Label: Repertoire Records (Germany), REP 4513-WY
Style: Rock, Art Rock
Country: London, United Kingdom
Time: 42:33
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 251 Mb
Following
an American tour to support their first album, the band returned to the
studio in the spring of 1970 to begin work on their second. The band
recorded "Love Goes On", "Golden Thread", "Love Is All", and "Face of
Yesterday" before they began to fall apart. Keith Relf and Jim McCarty
were the first to leave, deciding to cease as performing members but
remain involved with production and composition for the band. John
Hawken recruited singer Terry Crowe and guitarist Michael Dunford (both
from Hawken's previous band The Nashville Teens), as well as session
drummer Terry Slade to replace Relf and McCarty. Louis Cennamo left
shortly afterwards to join Colosseum. Bassist Neil Korner, another
former member of The Nashville Teens, replaced him.
This new 6-person
line-up, recorded a Dunford composition, "Mr. Pine". However, due to a
lack of material for the album, the (already disbanded) original line-up
got back together, minus Hawken and plus guest keyboardist Don Shinn,
to record "Past Orbits of Dust". Shortly after recording was complete,
the only two remaining original members - Jane Relf and John Hawken -
left the band, to be replaced by Anne-Marie "Binky" Cullom and John
Tout, respectively.
"Mr. Pine" is the only track on a Renaissance
album where members of the original line-up (Hawken, Jane Relf) are
heard together with a member of the classic line-up (Dunford). It
includes a theme that was later used in the far better-known Renaissance
song "Running Hard" (from Turn of the Cards, 1974).
One track
recorded during the Illusion sessions, a fairly short song called
"Statues", was not used on the album. It was eventually released in 2002
on the album Live + Direct. The original album was re-issued on CD in
1995 by Repertoire Records.
Illusion was 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.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion_(Renaissance_album))
01. Love Goes On (02:51)
02. Golden Thread (08:15)
03. Love Is All (03:40)
04. Mr. Pine (07:00)
05. Face Of Yesterday (06:06)
06. Past Orbits Of Dust (14:39)
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