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Saddly yes the original Renaissance did breakup in during the recording of their 2nd album. Touring was just too much for Jim McCarty who sadly had not fully recovered from his days in the Yardbirds. Jim and Keith would go on to record a very Renaissance like album soundtrack in 1970-71 that remains unreleased to this day and features the lovely voice of Jane Relf. Jim did stay on behind the scenes writting songs for the new Renaissance group before starting his own prog like band in 1973 called Shoot. Illusion was very good band live and featured the lead guitar work of John Knightsbridge. In 2001 Renassiance (the original band sans Keith Relf) reformed and released an album under the name Renaissance Illusion. John Hawken mentioed that another project is not out of the question but recently annouced his touring plans with the Strawbs who will perform their land mark Heroine album this summer.
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