Description
Offered for sale is a Japanese pressing of Prologue, the third album by Renaissance.
About this copy: This copy of Prologue is a 1983 Japanese pressing on the EMI label of an album that was originally released in 1972.
The cover is VG++ with faint general wear. The obi is missing. The lyric insert is M-.
The disc is M- with a couple of spindle marks on the labels, but no marks on the vinyl. Clean disc!
A nice copy of a pretty good progressive rock LP.
Background: Released in 1972, Prologue was the third album by Renaissance, but the first to feature the version of the band that became well-known.
The album reached #60 on the UK charts, but did not chart in the U.S.
Allmusic.com gave Prologue a 4 star review:
The first album by the ’70s (i.e. Annie Haslam) version of Renaissance is a transitional work, rooted in more standard hard rock sounds (including psychedelia) than what followed. One can spot the difference, which may please some listeners and put others off, in the fairly heavy guitar sound of “Prologue,” Rob Hendry’s electric instrument playing both lead and rhythm parts prominently at various times behind Annie Haslam’s soaring vocals and adjacent to John Tout’s piano. “Kiev” may also startle some longtime fans, since Haslam doesn’t handle the lead vocals, the male members’ singing being much more prominent.
| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | EMI |
| Catalog Number: |
EMS-50114 |
| Year of Release: | 1983 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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