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Live At Carnegie Hall > Renaissance

Artist: Renaissance
Label: Sire
Catalog#: SASY-3902-2
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1976-06
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Renaissance’s live double-album—recorded on their Scheherazade tour at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic, with Tony Cox conducting—is by most accounts their best (and most consistent) document on record. The band integrates well with the orchestra; that’s not much of a surprise though, considering that Michael Dunford’s compositions were classical in nature. In fact, the band’s music often comes closer to the sound of a Broadway stage show than that of a rock concert, which perhaps explains their significant audience in New England.

Lucky Golden Stripes And Starpose > Wigwam

Artist: Wigwam
Label: Virgin
Catalog#: V2051
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1976

Macula Transfer > Froese, Edgar

Artist: Edgar Froese
Label: Brain
Catalog#: 60.008
Format: Vinyl
Country: Germany
Released: 1976

Made In Europe > Deep Purple

Artist: Deep Purple
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Catalog#: PR 2995
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1976

Maledetti (Maudits) > Area

Artist: Area
Label: Cramps Records
Catalog#: CRSLP 5105
Format: Vinyl
Country: Italy
Released: 1976

Marscape > Jack Lancaster And Robin Lumley

Artist: Jack Lancaster And Robin Lumley
Label: RSO
Catalog#: 2394 170
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1976

Million Dollar Legs > Tony Williams Lifetime, The New

Artist: New Tony Williams Lifetime
Label: Columbia
Catalog#: PC 34263
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1976

Mind Exploding > Lucifer's Friend

Artist: Lucifer's Friend
Label: Janus Records
Catalog#: JXS 7030
Format: Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1976

Moondawn > Schulze, Klaus

Artist: Klaus Schulze
Label: Brain
Catalog#: 1088
Format: LP
Country: Germany
Released: 1976-04

Moonmadness > Camel

Artist: Camel
Label: Janus Records
Catalog#: JXS 7024
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1976-04
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Camel's fourth record Moonmadness is generally regarded as one of their best efforts. After the success of The Snow Goose, the band undertook the daunting task of a follow-up. Written quickly between tours, the focus remained on the instrumental flair and songwriting of Pete Bardens and Andy Latimer. With Rhett Davies now manning production, the album opens with "Aristillus" (which should explain something about the US cover), a short track featuring Bardens's synthesizer work. "Song Within a Song" barely resurrects vocals, with Doug Ferguson taking the mic here.