Prologue (album)
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Publication |
1972 |
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admission |
June – July 1972 |
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| Label (s) | Sovereign Records (UK) Capitol (North America) Regal Zonophone (Italy) Harvest (Germany) |
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Format (s) |
LP |
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Title (number) |
6th |
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running time |
41:03 min |
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Renaissance |
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Studio (s) |
Nova Sound Studios, London |
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Prologue is the third studio album by the British progressive rock group Renaissance . It was released in 1972.
background
After a few line-up changes, no founding member was active in the band in 1972. Together with John Tout and Annie Haslam, who had both been with us since 1970/71, John Camp, Terence Sullivan and Mick Parsons went on a short tour. Michael Dunford preferred to work on new material. Shortly before it was supposed to go to the studio, Mick Parsons was killed in a car accident. He was replaced at short notice by Rob Hendry, who left the band immediately after the recording sessions - whereupon Michael Dunford took over the part on guitar again. Francis Monkman from Curved Air took over the solo on the VCS3 on Rajah Khan .
The pieces on Prologue are written by Jim McCarty and Michael Dunford, with the help of lyricist Betty Thatcher. The intro of the title song borrows from Chopin's revolutionary etude , Kiev quotes Rachmaninov . The album is dedicated to Mick Parsons.
Track list
page 1
- Prologue - 05:39 (Dunford)
- Kiev - 07:39 (McCarty / Thatcher)
- Sounds of the Sea - 07:09 (Dunford / Thatcher)
Page 2
- Spare Some Love - 05:05 (Dunford / Thatcher)
- Bound for Infinity - 04:17 (McCarty / Thatcher)
- Raja Khan - 11:14 (Dunford)
Reviews
“Dominating in the new line-up were singer Annie Haslam with her unique voice, as well as keyboardist John Tout, whose classically inspired piano playing is always convincing. [...] All in all, "Prologue" is one of the best Renaissance albums ever. "
“Although there are those who say Renaissance's golden age started with Ashes Are Burning, I personally consider this a worthy part of their classic era, a prologue yes, but definately [sic] every bit as vital as the next few releases. And yeah, I dig the fact that they still had some cool 'rock' to go with their 'prog' on this album. Great stuff and absolutely essential. "
"Well, this album is a half-masterpiece. The remaining songs which can't be tagged that way are listenable but really nothing special. Fortunately, the great half is just magical, genious music. However, it doesn't hold many resemblances to the equally stunning compositions of Ashes Are Burning, the direct followers to this album and a genuine masterpiece. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prologue b / w Spare Some Love , sixappealmusic.com, accessed September 5, 2012.
- ↑ David Samuel Barr in the liner notes of Tales of 1001 Nights
- ↑ a new band was formed around Annie Haslam and John Tout , nlightsweb.com, accessed September 3, 2012.
- ↑ one of the best renaissance albums ever , babyblaue-seiten.de, accessed on September 3, 2012.
- ^ A prologue yes, but definately every bit as vital as the next few releases , progarchives.com, accessed September 3, 2012.
- ↑ this album is a half-masterpiece. , progarchives.com, accessed September 3, 2012.
Web links
- Prologue at Allmusic (English)
- Prologue on Discogs
- Reviews of Prologue on the baby blue pages