LDB Special Series #452

Out of my 17,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the
musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my
cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my
reward for all the work involved in this project.

DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3's is the right way to make me stop sharing
music here.

RENAISSANCE
Passaic, Capitol Theatre
June 18, 1978

Radio Broadcast

01.Can you hear me?
02.Carpet of the sun
03.Things I don't understand
04.Northern lights
05.Mother Russia
06.Day of the dreamer
07.Midas man
08.Tthe vultures fly high
09.Running hard
10.Song for all seasons
11.Prologue
12.Ashes are burning

TT 121:57

Lineage: Radio broadcast > CD (via Renaissance vine - early 2000�s) > EAC > SoundForge 10.0 Pro > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

Annie Haslam - lead vocals
Jon Camp - bass, vocals
John Tout - piano, keyboards
Michael Dunford - guitar
Terrance Sullivan - drums

This one is already on the tracker here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=255615
Do not expect a major upgrade but I think this is an upgrade. Upon comparing the two recordings I came into
the conclusion that this one is coming from a different capture of the radio broadcast and it sounds slightly
better, in particular in the quiet & introductions sections where there is not FM disturbance. This came to me
in one of the old "vines" that were the ways shows would circulate among fans way back in the early internet
days when email was there, but no major ways to send music or share it through torrents. So all you could do was
to burn the master cd, then send it to people who would burn a copy, then pack the master and send to the next guy.

This was a nice collection of 10-12 Renaissance cds that were circulated in that way. And they all sounded magnificent.

The 1978 tour was one of my favourite because it was a kind of peak for the band, who recorded the very last "high
quality" album before diving into the commercial poppy material of the 80�s. Song For All Seasons still remains one
of my favourite album from the band.

After so many years the band decided to drop the opener "Can You Understand" but the rest of the set was top notch.
Hoping that the band - or whatever remains of that - will perform back in Europe...

ldb