“Carpet of the Sun” by Renaissance

Michael Dunford wrote the music for "Carpet of the Sun" and Betty Thatcher the words, and Annie Haslam sings it on Ashes Are Burning, the fourth studio album from English progressive rockers Renaissance, released in 1973. It was the record where they deliberately steered toward a more acoustic sound, to suit their folk leanings and to stand apart from all the bands leaning on electric guitars. They were between guitarists, so bassist Jon Camp played most of the album's guitar parts, while Dunford, still writing from outside the lineup, added acoustic guitar to a few tracks.

Richard Hewson is credited with the strings on this one, on the first Renaissance album to bring in an orchestra for some of its songs, and the band produced it with engineer Dick Plant.

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