Track Listing

1. Rope Ladder To The Moon
2. Walking In The Park
3. Skellington
4. Tanglewood '63
5. Encore ... Stormy Monday Blues
6. Lost Angeles
7. I Can't Live Without You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9705 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Live, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 63 minutes

Customer Reviews

Live is best
Back in the 70s I bought this album without ever seeing or hearing of Colosseum before. As a result I subsequently bought everything else that they had done, but none of the studio stuff stood up to this live album.
Colosseum are the definitive live act. Unfortunately I never did get to see them live which I regret, but this album says it all about the band. I've read elsewhere that they didn't rate the performances that contributed to the recording. All I can say is they must be hard to please! What genre is the music? I suppose you have to label it 'progressive rock', but that doesn't really do it justice. The blues & jazz influences are obvious, but to find such superb and diverse musicianship right across a band is rare.
My favourite tracks? I think Skelington, with the fantastic solo by Dave Clempson, followed by their version of the evergreen Graham Bond classic Walking in the Park.
The incredible Mr Heckstall-Smith on sax - playing two simultaneously at times - Dave Clempson on guitar, Dave Greenslade on keyboards, Jon Hiseman on drums and Mark Clarke on bass: any one of which could probably have walked into any band at the time. Oh and did I mention Chris 'The Voice' Farlowe? Truly amazing performances Chris.
Sadly Mr. Heckstall-Smith has passed on, but Bob Geldof - if you are watching, see if you can get Colosseum for the next Live Aid - whenever that might be - before it's too late.

Magnificent Blues-Rock masterpiece
After Colosseum's brilliant "Valentyne Suite" which was more jazz than blues, came this sprawling, massive, blues-rock storm.

Surprisingly well recorded (for a Live album in those far off days of "Philips' cassettes"), this showcases the stunning musicianship of a well rehearsed band playing incredibly well together.

Jon Hiseman's drumming is the centre-piece, he sounds as if he has 4 arms rather than 2, Dave Clempson is a brilliant guitarist (I never understood why he was never on a par with some of the other [and less technically brilliant] rock guitar 'gods'), Dave Greenslade's organ fills the sound out, along with Mark Clarke's huge bass lines and then the amazing Dick H-S on numerous saxes. Not forgetting the enormous voice of Chris Farlowe which is utterly perfect in this context - a broad mellow deep blues bellow.

The tracks are a mixture of other people's stuff brilliantly interpreted (Rope Ladder to the Moon), typical Colosseum numbers (Skelington, Tanglewood and Lost Angeles) and some thundering blues - "Stormy Monday".

Just wonderful (and if you enjoyed this - try the recent Live DVD which was recorded 30 years later by the same band and sounds just as good...)

Exciting stuff!
A band at the height of their powers, even though they did not realise it at the time. (They split up almost immediately after this tour!) The music sounds fresh, and different, even now. Jon Hiseman is an excellent drummer, and the other players are on top form. Not that sure about the suitability of the vocalist, but he doesn't spoil things too much.