![]() In 1969, Renaissance started their set with the awesome Kings And Queens, possibly the fullest realisation of their livewire magisterial power. Two months later, Renaissance took off on the American tour which essentially broke them up, but luckily provided this rare live document drawn from their appearance at San Francisco’s Fillmore West on March 6. This writer was fortunate to witness this original Renaissance levitate a small club that December, standing enraptured as they powered through their recently released one and only album’s intoxicating mix of dynamic arrangements, ethereal folk and impressive classical flights. Renaissance had been planned by the late Keith Relf and drummer Jim McCarty during their last days in the Yardbirds, emerging in spring 1969 bolstered by the former’s singing sister Jane, firecracker virtuoso bassist Louis Cennamo and ex-Nashville Teens pianist John Hawken, who clinched their classically-infused new sound when he launched into a burst of Beethoven at rehearsal. One of early prog’s great tragedies was the premature loss of the original Renaissance, who forged their exotic blend of classical rock for little more than a year before disintegrating then morphing into the safer Annie Haslam-fronted band of the same name. Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Repertoire Records (UK) Limited Renaissance – Live at Fillmore West 1970 (2022)įLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:08:52 minutes | 790 MB | Genre: Rock ![]()
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