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RENAISSANCE
illusion

Disco LP 33 giri , 1970 ,  island , 6339 017 ( ILPS 9139 ) , pink label with “i” logo, Germany (?)

OTTIME CONDIZIONI, vinyl ex++/NM , cover ex++, piccolo e poco evidente segnetto a biro nella parte alta della copertina frontale, mimetizzato tra i caratteri e i colori scuri della scritta / a very little pencil mark on the upper frontside sleeve .

Illusion was a 1971 album by progressive rock band Renaissance. It was originally released only in Germany and did not receive a wider release until 1973. It was first released in the U.K. in 1977, with a cover that had the original front and rear cover artwork swapped.

• Etichetta:  ISLAND
• Catalogo: 6339 017  (ILPS  9139)
• Data di pubblicazione: 1971 
• Matrici: 06 AA 6339 017 1Y  2  670 printed 1970 /   AA 6339 017 2Y  1  670  1  1  5  

• Supporto:vinile 33 giri
• Tipo audio: stereo
• Dimensioni: 30 cm.
• Facciate: 2
• Copertina apribile/ gatefold , pink label , white paper original inner sleeve

tracks

Personnel

(on most tracks)

• Keith Relf – guitar, vocals, lead vocal on “Love Is All”
• Jim McCarty – drums, vocals, lead vocal on “Golden Thread”
• John Hawken – keyboards
• Louis Cennamo – bass
• Jane Relf – vocals, percussion, lead vocals on “Love Goes On”, “Face Of Yesterday”, “Past Orbits Of Dust”

(on “Past Orbits Of Dust”)

• same as above, but with guest keyboardist Don Shin in place of Hawken.

(on “Mr. Pine”)

• John Hawken – keyboards
• Jane Relf – vocals
• Michael Dunford – guitars
• Terry Crowe – lead vocal
• Neil Korner – bass
• Terry Slade – drums

The original Renaissance lineup fell apart during the recording of this, their second album. Jim McCarty was the first to leave; he departed in 1970, when the band was about to start a European tour, because he hated to fly. Keith Relf and Louis Cennamo left next, soon forming the new group Armageddon. McCarty continued to be associated with Renaissance as a songwriter, however, until 1974.

John Hawken kept the band going by recruiting new members, including Michael Dunford and Terry Crowe, former bandmates of his from The Nashville Teens. New bassist Neil Korner had previously been part of The New Vaudeville Band (though he did not appear on their big hit, “Winchester Cathedral“.)
This new lineup, which recorded “Mr. Pine”, was one of several
short-lived transitional lineups that existed between the original one
and the classic Annie Haslam band.

“Mr. Pine” is the only released Renaissance track in which members of the original lineup (Hawken, Jane Relf)
are heard together with a member of the classic lineup (Dunford). It
includes a theme that was later used in the far better-known
Renaissance song “Running Hard” (from Turn Of The Cards, 1974).

In order to complete the album, the (already disbanded) original
lineup got back together—minus Hawken and plus guest keyboardist Don
Shin—to record “Past Orbits Of Dust”.

Illusion is notable for being the first Renaissance album to feature lyrics by Betty Thatcher,
who would work with the band throughout its entire “classic” period
(1972-79) and beyond. Thatcher was brought to the band by her friend
Jane Relf.

The title of this album became the name of a band formed by the four surviving members of the original Renaissance in 1976 after the death of Keith Relf. Their second album was also called Illusion.

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