Colosseum - The Reunion Concerts 1994 (1995)

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Title: The Reunion Concerts 1994
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Intuition [INT 3160 2]
Genre: Jazz Rock, Fusion
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 77:14
Total Size: 515 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1 Those About to Die (5:06)
2 Elegy (4:17)
3 Valentyne Suite: January's Search/February's Valentyne/Grass Is Always (20:41)
4 Theme for an Imaginary Western (6:30)
5 Machine Demands Another Sacrifice (2:02)
6 Solo Colonia (12:27)
7 Lost Angeles (13:22)
8 Stormy Monday (12:11)
Colosseum - The Reunion Concerts 1994 (1995)

personnel :

Dave Greenslade - Organ (Hammond), Vibraphone, EMU Proteus 2, Roland U20, Remixing
Mark Clarke - Guitar (Bass), Amplifiers, Vocals
Dave "Clem" Clempson - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Dick Heckstall-Smith - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Jon Hiseman - Gong, Paiste Cymbals, Pearl Drums, Producer, Remixing
Chris Farlowe - Vocals

While Colosseum lasted only a little more than three years, producing five albums in that time, they made a great impression on the blooming subgenre of progressive rock, first with the energetic jazz- and blues-influenced Those Who Are About to Die Salute You, with its unusual chord progressions and variant song structures, and then with the epic Valentyne Suite. The title track of Valentyne Suite, a 17-minute composition, pushed keyboardist Dave Greenslade to the forefront of the band and into the spotlight of progressive music, a position he was increasingly uneasy with over the years. Drummer Jon Hiseman, on the other hand, gradually moved towards the jazz fusion area. Colosseum began to undergo personnel shifts with their third album, Grass Is Greener, with everyone calling it quits upon the departure of Greenslade in 1971. In 1975, Hiseman formed Colosseum II, but this time the mandate was firmly jazz fusion. ~ Steven McDonald