Live at Carnegie Hall (Renaissance album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Live at Carnegie Hall
| type = Live album
| artist = Renaissance
| cover = RenCarnegie.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cover art by Fred Marcellino
| released = June 1976 (US){{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/684/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=684 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}
| recorded = June 20–22, 1975 with Record Plant Remote
| venue = Carnegie Hall, New York City,
| studio =
| genre = Progressive rock
| length = 103:16
| label = BTM (UK)
Sire (North America)
RCA (Europe and Japan)
| producer = Renaissance
| prev_title = Scheherazade and Other Stories
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Novella
| next_year = 1977
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r47789 |title=Live at Carnegie Hall - Renaissance | AllMusic |first=Bruce |last=Eder |work=allmusic.com |accessdate=6 July 2011}}
}}
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 concertsAccording to Jon Camp's introductions to the Scheherazade songs) Scheherazade and Other Stories.
Expanded 2019 edition
In 2019 Esoteric Recordings announced a re-mastered and 3 CD expanded edition of the album which was released on 31 May 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/renaissance-live-at-carnegie-hall-3cd-boxset/ |title=Esoteric New Releases |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
Track listing
All songs by Michael Dunford and Betty Thatcher, except where noted.{{Cite AV media notes| title = Live at Carnegie Hall| others = Renaissance| origyear = First released 1976| type = LP album notes| publisher = Sire Records| asin = B0079Q1M50}}
;Side A
- "Prologue" (Dunford{{refn|group=nb|The original LP and CD releases mistakenly credit this track to Dunford-Thatcher.}}) - 7:35
- "Ocean Gypsy" - 7:48
- "Can You Understand?" - 10:41
;Side B
- "Carpet of the Sun" - 4:15
- "Running Hard" - 9:43
- "Mother Russia" - 10:48
;Side C
- "Song of Scheherazade" - 28:50{{refn|group=nb|This album does not list the parts of the suite or their individual writers, but simply credits the track to Camp-Dunford-Thatcher-Tout.}}
- :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
- "Ashes Are Burning" - 23:50
= Expanded edition =
{{track listing
| headline = CD 1 - 2019 re-mastered & expanded edition
| title1 = Prologue
| writer1 = Michael Dunford
| length1 = 7:35
| note1 =
| title2 = Ocean Gypsy
| writer2 = Dunford, Betty Thatcher
| length2 = 7:55
| note2 =
| title3 = Kiev
| writer3 = McCarty, Thatcher
| length3 = 8:09
| note3 = Previously unreleased - as "Snow Fell in Kiev"
| title4 = Can You Understand?
| writer4 = Dunford, Thatcher
| length4 = 10:20
| note4 =
| title5 = Carpet of the Sun
| writer5 = Dunford, Thatcher
| length5 = 4:15
| note5 =
| title6 = Running Hard
| writer6 = Dunford, Thatcher
| length6 = 9:43
| note6 =
| title7 = Mother Russia
| writer7 = Dunford, Thatcher
| length7 = 10:48
| note7 =
}}
{{track listing
| headline = CD 2 - 2019 re-mastered & expanded edition
| title1 = 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)
| writer1 =
| length1 = 28:50
| note1 =
| title2 = Ashes Are Burning
| writer2 =
| length2 = 23:50
| note2 =
}}
{{track listing
| headline = CD 3 - 2019 re-mastered & expanded edition - BBC Radio One "In Concert" - 25 March 1976
| title1 = Prologue
| writer1 = Michael Dunford
| length1 = 8:02
| note1 = BBC Radio One "In Concert" - 25 March 1976
| title2 = Running Hard
| writer2 = Dunford, Thatcher
| length2 = 10:13
| note2 = BBC Radio One "In Concert" - 25 March 1976
| title3 = Ocean Gypsy
| writer3 = Dunford, Betty Thatcher
| length3 = 5:46
| note3 = BBC Radio One "In Concert" - 25 March 1976
| title4 = Mother Russia
| writer4 = Dunford, Thatcher
| length4 = 10:25
| note4 = BBC Radio One "In Concert" - 25 March 1976
| title5 = 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)
| writer5 =
| length5 = 25:30
| note5 = BBC Radio One "In Concert" - 25 March 1976
}}
Personnel
=Renaissance=
- 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=
- New York Philharmonic and choir with Tony Cox, orchestra conductor
=Production=
- Carmine Rubino - recording engineer
- Dick Plant - mixing at De Lane Lea Studios, Wembley, UK
- Barry Kidd - mixing assistant
Notes
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References
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Category:Sire Records live albums