COLOSSEUM Those Who Are About To Die Salute You 1969 UK FONTANA - NEAR MINT
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COLOSSEUM Those Who Are About To Die Salute You 1969 UK FONTANA - NEAR MINT
COLOSSEUMThose Who Are About To Die Salute You (Morituri Te Salutant)
UK FONTANA (STL 5510) FIRST PRESSING (April 1969)
AN OUTSTANDING, BARELY PLAYED ORIGINAL COPY
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST MATT BLACK/SILVER FONTANA LABELS
MATRICES : 886765 1Y//1 420 11 1 / 886765 2Y//1 420 11 1 (the ultimate first pressing)
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SOFT BACKED, OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE
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, fresh, unmarked labels with just a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new with nothing but harmless light brush marks visible under bright light
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault - fantastic jazz/blues/rock full of great energy and excitement - superb copy
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Apart from some splitting to the laminate at the bottom of the spine the cover the gatefold is as clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made - please see close-up photo of the laminate splitting which looks much worse in extreme close-up than it appears in normal circumstances
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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