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RENAISSANCE Discover Previously Unreleased Recordings

May 25, 2024

RENAISSANCE reissue programme on Esoteric has yet to reach its conclusion with the release of the last two albums the band put out in their original lifespan, 1981’s “Camera Camera” and “Time-Line” from 1983, yet there’s always something that hasn’t … Continue reading →

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RENAISSANCE Reissue “Azure d’Or” With New Mixes And Archival Film

September 3, 2022

Released into the open in 1979, “Azure d’Or” could have become most successful RENAISSANCE record in commercial terms; instead, this album’s failure resulted in the disintegration of the ensemble’s classic line-up. That platter predecessor, from the previous year, seemed to … Continue reading →

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RENAISSANCE – A Song For All Seasons

September 1, 2019

Warner Bros 1977 / Esoteric 2019 With a turn toward changes, symphonic rockers are beckoned to new horizons where past and future, and here and there, come together. Here was an ensemble who, by 1978, had toured the world, graced … Continue reading →

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RENAISSANCE – Ashes Are Burning

August 24, 2019

Sovereign 1973 / Esoteric 2019 Traveling the days of freedom, English art-folk ensemble open up their dreams and find a new way to shine. 1973 was pivotal to this collective’s creative development: having opened their scope to epic panoramas on … Continue reading →

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SHOOT – On The Frontier

March 15, 2017

EMI 1973 / Angel Air 2017 There and back again: long-forgotten borderline adventure of former Yardbird and his intrepid cohorts. “I just fancied singing my own songs and composing them on the piano”: that’s how, in ‘s words, this band … Continue reading →

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