Renaissance - Jekyll and Hyde (1979)

[@Diane-b6q]

The depth of the lyrics with this band is just amazing.

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

Betty Thatcher!

[@snapshot1386]

So underrated by the music business. Renaissance was an amazing group. So many people didn't understand prog rock. It was such a beautiful experience that reached down to your soul. I'm glad to have been born at a time musician made music embracing artist freedom. There were stories being told through songs. Now, It's such a popularity contest and money, money, money. I could listen to Annie Haslam sing over and over. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@felicesgammato9163]

Condivido. Annie é semplicemente FANTASTICA. MI EMOZIONO ANCORA ASCOLTARLI

[@CarloCadona]

I agree. An underrated band. I have 11 albums of theirs, and love them all. Glad I got to see them live, 1975-1981. Great concerts.

[@rebeccadale7285]

She's the best singer i've ever heard she's a diva at her best

[@beds139]

Her vocal range is mind blowing when seeing her live.😊

[@WayofYahushua]

​@@beds139 5 and one half octaves.

[@zdoramaagain7768]

Azure d'Or's KILLER Opening track!!!! I remember playing the album for the first time and being simply BLOWN AWAY by Jekyll and Hyde!!! Knew right away that the whole album was gonna ROCK!

[@optimus163]

Long time ( since the 70s) Renaissance follower. This was the beginning of the end for them. The band had jumped Record Co's thruout the 70s like a rock skimming over the water. At this point Warner Bros wanted the band to go more Commercial to sell more records. In order to keep the band relevant they started writing more Pop oriented tracks. After signing to IRS they recorded these two Lps: Camera Camera and Time-Line as an attempt at appealing to a wider audience. Sadly it failed to do so even though the core of Renaissance was still somewhat shining albeit dimly. The departures of John Tout ( (Kybrds ) then Terence Sullivan ( Drums) and ultimately Jon Camp (Bass) basically closed a long chapter of a great group. Those later Lps did have several songs that had their moments, but the Renaissance that many knew , ceased after these releases.

[@simplechronology2605]

Time-Line is routinely slagged, but the first side of it is really very good as long as you aren't expecting orchestral songs.

[@CarloCadona]

Their 1980’s music grew on me, after a few listenings. I have 11 albums of theirs. To one degree or another, I love them all. Not too many people in the rock genre, have that great a bulk of work.

[@angelicamarch3407]

Band Should be in the hall of fame!

[@canalaverdade.]

Hall of fame is useless, It doesnt mean anything.

[@KD50prog]

Simply the finest vocalist in Prog! Annie rules!!

[@northernjunco93]

Still my favorite band.

[@dali.salvador]

So easy to her. Look the distance between Annie and the microphone. She is the best female voice of the world.

[@andredantas3736]

I agree with you. Fantastic !!!

[@Huskerguy316]

Doesn’t matter how close to the mic you are when you are lip syncing

[@WayofYahushua]

While it's true her volume is incredible. This is a promotional video and the track is from the studio album. Yes, sadly she is lip syncing.

[@markwalker5723]

Annie Haslam, what a voice!

[@paulquintin3607]

One of the highlights of working at our College radio station in the mid 70s was discovering Renaissance in the pile of demo records we would get from the distributors. Found Live a Carnegie Hall and was instantly captivated by the group and Annie’s amazing range. Found all the other vinyl as quickly as I could, and still have them all. Just superb talent all through..

[@markgooden7057]

The Carnage Hall album was their first album I ever heard. I was hooked for the rest of my life.

[@paulquintin3607]

Great video! One of my favorite musical discoveries during my college radio days was the moment Live at Carnegie Hall appeared in our demo records delivery… Annie, just one of the great rock voices. I agree they should be in Hall of Fame, certainly more deserving than some of the ‘talent’ going in these days….

[@333wheeler]

I like this one . More you play it the more catchy it becomes.. Yeah the 2 New wave - pop albums they did added something to the band proving how adaptable they all were.

[@CarloCadona]

I have 11 albums of theirs. Love them all. Even their weaker albums, are still great. 3rd rate renaissance, is still better, than alot of other, more well known bands, in their heyday ! Glad I got to see them, from 1975-1981

[@markdaniels7174]

One of my favorites by them, actually. Gotta love Prog bands and their literary references! But this was the last good album by them; the 70s Prog bands moved into the synth 80s and created poppier songs to survive.

[@CarloCadona]

Got a right to your opinion, Mark. I love all 11 albums I have, of theirs. The 1980’s music grew on me, in time. And they didn’t completely abandon the different time signatures, and other clever things with composing their 80’s music. Not like Genesis, in my humble opinion. That went from creating interesting 1970’s progressive rock, to 1980’s bad, monotonous, throwaway pop, that made them millions !! At too high a price, I think.

[@WayofYahushua]

​@CarloCadona actually there are 37 albums and various recordings including dvds.

[@CarloCadona]

@@WayofYahushua thanks for the info. But I said I love all 11 albums of theirs, that I Have. I know they made more. But thanks for for telling me, in case I didn’t. I do have the two original renaissance band albums too. The group with Keith Relf and Jim McCarty from the yardbirds. I like those albums too, but consider that, a different band.

[@marthyfreaks3793]

Superb. Thanks for the upload.

[@bixster2260]

A fan since ‘73. This song on my car’s iPod heavy rotation.

[@djailsonjosepedrosadebarro2501]

Sinceramente, sou-lhe muito grato. PARABÉNS depois de tanto tempo , eu esperava mais por esse milagre de curtir essa maravilhosa banda insuperável.!!!

[@ivanyiattila3547]

Woman with Jon Anderson singing skill.

[@mikejzx]

Indeed, she has a fantastic voice. Both are great and unique singers in their own right !

[@JehanineMelmoth]

Have you heard her collaboration with Steve Howe?

[@LSUfan]

Wonderful video of the band!

[@garyvanleeuwen8954]

Beautiful.

[@ME-ru4hv]

This is amazing! Dudley Moore sitting in messing about on drums as well! 0:45

[@WayofYahushua]

That's Terence Sullivan, the groups drummer .

[@garytaylor2084]

Thanks for posting

[@ugrey]

Many thanks for putting this up!

[@marceloramos4386]

Obra prima do proguessivo...pura maravilha SONORA...ROCK progresivo minha vida....gratidao

[@ErichHMorf]

The first release was on the album Azure d'Or in 1979

[@hjp648]

Nossaaaa! Feliz de ver esse clipe, nunca tinha visto, muito bom!

[@tonymanero5544]

It’s been decades since I’ve heard this.

[@SandraSilva-gj5kb]

Thanks 🙏 👏👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kghiaman62]

Nice

[@marcosfrancisco7046]

Esse album de 1979 , para mim , junto com o de 1973 e 1978 são os melhores do Renaissance , eu tinha os 3 .

[@qasthor]

Guau!!!!, gratos recuerdos. Saludos desde Chile

[@DonatoDamiano-r2g]

One of my favorites from "Azure d' Or". The last great Renaissance album, though the others that followed were pleasant enough. 'Bonjour Swansong' from "Camera Camera" being the best of the lot, imho.

[@marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974]

Unique

[@Marctull66]

Thank you for uploading. :o)) I wonder where this footage comes from. I once owned tales of 1001 Night when all the albums weren't available on CD yet... but it's from Azure d'Or, that I finally found on CD. It's nice to see the band performing. I wonder where this was recorded... it's not the studio version, is it ? It seems to me that during a brief moment, around 1:28-1:29, the synth is out of tune... but If this is live in a studio, I wonder why the sound fades out at the end, anyway... Weird. Annie's in top shape. and Jon Camp does a great job on bass and backing vocals.

[@mikejzx]

Thanks for watching! This footage comes from a DVD of the band filmed at Mill House & Bray Studios in 1979. The DVD includes mostly songs off Azure D'or, in a live "unplugged" style, such as of Forever Changing, Winter Tree, and Carpet of the Sun which are also available here on KZbin. This performance of Jekyll and Hyde unfortunately is one of the few ones off the DVD that was not recorded with live audio. The fade at the end of course is the obvious giveaway, and the audio track itself from what I can tell seems to be the same as the official studio recording. I think the out-of-tune synth you noticed is perhaps some kind of pitch distortion in the tape.

[@Marctull66]

@@mikejzx : Thank you for telling me ! I seem to have missed that DVD.

[@glauciodon.campelo8967]

​@@mikejzx thanks for the mill house & bray studios' video tip.

[@claudiacavalcanti285]

Amo essa música

[@stevenmarquiss9213]

She reminds me of a beautiful woman l dated a long time ago

[@CarloCadona]

Lucky you, Steven ! I got to see them live, 1975-1981. Great concerts. Annie is person, was strikingly beautiful. Still not bad looking now, for an old lady.

[@kghiaman62]

now who's outside

[@МаксРогозин-е1ю]

Azure d'Or last album of Renaissance classic line up. Not quite on par with such classics as Scheherazade and Song for all Seasons but still way better than two horrible new wavish releases from the eighties. I think John Tout's departure was ruinous for once stellar band.

[@mikejzx]

Absolutely agree, this was also the first of their albums to not have any of the longer epic/progressive pieces that the band was known and loved for. Tout's departure definitely had a huge detrimental impact on the band's future releases; he played such a key role in the band's greatest songs, and his classical approach to playing was a defining feature of their sound. It's such a shame what happened to this band in the 80s though!

[@tullfan2560]

@@mikejzx Lots of great 70s bands were sideswiped, eclipsed or even destroyed by disco followed by New Wave.

[@angelicamarch3407]

@@tullfan2560 Then they Game Back!!!

[@МаксРогозин-е1ю]

Yeah, Renaissance released two albums in the 21st century Tuscany and Grandine. Decent works but below their prime albums between 1972-78. Bassist Jon Camp never reunited with them though (perhaps inner conflict?). It's a pity for me, cause he's great on bass and provided some good backing vocals to Annie.

[@salrial744]

John Tout wasn't the issue, it was being forced to change with music tastes and the unionization of orchestras. Record companies didn't want to spend that kind of money (which the musicians deserved, imo), especially on a relatively unknown band, and they didn't want music that sounded like early to mid 70s. Members of the band have said as much. They didn't have a big following, so they couldn't dictate terms to the record execs. Those are the main factors. The change from orchestrations to synthesizers was a shock to fans of the earlier music and they couldn't cope. It wasn't as much of an issue with younger people like me and other people my age who discovered them a bit later than when they started. I loved the classical aspect of the earlier work, but it wasn't a make or break thing. I mostly liked Camera, Camera, although the sound quality was harsh. I will say I think Timeline was bad. The songwriting was a dramatic drop. But this is like music criticism in general. You like it, you sort of like it or you don't. Nothing will change that unless you appreciate music mainly on an intellectual level.

[@francoisbenoit5335]

Is someone tell me if this is lip sing or the real thing from the studio

[@simplechronology2605]

Lip sync. Her voice is double tracked.

[@beds139]

@@simplechronology2605However they were without doubt one of the best live bands I ever saw.

[@klausdreams4275]

Un poquito decadentes ya estos Renaissance... 1979 😁 Lo mejor de su discografía ya había pasado

[@markgooden7057]

No one has or had the voice Annie had.

[@deitchphillip3773]

Anne Haslam was the Absolute Goddess of the Vocals when I was a teen anger in the 1970's! I can barely handle watching these videos to see her dance and how beautiful she is! Lord Buddha! Praise the Tao and Allah and Just please get rid of Jesus and " America!" For me!