Renaissance
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Renaissance
- Artist: Renaissance
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- Release Date: 1969
- Total Time: 39:24
- Genre: Rock
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The original group's debut album was a then-groundbreaking meld of progressive rock with classical and jazz influences. The album is a little clunky by today's standards, and far druggier than the later group in its ambience (cofounders Keith Relf and Jim McCarty were the heavily psychedelic half of the final lineup of the Yardbirds, which made them anathema to Jimmy Page), but vocalist Jane Relf had a striking individual style, and the classical influence was unique for its time. [The 2002 Collector's Choice reissue cuts "Sea" and the second version of "Island" from the track listing.] ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi| Renaissance (1968 Album by Vanilla Fudge) | |
| Renaissance (2008 Album by Testing for Echo) |
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| Studio album by Renaissance | ||||||||||||||||
| Released | 1969 | |||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1969 at Olympic Sound Studios, London | |||||||||||||||
| Genre | Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock | |||||||||||||||
| Length | 39:24 | |||||||||||||||
| Label | Island | |||||||||||||||
| Producer | Paul Samwell-Smith | |||||||||||||||
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Renaissance was the self-titled debut album by progressive rock band Renaissance.
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Kings and Queens" | Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo | 10:56 |
| 2. | "Innocence" | Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo | 7:07 |
| 3. | "Island" | Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo[2] | 5:58 |
| 4. | "Wanderer" | Hawken-McCarty | 4:02 |
| 5. | "Bullet" | Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo | 11:21 |
Personnel
- Keith Relf - vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Jim McCarty - percussion, vocals
- John Hawken - piano, harpsichord
- Louis Cennamo - bass
- Jane Relf - vocals, percussion
"Island" single
The single version of "Island" (a different recording from the album version, with faster tempo, more overdubbed backing vocals, and no classical themes at the end) was backed with a non-LP B-side, "The Sea." Some CD editions of the album include both of these tracks.
Releases
Renaissance was initially released in the UK in 1969 by Island records as catalogue ILPS 9112; it was also released in America on Elektra and by Island in Germany) as 87 609 ET.
In 1998 Renaissance was reissued by Mooncrest Records (U.K.) as Innocence. This reissue included six bonus tracks, but the packaging included no explanation of what they were. Besides "Island" (single version) and "The Sea" (see above), there were the following:[3][4][5]
- "Shining Where The Sun Has Been": Pre-Renaissance demo (1968) recorded by Keith & Jim under the name "Together."
- "Prayer For Light" & "Walking Away": Tracks recorded, post-Renaissance, by Keith & Jim (written & sung by Jim) for the unreleased 1971 film Schizom.
- "All The Fallen Angels": Demo, 1976. Keith's final recorded performance.
On 29 November 10, Esoteric Recordings releases a remastered and expanded edition (including both sides of the band’s first single) [6]
References
- ^ Eder, Bruce (2011 [last update]). "Renaissance - Renaissance | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/renaissance-r1888607. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ This track borrows heavily from Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata
- ^ Renaissance Discography
- ^ The History Of Renaissance<
- ^ Keith Relf - Music Sage
- ^ http://www.cherryred.co.uk/esoteric/artists/renaissance.php Esoteric Recordings
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