COLOSSEUM VALENTYNE SUITE VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL VO 1 PROG
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May 20, 2010 Sold Date
May 10, 2010 Start Date
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6   Number Of Bids
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YOU ARE BIDDING ON A RARE LP

COLOSSEUM

VALENTYNE SUITE

THE KETTLE

ELEGY

BUTTY'S BLUES

THE MACHINE DEMANDS A SACRIFICE

VALENTYNE SUITE:

PART 1: JANUARY'S SEARCH

PART 2: FEBRUARY'S VALENTYNE

PART 3: THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER

RELEASED ON VERTIGO RECORDS  VO 1

MATRIX NUMBERS: 886775 1Y X 1 420 1 1 7,

886775 2XY X 1 420 11 6

THIS RECORD HAS A VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL AND COMES IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE RECORD HAS A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS, BUT PLAYS GREAT, THE SLEEVE HAS SLIGHT SIGNS OF AGE

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.





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