Song of Scheherazade: Fanfare/The Betrayal/The Sultan/Love...
Ashes Are Burning
Renaissance Recorded at Nottingham University on January 24th 1976 While on a Ten Date British University Tour. Originally Recorded for a Live Radio Broadcast, the Set Has Over 78 Minutes of Music and Includes Live Favouri... more »tes 'running Hard' and 'ocean Gypsy' as Well as the Nine Part, 25-minute Epic 'song of Scheherazade' and the Encore 'ashes Are Burning'. This Previously Un-released Set is Mastered from the Original Record Tapes. A 12-page Booklet Includes Sleeve Notes from Lead Singer Annie Haslam.« less
Renaissance Recorded at Nottingham University on January 24th 1976 While on a Ten Date British University Tour. Originally Recorded for a Live Radio Broadcast, the Set Has Over 78 Minutes of Music and Includes Live Favourites 'running Hard' and 'ocean Gypsy' as Well as the Nine Part, 25-minute Epic 'song of Scheherazade' and the Encore 'ashes Are Burning'. This Previously Un-released Set is Mastered from the Original Record Tapes. A 12-page Booklet Includes Sleeve Notes from Lead Singer Annie Haslam.
CD Reviews
A more intimate setting here
Billy O | Reno, Nevada | 12/20/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Unlike Renaissance's live performances at Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall, "British Tour '76" has an intimate nightclub atmosphere. The chat in between songs just sounds closer in, giving you, the listener, the sense you're sitting, drink in hand, at a small table 10 feet away. Nothing wrong with that. That's what I love about this CD; it offers yet another layer of a band that, as always, is on top of its game onstage, both in quality of musicianship and the sheer wonder of Annie Haslam's voice.
I'm not one to compare, but I would argue that the "British Tour '76" rendition of "Scheherazade" is better than the Royal Albert Hall effort (which was not the band's fault but the orchestra's) and here they pull it off wonderfully.
"Ashes Are Burning," the Renaissance signature song, is a bit shorter here than Carnegie and Royal Albert Hall as, disappointingly, Jon Camp foregoes his bass solo. But that's OK, too; it lends a uniqueness to the occasion as Camp's very different efforts on the other two live CDs show.
If you're as much an aficionado of Renaissance live performances as I am, this CD is for you.
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Renaissance British Tour '76 CD
Elizabeth Kishlansky | 05/10/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a live concert recording of the premier Progressive Rock Band at it's peak. Since virtually all Progressive Rock bands are eventually compared to Renaissance and certainly all female Progressive vocalists are measured using Annie Haslam's voice as the standard, this CD should be in every Prog Rock lover's collection. Suberb."
Get this CD!
Jeff Maniatis | 01/10/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This band is at their best live. This recording is no exception!"
Great sound quality!
Paul K. Smith | Austin, TX United States | 12/05/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This CD presents excellent live performances with much better sound quality than the King Biscuit/Royal Albert Hall concerts, which are marred by an annoying buzzing sound."
Finally!
Quevic Springs | USA | 11/11/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Quite simply, any serious Renaissance fan needs to have this cd. It gives a true representation of the band during the pinnacle of their career, and, for the most part, is flawless. The sound is very good, considering the age of the performance, and every instrument can easily be heard at most any time in every song. Anyone who never had the good fortune to see the band live may lament the fact that "lots of parts are missing", which, of course, they are...most of the band's songs were originally recorded either with an orchestra, or several keyboard overdubs, and this cd is just the 5 members, giving all they've got. My personal favorite here is Can You Understand, which the only previous live version was (as far as I know), on their Carnegie Hall album with an orchestra. What makes this version more precious to me is the middle section where Annie does the orchestral part vocally, something which always thrilled me back in the 70's at the several shows I attended, and which I haven't heard since those performances. The only downside, if indeed there is one, is that occasionally the volume wavers a bit up and down, but overall this is a collector's item, & well worth buying."
Track Listings (6) - Disc #1