
Label Island Records
Producer Ian Gillan Band
Professional reviews
Ian Gillan Band chronology
Child In Time 1976 Clear Air Turbulence
(1977)		 Scarabus
(1977)
The Rockfield Mixes
Cover of the 1997 release on Angel Air Records

Clear Air Turbulence is an album by British jazz-rock fusion band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1977 with cover by Chris Foss[1]. The album was reissued in 1989 by Virgin Records on CD.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Clear Air Turbulence" (Ray Fenwick, Ian Gillan, John Gustafson, Mark Nauseef, Colin Towns)—7.35
  2. "Five Moons" (Fenwick, Gillan, Gustafson, Nauseef, Towns)—7.30
  3. "Money Lender" (Fenwick, Gillan, Gustafson, Nauseef, Towns)—5.38

Side 2

  1. "Over The Hill" (Fenwick, Gillan, Gustafson, Nauseef, Towns)—7.14
  2. "Goodhand Liza" (Fenwick, Gillan, Gustafson, Nauseef, Towns)—5.24
  3. "Angel Manchenio" (Fenwick, Gillan, Gustafson, Nauseef, Towns)—5.17

Personnel

The Rockfield Mixes

Ian Gillan became dissatisfied with the final mixes of the album and this delayed its eventual release. What eventually became the album Clear Air Turbulence was remixed at Kingsway before release, but the original mix had taken place at Rockfield Studios in Wales.[2]. In 1997 the original mix was released by Angel Air Records under the title The Rockfield Mixes. The Rockfield Mixes represents a "cleaner" (or at least earlier) version of the album. It also includes an extra track which didn't make it to the original release. The track list was altered as follows:

  1. "Over The Hill" (Fenwick, Gillan, Gustafson, Nauseef, Towns)—7.20
  2. "Clear Air Turbulence" (Fenwick, Gillan, Gustafson, Nauseef, Towns)—7.47
  3. "Five Moons" (Fenwick, Gillan, Gustafson, Nauseef, Towns)—7.34
  4. "Money Lender" (Fenwick, Gillan, Gustafson, Nauseef, Towns)—5.40
  5. "Angel Manchenio" (Fenwick, Gillan, Gustafson, Nauseef, Towns)—7.21
  6. "This Is The Way" (Fenwick, Gillan, Gustafson, Nauseef, Towns)—2.03
  7. "Goodhand Liza" (Fenwick, Gillan, Gustafson, Nauseef, Towns)—5.20
The 2004 release of the original mix

The Rockfield Mixes Plus

In 2004 a further variant of the album was released as The Rockfield Mixes Plus containing 4 previously unreleased tracks and an interview with Ray Fenwick. The extra tracks were:

  • "Apathy (Backing Track)"— 4:14
  • "Over the Hill (Live)"—9:50
  • "Smoke on the Water (Live)"—7:38
  • "Mercury High (Backing Track)"—3:33

References

  1. ^ "Mercury High, The Story Of Ian Gillan". http://www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk/titlev4.php?ALBUM_ID=462&LABEL_ID=7. Retrieved on 2007-07-26. 
  2. ^ "No Life Til Metal - CD Gallery - Ian Gillan Band". http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/gillanband.htm. Retrieved on 2007-07-26. 
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