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Renaissance (Renaissance album)

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Released
  
1969

Length
  
39:24

Release date
  
1969

Label
  
Elektra Records

Recorded
  
1969

Artist
  
Producer
  
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Genres
  
Progressive rock, Symphonic rock

Similar
  
Renaissance albums, Progressive rock albums

Renaissance is the self-titled debut album by British progressive rock band Renaissance, released in 1969.

Contents

Renaissance prologue full album


Track listing

All tracks written by Keith Relf and Jim McCarty, with themes by John Hawken and Louis Cennamo, except where noted.

Renaissance

  • Jane Relf - vocals, percussion
  • Keith Relf - electric guitar, vocals, harmonica
  • John Hawken - piano, harpsichord
  • Louis Cennamo - electric bass guitar
  • Jim McCarty - drums, vocals
  • Production

  • Paul Samwell-Smith - producer
  • Andy Johns - engineer
  • "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-9114; 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 in the UK 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:

  • "Shining Where the Sun Has Been": pre-Renaissance demo (1968) recorded by Keith Relf and Jim McCarty under the name "Together."
  • "Prayer for Light" and "Walking Away": tracks recorded, post-Renaissance, by Relf and McCarty (written & sung by Jim) for the unreleased 1971 film Schizom.
  • "All the Fallen Angels": Demo, 1976. Keith's final recorded performance. Also released on the album Enchanted Caress (1979), under the name Illusion.
  • On 29 November 2010, Esoteric Recordings released a remastered and expanded edition (including both sides of the band’s first single).

    Songs

    1Kings & Queens10:57
    2Innocence7:07
    3Island5:59

    References

    Renaissance (Renaissance album) Wikipedia


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