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Classic Rock Renaissance | Remastered version of platinum-selling 70s Symphonic Crossover album Classic Rock announced feat new tracks & the London Symphonic Orchestra – 31st March BMG

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A brand new follow up to the incredible compilation album phenomenon ‘Classic Rock’, released in 1978, has been announced, featuring remastered versions of the original track list, as well as 6 takes on modern hits.

‘Classic Rock Renaissance’, released on 31st March on BMG, will feature hit from the likes of Coldplay and Adele, as well as remastered versions of songs on the original album by Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, and more. 

Originally conceived by producers Don Reedman and Jeff Jarratt, the original ‘Classic Rock’ became a pioneering phenomenon with its groundbreaking mix of rock and pop songs rearranged in an orchestral style, and went platinum in the UK.

Along with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), who also feature on the new album, as well as the Royal Choral Society, Reedman and Jarratt paved a musical path on ‘Classic Rock’ that still to this day is resonating.

Don says :

“I thought the combination of classical and rock music was obvious: Classic Rock. It described how those worlds could collide in two words. I wondered: ‘What if I could make this happen?’ The potential of the idea gave me goosebumps.”

The album has become a forefather to all kinds of symphonic crossover projects, seen now everywhere amongst every genre from rave to dance to hip-hop; let alone in Reedman’s own recent orchestral projects for the music of Elvis, Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison.

David Bowie and Pete Townshend were among the fans, with Bowie enthusing of the LSO’s take on ‘Life On Mars’, commenting “It sounds so big and grand!”

The new album cements the legacy of the original in its truest spirit with its lush sound remastered, and the addition of 6 new tracks.

On the album and working with the LSO again, Don says:

“The LSO were so thrilled to do Classic Rock again. . They said that they still get a steady flow of enquiries about Classic Rock, after all these years. There’s something magical about that orchestra. They’re so committed and so excited. Those new recordings sound so fresh – but so do the songs from that first album in 1978. They still sparkle.”

Kathryn McDowell, Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra said:

“ Classic Rock is an important part of the LSO’s story, the recordings brought the Orchestra to a whole new audience across the world. We were delighted to be asked back to Abbey Road to record the new tracks, I hope very much we have the same success all over again.

Available digitally and 3CD Set on 31st March via BMG

Tracklist:

Human*
Viva La Vida*
Hello*
Somebody to Love*
Whole Lotta Love
Life on Mars
Run*
God Only Knows
Nights in White Satin
Baker Street
Paint it Black
Uprising*
Bohemian Rhapsody
Stairway to Heaven
Space Oddity
Question
Jet
House of the Rising Sun
Ruby Tuesday
Layla
Another Brick in the Wall
Vienna
You Really Got Me
Get Back
MacArthur Park
Fanfare Prelude
Reach Out I’ll Be There
Eye of the Tiger
Since You’ve Been Gone
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
She’s out of My Life
Eve of the War
A Whiter Shade of Pale
A Day in the Life
I’m Not in Love
Pinball Wizard
Sailing
Standing in the Shadows of Love
*Previously unreleased

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