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This 1974 follow-up to Renaissance’s breakthrough LP "Ashes are Burning" saw the UK band wrapping lush orchestral arrangements around a heavy prog-rock center, while Annie Haslam’s majestic vocals soared up above it all. An artistic triumph and a watershed release that greatly expanded their U.S. audience, "Turn of the Cards" has been remastered and expanded here with a full concert at the Academy of Music in NYC (5/17/74). A 24-piece orchestra joined them at that show, which has been newly mixed from the original 16-track tapes: "Black Flame," "Cold Is Being," "Running Hard" and more songs from "Turn of the Cards" plus "Carpet of the Sun," "Can You Understand" a 25-minute "Ashes Are Burning" (featuring Wishbone Ash guitarist Andy Powell) and more. You’ll also hear the unreleased song "Everybody Needs a Friend" and other bonus cuts plus a DVD with a 5.1 surround sound and hi-res stereo mix of the complete album! Esoteric Antenna.