to use material he had already written. Jimmy Horowitz did the orchestral arrangements on the album. Sullivan recalled, "He was a true gentleman and a total professional. His approach was to have a soft touch on the strings, which was exactly what we were looking for." "Running Hard" quotes a melodic phrase first used in "Mr. Pine" from the Illusion album, as well as the piece "Litanies" by French composer Jehan Alain, both at keyboardist John Tout's suggestion. The music to "Cold Is Being" is taken from "Adagio in G minor" (attributed to Tomaso Albinoni, but actually composed by Remo Giazotto); it was credited in the back notes ("Thanks to Jehan Alain for the opening piece of RUNNING HARD and Albinoni for COLD IS BEING"). "Mother Russia" is cited by Jon Camp as being a case where he made major compositional contributions without being credited for them. Betty Thatcher wrote the lyrics, which are based on the famous novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, before Renaissance had any music for the song, breaking from the band's usual pattern of only using Thatcher's lyrics when she wrote them for a piece of music they had given her. Sullivan said he was present when Thatcher wrote the lyrics to "Black Flame", which she did while seated in a special writing chair in her house. The album's title was inspired by the cover art Hipgnosis created. Some credits on the original album were later inexplicably cropped: "Many thanks to Miles Copeland, Julian, Shirley" had originally read, "Many thanks to Miles Copeland, Julian, Shirley, Richard and Natalie Halem." Expanded 2020 edition In 2019 Esoteric Recordings announced a re-mastered and 4 disc (3 CD plus 1 DVD-audio) expanded edition of the album which was released on 20 March 2020. Track listing Expanded edition Personnel Renaissance Annie Haslam – lead and backing vocals Michael Dunford – acoustic guitar, backing vocals Jon Camp (listed as "John Camp") – bass, co-lead vocals on track 3, backing vocals John Tout – keyboards, backing vocals Terence Sullivan – drums, backing vocals, percussion Additional musicians Jimmy Horowitz – orchestral arrangements Production Dick Plant - producer, engineer Richard Gottehrer - producer Douglas Bogie, Mike Pela - assistant engineers Jeffrey Lesser - remix engineer at Mediasound Studios, New York Hipgnosis - cover design References Notes 1974 albums Renaissance (band) albums Sire Records albums RCA Records albums Albums produced by Richard