Those Who Are About to Die Sal [Original recording remastered, Import]

Colosseum | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 25, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Essential Records (UK)
• ASIN: B00000AFC2
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #612,308 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Walking in the Park

2. Plenty Hard Luck

3. Mandarin

4. Debut

5. Beware the Ides of March

6. The Road She Walked Before

7. Backwater Blues

8. Those About to Die

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars we salute you, March 1, 2000

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T. P. Russell "solitary_man" (Wichita, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Those Who Are About to Die Sal (Audio CD)

As a first album , this is interesting. Walking in the park has greenslade's heavy jazz. Valentyne suite is an extended jam with classical as well as jazz improv. This group came out with the grass is greener on dunhil later in the year. They were essentially England's BST with equal or better talent to the Moody's . Their focus was blues , jazz, classics and they did Hall of the Mountain King to thundering guitar solos by David Clempson. This is an intro lp with a taste of the talents to emerge in later offerings.

3.0 out of 5 stars Get Remastered version instead, November 2, 2008

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kireviewer (Sunnyvale, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Those Who Are About to Die Sal (Audio CD)

This is Colosseum's first album. Like many first albums, it has a grouping of very good songs. They are a little rough and unfocused. But, most are fun and entertaining.

I give this version 3 stars, because there is a remastered version now available. However if you already own this one, I would not recommend going out and buying the remastered version.

Colosseum's second album was Valentyne Suite, which was released in Europe. In the US, the second album was released as The Grass Is Greener and has some different tracks. It was common during these times to have different versions on an album in the US and in the UK, especially for "progressive" type music.