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Renaissance are an English progressive rock band, most notable for their 1978 UK top 10 hit "Northern Lights" and progressive rock classics like "Carpet of the Sun", "Mother Russia" and "Ashes Are Burning".


Contents

Discography

Albums

Year Title Chart-Positions Comments
UK<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">Template:Cite book</ref> US
1969 Renaissance 60 -
1971 Illusion - - 1976 (UK)
1972 Prologue - -
1973 Ashes Are Burning - 171
1974 Turn of the Cards - 94 1975 (UK)
1975 Scheherazade and Other Stories - 48
1976 Live at Carnegie Hall - 55
1977 Novella - 46 1977 (January in US, August in UK, as the band moved to the Warner Bros Music Group)
1978 A Song for All Seasons 35 58 UK:Silver
1979 Azure d'Or 73 125
1981 Camera Camera - 196
1983 Time-Line - 207
2001 Tuscany - -
2002 In the Land of the Rising Sun: Live in Japan 2001 - -
2010 The Mystic And The Muse - - Three-track EP of new songs

Compilations & archival releases

  • In the Beginning (compilation double-album of Prologue and Ashes are Burning), 1978
  • Tales of 1001 Nights (compilation in two volumes), 1990
  • Da Capo (Repertoire Germany compilation), 1995 [2 CDs] [Limited Edition in tall digipak with a much more concise, detailed booklet]
  • Live at the Royal Albert Hall : King Biscuit Flower Hour, 1997 (live performance recorded 1977; two volumes)
  • Songs from Renaissance Days, 1997 (compilation of out-takes, including one B-side and two Haslam solo tracks, 1979–88)
  • The BBC Sessions 1975–1978, 1999 [2 CDs]
  • Day Of The Dreamer, 2000 (live performance recorded 1978)
  • Unplugged Live at the Academy of Music, 2000 (live performance recorded 1985)
  • Live + Direct, 2002 (edited 1970 live recording plus demos/misc from 1968–76)
  • Dreams & Omens, 2008 (live performance recorded 1978)
  • Live in Chicago, 2010 (live performance recorded 1983)

Singles

UK

  • "Island" b/w "The Sea", 1969
  • "Back Home Once Again" b/w "The Captive Heart", 1977
  • "Northern Lights" b/w "Opening Out", 1978 - UK #10<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
  • "The Winter Tree" b/w "Island of Avalon", 1979
  • "Jekyll and Hyde" b/w "Forever Changing", 1979
  • "Faeries (Living at the Bottom of the Garden)" b/w "Remember", 1981
  • "Bonjour Swansong" b/w "Ukraine Ways", 1981
  • "Richard the IX" b/w "Flight", 1983

US

  • "Prologue" b/w "Spare Some Love", 1972
  • "Carpet of the Sun" b/w "Bound For Infinity", 1973
  • "Mother Russia" (3'07 edit) b/w "I Think of You", 1974
  • "Carpet of the Sun" (live) b/w "Kiev" (live), 1976
  • "Midas Man" b/w "The Captive Heart", 1977
  • "Northern Lights" b/w "Opening Out", 1978
  • "Jekyll and Hyde" b/w "Forever Changing", 1979
  • "Bonjour Swansong" b/w "Remember", 1981

Japan only

  • "Spare Some Love" b/w "Prologue", 1972

West Germany only

  • "Faeries (Living at the Bottom of the Garden)" b/w "Bonjour Swansong"

Michael Dunford's Renaissance

These albums were essentially collaborations between Dunford and singer Stephanie Adlington.

  • The Other Woman, 1994 (originally issued as by "Renaissance")
  • Ocean Gypsy, 1997 (mostly new versions of past Renaissance songs)
  • Trip To The Fair, 1998 (compilation of tracks from the previous two releases)

Annie Haslam's Renaissance

This album was essentially an Annie Haslam solo release (one of several).

  • Blessing in Disguise, 1994

Renaissant

This album was essentially a Terry Sullivan solo release, with lyrics by Betty Thatcher-Newsinger and keyboards by John Tout. Terry's wife Christine did most of the vocals, with Terry himself taking lead on two songs.

  • South of Winter, 2005

Major television appearances

  • Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

Multi-artist television program with Renaissance performing "Can You Understand" and "Black Flame." Syndicated (USA), 1974. 11 minutes, original running time unknown.

  • The Midnight Special

Multi-artist television program with Renaissance performing "Carpet of the Sun" and "Midas Man." NBC (USA), 1976. 5 minutes, original running time unknown.

  • Sight and Sound in Concert

First in a series of programs consisting of artists performing live, with the performance broadcast simultaneously on TV and FM radio, hosted by DJ Alan Black. Songs performed were: "Carpet of the Sun", "Mother Russia", "Can You Hear Me", "Ocean Gypsy", "Running Hard", "Touching Once" and "Prologue". Originally broadcast on 8 January 1977. BBC (UK), 1977. Approximately 50–55 minutes.

  • The Mike Douglas Show

Television talk show features Renaissance performing "Northern Lights" on 4 May 1978.

  • MTV Interview

Interview by J.J. Jackson with Annie Haslam and Jon Camp. MTV (USA), April, 1983. 10 minutes.

Illusion

Shortly prior to his death, Keith Relf wanted to try to reform the original Renaissance. Since the name Renaissance was now firmly in the hands of the Haslam lineup, he chose the tentative band name "Now". Jim McCarty was not involved at this point.<ref>Liner notes from Live + Direct.</ref> After Relf's death, all of the surviving four formed a new band (along with two new musicians) and named it Illusion after Renaissance's second album. Illusion released two albums for Island Records before splitting, while a third made up of unreleased demos appeared years later. The original four reformed again for the production of Through the Fire which was released under the bandname of Renaissance Illusion. (There are two second albums entitled Illusion: the second album of the original Renaissance (1971); and the eponymous second album of their reunion band, Illusion (1978).)

  • Out Of The Mist, 1977
  • Illusion, 1978
  • Enchanted Caress: Previously Unreleased Material, 1990
  • Illusion: The Island Years, 2003

Renaissance Illusion

  • Through The Fire, 2001

Covers of Renaissance songs

This list does not include Renaissance songs performed by individual former members of the band.





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