Product Details

• Actors: Renaissance, Annie Haslam, John Tout, Michael Dunford, Jon Camp
• Format: Black & White, NTSC, Import
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Cherry Red UK
• DVD Release Date: June 16, 2009
• Run Time: 125 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001GB67WC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,924 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Fix is in..., June 19, 2009

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Barry L. Kline (Huntingdon, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Song of Scheherezade (DVD)

There has been much written about the faulty disc that marred the release of this DVD. I received my copy from Amazon a couple of days ago and the speed problem has been fixed.

The two concerts represented on this DVD have been filmed in black and white, and as the result the video isn't what one would hope. That said, there is a dearth of video material for Renaissance so anything is welcome. And the best part is that the two concerts are actually of the band... they were shot from the stage and give you an up-close and personal view of the group in action. There isn't any of that vertigo-inducing MTV editing that seems to be so much part and parcel of many modern concert vids.

I give this a definite five stars. The video isn't perfect and the audio isn't exquisite, but the music represents two really great periods of Renaissance output.

If you're a fan, I highly recommend it!

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Subpar recording quality, but it's all we have of them, July 23, 2009

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Bruce C. Patterson (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Song of Scheherezade (DVD)

After reading the other reviews of this, the only video recording available of the best lineup of Renaissance, I decided to take a chance on it. I saw them at their peak in 1978 and have always considered them the best kept secret of the glorious progressive rock era of the 1970's. The DVD is in keeping with the descriptions written by other reviewers in that the picture is in black and white and the sound is decidedly disappointing, but considering that it must never have been intended for distribution, I find the camera work to be fairly polished and the audio more than acceptable.

There are two concerts on the disc. The 1979 show is playing now and represents such a tragic decline for Renaissance that it pains me to hear it. I find it incredible that they could have plunged to such depths. Personnel changes took place between the two shows recorded for this offering, and the one is 1979 is horrible. Annie Haslam is out of tune. Need I say more.

The 1976 concert at The Capital Theater is transcendent. It was very similar to the ones I remember in Austin and Houston two years later. The material is a wish list for Renaissance fans, and Annie's five-octave voice is in full bloom. The group was in perfect form as they moved through the best of their catalogue in what really was a dream set list for the knowledgeable fan.

Aside from the overall excellence of this performance by this criminally obscure band, Jon Camp's bass playing marks him as one of the best of the era, as he treats his four-stringed guitar like a lead instrument.

Annie Haslam is captured exactly as I remember her: beautiful, elegant, and flawless. Great possibilities came to fruition when Renaissance mixed an opera singer with virtuoso rock. I fell in love with her thirty years ago along with every other guy in Jones Hall, and I am now left to pine anew.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WARNING PER ANNIE HASLAM'S WEBSITE, February 16, 2009

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W. M. Foss "w_m_f2" (Anoka, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Song of Scheherezade (DVD)

"Renaissance DVD Faulty, DO NOT Purchase.

Sadly, the first 'Renaissance' DVD was released to the public as a faulty product. The company, Cherry Red Records, is working on correcting the problem.

Please do not purchase the DVD until we give the go ahead.

If yours is faulty, please contact Cherry Red directly. Contact information will be on your copy.

Renaissance assumes no responsibility for this, as it was out of their hands. They are very upset this has happened and are sad about the disappointment felt by many fans."