''Colosseum Live'' is a live album by Colosseum, released in

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. It was one of the band's most commercially successful albums, remaining in the UK Albums Chart for six weeks and peaking at number 17.Colosseum chart history
The Official Charts. Retrieved July 29, 2011. The album peaked at number 48 in Australia in 1972. This album was recorded at Manchester University (March 18, 1971)''Remember The Times'' - a month by month look at the years between 1966-1975: March 197

/ref> and the Big Apple, Brighton (March 27, 1971), on the ''Daughter of Time'' tour. After ''Colosseum Live'', the band broke up for 23 years and reunited in 1994 with exactly the same line-up..

Reception

Allmusic wrote that "With good material, some towering performances, and a powerful atmosphere, this is everything you could hope for from a live album." They made note of the performances of all the players except Dave Greenslade, and commented that the band arrangements, duets during the fills, and the way solos flow from one to the other are all interesting and effective. Allmusic review/ref>

Track listing

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, Jack Bruce) – 9:43 # "Walking in the Park" ( Graham Bond) – 8:21 # "Skelington" ( Dave Clempson, Jon Hiseman) – 14:52 # "Tanglewood '63" ( Mike Gibbs) – 10:12 # " Encore... "Stormy Monday Blues"" ( T-Bone Walker) – 7:29 # "Lost Angeles" (

Dave Greenslade David John Greenslade (born 18 January 1943) is an English composer and keyboard player. He has played with Colosseum from the beginning in 1968 until the farewell concert in 2015 and also from 1973 in his own band, Greenslade, and others in ...

, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Chris Farlowe) – 15:43 # "I Can't Live Without You" (James Litherland) – 7:28 onus Track on later edition CD

Personnel

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Mark Clarke Mark Clarke (born 25 July 1950 in Liverpool) is an English musician, bass player and singer, best known for his work with Colosseum and Mountain, as well as brief stints with Uriah Heep and Rainbow. Career After seeing the Beatles and many ...

- bass, vocals * Dave "Clem" Clempson - guitars, vocals * Chris Farlowe - vocals *

- organ, vibraphone * Dick Heckstall-Smith - saxophones * Jon Hiseman - drums

References

Colosseum (band) live albums 1971 live albums Bronze Records live albums Warner Records live albums Castle Communications live albums Albums produced by Gerry Bron Albums produced by Mark Clarke Albums produced by Clem Clempson Albums produced by Chris Farlowe Albums produced by Dave Greenslade Albums produced by Dick Heckstall-Smith Albums produced by Jon Hiseman {{1970s-jazz-album-stub