Ed Thorp: A Man For All Markets

Esoteric Recordings is pleased to announce the release of a newly re-mastered and expanded 3CD clamshell box edition of the classic album, “A Song for All Seasons” by RENAISSANCE. Released in March 1978, the album featured the song “Northern Lights”, a Top Ten hit single in the UK and Europe, and was a successful hit album in the UK, USA and Canada. By the late 1970s the line-up of highly gifted vocalist Annie Haslam, Michael Dunford (acoustic and electric guitars), John Tout (keyboards, vocals), Jon Camp (bass, acoustic & electric guitars, vocals) and Terry Sullivan (drums, percussion) had recorded a series of acclaimed albums that fused classical music influences with progressive rock and had earned a loyal following in Europe and had enjoyed wider success in the United States and Japan.

Documentary telling the story of Hidcote - the most influential English garden of the 20th century - and Lawrence Johnston, the enigmatic genius behind it. Hidcote Manor in Gloucestershire was the first garden ever taken on by the National Trust, who in a decade-long project completed in 2011 spent 3.5 million pounds in a major restoration programme. This included researching Johnston's original vision, which uncovered the compelling story of how a secretive and self-taught horticulturalist created such an iconic garden. Glyn Jones - head gardener at Hidcote - made it his mission to discover as much about the man as possible to reveal how, in the early 20th century, he created a garden that has influenced designers all over the world.