Anyone dig early Renaissance?

yeah I'll try to remember to load it up on the iPod. made myself a note but must've forgotten it. I recall hearing one album that I remember being very ambitious and neat but I think that was Turn of the Cards

sorry for the delay, you're right it totally rules. "trip to the fair" and of course the monster title track are definitely my favorites. I'm genuinely impressed by how gothic this band got.

hurrah!

yeah I listened to some of the stuff before this album and it didn't speak to me quite as much. think they discovered this particular intersection of pure psych bliss and melancholy that few have mined well

Turn of the Cards is similar, I'd give that one another shot. Ashes are Burning is also very good but it's a little more poppish and melodic, not really dark at all. Outside of that they have some individual tracks I really like - "Sounds of the Sea" on Prologue is just gorgeous, as is "Island" (from the debut, with Jane Reif). Dunno if any of their albums after Scheherezade are worth getting. I'm curious as to how the "New Wave" Renassiance sounded even if nobody has anything nice to say about it.

It's not quite as "new wave" and actually not quite as dire as I remember, not having heard it for 30 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr9iIjI7m_s

I absolutely love this section of Scheherazade. It sounds good just as a standalone song too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBjR_5D-96o

yes, it's amazing. scheherazade is one of the great 1970s albums

dope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB-UXivqqAY