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Live at Carnegie Hall (Renaissance album)

Live at Carnegie Hall is a 1976 live double album by the English progressive rock band Renaissance. It presented songs from all of the band's Annie Haslam-era studio albums thus far, including the forthcoming (at the time of the concerts[3]) Scheherazade and Other Stories.

Live at Carnegie Hall
Cover art by Fred Marcellino
Live album by
Renaissance
ReleasedJune 1976 (US)[1]
RecordedJune 20–22, 1975 with Record Plant Remote
VenueCarnegie Hall, New York City, New York
GenreProgressive rock
Length103:16
LabelBTM (UK)
Sire (North America)
RCA (Europe and Japan)
ProducerRenaissance
Renaissance chronology
Scheherazade and Other Stories
(1975) 		Live at Carnegie Hall
(1976) 		Novella
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Expanded 2019 edition edit

In 2019 Esoteric Recordings announced a re-mastered and 3 CD expanded edition of the album which was released on 31 May 2019.[4]

Track listing edit

All songs by Michael Dunford and Betty Thatcher, except where noted.[5]

Side A
  1. "Prologue" (Dunford[nb 1]) - 7:35
  2. "Ocean Gypsy" - 7:48
  3. "Can You Understand?" - 10:41
Side B
  2. "Carpet of the Sun" - 4:15
  3. "Running Hard" - 9:43
  4. "Mother Russia" - 10:48
Side C
  2. "Song of Scheherazade" - 28:50[nb 2]
    a. "Fanfare" (John Tout)
    b. "The Betrayal" (Jon Camp, Tout, Dunford)
    c. "The Sultan"
    d. "Love Theme" (Camp)
    e. "The Young Prince and Princess as told by Scheherazade"
    f. "Festival Preparations" (Camp, Tout, Dunford)
    g. "Fugue for the Sultan" (Tout)
    h. "The Festival"
    i. "Finale" (Camp, Tout, Dunford)
Side D
  2. "Ashes Are Burning" - 23:50

Expanded edition edit

CD 1 - 2019 re-mastered & expanded edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Prologue"Michael Dunford7:35
2."Ocean Gypsy"Dunford, Betty Thatcher7:55
3."Kiev" (Previously unreleased on CD - announced as "Snow Fell in Kiev")McCarty, Thatcher8:09
4."Can You Understand?"Dunford, Thatcher10:20
5."Carpet of the Sun"Dunford, Thatcher4:15
6."Running Hard"Dunford, Thatcher9:43
7."Mother Russia"Dunford, Thatcher10:48
CD 2 - 2019 re-mastered & expanded edition
No.TitleLength
1."Song of Scheherazade"
a. "Fanfare" (John Tout)
b. "The Betrayal" (Jon Camp, Tout, Dunford)
c. "The Sultan" (Dunford, Thatcher)
d. "Love Theme" (Camp)
e. "The Young Prince and Princess as told by Scheherazade" (Dunford, Thatcher)
f. "Festival Preparations" (Camp, Tout, Dunford)
g. "Fugue for the Sultan" (Tout)
h. "The Festival" (Dunford, Thatcher)
i. "Finale" (Camp, Tout, Dunford)"
28:50
2."Ashes Are Burning"23:50
CD 3 - 2019 re-mastered & expanded edition - BBC Radio One "In Concert" - 25 March 1976
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Prologue" (BBC Radio One "In Concert" - 25 March 1976)Michael Dunford8:02
2."Running Hard" (BBC Radio One "In Concert" - 25 March 1976)Dunford, Thatcher10:13
3."Ocean Gypsy" (BBC Radio One "In Concert" - 25 March 1976)Dunford, Betty Thatcher5:46
4."Mother Russia" (BBC Radio One "In Concert" - 25 March 1976)Dunford, Thatcher10:25
5."Song of Scheherazade"
a. "Fanfare" (John Tout)
b. "The Betrayal" (Jon Camp, Tout, Dunford)
c. "The Sultan" (Dunford, Thatcher)
d. "Love Theme" (Camp)
e. "The Young Prince and Princess as told by Scheherazade" (Dunford, Thatcher)
f. "Festival Preparations" (Camp, Tout, Dunford)
g. "Fugue for the Sultan" (Tout)
h. "The Festival" (Dunford, Thatcher)
i. "Finale" (Camp, Tout, Dunford)" (BBC Radio One "In Concert" - 25 March 1976)
 25:30

Personnel edit

Renaissance edit

  • Annie Haslam – lead and backing vocals
  • Michael Dunford – acoustic guitars, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • John Tout – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jon Camp – bass, lead vocals on "The Sultan" and "Kiev", backing vocals
  • Terence Sullivan – drums, backing vocals, percussion

Additional musicians edit

Production edit

  • Carmine Rubino - recording engineer
  • Dick Plant - mixing at De Lane Lea Studios, Wembley, UK
  • Barry Kidd - mixing assistant

Notes edit

  1. ^ The original LP and CD releases mistakenly credit this track to Dunford-Thatcher.
  2. ^ This album does not list the parts of the suite or their individual writers, but simply credits the track to Camp-Dunford-Thatcher-Tout.

References edit

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 684. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Live at Carnegie Hall - Renaissance | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  3. ^ According to Jon Camp's introductions to the Scheherazade songs
  4. ^ "Esoteric New Releases". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. ^ Live at Carnegie Hall (LP album notes). Renaissance. Sire Records. ASIN B0079Q1M50.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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