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RENAISSANCE
OPENING OUT - THE ALBUMS 1977-1979 (3CD CLAMSHELL BOX)
Compact Disc - 3 CD Box Set

Item no. :PECLEC32914 Barcode :5013929491441 Artist :RENAISSANCE Product type :Compact Disc - 3 CD Box Set Label :ESOTERIC Release Date :08 August 2025
 
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Featuring highly gifted vocalist Annie Haslam, Michael Dunford (acoustic guitars), John Tout (keyboards, vocals), Jon Camp (bass, vocals) and Terry Sullivan (drums, percussion), ‘Novella’ was issued in 1977 and was the band’s first album to be released on the Warner Bros. label in the UK. Featuring featured the epic ‘Can You Hear Me?’ along with the classic tracks ‘Midas Man’, ‘Touching Once (Is So Hard to Keep)’ and ‘The Sisters’, the album was a top 50 hit album in the USA and assisted in growing the band’s following in Britain.

‘A Song for All Seasons’ was issued in March 1978, the album featured the song ‘Northern Lights’, a Top Ten hit single in the UK and Europe. The album was also a successful hit in the UK and Japan. The band worked with producer David Hentschel, (who had also produced albums for Genesis) and the material recorded was some of the most carefully crafted work of the band’s career. Flying in the face of the prevailing musical fashions of the time, ‘A Song for All Seasons’ would be the band’s most successful album in Europe and is one of their best-loved works.

‘Azure D’Or’ would be the final Renaissance album to feature their so-called ‘classic’ line-up. Once again the band worked with producer David Hentschel and the record featured excellent material such as ‘Jekyll & Hyde’, ‘Kalynda’ and ‘The Flood at Lyons’.

‘Opening Out - The Albums 1977-1979’ is a wonderful collection of timeless music.

DISC ONE:
Novella
1. Can You Hear Me?
2. The Sisters
3. Midas Man
4. The Captive Heart
5. Touching Once (Is So Hard to Keep)

DISC TWO:
A Song for All Seasons
1. Opening Out
2. Day of the Dreamer
3. Closer Than Yesterday
4. Kindness (At the End)
5. Back Home Once Again
6. She is Love
7. Northern Lights
8. A Song for All Seasons

DISC THREE:
Azure D’Or
1. Jekyll and Hyde
2. The Winter Tree
3. Only Angels Have Wings
4. Golden Key
5. Forever Changing
6. Secret Mission
7. Kalynda (A Magical Isle)
8. The Discovery
9. Friends
10. The Flood at Lyons
Bonus track
11. Island of Avalon (B-side of single)