Artist:
Colosseum
Title:
The Grass Is Greener
Year Of Release:
℗ 1969 / © 2011
Label:
Talking Elephant Records #TECD181
Genre:
Jazz Rock, Fusion, Progressive Rock
Quality:
EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 55:32
Total Size: 416 / 154 Mb (Full Scans)
WebSite:
Album Preview
The Grass Is Greener is an album by Colosseum, released in January 1970. In contrast to other albums by Colosseum, The Grass Is Greener was released only in the United States, on the Dunhill label, distributed by ABC. It was conceived as a U.S. alternative to November 1969's Valentyne Suite, complete with a muted, blue-green variation of the aforementioned album's cover. It features four tracks recorded with then-new guitarist/vocalist Dave "Clem" Clempson in the winter of 1969 ("Jumping Off The Sun," "Lost Angeles," "Rope Ladder To The Moon," "Bolero"); three tracks from the 1969 Vertigo LP Valentyne Suite but with vocal and guitar parts provided by Clempson ("Butty's Blues," "The Machine Demands A Sacrifice," "The Grass Is Greener") instead of James Litherland; and one track, "Elegy," that appears to be the same as the original from Valentyne Suite, including Litherland's vocal.
~ Wiki
The second album from this British jazz-rock quintet rocks harder than their first outing. Their take on Jack Bruce's "Rope Ladder to the Moon" is especially strong, and "Jumping off the Sun" has a similar feel. "Bolero" has been done to death, but guitarist Dave Clempson (who later replaced Peter Frampton in Humble Pie) uses it to launch a showcase of guitar fireworks. In fact, Clempson's blazing guitar licks shine throughout. Dick Heckstall-Smith once again impresses on his arsenal of saxophones and woodwinds, and the seven-and-a-half minute title cut which he co-wrote with drummer Jon Hiseman is a highlight of this disc.
~ Jim Newsom, All Music
Track List:01. Jumping Off The Sun [3:37]
02. Lost Angeles [5:32]
03. Elegy [3:12]
04. Butty's Blues [6:44]
05. Rope Ladder To The Moon [3:43]
06. Bolero [5:28]
07. The Machine Demands A Sacrifice [3:52]
08. The Grass Is Greener [7:39]
09. Lost Angeles (Bonus Track - Live) [15:47]
Personnel:Dave Greenslade - Organ, Keyboards, Vocals
Dick Heckstall-Smith - Saxophone
Jon Hiseman - Drums
Dave "Clem" Clempson - Guitar, Vocals
Tony Reeves - Bass
James Litherland - Vocals (on "Elegy")
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 4. July 2012, 20:05
Colosseum / The Grass Is Greener
Used drive : HL-DT-STBDDVDRW GBC-H20N Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 667
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\wavpack.exe
Additional command line options : -hm %source% %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
---------------------------------------------------------
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:36.45 | 0 | 16244
2 | 3:36.45 | 5:32.16 | 16245 | 41160
3 | 9:08.61 | 3:11.56 | 41161 | 55541
4 | 12:20.42 | 6:44.03 | 55542 | 85844
5 | 19:04.45 | 3:42.61 | 85845 | 102555
6 | 22:47.31 | 5:27.50 | 102556 | 127130
7 | 28:15.06 | 3:51.74 | 127131 | 144529
8 | 32:07.05 | 7:39.09 | 144530 | 178963
9 | 39:46.14 | 15:46.44 | 178964 | 249957
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\Users\ProgDog\Music\Colosseum - The Grass Is Greener\Colosseum - The Grass Is Greener.wav
Peak level 99.9 %
Extraction speed 4.6 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC C819178D
Copy CRC C819178D
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 not present in database
Track 2 not present in database
Track 3 not present in database
Track 4 not present in database
Track 5 not present in database
Track 6 not present in database
Track 7 not present in database
Track 8 not present in database
Track 9 not present in database
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
End of status report
---- CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.3
[CTDB TOCID: .K.8J_1z3PTCgYuMNt8KQX1Bet8-] disk not present in database, Submit result: .K.8J_1z3PTCgYuMNt8KQX1Bet8- has been uploaded
==== Log checksum 499E406972E91730EDCF67B7E904CBAF10CC05E1D74057A20B3A2A8D582A92E9 ====
------------------------------------------------------------
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 4. July 2012, 20:05
Colosseum / The Grass Is Greener
Used drive : HL-DT-STBDDVDRW GBC-H20N Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 667
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\wavpack.exe
Additional command line options : -hm %source% %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
---------------------------------------------------------
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:36.45 | 0 | 16244
2 | 3:36.45 | 5:32.16 | 16245 | 41160
3 | 9:08.61 | 3:11.56 | 41161 | 55541
4 | 12:20.42 | 6:44.03 | 55542 | 85844
5 | 19:04.45 | 3:42.61 | 85845 | 102555
6 | 22:47.31 | 5:27.50 | 102556 | 127130
7 | 28:15.06 | 3:51.74 | 127131 | 144529
8 | 32:07.05 | 7:39.09 | 144530 | 178963
9 | 39:46.14 | 15:46.44 | 178964 | 249957
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\Users\ProgDog\Music\Colosseum - The Grass Is Greener\Colosseum - The Grass Is Greener.wav
Peak level 99.9 %
Extraction speed 4.6 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC C819178D
Copy CRC C819178D
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 not present in database
Track 2 not present in database
Track 3 not present in database
Track 4 not present in database
Track 5 not present in database
Track 6 not present in database
Track 7 not present in database
Track 8 not present in database
Track 9 not present in database
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
End of status report
---- CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.3
[CTDB TOCID: .K.8J_1z3PTCgYuMNt8KQX1Bet8-] disk not present in database, Submit result: .K.8J_1z3PTCgYuMNt8KQX1Bet8- has been uploaded
==== Log checksum 499E406972E91730EDCF67B7E904CBAF10CC05E1D74057A20B3A2A8D582A92E9 ====