[2019-07-05] Renaissance "Novella (Remastered And Expanded Edition)" 3CD box set (Esoteric UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed May 08, 2019 6:50 pm

Description
• A newly re-mastered 3 CD expanded clamshell boxed set edition of this classic Renaissance album
• Featuring 11 bonus tracks including a previously unreleased single edit, a single edit new to CD & the entire concert at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in October 1977
• Re-mastered from the original master tapes
• With illustrated booklet with a new essay and a reproduction of the original album poster

Esoteric Recordings is pleased to announce the release of a newly re-mastered and expanded 3CD clamshell box edition of the classic album, “Novella” by RENAISSANCE. Recorded in late 1976, the album featured the epic ‘Can You Hear Me?’ along with the classic tracks ‘Midas Man’, ‘Touching Once (Is So Hard to Keep)’ and ‘The Sisters’.

Because of record company issues, the album was released in January 1977 in the USA, but appeared in the UK and Europe in August 1977. “Novella” was a top 50 hit album in the USA and the band’s following in the UK grew steadily. To promote the album release in the UK, Renaissance, featuring highly gifted vocalist Annie Haslam, Michael Dunford (acoustic and electric guitars), John Tout (keyboards, vocals), Jon Camp (bass, acoustic & electric guitars, vocals) and Terry Sullivan (drums, percussion), undertook some concerts in Britain with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, culminating with a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 14th October 1977. The impressive set list featured material from “Novella”, alongside such classic tracks as ‘Carpet of the Sun’, ‘Mother Russia’, ‘Can You Understand’, ‘Running Hard’, ‘Song of Scheherezade’ and ‘Ashes Are Burning’.

This expanded edition of “Novella” has been newly re-mastered from the original master tapes and features a previously unreleased promotional single edit of ‘Midas Man’ and a new-to- cd single edit of ‘Can You Hear Me’ along with the entire performance with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in October 1977. The release also features an illustrated booklet with a new essay.

Tracklist
[CD1: “Novella” Re-Mastered]
1. Can You Hear Me?
2. The Sisters
3. Midas Man
4. The Captive Heart
5. Touching Once (Is So Hard To Keep)
Bonus Tracks:
6. Can You Hear Me? (Single Edit) (Previously Unreleased)
7. Midas Man (Single Edit) (Previously Unreleased On CD)

[CD2: Live With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra At Royal Albert Hall, London 14th October 1977]
1. Prologue
2. Can You Understand
3. Carpet Of The Sun
4. Can You Hear Me?
5. Song Of Scheherazade
a. Fanfare
b. The Betrayal
c. The Sultan
d. Love Theme
e. The Young Prince And Princess As Told By Scheherazade
f. Festival Preparations
g. Fugue For The Sultan
h. The Festival
i. Finale

[CD3: Live With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra At Royal Albert Hall, London 14th October 1977]
1. Running Hard
2. Midas Man
3. Touching Once (Is So Hard To Keep)
4. Ashes Are Burning

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QRN3QWP/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07QRN3QWP/?tag=imwan-21

Larry · **Joined:** 10 Feb 2008 **Posts:** 5099

Thank you Linda.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:26 pm

We now have the packshot up in the first post, and here's an alternate view which shows the other side of the included poster:

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:44 pm

Bump: Updated the description in the first post.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Fine enough but why did Esoteric skip "Turn of the Cards"? That record is so great!

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:55 pm

Rick A wrote:

Fine enough but why did Esoteric skip "Turn of the Cards"? That record is so great!

It's coming.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Linda wrote:

Rick A wrote:

Fine enough but why did Esoteric skip "Turn of the Cards"? That record is so great!

It's coming.

Great, that's an immediate pre-order!

[2019-07-05] Renaissance "Novella (Remastered And Expanded Edition)" 3CD box set (Esoteric UK)

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