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11-20-2010, 02:59 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Everything about this is TOTALLY brilliant
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One of the best performances from some of the finest musicians ever to walk the planet. This is just stunning. Jazz rock fans will love this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLEb6LDg3qE
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11-20-2010, 03:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | | This is really sweet! I recently got into fusion, LOVE IT, and had never heard of these guys.
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11-20-2010, 03:13 PM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Colosseum II were one of the best jazz rock bands of that era. This music had a brief moment of being hip, then sort of disappeared without trace. It's a shame, because it was really something special.
They did three albums - Strange New Flesh, Electric Savage and War Dance. All are well worth checking out. I spent ages trying to get these on CD a few years back, but the availability is better now, I think.
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11-20-2010, 03:13 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cohasset, Massachusetts | | | Pretty interesting. Kind of reminds me of some of the earlier Emerson, Lake and Palmer. |
11-20-2010, 03:21 PM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Sad to say that the bassist John Mole passed away in 2006 at the age of 57.
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11-20-2010, 03:34 PM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | Just listen to this and try to imagine what it did to me as an impressionable young teenager back in the seventies.  http://www.mikedrums.pwp.blueyonder....sseum%20II.mp3
I remember hearing this with my step brother on a BBC live radio session session just before the album was released and being totally amazed. Aaaaah, wouldn't I love to hear something new that could make that sort of impression on me now...
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11-21-2010, 01:33 PM
| | | | Wow, that was about as funky and soulful as a sci-fi novel. |
11-22-2010, 01:25 AM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | I dug both versions of this band. I wish Gary Moore would do another fusion-ish project.
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11-22-2010, 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by bassybill | That was a neo-classical prog rock treat!
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11-24-2010, 08:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | I've listened to Colosseum II's 1st album 5,000 times. Neil Murray rocked on bass. I especially love Mike Starrs vocals.
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11-25-2010, 03:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Lone Star State | | | Pretty much had me at the minimoog.
This looks like some stuff I'd like to pick up on vinyl. What albums are recommended? |
11-25-2010, 03:26 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mid-Atlantic USA. | | | Any idea what kind of bass that is on the stand you see from the back at 3:57? |
11-25-2010, 03:44 AM
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Originally Posted by AltGrendel Any idea what kind of bass that is on the stand you see from the back at 3:57? | Shergold would be my guess. A favorite of prog rockers of the day... |
11-27-2010, 06:08 AM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by factorplayer Pretty much had me at the minimoog.
This looks like some stuff I'd like to pick up on vinyl. What albums are recommended? | They did three albums - Strange New Flesh (with Mike Starr on vocals), followed by Electric Savage and War Dance (both these had no vocals and a different bassist, John Mole RIP). This 2nd lineup is the one on the video and mp3 in this thread. But all three albums are worth getting. Good luck finding them! Electric Savage on used CD is going for $99 on Amazon.  http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Savag...0862893&sr=8-2
You can buy tracks from the first 2 albums on mp3 downloads, but not War Dance from some reason.
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11-27-2010, 06:13 AM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | I'm amazed that Don Airey (the keyboard player) was actually 30 when this video was recorded. He looks about 18!
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11-27-2010, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Tusec Wow, that was about as funky and soulful as a sci-fi novel. | Well, seeing as it's fairly obviously not intended to be either, that's a bit of a redundant observation. But if it's funky you want... http://www.mikedrums.pwp.blueyonder....sseum%20II.mp3
Gotta love Jon Hiseman.
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11-27-2010, 01:47 PM
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11-27-2010, 02:00 PM
|  | LICENSED TO KILL - any song I play! | | | | | Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman rolled into one!
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