Renaissance - Scheherazade (1975) DE Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Renaissance - Scheherazade And Other Stories
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: RCA/PL 70283 | Released: 1975 | Genre: Symphonic-Rock
A1 Trip To The Fair
A2 The Vultures Fly High
A3 Ocean Gypsy
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Song Of Scheherazade
B1 Fanfare
B2 The Betrayal
B3 The Sultan
B4 Love Theme
B5 The Young Prince And The Princess As Told By Scheherazade
B6 Festival Preparations
B7 Fugue For The Sultan
B8 The Festival
B9 Finale
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Michael Dunford
Arranged By – Renaissance (4)
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Tony Cox
Bass, Vocals – John Camp*
Design [Cover] – Hipgnosis (2)
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Terence Sullivan*
Engineer – John Kurlander
Engineer [Assistant] – Patrick Stapley*
Illustration – Colin Elgie
Keyboards, Vocals – John Tout
Lead Vocals – Annie Haslam, John Camp* (tracks: B3)
Music By – Betty Thatcher, Tout* (tracks: A1, B1, B2, B6, B7, B9), Camp* (tracks: B2, B4, B6, B9), Michael Dunford
Photography By – Hipgnosis (2)
Producer – David Hitchcock, Renaissance (4)
Notes
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Recorded during May 1975.
"Our special thanks to Chas, Terry, John, Nicky and Mal for keeping the show on the road. Thanks to Neil Watson and the members of the LSO."
Copies came with inner sleeve with lyrics on side and the band's image on the flip.
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: RCA/PL 70283 | Released: 1975 | Genre: Symphonic-Rock
A1 Trip To The Fair
A2 The Vultures Fly High
A3 Ocean Gypsy
-
Song Of Scheherazade
B1 Fanfare
B2 The Betrayal
B3 The Sultan
B4 Love Theme
B5 The Young Prince And The Princess As Told By Scheherazade
B6 Festival Preparations
B7 Fugue For The Sultan
B8 The Festival
B9 Finale
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Michael Dunford
Arranged By – Renaissance (4)
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Tony Cox
Bass, Vocals – John Camp*
Design [Cover] – Hipgnosis (2)
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Terence Sullivan*
Engineer – John Kurlander
Engineer [Assistant] – Patrick Stapley*
Illustration – Colin Elgie
Keyboards, Vocals – John Tout
Lead Vocals – Annie Haslam, John Camp* (tracks: B3)
Music By – Betty Thatcher, Tout* (tracks: A1, B1, B2, B6, B7, B9), Camp* (tracks: B2, B4, B6, B9), Michael Dunford
Photography By – Hipgnosis (2)
Producer – David Hitchcock, Renaissance (4)
Notes
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Recorded during May 1975.
"Our special thanks to Chas, Terry, John, Nicky and Mal for keeping the show on the road. Thanks to Neil Watson and the members of the LSO."
Copies came with inner sleeve with lyrics on side and the band's image on the flip.
Renaissance - Scheherazade (1975) DE Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Renaissance - Scheherazade (1975) DE Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Renaissance - Scheherazade (1975) DE Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
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MASTER ALBUM… The baroque style at its best! Classical arrangements in the RENAISSANCE work is really interesting.
The band style is quite made for that! "Song of Scheherazade" song (around 20 minutes) is probably the best prog classical song never recorded! Here, the classical orchestration doesn't act in the background, as it is often the case: it really participates and it is the principal agent of this perfect song. Annie Haslam's voice is perfect for this romantic theme. Her voice is high class in a high class ensemble. The piano parts are absolutely unbelievable: you hear that and really stargaze!! It is the same case for wind instruments bits. Everything is accompanied with tender percussion (xylophones and smnall bells i think)which give a magical touch to the whole. The eponym song is rythm changing and extremely prog classical. The other side of the album is made of excellent songs having more the Renaissance traditional style. Here again, the piano, keyboards, percussions, female lead voice, guitars and bass are really well played and clearly justify the romantic style of the album. The song "Trip To The Fair" gives you the feeling that you are a kid riding a horse on an enchanted merry-go-round!! "Ocean Gypsy" has some orchestral arrangements but the band took more the main place: it gives a really impressive prog song with a piano and arrangements very well played. The melody is always present!!
EXTREMELY RECOMMENDED!!
Review by greenback, progarchives.com
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