Annie Haslam

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History

Former Yardbirds members Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, and Jim McCarty organised a new group devoted to experimentation between rock, folk, and classical forms. This quintet (Relf on guitar & vocals, McCarty on drums, plus bassist Louis Cennamo, pianist John Hawken, and Relf's sister Jane Relf as an additional vocalist) released a pair of albums on Elektra (US) and Island (UK), the first one being produced by Samwell-Smith, but dissolved quickly, leaving McCarty to reform the band into a very different lineup, though McCarty also soon departed. The Yardbirds were an early English rock band, noted for starting the careers of three of rocks most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. ... Paul Samwell-Smith was the founding member and bassist of the 1960s British band, The Yardbirds. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jim McCarty was a guitarist from Michigan. ... Rock is a form of popular music from the mid 20th century which typically features a vocal melody (often with vocal harmony) that is supported by accompaniment of electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums, often with a strong back beat. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... Louis Cennamo (born March 5, 1946, London) was bass player with the original line-up of Renaissance and later with Steamhammer, Armageddon and Illusion. ... A grand piano, with the lid up. ... John Hawken (born May 9th, 1940) is a British keyboard player. ... Jane Relf (born March 7th 1947) was the younger sister of Keith Relf of the Yardbirds. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ...

The lineup that was eventually settled on was the best-known of the band's history, and consisted of Annie Haslam (vocals), Michael Dunford (acoustic guitar), John Tout (piano), Jon Camp (bass/vocals) and Terry Sullivan (drums). This new Renaissance -- with Dunford in a composer-only role for the time being, and Rob Hendry (electric guitar) filling the guitarist's chair -- released Prologue in 1972. The music was written by Dunford and McCarty with lyrics by poet Betty Thatcher. Hendry departed (to be ultimately replaced by Dunford) as the group turned away from the electric guitar in their music. Annie Haslam is an English Progressive Rock vocalist and songwriter. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A steel string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ... A grand piano, with the lid up. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Terry Sullivan was a fictional character in the British Soap opera Brookside, played by Brian Regan. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... See also: 1971 in music, other events of 1972, 1973 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed Elvis Presley Blvd January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at...

In the 1970s, Renaissance had a commercially successful career, their sound similar in many ways to folk rock with classical overtones. Renaissance included in their songs quotations and allusions from such composers as Bach, Chopin, Albinoni, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev and others. Renaissance's records, especially Ashes Are Burning, were frequently played on American progressive rock radio stations, such as WNEW-FM and WVBR. However, Renaissance's performances were normally faithful reproductions of the studio recordings, and this was not taken well by fans. Bob Dylans folk rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... Bach redirects here. ... The only known photograph of Frédéric Chopin (commonly mistaken for a daguerrotype), taken by Louis-Auguste Bisson in 1849. ... Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (June 8, 1671, Venice, Italy – January 17, 1751, Venice) was an Italian baroque composer. ... Claude Debussy, ca. ... Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: , Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov, 1 April 1873 (N.S.) or 20 March 1873 (O.S.) – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. ... Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: , Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov), also Nikolay, Nicolai, and Rimsky-Korsakoff, (March 6 (O.S. March 18), 1844 – June 8 (O.S. June 21) 1908) was a Russian composer, one of five Russian composers known as The Five, and was later a teacher of harmony and... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , Sergej Sergejevič Prokof’ev; 15/April 271, 1891–March 5, 1953) was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ... Progressive rock is a radio station programming format that prospered in the late 1960s and 1970s, in which the disc jockeys are given wide lattitude in what they may play, similar to the freeform format but with the proviso that some kind of rock music is almost always what is... WNEW is a New York City FM radio station operating at 102. ... WVBR-FM is a radio station that broadcasts to Ithaca, New York, and surrounding areas. ...

Renaissance scored a hit single in 1978 with Northern Lights, taken from the album A Song for All Seasons, but the band floundered following 1979's Azure D'or, as fans were unhappy with the band's turn towards synthesizers, a path followed by most progressive rock bands at one time or another. Camp had assumed more of the band's songwriting, and Tout and Sullivan left. Haslam, Dunford and Camp released a pair of albums in the 1980s and then broke up. Their albums were not available on CD for some time, though a pair of compilations were issued in 1990. During the 1990s, though, much of their catalog was reissued. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... See also: 1977 in music, other events of 1978, 1979 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 14 - The Sex Pistols played their final show (until a 1996 reunion) at San Franciscos Winterland Ballroom. ... See also: 1978 in music, other events of 1979, 1980 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Stevie Wonder uses Compact Disc technology in recording his album Journey through the Secret Life of Plants. ... A synthesizer (or synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument designed to produce electronically generated sound, using techniques such as additive, subtractive, FM, physical modelling synthesis, or phase distortion. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A compilation album is a musical album featuring songs or tunes with some common characteristics. ... See also: 1989 in music, 1990 in British music, other events of 1990, 1991 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // January 21 - MTVs Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze February 6 - Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcycle accident... See also 1990s, the band Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ...

In the late 1990s, both Haslam and Dunford formed their own bands using the name Renaissance, and have released albums with different line-ups.

The band reformed in 2002 to record the "Tuscany" album and played one concert at the Astoria in London before embarking on a short Japanese tour. Annie Haslam subsequently announced that the reunion would not be continuing, and Terry Sullivan later recorded an album in the Renaissance style with lyrics by Betty Thatcher Newsinger and keyboard contributions by John Tout.

Personnel

The original 1969 line-up comprised Keith Relf (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Jim McCarty (drums, vocals), John Hawken (keyboards), Louis Cennamo (bass) and Jane Relf (vocals). This lineup released Renaissance (1969) and appeared on most of Illusion (1971). See also: 1968 in music, other events of 1969, 1970 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events Perhaps the most famous musical events of 1969 are two legendary concerts. ... See also: 1970 in music, other events of 1971, 1972 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // February 8 - Bob Dylans hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New Yorks Academy of Music. ...

• 1970 - Added Terry Crowe (vocals), Terry Slade (drums) replaced McCarty, Neil Korner (bass) replaced Cennamo, Mick Dunford (guitar) replaced Keith Relf. This lineup recorded one track for Illusion (1971).
• 1970 - Binky Cullom (vocals) replaced Jane Relf
• 1970 - John Tout (keyboards) replaced Hawken
• 1971 - Annie Haslam (vocals) replaced Cullom
• 1971 - Danny McCullough (bass) replaced Korner
• 1971 - Frank Farrell (bass) replaced McCullough
• 1971 - John Wetton (bass) replaced Farrell
• 1972 - Crowe left, Terence Sullivan (drums) replaced Slade, Jon Camp (bass, guitar, vocals) replaced Wetton, Mick Parsons (guitar) replaced Dunford
• 1972 - Rob Hendry (guitar) replaced Parsons (who had died in a car accident). This lineup released Prologue (1972).
• 1973 - Peter Finer (guitar) replaced Hendry
• 1973 - Mick Dunford (guitar) replaced Finer. This lineup released Ashes are Burning (1973) through Azure D'or (1979).
• 1981 - Peter Barron (drums) replaced Sullivan, Peter Gosling (keyboards) replaced Tout. This lineup released Camera Camera (1981).
• 1983 - Added Ian Mosley (drums), added Eddie Hardin and Nick Magnus (keyboards)
• 1983 - Gavin Harrison (drums) replaced Barron and Mosley, Mike Taylor (keyboards) replaced Gosling, Hardin and Magnus
• 1984 - Greg Carter (drums) replaced Harrison, Raphael Rudd (keyboards, harp) replaced Taylor
• 1985 - Charles Descarfino (drums) replaced Harrison, Mark Lampariello (aka Mark Lambert) (bass, guitar) replaced Camp
• 1998 - Terence Sullivan (drums) replaced Descarfino, Roy Wood (bass, keyboards, percussion) replaced Lampariello, John Tout (keyboards) replaced Rudd
• 1998 - Alex Caird (bass) replaced Wood, Mickey Simmonds (keyboards) replaced Tout
• 2001 - David Keyes (bass) replaced Caird, added Rave Tesar (keyboards)

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Discography

Chronological releases

• Renaissance (1969)
• Illusion (1971)
• Prologue (1972)
• Ashes are Burning (1973)
• Turn of the Cards (1974)
• Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)
• Live at Carnegie Hall (1976 live)
• Novella (1977)
• A Song For All Seasons (1978)
• Azure D'or (1979)
• Camera Camera (1981)
• Time-Line (1983)
• Tales of 1001 Nights Volume I (1990 compilation)
• Tales of 1001 Nights Volume II (1990 compilation)
• The Other Woman (1994) (Michael Dunford's group)
• Blessing in Disguise (1994) (Annie Haslam's group)
• Da Capo (1995 collection box set)
• Live at the Royal Albert Hall : King Biscuit Flower Hour Vol. 1 (1997 Live)
• Live at the Royal Albert Hall :King Biscuit Flower Hour Vol. 2 (1997 Live)
• Songs from Renaissance Days (1997) (compilation of B-sides, outtakes and demos)
• Ocean Gypsy ((1997) (Michael Dunford's group)
• The BBC Sessions 1975-1978 (1999 Live) [Box set]
• Day Of The Dreamer (2000) (Compilation of live performances circa 1977)
• Unplugged Live at the Academy of Music (2000)
• Tuscany (2000) (Annie Haslam, Michael Dunford & Terry Sullivan, with contributions by John Tout, Roy Wood and Mickey Simmonds)
• In the Land of the Rising Sun : Live in Japan 2002 (2002 live)

Illusion was the name of a band formed by the four surviving members of the original Renaissance after the death of Keith Relf. They released two albums for Island Records before splitting again, while a third made up of unreleased material appeared years later. They reformed again for the production of Through the Fire which was released under the bandname of Renaissance Illusion. See also: 1968 in music, other events of 1969, 1970 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events Perhaps the most famous musical events of 1969 are two legendary concerts. ... See also: 1970 in music, other events of 1971, 1972 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // February 8 - Bob Dylans hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New Yorks Academy of Music. ... 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Illusion

• Out Of The Mist (1977)
• Illusion (1978)
• Enchanted Caress: Previously Unreleased Material (1990)
• Illusion -The Island Years (2003)

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Renaissance Illusion

• Through The Fire (2001)
• Live + Direct (2002)

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Renaissant

Terry Sullivan's Renaissance-style band, with lyrics by Betty Thatcher Newsinger and keyboards by John Tout.

• South of Winter (2005)

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Trivia

• Betty Thatcher who lived in Cornwall wrote her lyrics to the music she received from Dunford. He sent her sheet music and demo tapes, she wrote her poetry and sent the lyrics back to him.
• The lyrics of Mother Russia were inspired by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's story One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
• The song Ocean Gypsy was performed by Blackmore's Night in their debut album Shadow of the Moon.

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External links

• Northern Lights, a Renaissance fan site
• Annie Haslam's official site
• John Hawken's Renaissance page
• John Hawken's Illusion page
• Terry Sullivan's official site
• www.progarchives.com (Mp3)