![]() Until then Haslam had shared vocals with Terry Crowe, who was in effect the band's chief vocalist. Will Romano in Mountains come out of the sky explained that 'unlike many of the artists to which they were compared Renaissance allowed the piano and female voice to come to the forefront'. Sometime in 1971, new manager Miles Copeland III decided to re-organize the band, focusing on what he felt was Renaissance's strong points – Haslam's voice and Tout's piano. Dunford soon emerged as a prolific composer, and continued the writing partnership with Thatcher, who would go on to write most of the lyrics for the band's 1970s albums. While McCarty would go on to write songs for the new band, Relf's involvement would be short-lived. Both were present when singer Annie Haslam successfully auditioned in January 1971 to replace the departing Cullom (who would later marry drummer Terry Slade and retire from the music scene). The plan at the time was that Relf and McCarty would remain involved as non-performing members – Relf as a producer and McCarty as a songwriter. There is an extant video (released on the DVD 'Kings & Queens' in 2010) of that line-up performing five songs on a German TV program (Muzik-Kanal). The two remaining original members left in late 1970 Jane Relf was replaced by American folk singer Anne-Marie 'Binky' Cullom, then John Hawken left to join Spooky Tooth and pianist John Tout replaced him. ![]()
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