Delane Lea Studios 1973

A captivating live-in-the-studio release from 70s prog rock icons Renaissance performing to a small gathering of friends at the historic De Lane Lea Studios (used by everyone from The Beatles to Queen, Jimi Hendrix & Pink Floyd)! Beguiling vocalist and ingenue Annie Haslam leads her group through nearly the entire fourth album Ashes Are Burning with special guest appearances by Wishbone Ashs Andy Powell and folk singer Al Stewart! The history of Renaissance is essentially the history of two separate groups, rather similar to the two phases of the Moody Blues or the Drifters. The original group was founded in 1969 by ex-Yardbirds members Keith Relf and Jim McCarty as a sort of progressive folk-rock band, who recorded two albums (of which only the first, self-titled LP came out in America, on Elektra Records) but never quite made it, despite some success on England's campus circuit.