Renaissance – Azure d’Or (Remastered) (1979/2022) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Artist: Renaissance
Title: Azure d’Or (Remastered)
Genre: Progressive Rock, Pop Rock, Folk Rock, Female Vocal
Label: Esoteric Recordings
Release Date: 1971/2023
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 000:56:21+00:21:30
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 17000 kbps 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: LPCM Audio English 4608 kbps 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: DTS-HD Master Audio English 8230 kbps 5.1 / 96 kHz / 8230 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio #3: LPCM Audio English 13824 kbps 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
Size： 33.33 GB

Deluxe two CD + Blu-ray edition. Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the classic Renaissance album Azure D’Or. Issued in April 1979, the album followed the successful A Song For All Seasons and the hit single ‘Northern Lights’ released the previous year. Working once again with David Hentschel (who had also produced the albums A Trick Of The Tail and Wind And Wuthering for Genesis), the record featured excellent material such as ‘Jekyll And Hyde’, ‘Kalynda’ and ‘The Flood At Lyons’ and would be the last album by the band’s classic line-up and their last to chart in the UK. This expanded edition comprises two CDs and a region-free Blu-ray disc featuring a newly remastered original stereo mix from the original master tapes and also includes stunning 5. 1 Surround Sound and stereo mixes by Stephen W Tayler (which add new depth to the recordings) and additional unreleased bonus material from the album sessions.

Tracklist

Azure D’or – The New 5.1 Surround Sound & Stereo Mixes
BD-1 Jekyll And Hyde
BD-2 The Winter Tree
BD-3 Only Angels Have Wings
BD-4 Golden Key
BD-5 Forever Changing
BD-6 Secret Mission
BD-7 Kalynda (A Magic Isle)
BD-8 The Discovery
BD-9 Friends
BD-10 The Flood At Lyons
Bonus Tracks
BD-11 Island Of Avalon
BD-12 Friends (Extended Version)
BD-13 Jekyll And Hyde (Single Version)

Azure D’or – Original High Resolution Stereo Mix
BD-14 Jekyll And Hyde
BD-15 The Winter Tree
BD-16 Only Angels Have Wings
BD-17 Golden Key
BD-18 Forever Changing
BD-19 Secret Mission
BD-20 Kalynda (A Magical Isle)
BD-21 The Discovery
BD-22 Friends
BD-23 The Flood At Lyons
Bonus Tracks
BD-24 Island Of Avalon
BD-25 Jekyll And Hyde (Single Version)

Visual Content : Promotional Film – The Mill House & Bray Studios 1979
Bray Film Studios
BD-26 Jekyll And Hyde
BD-27 The Winter Tree
BD-28 Secret Mission
The Mill House Studio
BD-29 Forever Changing
BD-30 Carpet Of The Sun

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     Renaissance - Azure D'Or
Disc Label:     Renaissance - Azure D Or (Blu-Ray)
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GENRE : Progressive Rock
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COMMENT : British progressive rock band Renaissance released their ninth studio album, Azure D’Or,
in May 1979. This album features what may fans consider to be the band’s ‘classic’ line up
of Annie Haslam (lead vocals), John Tout (keyboards), Jon Camp (bass), Michael Dunford (guitar)
and Terry Sullivan (drums).

There were a lot of changes following the release of this album, including the departures of
Tout and Sullivan as well as the band being dropped from their label Sire (under the Warner
Brothers umbrella). In many respects, it is a transitional album for the band.

There was a lot riding on Azure D’Or. The band’s previous album, A Song For All Seasons (1978),
was their most successful in the UK and featured “Northern Lights,” their only top ten single
and the only charting single in their career.

In terms of music, the band rose above expectations and released one of their best studio albums.
The music is still ‘progressive’ and complex, but the songs are shorter and perhaps more accessible
than previous albums. Haslam’s voice is in fine form, as is Cam’s, on the stunningly beautiful
“Only Angels Have Wings.”

The album opens with the wonderful “Jekyll And Hyde.” Haslam adds just the right flair to the dark
lyrics and sets the tone for the album. This is quickly followed by “The Winter Tree,” which is about
as far away stylistically and lyrically from the prior track as possible. There’s no dark mystery here,
but instead a beautiful song full of musical and lyrical imagery. Unfortunately, neither single charted
nor helped raise awareness of the album.

01. Jekyll and Hyde
02. The Winter Tree
03. Only Angels Have Wings
04. Golden Key
05. Forever Changing
06. Secret Mission
07. Kalynda (A Magical Isle)
08. The Discovery
09. Friends
10. The Flood at Lyons
11. Island of Avalon
12. Friends (extended version)
13. Jekyll and Hyde (single version)

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