From: jtl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Joe Lynn)
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Subject: Renaissance discography
Date: 14 Aug 92 20:15:39 GMT
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I hope this helps clear up any mysteries about what's on CD from
Renaissance..

Joe Lynn


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			Renaissance US Discography
			--------------------------
			   compiled by Joe Lynn
			      (c)1982-1992

	               last revision: 29 June 1992


Unless otherwise noted, all catalog numbers are of US releases.  Thanks to
all who have contributed information, with a special acknowledgement to
David Samuel Barr, whose liner notes from the _1001 Nights_ CDs are 
referenced.  Corrections and updates are welcome.

Please send comments (e-mail) to:	jtl@sbcoc.com
        			 

Year	Band Lineup  (*denotes 'guest appearance')
----	------------------------------------------

1969	Keith Relf - vocals, guitars, harmonica
	Jim McCarty - drums, percussion, vocals
	John Hawken - piano, harpsichord
	Louis Cennamo - bass guitar
	Jane Relf - vocals, percussion

	released:	

		_Renaissance_ (1969) Elektra EKS-74068
			produced by Paul Samwell-Smith
			CD reissue: Line LICD 9.00421 (W Germany-1987)
				Kings & Queens;  Innocence;
				Island;  Wanderer;  Bullet


1971	Keith Relf - vocals, guitars, harmonica
	Jim McCarty - drums, percussion, vocals
	John Hawken - piano, harpsichord
	Louis Cennamo - bass guitar
	Jane Relf - vocals, percussion
	*Don Shin - electric piano

	+(alternate lineup:)
	Neil Korner - bass guitar
	Michael Dunford - guitar
	T. Slade - drums
	T. Crowe - vocals
	
	+This lineup performed one track ("Mr. Pine") on the LP below;
		the remaining tracks were by the original members.
		This recording also marks the first appearance of
		lyricist Betty Thatcher.

	released:

		_Illusion_ (1971) Island (UK) HELP 27
			produced by Paul Samwell-Smith
			CD reissue: Line LICD 9.00425 (W Germany-1987)
				Love Goes On;  Golden Thread;
				Love Is All;  Mr. Pine;  Face of
				Yesterday;  Past Orbits of Dust


	At this point, the original lineup departed.  McCarty, Relf,
		and Cennamo went on to form the band _Armageddon_.
		McCarty, however, continued contributing songs to
		the 'new' Renaissance until 1974.  After 
		Keith Relf's death in 1976, the original
		Renaissance reformed as _Illusion_, whose work
		is discussed at the end of the discography.



1972	John Tout - keyboards, vocals
	Annie Haslam - lead vocals, percussion
	Rob Hendry - guitars, mandolin, chimes, vocals
	Jon Camp - bass, vocals
	Terence Sullivan - drums, percussion
	*Francis Monkman - VCS 3
	
	released:	

		_Prologue_ (1972) Sovreign/Capitol ST-11116
			produced by Miles Copland and Renaissance,
			arranged by Michael Dunford
				Prologue;   Kiev;  Sounds of the Sea;
				Spare Some Love;  Bound For Infinity;
				Rajah Khan

 	Michael Dunford was briefly a member of the band until he
		decided to quit and concentrate on his songwriting;
		his replacement, Mick Parsons, was killed in an 
		accident right before _Prologue_ was recorded.
		Rob Hendry was Parsons' last-minute replacement.


1973	John Tout - keyboards, vocals
	Annie Haslam - lead vocals, percussion
	Jon Camp - bass, vocals
	Terence Sullivan - drums, percussion
	*Michael Dunford - acoustic guitar
	*Andy Powell - guitar

	Despite his work with the band since Renaissance Mk. I, Michael 
		Dunford was not a "regular" band member until 1974.

	released:	

		_Ashes Are Burning_ (1973) Sovreign/Capitol ST-11216
			produced by Dick Plant and Renaissance
			CD reissue: Capitol/Toshiba-EMI TOCP-6800 (Japan-1991)
				Can You Understand;  Let It Grow;
				On The Frontier;  Carpet of the Sun;
				At The Harbour;  Ashes Are Burning


1974 -	John Tout - keyboards, vocals
 1979	Annie Haslam - lead vocals, percussion
	Jon Camp - bass, vocals
	Terence Sullivan - drums, percussion
	Michael Dunford - acoustic guitar

	released:	

		_A Turn of the Cards_ (1974) Sire/Famous SAS-7502
			produced by Dick Plant, Renaissance, 
				and Richard Gottehrer
			LP reissue: Sire/ABC SAS-7502 (1976)
			LP reissue: Sire/Warner Bros. SR 6015 (1977)
				Running Hard;  I Think of You;
				Things I Don't Understand;  Black
				Flame;  Cold Is Being;  Mother Russia
		
		_Scheherazade and Other Stories_ (1975) Sire/Famous SASD-7510
			produced by Renaissance
			LP reissue: Sire/ABC SASD-7510 (1976)
			LP reissue: Sire/Warner Bros. SR 6017 (1977)
			LP reissue: MFSL 1-099 (1/2-speed master) (1978)
				Trip To The Fair;  The Vultures
				Fly High;  Ocean Gypsy;  Song of
				Scheherazade

		_Live at Carnegie Hall_ (1976) Sire/ABC SASY-3902-2
			produced by Renaissance
			LP reissue: Sire/Warner Bros. 2XS 6029 (1977)
				Prologue;  Ocean Gypsy;  Can You
				Understand;  Carpet of the Sun;
				Running Hard;  Mother Russia;  Song of
				Scheherazade;  Ashes Are Burning
				
		_Novella_ (1977) Sire/ABC SA-7526
			produced by Renaissance
			LP reissue: Sire/Warner Bros. SR 6024 (1977)
			CD reissue: Sire/Warner-Pioneer WPCP-4218 (Japan-1991)
				(Warner reissues have different covers from 
					original ABC release)
				Can You Hear Me?;  The Sisters;  Midas
				Man;  The Captive Heart;  Touching Once
				(Is So Hard To Keep)

		_A Song For All Seasons_ (1978) 
			Sire/Warner Bros. SRK 6049
			produced by David Hentschel
			CD reissue: Sire/Warner-Pioneer WPCP-4219 (Japan-1991)
				Opening Out;  Day of the Dreamer;
				Closer Than Yesterday;  Kindness (At the
				End);  Back Home Once Again;  She Is 
				Love;  Northern Lights;  A Song For
				All Seasons

		_Azure d'or_ (1979) Sire/Warner Bros. SRK 6068
			produced by David Hentschel
			CD/LP reissue: Thunderbolt TB 045 (UK-1988)
			CD reissue: Sire/Warner-Pioneer WPCP-4220 (Japan-1991)
				Jekyll and Hyde;  The Winter Tree;
				Only Angels Have Wings;  Golden Key;
				Forever Changing;  Secret Mission;
				Kalynda (a magical isle);  
				The Discovery;  Friends;  The Flood
				at Lyons


1981	Annie Haslam - lead vocals
	Jon Camp - bass & electric guitars, vocals
	Michael Dunford - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
	Peter Gosling - keyboards, vocals
	Peter Barron - drums, percussion, vocals

	released:	

		_Camera Camera_ (1981) IRS/A&M 70019
			produced by Renaissance
			CD reissue: Line LICD 9.00042 (W Germany-1988)
				Camera Camera;  Faeries (Living at
				the Bottom of the Garden);  Remember;
				Bonjour Swansong;  Tyrant-tula;  
				Okichi-san;  Jigsaw;  Running Away 
				From You;  Ukraine Ways
				
	The original UK pressing of the LP (Illegal ILP 008) does not contain
		the track "Bonjour Swansong."
		
	Gosling and Barron were replaced by Mike Taylor and Gavin
		Harrison, respectively, for the band's 1982 US Tour.


1983	Annie Haslam - lead vocals
	Jon Camp - bass & electric guitars, vocals
	Michael Dunford - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
	*Peter Gosling - keyboards
	*Nick Magnus - keyboards
	*Eddie Hardin - keyboards
	*Peter Mosely - drums
	*Ian Mosely - drums
	*Bimbu Ackock - saxophone
	*Dave Thomson - trumpet

	released:

		_Time Line_ (1983) IRS/A&M 70033
			produced by Renaissance
				Flight;  Missing Persons;  Chagrin
				Boulevard;  Richard the IX;  The
				Entertainer;  Electric Avenue;
				Majik;  Distant Horizons;  Orient
				Express;  Auto-tech


1985-	Annie Haslam - lead vocals
 1987	Michael Dunford - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
	Raphael Rudd - keyboards, harp
	Mark Lampariello - guitar, bass

	no recordings released

	This band lineup toured the UK and USA during 1985 and 1986;
		a couple of UK appearances took place at the Royal
		Festival Hall in London.  The final Renaissance
		performance was held at the Club Bene in Sayreville, NJ
		on June 6, 1987.



Compilations:


1978	_In The Beginning_  Capitol SWBC-11871
		2-LP combination of _Prologue_ and _Ashes Are Burning_
			CD reissue: Capitol CDP 7 48451 2 (1988)
				(edited version of 2-LP set)


1980	_Rock Galaxy_  RCA (UK) 25282
		2-LP combination of _A Turn of the Cards_ and _Scheherazade_


1990	_Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume I_  Sire/Warner Bros. 26129-2
		Compilation of recordings made during 1974-1976
		(CD and cassette only):
			Prologue (Live);  Can You Understand (Live);
			Carpet of the Sun (Live);  Running Hard;  
			I Think of You;  Black Flame;  Mother Russia;
			Ocean Gypsy;  A Trip to the Fair;  The Vultures
			Fly High;  The Young Prince and Princess (as 
			told by Scheherazade)

	_Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume II_  Sire/Warner Bros. 26143-2
		Compilation of recordings made during 1976-1979 
		(CD and cassette only):
			Can You Hear Me?;  Touching Once (Is So Hard to
			Keep);  Midas Man;  Northern Lights;  A Song
			For All Seasons;  Jekyll and Hyde;  The Winter
			Tree;  Ashes Are Burning (Live)


1992	_Moments of Truth_  {bootleg; label unknown} LLR-154
		Live recording of performances during the _Turn of the
			Cards_ tour, 1975
		(CD only):
			{track listing unknown}



Singles:

1973	"Carpet of the Sun/{?}" Sovreign/Capitol {?}

1974	"Mother Russia/{?}"  Sire/Famous {?}

1977	"Back Home Once Again (from the Tyne Tees T.V. Series THE PAPER LADS)"/
		"The Captive Heart"  Warner Bros. (UK) K 17012

1978	"Northern Lights/Opening Out"  Sire/Warner Bros. SRE 1041
		(also released as a picture disc: SRE 1022)
		(promo issue: "Northern Lights/Northern Lights")

1979	"Jekyll and Hyde"/"{?}"  Sire/Warner Bros. {?}

1979	(Haslam and Dunford recorded a couple of singles for Polydor UK
		under the name "Nevada")

1981	"Faeries (Living at the Bottom of The Garden)/Remember"
		Illegal (UK) ICS 0025




Radio Shows:

1977	"Nightbird & Co.: Cosmic Connections (U.S. Army Reserve radio) 4/10/77"
		(1 side of double LP which also includes George Benson,
		Jean-Luc Ponty, and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. 
		Program #309, 310, 311 & 312)
		features interviews and songs from _Novella_

1977	BBC live recording
		features performances from the _Novella_ tour

1979	"BBC Rock Hour:  Renaissance Live"
		features a performance from the _A Song For All Seasons_ tour



Videos:

1983	Bootleg video with three promotional clips from _Azure d'or_;  
	a 1-hour concert performance at Park West/Chicago from USA Cable 
	Network's "Hot Spots" program (1983),  and two videos from
	Renaissance Mk. I.  Entire video was culled from USA programming.

	A new version of this video has appeared with highlights of a
	1986 performance in place of the Renaissance Mk. I material.

		

Annie Haslam:

1977	_Annie In Wonderland_  Sire/Warner Bros. SRK 6046
		produced by Roy Wood
		with appearance by Jon Camp
		CD reissue: Sire/Warner-Pioneer WPCP-4221 (Japan-1991)	
			Introlise;  If I Were Made of Music;  I Never
			Believed In Love;  If I Loved You;  Hunioco;
			Rockalise;  Nature Boy;  Inside My Life;
			Going Home


1977	_The InterGalactic Touring Band_ [various artists] Passport/Jem PB 9823
		produced by Stephan Galfas and Marty Scott
		multi-artist studio effort written by Danny Beckerman
		and Wil Malone.  The band consisted of: David Sconce, guitar;
		Brian Cuomo, keyboards;  Peter Sobel, Bass;  Larry Fast,
		synthesizers;  Paul Marchetti, percussion.  Other artists
		who appear include: Rod Argent;  Arthur Brown;  Clarence 
		Clemons;  Annie Haslam;  Ben E. King;  Meatloaf;  Anthony 
		Phillips.  Annie sings lead vocals.


1979 	_On The Road Again_ [Roy Wood] Warner Bros. BSK 3247
		produced by Roy Wood
		Annie sings backing vocals on "Dancin' At The Rainbow's End"
		and "Way Beyond The Rain"


1984	_Still Life_  Spartan (UK) {?}
		with Louis Clark
		

1989	_Annie Haslam_  Epic FE 45223
		produced by Larry Fast
		with appearances by Justin Hayward and Mel Collins
			Moonlight Shadow;  The Angels Cry;  When A Heart
			Finds Another;  Let It Be Me;  She's The Light;	
			Celestine;  Further From Fantasy;  Wishin' On 
			A Star;  Wildest Dreams;  One More Arrow;
			One Love



Illusion:

1977	John Hawken - Keyboards
	Louis Cennamo - Bass
	Jane Relf - Vocals
	Jim McCarty - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion
	John Knightsbridge - Guitars
	Eddie McNeil - Percussion, Drums

	released:	

		_Out Of The Mist_ (1977) Island ILPS 9489
			produced by Doug Bogie/Illusion
				Isadora; Roads To Freedom;
				Beautiful Country;  Solo Flight;
				Everywhere You Go;  Face of 
				Yesterday;  Candles Are Burning


		_Illusion_ (1978) Island ILPS 9519


Compilations/reissues:

		_Moonstone_ (Mid-1908s) Brisk Productions/New World {?}
			tracks recorded by Jim McCarty, Louis 
			Cennamo, and Jane Relf, as the band "Stairway."
			CD and cassette only.


		_Enchanted Caress_ (1990) Brisk Productions/Promised Land 92152
			unreleased tracks from Renaissance Mk. I,
			recorded just before the formation of 
			Armageddon.  CD and cassette only.
				(featured tracks:) Nights in Paris;
				Walking Space;  All The Fallen Angels



		  (end of Renaissance discography)
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