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Esoteric Recordings America is pleased to announce the release of a newly re-mastered and expanded four-disc clamshell box edition of the classic album, TURN OF THE CARDS by RENAISSANCE. Released in 1974, the album was an artistic triumph and heralded the band’s commercial breakthrough in the United States.
Featuring highly gifted vocalist Annie Haslam, Michael Dunford (acoustic guitars), John Tout (keyboards, vocals), Jon Camp (bass, vocals) and Terry Sullivan (drums, percussion), TURN OF THE CARDS was recorded in March 1974 at De Lane Lea studios in Wembley, North London and featured the band incorporating symphonic orchestral arrangements into their material extensively on classic pieces such as ‘Running Hard’, ‘Things I Don’t Understand’ and ‘Mother Russia’. The album would also feature the evocative ‘Cold is Being’ and the celebrated ‘Black Flame’ which would result in TURN OF THE CARDS being praised as one of the finest works by Renaissance.
This expanded edition has been newly re-mastered from the original master tapes and also features an entire concert at The Academy of Music in New York City on 17th May 1974 (with a 24-piece orchestra) over two bonus CDs which has been newly mixed from the original 16-track master tapes, including live versions of songs from the album, along with classics such as ‘Can You Understand’, ‘Carpet of the Sun’, ‘Prologue’ and a 25 minute version of ‘Ashes Are Burning’ featuring guest ANDY POWELL (of WISHBONE ASH) on lead guitar. The fourth disc is a DVD (NTSC / Region Free) which features a new 5.1 Surround sound and high-resolution stereo mix of TURN OF THE CARDS.
The set also includes the previously unreleased song ‘Everybody Needs a Friend’, recorded during the sessions for the album and the rare single edit of ‘Mother Russia’. The release also features an illustrated booklet with a new essay featuring interviews with Annie Haslam, Terry Sullivan and Jon Camp.
Title: Turn Of The Cards Boxset
Format: CD
Release Date: 20 Mar 2020
Artist: Renaissance
Sku: 2455954
Catalogue No: ECRUS4002
Category: Rock
DISC 1
01. Running Hard
02. I Think of You
03. Things I Don't Understand
04. Black Flame
05. Cold is Being
06. Mother Russia
07. Everybody Needs a Friend(Previously unreleased) [Bonus Track]
08. Mother Russia(Single mix)(Previously unreleased) [Bonus Track]
09. Things I Don't Understand(New Stereo mix) [Bonus Track]
10. Black Flame(New Stereo mix) [Bonus Track]
11. Mother Russia(New Stereo mix) [Bonus Track]
DISC 2
01. LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NYC 17TH MAY 1974: Can You Understand
02. LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NYC 17TH MAY 1974: Black Flame
03. LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NYC 17TH MAY 1974: Carpet of the Sun
04. LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NYC 17TH MAY 1974: Cold is Being
05. LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NYC 17TH MAY 1974: Things I Don't Understand
06. LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NYC 17TH MAY 1974: Running Hard
DISC 3
01. LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NYC 17TH MAY 1974: Ashes Are Burning
02. LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NYC 17TH MAY 1974: Mother Russia
03. LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NYC 17TH MAY 1974: Prologue
DISC 4
01. TURN OF THE CARDS 5.1 SURROUND SOUND & HIGH-RESOLUTION STEREO MIXES: Running Hard(2ch hi-resolution Stereo & 5.1ch Surround)
02. TURN OF THE CARDS 5.1 SURROUND SOUND & HIGH-RESOLUTION STEREO MIXES: I Think of You(2ch hi-resolution Stereo & 5.1ch Surround)
03. TURN OF THE CARDS 5.1 SURROUND SOUND & HIGH-RESOLUTION STEREO MIXES: Things I Don't Understand(2ch hi-resolution Stereo & 5.1ch Surround)
04. TURN OF THE CARDS 5.1 SURROUND SOUND & HIGH-RESOLUTION STEREO MIXES: Black Flame(2ch hi-resolution Stereo & 5.1ch Surround)
05. TURN OF THE CARDS 5.1 SURROUND SOUND & HIGH-RESOLUTION STEREO MIXES: Cold is Being(2ch hi-resolution Stereo & 5.1ch Surround)
06. TURN OF THE CARDS 5.1 SURROUND SOUND & HIGH-RESOLUTION STEREO MIXES: Mother Russia(2ch hi-resolution Stereo & 5.1ch Surround)
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