Esoteric Recordings America is pleased to announce the release of a newly re-mastered and expanded four-disc clamshell box edition of the classic album, TURN OF THE CARDS by RENAISSANCE. Released in 1974, the album was an artistic triumph and heralded the band's commercial breakthrough in the United States. Featuring highly gifted vocalist Annie Haslam, Michael Dunford (acoustic guitars), John Tout (keyboards, vocals), Jon Camp (bass, vocals) and Terry Sullivan (drums, percussion), TURN OF THE CARDS was recorded in March 1974 at de Lane Lea studios in Wembley, North London and featured the band incorporating symphonic orchestral arrangements into their material extensively on classic pieces such as 'Running Hard', 'Things I Don't Understand' and 'Mother Russia'. The album would also feature the evocative 'Cold is Being' and the celebrated 'Black Flame' which would result in TURN OF THE CARDS being praised as one of the finest works by Renaissance. This expanded edition has been newly re-mastered from the original master tapes and also features an entire concert at The Academy of Music in New York City on 17th May 1974 (with a 24-piece orchestra) over two bonus CDs which has been newly mixed from the original 16-track master tapes, including live versions of songs from the album, along with classics such as 'Can You Understand', 'Carpet of the Sun', 'Prologue' and a 25 minute version of 'Ashes Are Burning' featuring guest ANDY POWELL (of WISHBONE ASH) on lead guitar. The fourth disc is a DVD (NTSC / Region Free) which features a new 5.1 Surround sound and high-resolution stereo mix of TURN OF THE CARDS
01 Running Hard 09:38 02 I Think Of You 03:09 03 Things I Don't Understand 09:29 04 Black Flame 06:26 05 Cold Is Being 03:02 06 Mother Russia 09:24 07 Bonus Tracks: 08 Everybody Needs A Friend 03:47 09 Mother Russia (single Edit) 03:27 10 Things I Don't Understand (new Stereo Mix) 09:33 11 Black Flame (new Stereo Mix) 06:29 12 Mother Russia (new Stereo Mix) 09:25
Disc 2
01 Can You Understand 10:33 02 Black Flame 06:48 03 Carpet Of The Sun 03:41 04 Cold Is Being 03:09 05 Things I Don't Understand 09:03 06 Running Hard 10:24 07 Ashes Are Burning 16:28 08 Mother Russia 09:43 09 Prologue 07:05
Disc 3
01 Running Hard 09:36 02 I Think Of You 03:10 03 Things I Don't Understand 09:34 04 Black Flame 06:29 05 Cold Is Being 03:05 06 Mother Russia 09:26