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Review – Colosseum: Elegy – The Recordings 1968-1971, 6CD Box Set – by John Wenlock-Smith
I received this splendid box set from Esoteric recently, containing the five albums released by the original version of Colosseum released in the early 1970’s. They were albums of great significance in the then emerging and developing area of progressive music, mixing, jazz, fusion, blues and rock in a distinctive amalgam of styles but never…
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Review – Esoteric Antenna Reissue Round-Up by James R Turner – Keith Emerson, Colosseum & Nirvana.
Keith Emerson: Off the Shelf This is a remastered edition of an eclectic collection of more than just odds and sods originally released back in 2006 and reissued last year after Keith’s death. Never one to do anything by halves there’s nearly 70 minutes of music here, which runs the gamut from Keith’s classical inspired…
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Reviews – Colosseum Reissues – by James R Turner
Released and remastered on Esoteric Recordings, these are the first three studio albums from musical pioneers Colosseum, covering a magical musical period in their life from 1968-1970, and complete with in depth sleeve notes, bonus tracks, and on ‘Valentyne Suite’, the complete American version of the album ‘The Grass is Greener’, which differs substantially from…