760137326427
4009910507926

Turn Of The Cards

Renaissance

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Format: 4CD

Cat No: ECRUS4002

Release Date:  20 March 2020

Label:  Esoteric America / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  4

Barcode:  760137326427

Genres:  Rock  

Release Date:  29 July 2006

Label:  Repertoire Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4009910507926

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    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

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Running Hard
      • 2. I Think Of You
      • 3. Things I Don’t Understand
      • 4. Black Flame
      • 5. Cold Is Being
      • 6. Mother Russia
      • 7. Everybody Needs A Friend (Previously Unreleased)
      • 8. Mother Russia (Single Edit) (Previously Unreleased)
      • 9. Things I Don’t Understand (New Stereo Mix)
      • 10. Black Flame (New Stereo Mix)
      • 11. Mother Russia (New Stereo Mix)

      Disc 2

      • 1. Can You Understand (Live 1974)
      • 2. Black Flame (Live 1974)
      • 3. Carpet Of The Sun (Live 1974)
      • 4. Cold Is Being (Live 1974)
      • 5. Things I Don’t Understand (Live 1974)
      • 6. Running Hard (Live 1974)

      Disc 3

      • 1. Ashes Are Burning (Live 1974)
      • 2. Mother Russia (Live 1974)
      • 3. Prologue (Live 1974)

      Disc 4

      • 1. Running Hard (5.1 Surround Sound Mix)
      • 2. I Think Of You (5.1 Surround Sound Mix)
      • 3. Things I Don’t Understand (5.1 Surround Sound Mix)
      • 4. Black Flame (5.1 Surround Sound Mix)
      • 5. Cold Is Being (5.1 Surround Sound Mix)
      • 6. Mother Russia (5.1 Surround Sound Mix)

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Running Hard
      • 2. I Think of You
      • 3. Things I Don't Understand
      • 4. Black Flame
      • 5. Cold Is Being
      • 6. Mother Russia