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BRITISH TOUR '76

Renaissance

 

Symphonic Prog

3.75 | 17 ratings

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Warthur
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5 stars Buyer advisory: though I think this is a great Renaissance live release, you should be aware that this is the same live show which is included as a bonus disc on the Esoteric reissue of Scheherazade - so if you already have that one (or if you were intending to get it), there is no need to get this separately.

Renaissance's British Tour '76 catches a January 1976 show from Nottingham on the tour supporting Scheherazade. This is, of course, the same general era of the band that is captured on the Live At Carnegie Hall album, and if you're interested in live Renaissance at all you're probably heard that one already - and all the songs performed here are on there.

So is this one worth it? I'd say so - if nothing else, it's a high-quality run-through of the material in question which is distinguished from the Carnegie Hall rendition (and the somewhat later and also highly-regarded Royal Albert Hall concert captured by the King Biscuit Flower Hour) by the fact that they didn't have the orchestra along this time.

This means you get to hear Renaissance at the very top of their game test themselves on material which on both their studio versions and their most famous live versions have orchestral backing - but they nail it, making capable use of synthesisers to fill the gap and giving the songs a bit of a different spin whilst still retaining their dramatic power.

Warthur | 5/5 |

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