[ERA : 70s / Rock, Jazz-Rock, Prog-Rock ]

Renée was 18 years old when she recorded the Sun album Sun 1972. The band also featured Keith Shadwick (sax, flute), Henry Correy (bass), Garry Norwell (drums) and George Alamanza (electric piano). Sun 1972 is on CD for the very first time through Aztec Records. Gil Matthews has expanded the original album into a 2CD edition with a dozen rehearsal tracks. Sun 1972 was the only Sun album. In 1973, Renée released the first of her long career of solo records. In total, Renée had 15 solo records. The last was Swing in 2013. Renée also recorded one more band record, Easy Pieces by Easy Pieces, a short-lived band she was in when she lived in Los Angeles.This double CD version is packaged in a deluxe digi-pak. The second disc includes a dozen tracks sourced from the 2022 4CD box set The Rehearsal Tapes (1971-1972) issued on the ETT Imprint label. Digitally Mastered for CD by Gil Matthews, featuring a booklet including rare photos and liner notes by Ian McFarlane.

CD1 Sun 1972 : Silver Dollar Rag * Message * No Cherries for Henry * S.S. * I Really Want to Know * Largesse * 3 1/2 * Vandetta * Not the Time Now
CD2 The Rehearsal Tapes (1971-1972) : Silver Dollar Rag * The Message * When I Reach Out For Your Hand * Blue Sun * Sea of Tranquility * Try * You Are Only a Shadow * S.S. * Parkside of Destruction * Three 1/2 * I Really Want to Know * Largesse * Message (LIVE)