COLOSSEUM
 

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No

TITLE

RELEASED

1

Those Who Are About To Die Salute You

03/69

2

Valentyne Suite [aka The Grass Is Greener]

11/69

3

Daughter Of Time

11/70

4

Live

06/71

5

Colosseum Lives: The Reunion Concerts 1994

04/95

6

Bread And Circuses

09/97

7

Live Cologne 1994

09/03

8

Tomorrow's Blues

01/04

9

Theme For A Reunion [live]

06/07

10

Live05

08/10

11

Time On Our Side

11/14



COLOSSEUM II


No

TITLE

RELEASED

1

Strange New Flesh

04/76

2

Electric Savage

01/77

3

Wardance

10/77


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1) THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU

 
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5.1
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UK Issue
Walking In The Park
Plenty Hard Luck
Madarin
Debut

Beware The Ides Of March
Road She Walked Before
Backwater Blues
Those About To Die

US Issue
The Kettle
Plenty Hard Luck
Debut
Those Who Are About To Die

Valentyne Suite:
Valentyne Suite Theme One: January's Search
Valentyne Suite Theme Two: February's Valentyne
Valentyne Suite Theme Three: Beware The Ides Of March
Walking In The Park

UK Issue


US Issue




Dave Greenslade

Dick Heckstall-Smith
Jon Hiseman
James Litherland
Henry Lowther
Tony Reeves
Jim Roche

Producer:

Organ, Vibraphone, Piano,
Backing Vocals (Track 3)
Soprano & Tenor Saxophone
Drums
Vocals, Guitar (Tracks 1-6,8)
Trumpet (Track 1)
Bass
Guitar (Track 7)

Gerry Bron, Tony Reeves

Track numbers refer to UK release

2) VALENTYNE SUITE [aka THE GRASS IS GREENER]

 
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UK Issue - Valentyne Suite
The Kettle
Elegy
Butty's Blues
The Machine Demands A Sacrifice

The Valentyne Suite:
Theme One: January's Search
Theme Two: February's Valentyne
Theme Three: The Grass Is Always Greener

US Issue - The Grass Is Greener
Jumping Off The Sun
Lost Angeles
Elegy
Butty's Blues

Rope Ladder To The Moon
Bolero
The Machine Demands A Sacrifice
The Grass Is Greener

Valentyne Suite





The Grass...



Dave Greenslade

Dick Heckstall-Smith
Jon Hiseman
James Litherland
Tony Reeves

Producer:

Organ, Vibraphone, Piano,
Backing Vocals (Track 4)
Saxophone, Flute (Track 4)
Drums, Drum Machine (Track 4)
Vocals, Guitar
Bass

Gerry Bron, Tony Reeves

Track numbers refer to UK release

3) DAUGHTER OF TIME

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Three Score And Ten, Amen
Time Lament
Take Me Back To Doomsday
The Daughter Of Time

Theme For An Imaginary Western
Bring Out Your Dead
Downhill And Shadows
The Time Machine [live]






Louis Cennamo
Mark Clarke
Dave Clempson
Chris Farlowe
Dave Greenslade

Dick Heckstall-Smith

Jon Hiseman
Barbara Thompson



Producer:

Bass (Tracks 2-4,6)
Bass (Tracks 1,5,7)
Vocals (Track 3), Guitar
Vocals (Tracks 1,2,4,5,7)
Organ, Piano, Vibraphone,
Backing Vocals
Soprano & Tenor Saxophone,
Speech (Track 1)
Drums, Percussion
Alto, Baritone, Soprano & Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Backing Vocals
(all Tracks 1-4)

Gerry Bron

 

Track 8 was recorded live at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England in July 1970

4) LIVE

 
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LP One
Rope Ladder To The Moon
Walking In The Park

Skellington

LP Two
Tanglewood '63
Encore - Stormy Monday Blues

Lost Angeles






Mark Clarke
Dave Clempson
Chris Farlowe
Dave Greenslade
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Jon Hiseman

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals
Organ, Vibraphone
Soprano & Tenor Saxophone
Drums

Gerry Bron, Colosseum, Jon Hiseman

 

Recorded live at Manchester University, Lancashire, England on 18 March 1971 and The Big Apple, Brighton, Sussex, England on 27 March 1971

5) COLOSSEUM LIVES: THE REUNION CONCERTS 1994

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Those About To Die
Elegy
Valentyne Suite: January's Search/February's Valentyne/
The Grass Is Always Greener
Theme For An Imaginary Western
The Machine Demands Another Sacrifice
Solo Colonia
Lost Angeles
Stormy Monday






Mark Clarke
Clem Clempson
Chris Farlowe
Dave Greenslade
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Jon Hiseman

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals
Keyboards, Organ, Vibraphone
Soprano & Tenor Saxophone
Drums, Cymbals, Gong

Jon Hiseman

 

Tracks 1,8: recorded live at Zelt-Musik-Festival in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on 24 June 1994
Tracks 2-7: recorded live at The E-Werk, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 28 October 1994

6) BREAD AND CIRCUSES

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Watching Your Every Move
Bread & Circuses
Wherever I Go
High Time
Big Deal
The Playground
No Pleasin'
I Could Tell You Tales
Storms Behind The Breeze
The One That Got Away
The Other Side Of The Sky






Mark Clarke
Clem Clempson
Chris Farlowe
Dave Greenslade
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Jon Hiseman

Producer:

Vocals (Track 6), Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals
Piano, Organ, Synthesiser
Baritone, Soprano & Tenor Saxophone
Drums

Steve Chase, Dave Clempson,
Dave Greenslade, Jon Hiseman

7) LIVE COLOGNE 1994

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Those About To Die
Skelington
Tanglewood '63
Rope Ladder To The Moon
Stormy Monday Blues
Walking In The Park






Mark Clarke
Clem Clempson
Chris Farlowe
Dave Greenslade
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Jon Hiseman

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals
Keyboards, Organ, Vibraphone, Vocals
Soprano & Tenor Saxophone
Drums, Percussion, Cymbals

Jon Hiseman

8) TOMORROW'S BLUES

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Tomorrow's Blues
Come Right Back
In The Heat Of The Night
Hard Times Rising
Arena In The Sun
Thief In The Night
Take The Dark Times With The Sun
The Net Man
Leisure Complex Blues
No Demons






Mark Clarke

Clem Clempson

Chris Farlowe
Simon Gardner
Dave Greenslade
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Jon Hiseman
Steve Sidwell
Chris White

Producer:

Vocals (Track 9), Bass,
Backing Vocals
Guitar, Fender Rhodes,
Backing Vocals
Vocals
Trumpet (Tracks 2,7)
Organ, Grand Piano
Baritone, Soprano & Tenor Saxophone
Drums
Trumpet (Tracks 2,7)
Tenor Saxophone (Tracks 2,7)

Dave Clempson, Dave Greenslade,
Jon Hiseman

9) THEME FOR A REUNION

 
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CD One
Those About To Die
Skellington
Elegy
Tanglewood '63
Valentyne Suite: January's Search
Valentyne Suite: February's Valentine
Valentyne Suite: The Grass Is Always Greener
Rope Ladder To The Moon

CD Two
Theme For An Imaginary Western
The Machine Demands Another Sacrifice
Solo Colonia
Lost Angeles
Stormy Monday Blues
Walking In The Park








Mark Clarke
Dave Clempson
Chris Farlowe
Dave Greenslade
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Jon Hiseman

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals
Keyboards, Organ, Vibraphone
Soprano & Tenor Saxophone
Drums, Cymbals, Gong

 

The complete reunion concert, recorded live at The Zelt-Musik-Festival, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on 24 June 1994

10) LIVE05

 
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CD One
Showtime
Come Right Back
Theme For An Imaginery Western
Lights
Rope Ladder To The Moon
Valentyne Suite: January's Search
Valentyne Suite: February's Valentyne
Valentyne Suite: The Grass Is Always Greener

CD Two
Those About To Die
Stormy Monday Blues
No Pleasin'
Tomorrows Blues
Drum Intro To LA
Lost Angeles






Mark Clarke
Clem Clempson
Chris Farlowe
Dave Greenslade
Jon Hiseman
Barbara Thompson

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals
Organ, Electric Piano
Drums
Alto, Soprano & Tenor Saxophone

 

Tracks 1-3,6-8: recorded live at The Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on 11 June 2005
Tracks 4,5: recorded live at Music Hall, Worpswede, Lower Saxony, Germany on 23 April 2005
Tracks 9-14: recorded live at The Treibhaus, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria on 30 June 2005

11) TIME ON OUR SIDE

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Safe As Houses
Blues To Music
The Way You Waved Goodbye
Dick’s Licks
Nowhere To Be Found

City Of Love
You Just Don’t Get It
New Day
Anno Domini






Mark Clarke
Clem Clempson
Chris Farlowe
Ana Gracey
Dave Greenslade
Jon Hiseman
Barbara Thompson

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Vocals
Vocals (Track 2)
Keyboards
Drums
Saxophone

Clem Clempson, Dave Greenslade,
Jon Hiseman

1) STRANGE NEW FLESH

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Dark Side Of The Moog
Down To You
Gemini And Leo

Secret Places
On Second Thoughts
Winds






Don Airey

Jon Hiseman
Gary Moore
Neil Murray
Mike Starrs

Producer:

Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Synthesiser,
Organ, Clavinet
Drums
Guitar, Vocals
Bass
Vocals

Jon Hiseman

2) ELECTRIC SAVAGE

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Put It This Way
All Skin And Bone
Rivers
The Scorch

Lament
Desperado
Am I
Intergalactic Strut






Don Airey

Jon Hiseman

Gary Moore
John Mole

Producer:

Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Synthesiser,
Organ, Clavinet
Drums, Cymbals, Gong, Tubular Bells,
Latin Percussion
Guitar, Vocals
Bass

Monty Babson, Jon Hiseman

3) WARDANCE

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Wardance
Major Keys
Put It That Way
Castles

Fighting Talk
The Inquisition
Star Maiden/Mysterioso/Quasar
Last Exit






Don Airey

Jon Hiseman
Gary Moore
John Mole

Producer:

Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Synthesiser,
Organ, Clavinet, Tubular Bells
Drums, Cymbals, Percussion, Timpani
Guitar, Vocals
Bass

Jon Hiseman, Martin Levan