Live at Carnegie Hall

The double live album from three sold-out nights with the New York Philharmonic.
Renaissance, 1976

Released
June 1976
Recorded
20 to 22 June 1975
Studio
Carnegie Hall, New York
Type
live

The concerts presented songs from every studio album by the Haslam-era band so far, including the then-forthcoming Scheherazade and Other Stories. The New York Philharmonic and choir played under Tony Cox, Carmine Rubino recorded the shows, and Dick Plant mixed them at De Lane Lea Studios in Wembley.

Critics noted that much of it reproduced highlights from the studio albums note for note. It reached 55 in the United States. Haslam introduces Ashes Are Burning as the title track of the group's second album, and the gatefold discography lists only the four albums from Prologue onward, a sign that the Haslam line-up saw itself as a distinct band. Louder called the Song of Scheherazade preview the highlight. Esoteric Recordings reissued it as three CDs on 31 May 2019.

Track listing

  1. Prologue7:35
  2. Ocean Gypsy7:48
  3. Can You Understand?10:41
  4. Carpet of the Sun4:15
  5. Running Hard9:43
  6. Mother Russia10:48
  7. Song of Scheherazade28:50
  8. Ashes Are Burning23:50

Personnel

More from Renaissance

Ashes Are Burning (1973), Turn of the Cards (1974), Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975), Novella (1977), A Song for All Seasons (1978)

Sources

  1. Live at Carnegie Hall (Renaissance album), Wikipedia
  2. Live At Carnegie Hall (master), Discogs
  3. Renaissance: Running Hard, The Albums 1974-1976, Louder