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Anybody seen this? Awesome.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ_5h0SKUSM

Does anybody have a history of Jon Camp's Rick usage? Any idea what amps/cabs he used? I know a Forum member has his white bass....I only ever really heard A Song For All Seasons before and I'm really, really loving the stuff I'm discovering. Any particular recommendations album wise? (although I'll probably just go and buy them all....)

Actually, yesterday I went on a "YouTube-ing spree", so to speak, and saw the Renaissance videos. Rare and fascinating.
Yeah, you can't go wrong buying all their albums, including alternate versions of a couple of known songs, though I find "Camera Camera" and "Time Line" to be a bit out of step with the rest of their output. Just my opinion.

Everything up through Azure D'Or is worth getting. After that they sound too commercial for my tastes. There are several live recording you should also get.

I have only seen them once, in '79 promoting SFAS. Rennaisance did songs from throughout there past albums. It was in a theatre in the round, a very intimate place so it was fantastic to see them there. After the show I got to have a nice conversation with both Annie and Jon.

Annie had not sung before joining Renaissance. Is it just me, or does she look really stoned, or really shy? Nice Rick tone.

Thanks for the info guys.

Sergio, that's exactly what I've been doing recently, which is how I came up with this (and the various other videos). Looks like I'm going to have to order all the albums online, as a trip to my local stores failed to turn up anything. Not that that's a problem of course.

Jeffrey, sounds like a lovely way to see the band, and it must have been very interesting chatting to Jon and Annie. It's only fairly recently that I even remembered the existence of Song for All Seasons (an album my older brother had when it first came out, and which I appreciate even more now than I did then), so I'm way behind with the other stuff, but there's nothing like catching up on great music that you missed first time round.

John, given the period in question, I guess it could've been either

You can't go wrong with "Live at Carnegie Hall". It's a real good sampler of their material up to that point. I don't know about you guys, but I've always thought Annie Haslam was the hottest chick in progressive rock.

Wait a minute...I think she was the ONLY chick in progressive rock.

Hmm... Annie was in class of her own, but I don't think you could say she was the only chick in prog rock. Jerney Kaagman with Earth and Fire, Angela Allen with Carmen, and Kim Moore with Esperanto are worth mentioning. And since this a Rickenbacker forum, listen to the uncompromising 4001 tone throughout Esperanto's "Last Tango" (1975).

Okay Serg...I stand corrected. The most famous hot chick in progressive rock.

My mind isn't what it once was, wasn't there a "chick" in Klaatu?

I just can't remember....

Hmmm...a chick in Klaatu. I don't think so. Weren't they a studio band from Canada. I've actually got three of their albums. It's really good stuff, despite the fact that they are very derivitave of the Beatles. Remember back whan their single "Calling Ocupants Of Interplanetary Craft" came out and there was a buz about them actualy being the Beatles reformed.Then Ann Murray covered that song...YUCK!

Hey Dane,

I can't recall all the details, my memories of those years were, shall we say, a bit cloudy?

Ann Murray.... LOL!

YES, I remember "Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft". Too funny. I have so many old LP's floating around the house. I really should break them out and give them a listen. I have a lot of old Renaissance, and some other oddball prog stuff.

I recently found some old Nektar LP's..."Remember the future" and "Recycled", I loved that band. It always sends the wife running for cover when I play that stuff!

"Hmmm...a chick in Klaatu. I don't think so. Weren't they a studio band from Canada. I've actually got three of their albums. It's really good stuff, despite the fact that they are very derivitave of the Beatles. Remember back whan their single "Calling Ocupants Of Interplanetary Craft" came out and there was a buz about them actualy being the Beatles reformed.Then Ann Murray covered that song...YUCK!"

Aha! Finally, something I'm somewhat qualified to discuss! Klaatu was a group of three Toronto-area musicians that recorded five albums in the 70s and 80s. Their biggest hit was indeed "Calling Occupants", which was later covered by the Carpenters (but I'm sure Anne Murray thought about covering it Dane! ). Klaatu is easily my favourite band of all time and were obviously heavily influenced by the Beatles. In fact, the main reason I got into bass was due to their brilliant bass player, John Woluschuk. His basses? A Hofner and a 4001, split pretty much equally -- a couple of songs even featured both! Another of their biggest hits (at least here in Canada) was a tune called "Subrosa Subway". (It was actually the bass playing and vocal harmonies on this song that got a lot of people convinced this was the Beatles) Most of the song is played on the Hofner, but he later added a bunch of runs on the Ric to the ending instrumental part.

They didn't have a woman in the band but they did use a session singer named Laurie Hood on a couple of tunes as a backup singer.

More info on the band (including song samples) can be found at www.klaatu.org.

There was also that Sonya... in Curved Air.

You're right, Jeffrey. Sonja Kristina.