Live Magnetic Air
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Live Magnetic Air is a live album by Canadian rock band Max Webster
Max Webster
Max Webster was a Canadian rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s.-Career:The band was formed in 1973 in Toronto, Ontario and originally consisted of guitarist and vocalist Kim Mitchell, keyboardist Terry Watkinson, bassist Mike Tilka and drummer Paul Kersey. Mitchell and Pye Dubois would write the...

. The album was released in 1979 and has been certified gold
Gold
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 by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
Canadian Recording Industry Association
Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada...

.

Track listing

  1. "America's Veins" (Kim Mitchell
    Kim Mitchell
    Joseph Kim Mitchell is a Canadian guitarist. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to lead a solo career. He is currently a radio show host for CILQ-FM in Toronto....

    , Pye Dubois
    Pye Dubois
    Pye Dubois is a Canadian lyricist and poet. He has worked with a number of bands, including Rush and Max Webster, with whom he was considered an unofficial fifth non-performing member. Dubois would accompany the band in the studio and wrote lyrics for each of their albums. Dubois was given lyric...

    )
  2. "Paradise Skies" (Mitchell, Dubois)
  3. "In Context Of The Moon" (Mitchell, Dubois)
  4. "Night Flights" (Terry Watkinson
    Terry Watkinson
    Terry Watkinson, BSc, is an artist, painter, illustrator, and musician.After spending his youth in Thunder Bay,& Iroquois Falls Ontario, Watkinson attended the University of Toronto for two years in the field of architecture until he left to participate in the band Max Webster...

    , Dubois)
  5. "Lip Service" (Mitchell, Dubois)
  6. "Sarniatown Reggae" (Mitchell, Dubois)
  7. "Here Among The Cats" (Mitchell, Dubois)
  8. "Gravity" (Mitchell, Dubois)
  9. "Waterline" (Mitchell, Dubois)
  10. "Charmonium" (Watkinson)
  11. "Hangover" (Mitchell, Dubois)

Personnel

  • Kim Mitchell
    Kim Mitchell
    Joseph Kim Mitchell is a Canadian guitarist. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to lead a solo career. He is currently a radio show host for CILQ-FM in Toronto....

     - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s and vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Gary McCracken - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

     and percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

  • Dave Myles - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Terry Watkinson
    Terry Watkinson
    Terry Watkinson, BSc, is an artist, painter, illustrator, and musician.After spending his youth in Thunder Bay,& Iroquois Falls Ontario, Watkinson attended the University of Toronto for two years in the field of architecture until he left to participate in the band Max Webster...

     - keyboards
    Electronic keyboard
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     and vocals

  • This album was released in the United States on Capitol Records
    Capitol Records
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    , in the United Kingdom
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     a rare alternative to this release was made available as Max Webster had two prior releases in the UK and Capitol-EMI in the UK released "Magnetic Air", which allowed new fans to hear the live portion of the North American released of Live Magnetic Air as well as selections from the first two Max Webster releases Max Webster
    Max Webster
    Max Webster was a Canadian rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s.-Career:The band was formed in 1973 in Toronto, Ontario and originally consisted of guitarist and vocalist Kim Mitchell, keyboardist Terry Watkinson, bassist Mike Tilka and drummer Paul Kersey. Mitchell and Pye Dubois would write the...

     and High Class in Borrowed Shoes
    High Class in Borrowed Shoes
    High Class in Borrowed Shoes is the second album by Canadian rock band Max Webster. The album was released in 1977 and has been certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.-Track listing:...

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