COLOSSEUM Those Who Are About To Die Salute You 1969 UK FONTANA MINT
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Oct 19, 2023
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COLOSSEUM Those Who Are About To Die Salute You 1969 UK FONTANA MINT
COLOSSEUMThose Who Are About To Die Salute You (Morituri Te Salutant)
1969 UK FONTANA (STL 5510) FIRST PRESSING
BEAUTIFUL COPY WHICH PLAYS LIKE NEW (another one from the selection I am listing, all from the same original owner. All are in barely played condition and have been carefully stored in a record box for the past 50+ years. Better copies you couldn't wish for and collections like this are now becoming almost impossible to find)
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST MATT BLACK/SILVER FONTANA LABELS
MATRIX: 886765 1Y//1 420 11 4 / 886765 2Y//1 420 12 4
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SOFT BACKED, OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATED NOVEMBER 1969 ('119')
Jon Hiseman Drums
Dick Heckstall-Smith Saxophones
Tony Reeves Bass
Dave Greenslade Organ, Vocals
James Litherland Guitar, Vocals
Colosseum's debut album is a powerful one, unleashing each member's instrumental prowess at one point while consolidating each talent to form an explosive outpouring of progressive jazz/rock the next.
Those Who Are About to Die Salute You is coated with the volatile saxophone playing of Dick Heckstall-Smith, the thunderous keyboard assault of Dave Greenslade, and the bewildering guitar craft of James Litherland.
Together, Colosseum skitters and glides through brisk musical spectrums of freestyle jazz and British blues, sometimes held tightly in place by Greenslade's Hammond organ, while other times let loose by the brilliancy of the horn and string interplay.
Each song sparks its own personality and its very own energy level, giving the band instant notoriety upon the album's release in 1969.
Not only did Colosseum sound different from other jazz fusion bands of the era, but they could easily take the unconventional elements of their style and churn them into palatable and highly significant musical thoroughfares.
Some of the more compelling tracks include "Walking in the Park," led by its powerful trumpet segments, and "Pretty Hard Luck," which embarks on a stylish blues excursion with colourful keyboard sections on the periphery.
"Beware the Ides of March" borrows a page out of J.S. Bach's notebook and turns his classical poignancy inside out, while "Mandarin" and "Backwater Blues" are created with the perfect jazz and blues friendship in mind, representing Colosseum's fused sound spotlessly.
Best of all, the album never strays from its intensity or its creativity, the very foundation that the band is built on
Side 1:
Walking In The Park
Plenty Hard Luck
Mandarin
Debut
Side 2:
Beware The Ides Of Mark
The Road She Walked Before
Backwater Blues
Those About To Die
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels which show little sign of use
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new with just some in-vinyl white misting marks to the edges, no doubt there since new and they have no audible consequence whatsoever
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays perfectly throughout with nothing to fault and sounds sensational
SLEEVE: MINT
The gatefold is as crisp, clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
ALL RECORDS ARE PLAY-CHECKED UNLESS SEALED
Combined Post: Additional records £2 (UK) £3 (Europe) £5 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
1516 (GS 9.3 (1516))
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