M>   The original Renaissance featured ex-Yardbirds Keith Relf (vocals,
M> guitar, harmonica) and Jim McCarty (drums, percussion, vocals).  The
M> band also featured Keith's sister Jane Relf (vocals, percussion);
M> Louis Cennamo (bass guitar); and John Hawken (keyboards).
I forgot Cennamo was on this.  He was big in the Captain Beyond/ 
Armageddon/Steamhammer axis.
The line-up is
M>the same, but this album  features the first appearance of writers
M>Mick Dunford and Betty Thatcher.  Dunford plays guitar on one of his
M>compositions as well.    
This is the first time I've heard anyone explain the link between the 2 
bands (other than the name).  Never heard _Illusion_ (or seen it, 
obviously).
M>   This was the last Renaissance album I bought.  It was not at all
M>the  same sound as what I had loved in the 70s.  There may have been
M>one more  after that - I'm not sure.   But if it exists, I'd only have
M>a passing  interest in it anyway - just to complete a collection.  ;-)
It's called _Timeline_.  There are also 2 different versions of the band 
today, one with Annie and one without.
Stuart
NP:  Mellow Candle "Reverend Sister"
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