6CD BOXED SET CELEBRATING THE WORK OF COLOSSEUM RECORDED BETWEEN 1968 AND 1971.
A REMASTERED SET INCLUDING THE ALBUMS THOSE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU, VALENTYNE SUITE, THE GRASS IS GREENER, DAUGHTER OF TIME AND COLOSSEUM LIVE PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 12 BONUS TRACKS DRAWN FROM STUDIO SESSIONS AND LIVE RECORDINGS.
INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK WITH ESSAY.
Colosseum came together in 1968, the brainchild of virtuoso drummer Jon Hiseman and saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith (who had played together in the Graham Bond Organisation and John Mayalls Bluesbreakers). Teaming with bass guitarist Tony Reeves and keyboard player Dave Greenslade, the line-up of the band was completed with the recruitment of guitarist and vocalist James Litherland. Their debut album, Those About to Die Salute You was was one of the first successful attempts to fuse jazz, blues and rock reaching number 15 on the UK album chart.
Their second album, Valentyne Suite, was the first release on the Progressive Vertigo imprint and spent nine weeks on the UK album chart, peaking at number 15. The albums focal point was the three part Valentyne Suite which earned the band critical praise and is now regarded as a milestone in early Progressive Rock. In the USA and Canada the album appeared in different form in 1970 as The Grass is Greener remixed and featuring new member Dave Clem Clempson (guitar, vocals), who replaced James Litherland in the group. The album also featured a series of songs unreleased in the UK.
Released on the Vertigo in December 1970, Daughter of Time heralded another line-up change within the group, featuring new recruits Mark Clarke (bass) and the distinctive lead vocalist Chris Farlowe. The album spent five weeks in UK Top 30. A series of UK concerts were recorded in 1971 and were issued in June of that year as the double LP Colosseum Live, a UK Top 20 hit. Colosseum dis-banded in October 1971, but were to reform in 1994.This Esoteric Recordings release also features studio bonus tracks and an additional CD of further live recordings from 1971.
TRACK LISTING
DISC ONE
Those Who Are About to Die Salute You
Walking in the Park
Plenty hard Luck
Mandarin
Debut
Beware the Ides of March
The Road She Walked Before
Backwater Blues
Those About to Die
Bonus tracks recorded at Pye Studios, November 1968
I Cant Live without You
In the Heat of the Night
Those About to Die (demo)
DISC TWO
Valentyne Suite
The Kettle
Elegy
Buttys Blues
The Machine Demands a Sacrifice
The Valentyne Suite
a. Januarys Search
b. Theme Two Februarys Valentyne
c. Theme Three The Grass is Always Greener
Bonus track
Tell Me Now
DISC THREE
The Grass is Greener
Jumping Off the Sun
Lost Angeles
Elegy
Buttys Blues
Rope Ladder to the Moon
Bolero
The Machine Demands a Sacrifice
The Grass is Always Greener
DISC FOUR
Daughter of Time
Three Score and Ten Amen
Time Lament
Take Me Back to Domesday
The Daughter of Time
Theme for an Imaginary Western
Bring Out Your Dead
Downhill and Shadows
The Time Machine
Bonus tracks
Bring Out Your Dead (demo)
Jumping Off the Sun (Lansdowne Studios 3rd May 1970)
11 The Pirates Dream
DISC FIVE
Colosseum Live
Rope Ladder to the Moon
Walking in the Park
Skellington
I Cant Live Without You
Tanglewood 63
Encore Stormy Monday Blues
Lost Angeles
DISC SIX
Live Recordings 1971
Rope Ladder to the Moon (live Brighton 1971)
Skellington (live Brighton 1971)
I Cant Live Without You Time Machine The Machine Demands a Sacrifice (live Manchester University 1971) 4 Stormy Monday Blues (live Bristol University 1971)
The Valentyne Suite
a. Januarys Search
b. Theme Two- Februarys Valentyne
c. Theme Three The Grass is Always Greener (live Manchester University 1971)
ellegz ß the recordings 1968-1971