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Re-mastered and expanded four-disc edition of the classic album, Turn Of The Cards by Renaissance.
Turn Of The Cards 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’.
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.
Tracklist
DISC ONE: TURN OF THE CARDS RE-MASTERED
1. RUNNING HARD
2. I THINK OF YOU
3. THINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND
4. BLACK FLAME
5. COLD IS BEING
6. MOTHER RUSSIA
BONUS TRACKS
7. EVERYBODY NEEDS A FRIEND (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
8. MOTHER RUSSIA (SINGLE EDIT) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
9. THINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND (NEW STEREO MIX)
10. BLACK FLAME (NEW STEREO MIX)
11. MOTHER RUSSIA (NEW STEREO MIX)
DISC TWO: LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NYC 17TH MAY 1974
1. CAN YOU UNDERSTAND (LIVE 1974)
2. BLACK FLAME (LIVE 1974)
3. CARPET OF THE SUN (LIVE 1974)
4. COLD IS BEING (LIVE 1974)
5. THINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND (LIVE 1974)
6. RUNNING HARD (LIVE 1974)
DISC THREE: LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NYC 17TH MAY 1974
1. ASHES ARE BURNING (LIVE 1974)
2. MOTHER RUSSIA (LIVE 1974)
3. PROLOGUE (LIVE 1974)
DISC FOUR (DVD): TURN OF THE CARDS 5.1 SURROUND SOUND & HIGH-RESOLUTION STEREO MIXES
1. RUNNING HARD (5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX)
2. I THINK OF YOU (5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX)
3. THINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND (5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX)
4. BLACK FLAME (5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX)
5. COLD IS BEING (5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX)
6. MOTHER RUSSIA (5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX)