Colosseum
Colosseum Live


Tracks:

1. Rope Ladder to the Moon
2. Walking in the Park
3. Skelington
4. Tanglewood '63
5. Stormy Monday Blues
6. Lost Angeles

Line up:

Jon Hiseman - drums
Dick-Heckstall-Smith - saxophones
Dave Greenslade - organ, piano, vibes
Clem Clempson - guitar, vocals
Mark Clarke - bass
Chris Farlowe - vocals

Record Label / Year of Release:

Bronze Records 1971

Notes:

Colosseum is a pioneering British progressive jazz-rock band mixing progressive rock and jazz-based improvising. In March 1971, the band recorded its concerts at the Big Apple in Brighton and at Manchester University. Hiseman was impressed with the atmosphere at the Manchester show, and the band returned five days later for a free concert that was also recorded. The recordings were released as a live double album in 1971, Colosseum Live, shortly before the original band broke up.

This album was recorded at Manchester University (March 18, 1971) and the Big Apple, Brighton (March 27, 1971), on the "Daughter of Time" tour. After "Colosseum Live", the band broke up for 23 years and reunited in 1994.

Re-released in 1998 by Castle Communications with bonus track "I Can't Live Without You"