Performer Notes

Renaissance: Keith Relf (vocals, guitar); Jane Relf (vocals, percussion); Jim McCarty (vocals, drums); John Hawken (keyboards); Louis Cennamo (bass).
Additional personnel: T. Crowe (vocals); M. Dunford (guitar); Don Shin (electric piano); Neil Korner (bass); T. Slade (drums).
This is a reissue of New York Renaissance Band's second album ILLUSION.
The second Renaissance album is the least-known in the group's entire output, having originally failed to get released anywhere except Germany. Although it is a much less bold, more smoothly commercial album, Illusion was also the work of at least three distinctly different lineups representing the group, Jim McCarty dropping out from playing after an illness, and Keith Relf and Louis Cennamo exiting the performing lineup soon after, while Jane Relf played some gigs with John Hawken acting as leader of a new ensemble. It was around this time that the words of lyricist Betty Thatcher started turning up in the group's work and on this album, and guitarist Michael Dunford started writing as well. The results here aren't quite as hard rocking as the previous album -- acoustic guitars supplant electric and Jane Relf's vocals are hooked around a mix of art rock and art pop melodies, without any trace of the psychedelic or freakbeat echoes of the previous album's work. One song, "Mr. Pine," contains an instrumental bridge that Dunford later folded into "Running Hard" in a more developed guise. The lighter textures anticipate the sound of the later lineup of the group, while some of the pop-oriented material harkens back to what Relf and McCarty had in mind for a sound in 1969. ~ Bruce Eder

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Album: Illusion
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Love Goes On	More Info...	0:03
2)	Golden Thread	More Info...	0:08
3)	Love Is All	More Info...	0:03
4)	Mr. Pine	More Info...	0:07
5)	Face of Yesterday	More Info...	0:06
6)	Past Orbits of Dust	More Info...	0:14

Album: Illusion
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Love Goes On	More Info...	0:03
2)	Golden Thread	More Info...	0:08
3)	Love Is All	More Info...	0:03
4)	Mr. Pine	More Info...	0:07
5)	Face of Yesterday	More Info...	0:06
6)	Past Orbits of Dust	More Info...	0:14