Search - Steve Winwood :: Arc Of A Diver [2 CD]

Arc Of A Diver, originally released in December 1980, is the second solo album recorded by Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith). The album was performed entirely by Steve Winwood himself. Featuring Winwood's first solo hit, "While You See a Chance" (which peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States), this was Winwood's breakthrough album as a solo artist. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 album chart, establishing him in the USA as a commercially viable act.

The bonus disc features three extra tracks; Arc Of A Diver (4:14 - the edited US single version), Spanish Dancer (6:08 - radio edit 2010 version) and Night Train (6:30 - instrumental version from the UK 12 single which has never been released on CD before. This version has extra guitar and keyboards and is much longer).

It also features the BBC Radio 2 documentary - Arc Of A Diver, The Steve Winwood Story . Kate Thornton tells the story of a great songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and performer who s been a key figure in pop music for over forty years Steve Winwood. The program includes contributions from Muff Winwood, Van Morrison, Will Jennings, Jim Capaldi, Russ Titelman, Tom Lord Alge, Nile Rogers and Steve Winwood.

The re-issue also includes liner notes written by David Hepworth, the Editorial Director of various magazines including Q, Empire and Mojo as well as presenting the BBC s Whistle Test.