Renaissance - Sheherazade and Other Stories [Expanded Edition] (2021) 2CD

Artist: Renaissance
Title Of Album Sheherazade and Other Stories
Year Of Release: 1976/2021
Label (Catalog#) Esoteric [ECRUS3003]
Country: UK
Genre: Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock
Quality: FLAC (tracks + cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 49:05+79:26
Total Size: 748Mb(+3%)

Recorded at Abbey Road studios in May 1975, the album is rightly regarded as one of the band’s finest works, featuring the epic Song of Scheherazade (which dominated the album’s second side on the original LP release) and other classic tracks Trip to the Fair, Ocean Gypsy and The Vultures Fly High. Upon its release the album reached the US Top 50 and was one of the best-selling Renaissance albums.

This expanded edition of Scheherazade & Other Stories has been newly re-mastered from the original first-generation master tapes which also includes a high resolution stereo mix and a wonderful bonus feature of a previously unreleased 1976 live promotional film. The set also includes a bonus CD of a concert recorded in January 1976 in Nottingham, England and a previously unreleased bonus track. The release also features an illustrated booklet with a new essay featuring exclusive interviews.

Tracks:
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CD1: Scheherazade & Other Stories [Remastered]
1 Trip To The Fair
2 The Vultures Fly High
3 Ocean Gypsy
4 Song Of Scheherazade
i Fanfare
ii The Betrayal
iii The Sultan
iv Love Theme
v The Young Prince and Princess as told by Scheherazade
vi Festival Preparations
vii Fugue for the Sultan
viii The Festival
ix Finale
Bonus track
5 Ocean Gypsy (single version)
(previously unreleased on CD)

CD2: Live at Nottingham University January 1976
1 Can You Understand
2 Running Hard
3 Ocean Gypsy
4 Prologue
5 Song Of Scheherazade
i Fanfare
ii The Betrayal
iii The Sultan
iv Love Theme
v The Young Prince and Princess as told by Scheherazade
vi Festival Preparations
vii Fugue for the Sultan
viii The Festival
ix Finale
6 Ashes Are Burning

Personnel:
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Annie Haslam – lead (except on track 4c) and backing vocals
Michael Dunford – acoustic guitars, backing vocals
John Tout – keyboards, backing vocals
Jon Camp – bass, bass pedals, lead vocals on track 4c, backing vocals
Terence Sullivan – drums, backing vocals, percussion
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Tony Cox : orchestral arrangements
London Symphony Orchestra : orchestrations

All thanks to original releaser