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Colosseum
Theme for Reunion
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Those About to Die [Live] - Colosseum, Greenslade
2. Skelington [Live] - Colosseum, Clempson
3. Elegy [Live] - Colosseum, Litherland
4. Tanglewood 63 [Live] - Colosseum, Gibbs
5. Valentyne Suite: Theme One - January's Search [Live] - Colosseum, Greenslade
6. Valentyne Suite: Theme Two - February's Valentine [Live] - Colosseum, Greenslade
7. Valentyne Suite: Theme Three - The Grass Is Always Greener [Live] - Colosseum, Heckstall-Smith
8. Rope Ladder to the Moon [Live] - Colosseum, Brown
Track Listings (6) - Disc #2
1. Theme for an Imaginary Western [Live] - Colosseum, Brown
2. The Machine Demands Another Sacrifice [Live] - Colosseum, Brown
3. Solo Colonia [Live] - Colosseum, Hiseman
4. Lost Angels [Live] - Colosseum, Farlowe
5. Stormy Monday Blues [Live] - Colosseum, Walker, T-Bone
6. Walking in the Park [Live] - Colosseum, Bond

CD Details

All Artists: Colosseum
Title: Theme for Reunion
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rokarola
Release Date: 4/14/2009
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Rock
Styles: Progressive, Progressive Rock
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 5413992501588, 5413992502363

Synopsis

Album Details

The Classic Line-up of Colosseum featuring Jon Hiseman, Chris Farlowe, Dick Heckstall-smith, Clem Clempson and Mark Clarke Reunited in 1994. Various Releases with Excerpts from the their Cologne Reunion Concert have Previously Released, but this Edition features the Complete, Unabridged Performance on Two CD'S, Accompanied by a 12-page Booklet that Includes a Full Biography of the Band and Photos.

CD Reviews

About time!

kireviewer | Sunnyvale, Ca United States | 08/02/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED AS TWO SEPARATE CD'S.

This is from a 1994 reunion concert in Cologne, featuring the most famous line up of Colosseum. It was originally released as two seperate CD's. The first CD, was called "Lives: Reunion Concerts 1994". It contained two songs taken from a different concert (Those About to Die and Stormy Monday Blues). The second CD was called "Live Cologne 1994". It had a different song selection but contained Those About to Die and Stormy Monday Blues from the Cologne concert.

The whole concert was also released on a very good DVD.

Anyway, it is great to see the whole Cologne concert on a double CD package like this. The total time is around 110 minutes and the sound quality is excellent.

This is just a very good and energetic concert. It does not sound like a reunion concert, but like the group has been playing together for years. Unlike many reunions, the group puts everything into these songs and there are no short cuts. About the only complaint I would have is that some of the songs sound too close the live versions the group did back in the seventies.

Colosseum was a progressive rock band with a heavy blues orientation, with some jazz and heavy rock thrown in. They played nice long, interesting tunes. Their concerts would be high energy, intense and exhausting. The group had many members come and go. They finally broke up and the drummer carried on with a jazz band called Colosseum II."