was previously released (also in 1973) by former Renaissance member Jim McCarty's band Shoot. It was the title track of their only album. An early demo of "Carpet of the Sun," with a vocal by Jane Relf, was released in 2008 on the compilation Jane's Renaissance: The Complete Jane Relf Collection, 1969-1995. This demo version includes a verse which is not heard in the final version; however this verse is printed on the Ashes Are Burning LP's inner sleeve. (The verse begins with "Come along and try, looking into ways of giving. Maybe we will try, find a dream that we will live in".) Release In the Beginning reissue In 1978 Ashes Are Burning was reissued, together with the preceding album Prologue, as a double album called In the Beginning. While Prologue was reissued in complete form, the Ashes Are Burning song "At the Harbour" was edited down to 3:07. This was because a change in copyright laws in the interim had changed the status of certain early 20th century works, including Claude Debussy's La cathédrale engloutie, excerpts of which begin and end the full version of "At the Harbour". The 1988 CD version of In the Beginning (on one disc) had edited versions not only of this song, but also of "Ashes Are Burning" and of one Prologue song. The early-1990s CD reissue of "Ashes are Burning," on One Way Records, contains the full-length version of "At the Harbour". The album was re-issued on CD in its original form by Repertoire Records in 1995. Expanded 2019 edition In 2018 Esoteric Recordings announced a re-mastered and expanded edition of the album, which was released on 22 February 2019. Track listing Personnel Renaissance Annie Haslam – lead and backing vocals John Tout – keyboards, backing vocals Jon Camp (listed as "John Camp") – bass, electric and acoustic guitars, co-lead vocals on track 3, backing vocals Terence Sullivan – drums, backing vocals, percussion Additional musicians Michael Dunford – acoustic guitar Andy Powell – electric guitar solo on track 6 Richard Hewson – strings arrangements on tracks 1 and 4 Production Dick Plant – producer, engineer Richard Goldblatt – assistant engineer Hipgnosis – cover design References Renaissance (band) albums 1973 albums Harvest Records albums Capitol Records albums EMI Records albums Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis Repertoire Records albums