Colosseum II - BBC Sight and Sound in Concert 1978

at London, Victoria Palace 1st jan 1978
Gary Moore : Guitars, Vocals
Don Airey : Keyboards
Jon Hiseman : Drums
John Mole : Bass
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[@backrowbrighton]

Shortly before his passing in 2011, the great Gary Moore had talked with Don Airey about how great it would be to reform the band. Gary regarded it as the best band he had ever been in. Another if only.

[@mickymalibu]

Gary Moore , what a player, superb tone , in your face playing as always ,every note as if it’s his last , absolutely superb,,,,,,

[@jayrusnak]

Yet another of Gary's great talents: Being able to play fusion while still moving around and posing like he's putting on a rock show, as opposed to other fusion players who wore the guitar under their chins and stared at their hands while standing there like mummies.

[@redghettosun]

Only Gary had the cojones to wear a cape. Nuff said.

[@petersokol1603]

Gary’s greatest moments as a guitarist were with this band…astounding.

[@smoothjazzuk5168]

Always thought that this was Gary's finest moments and where his heart really was.....was lucky to see this band live and it was mind blowing!!!!!! RIP Gary and Jon X

[@GregWallis]

Couldn't agree more.

[@davidcotton6999]

Gary's playing on Rivers is mind blowing! His best ever!

[@markrago7217]

Don Airey has played with countless legends...

[@slowwavesoftstar]

RIP John Hiseman. Thank you for good music.

[@thefezification]

John Mole was my father and it is so refreshing to see him in action.

[@centaurus5676]

Great Bassist...Did he play on the Variation's Album with the Llyod Webber's?

[@bobolsen8067]

King Low-Hit Thats amazing!The best bass player of all time such an amazing groove!

[@stiglilleaas5685]

Don Airey - Grand Piano, ARP Odyssey, Minimoog, Solina String Ensemble, Fender Rhodes Piano Rod Argent - Grand Piano, Minimog, Roland RS-202, Yamaha CS-80 Gary Moore - Gibson Les Paul, Rickenbacker electric 12 string Guitar, Guild acoustic, Fender Stratocaster Barbara Thompson - Flute, Alto Flute, Alto & Tenor Saxophone Jon Hiseman - Arbiter Auto-Tune drums, Paiste cymbals & gongs, Percussion John Mole - Fender Precision Bass, Hayman fretless bass guitar Julian Lloyd Webber - cello

[@andiecayne]

Jon Mole is the reason I bought a fretless bass. He was a great bassist.

[@dhalgrentv7157]

I file this one with my Colosseum 2 records. The level of line-up cred here (Argent, Brand X, and these guys) delivering Lloyd-Webber's music--just great stuff!

[@kawall7140]

this was an amazing time for music sight and sound in concert rock goes to college ogwt never will be repeated

[@hoss590]

Jon Hiseman is one of the greatest Drummer all Time

[@doomparody4189]

indeed

[@pongmaster123]

@@doomparody4189 indeeeed

[@kinglazza4792]

MET JON AT A DRUM WORKSHOP IN COVENTRY IN THE 80'S. TOP MAN.

[@robertoa7131]

Non esageriamo

[@alexpaton2818]

Absolutely. No question about that

[@rossflynn4428]

I remember taping this straight to cassette from the radio. Never saw the video till today... talk about a time warp. 42 years and still blows me away. Did not know it was Gary Wright on lead guitar... he made it look so easy. It was a great time to grow up in Blighty. Now retired in the US. Thank you Utube. Oops edit that Gary Moore. My bad. Gary Wright was the Dreamweaver. Told you I was getting old.

[@robertburke784]

Is there anything Gary Moore can't play? He must have been born great, because he looks very young here and he's outstanding! Also, a shout out to Don Airey, he must have played in every good rock band in the 80's and 90's. He is everywhere!

[@michaelconlin6302]

Dr Strangely Strange was an early GM band he played in.

[@clouddog2393]

Saw the band a few months before or after ( showing my age as l can't remember ) this televised concert at Sussex university . Stunning musicians all especially Gary Moore who was so versatile and could go from playing Blues , Heavy Rock and as here Jazz/ Rock Fusion . Their albums are classics from this genre of music so popular in the mid to late 70's . RIP Gary and John .

[@ElCharvo]

RIP Jon Hiseman -one of the best.

[@TheBlackycat]

Rest in Peace Jon Hiseman.

[@lazycalm41]

I remember seeing the band live around this time period and they were simply incredible! This was the golden age of Rock, Prog and Jazz rock with real talent in bucket loads. Sadly gone forever never to come again as todays so called 'musicians' don't have anywhere near this level of virtuosity to even attempt it!

[@Modes9]

I knew Gary Moore was great at pentatonic blues-based stuff. I had no idea he was also this good at chord-scale fusion. Now that he's gone, I can't help but feel he should have had more recognition.

[@tacomadc]

He's giving Al Dimeola a run for his money on that second number.

[@rgbrin]

check Gary doing Hurricane back in the early 80's...killer stuff..

[@cathywilde2756]

Gary Moore could play anything, we'll never see his like again

[@BruecknerAmbient]

That's funny, kind of... (sorry for that! ;-) ). Back in the 80s, everyone I knew (and their dogs, too) seemed to be aware that Gary Moore was a top notch guitar virtuoso - and when he finally released that blues album, all these people say: what's that? Gary Moore playing "just" blues? He undersells... ;-) None of us would have anticipated that "Still got the Blues" would turn out to be such a great success - and most people would think of GM to be a blues guitarist from then on. We even felt that the title track was something like a re-hash of older GM ballads, like Parisienne Walkways etc. That said, it's a great album, and I still have fond memories of cruising in a friends old car back in 1991 and play songs like "Too Tired" at top volume! :-D RIP, Gary - and actually, as I just learned, RIP Jon, too... :-/

[@frankrusk6172]

ever listen to Bill Conners?/ Al is great but very overrated. And from what Bill Bruford auto-bio tells , he was a jerk.Tony Levin was pissed that he kept them waiting.

[@peterhoghead2872]

Saw em at reading around this time, fucking amazing, loved em from the first listen, like the other guys said Moore looks happiest doing this, musicianship of the highest standard, all I can say is thank you to the band for countless hours of blissful listening, big up respec , hoghead 10-19

[@nazzare79]

One of the greatest jazz-rock band ever...some of the greatest musicians ever. Frightning musicianship.

[@paulwolf6925]

One of the best prog performances EVER!

[@garyrokenson6834]

I was at this gig- Gary Moore wasn't even mentioned- it was a superb gig I remember it from 35 years ago! VINTAGE

[@smoothjazzuk5168]

Gary had the most amazing chops....of anyone....anyone....saw this band and he loved every second....this WAS Gary Moore!!!! RIP

[@ralftrebbin3590]

RIP Jon Hiseman. Great Drummer

[@iansweet9465]

Gary proving yet again the true guitar maestro he was. His playing here echoes classic Jeff Beck imo. Pure talent.

[@MrMrh1958]

Some Gary’s best playing in this band!✌️🇬🇧

[@vic3925]

saw them in sarrebruck, hiseman with his weird rogers kit with one tuning knob, met Moore and Hiseman backstage afterwards, they signed their LP and were generally very nice to a 13y old kid

[@donaldmoore4412]

This band kicked ass. Many icons on one stage.

[@donaldmoore4412]

This band kicks ass. What a fantastic lineup. They don't make music like this anymore..

[@syqko]

WARDANCE & ELECTRIC SAVAGE albums are Masterpieces!

[@damiancrudden6646]

Weren't you a journo for Bam!! magazine in the 80s?

[@appledoreman]

Strange New Flesh is equally brilliant

[@KONAMAN100]

I had these albums but they have disappeared from my collection!!

[@tomrott5333]

@@appledoreman It's 10 000 times better than Electric Savage and Wardance put together. And much fresher - great vocals by Mike Starrs !!!

[@kinglazza4792]

QUITE TRUE. I HAVE THEM BOTH 😁

[@08scorchio]

I remember this really well, that's when they put on some great acts on sight and sound in concert. this was the first time i had clapped eyes on Gary Moore! I remember thinking my god who's this bloke? And WOW!!!! Great musicianship from one and all....Brilliant!!!!

[@robertrohde4579]

This is just another reason why I think Gary Moore is the greatest guitarist of all-time!

[@erikwissinghansen2958]

Gary was a great guitar player and musician. Thank you for sharing this rare recording.

[@therealawakener7]

Gary Moore, axe legend.

[@magirusdeutzjupiter2234]

I remember watching this, bloody excellent, cheers.

[@kevinwest2654]

December 1977, if I remember correctly. 50 pence to see this band at Loughborough Town Hall, about 50 people there. Still one of the best concerts I've ever been to. The musicianship was fantastic. 50 pence was cheap, even in those days.

[@alaldred2603]

Gary Moore was outstanding guitarist as this video shows, Should have done more Fusion!!!

[@stevemcintyre7893]

Absolutely amazing on the acoustic. One guitarist that will forever be missed and never be matched!

[@Johnny-oy9fh]

Those were the days 😎🎸

[@SydBarrettsGhost]

When Radio 1 was worth listening to

[@stevesmith3990]

Fabulous, remember watching this back in the day. Wardance was one of the first LP's I ever bought. Love it.

[@MothershipOracle]

one of the most incredibly stupendous jazz rock bands that have graced our planet!!! and the composition was the best too!!!! gotta love m"!!!!!

[@rebbeshort]

Didn't know that Gary Moore could play like John McLaughlin.

[@ogrebattle22763]

Gary Moore you are sadly missed!!!!

[@iancrombie8862]

I listened to this on the radio 1977/78..brilliant musicians..Gary Moore etc..blew my mind at 17...😯🤣

[@zsxd55]

i remember me and my dad watching this. he was quite imppressed by gary. my dad was a guitar player.

[@porcupineplant]

Gary 26 yrs old and a one of a kind tone.

[@Fjcc1971]

Awesome Gary !!

[@obscurebandfan]

Gary Moore can literally play every genre well. the only genre I'm yet to hear him play is country, oblique bends and such

[@obscurebandfan]

@@BrainFPatterson yeah and apparently he was using the heaviest gauge strings available up until the late 70s apparently.

[@KONAMAN100]

I discovered Colloseum 2 listening to John Peal show one night, not the normal music he'd play but I heard this and thought what is that I'm in ... superb band at the time.

[@pelelinaahio7086]

Its not just about Gary Moore, all unique and talented

[@andymuso53]

Don Airey - one of the best, if not THE best rock keyboardists ever - phenomenal chops!

[@andymuso53]

Fun to look at his old keys set up too, all sorts of ancient (but brilliant) toys there...

[@MrMjp58]

I really like the ES album. There are comparisons to be made with RTF etc, but the band stand up as one of the most convincing fusion acts of the era.

[@shatnershairpiece]

No one did guitar face like Moore.

[@bassybill]

It's great to see this again, thanks so much for posting. I well remember watching it when it was first broadcast. It would be really good to get the HQ radio audio to go with the TV video. What a fantastic band, I loved them from the very first time I heard "Strange New Flesh". RIP Moore and Mole.

[@angusorvid8840]

Damn! This is awesome, and the tone of Gary's LP is tremendous. I wonder if he's playing Greenie there?

[@cathywilde2756]

Yes, that's Greenie

[@thestasht]

Thanks for this. I loved Gary's playing and this band got me started.

[@tacomadc]

I saw this band at the Reading Rock Festival in 1977, and I never knew until now Gary Moore was the bandleader. That was an amazing day of music for sure.

[@robertbax442]

bassdoc john hiseman.bandleader if you know your Colosseum history

[@wrekker69]

It was 1976. They were on the same day as Pat Travers, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Van Der Graaf Generator, Phil Manzanera and 801, Camel and Rory Gallagher

[@davidchave223]

Wrekker69 I'm glad you corrected as I was at Reading 77 and I was beginning to think I must have been really pissed not to remember Colosseum II

[@cezargalvao1993]

A great project!!

[@anephemeralcollation3865]

RIP Jon Hiseman.

[@hansfuzy1146]

What a pleasure to see this video. I had the luck to see and hear them in 1978 in the fillwood in Bad Vilbel near Frankfurt and drank a binding beer an hour before the show 2 meters near to Gary Moore. I did not know him at that moment, but a little bit later i saw him on stage. The rest ist history, he was one of my heroes and i saw him several times on other stages.

[@dongilham1892]

Gary at his best, working Peter Green's old LP very well :)

[@chrissttiiee]

I love the prog sound! Very cool.

[@philfrank9226]

B4 the start of colloseum2, all Gary possesed was his Les Paul and a Vox AC 30 and a bag of things, and his talent.

[@RobertoBarchilon]

Thanks a lot !!!

[@padbrit]

Ah this takes me back, especially the anoying tape his. Oh how I miss it.......

[@joeriffanucci]

How have I not seen this?! Hope it gets remastered

[@thecolonel1able]

'Ive been waiting and hoping someone would post this, in its entirety for years......thank you Anonymus Manic....I'm subscribing now ...cheers!

[@ianinvancouverbc]

Don Airey playing keys took over from Jon Lord in Deep Purple

[@Seymourphotos]

Saw them one night in a small club in Blackpool in the 70's Awesome !!

[@russisaac813]

Saw this band in Swansea around the same time, they were incredible, Gary Moore at his finest.

[@TerrapinTrader]

saw them at LSE- just beautiful -it's the space between the notes that counts

[@superbracey]

As a child of about 10 in the early 90s I would go through my dad's eclectic collection of vinyl records and play them on my record player in my bedroom. I remember picking up Wardance because I liked the album cover. At that age the names Moore, Mole, Airey and Hiseman didnt mean anything to me. Suffice to say, almost 30 years on, I'm still in awe. Sounds much better on my car stereo now than on my 10 watt bedroom HiFi back in the 90s.

[@kevinkamphaus6567]

AMAZING!!

[@FundamentalsUK]

Amazing band ❤️🤘🏻

[@mariogrechi1840]

What a time it was... So much music... All good...

[@Shreddelicious]

used to drive around with this on an 8 track recorder with my mate!

[@Willie.McBride]

Immer noch besser, als die meisten Bands zu dieser Zeit. Allerdings kein Vergleich zu der Erfolgsbesetzung von 1971!

[@BenLittauer]

The first tune is remarkably similar to Stanley Clarke's Lopsy Lu from his self-titled first album in 1974. The second is definitely styled after RTF in the Romantic Warrior era. Who cares if their compositions are a little derivative? They do play the hell out of them!

[@neckbeard8536]

11:15 to the end of song musical magic.

[@quentinlargcoie]

What a time for gigs! These guys were fantastic live, + Tull, yes, hillage, genesis, sadly no elp unless you could get to the states

[@Mr01081960]

Che lineup ragazzi ❤️

[@attiliobastosguarnieri5416]

Que show, hein !? Galera esbanjando técnica. O final foi cortado logo na minha música preferida (Scorch).

[@jagerking7020]

That 59' Les paul burst ala "Greeny" is still killing it today in the hands of Kirk hammet of Metallica on tour.

[@hooptyhee1]

So much of Gary's vocals are like Jack Bruce's.

[@munchiearchie]

I feel so old now!!!!

[@BatroAgencia]

Nik Bradbrook Yep, we are...

[@rokker101]

saw the lads in a small venue in mumbles swansea called nutz on this tour they were incredible!

[@vaneipontes3279]

Robert William Gary Moore r.i.p 🎤🎸😎👊 Jon Hiseman "R.i.p"🎵🎼🎶😎👊

[@donrodrigo8536]

Gary Moore inimitabile

[@marekroguski3962]

Jeden z wielu niekiepskich kapel , zachwyca perfekcją wykonania szacunek

[@vimfuego8827]

Legends only play with legends !

[@siskokidd]

I could only listen to the first 5 minutes, which I'll never get back.

[@scampthelazycat9891]

surprised the bearded guy waffling on and on wasn't beer tinned off the stage

[@xxxchrist1]

Epic

[@dougmphilly]

Colosseum 2 without the annoying singer from the first album was a heavier return to forever. Love seeing this. I played War dance to death in my school days.

[@MrFrenchteacher1]

Could not disagreed more; Chris Farlow was a real asset to Colosseum

[@andymuso53]

I guess you mean Mike Starrs, who I believe was fired after the first album.

[@tomrott5333]

@@andymuso53 After Starrs was fired there was not that much left ! Strange New Flash still sounds great these days.

[@michaelshifflett76]

Eddie Van Halen MIGHT have copped A few licks from Gary Moore.

[@JohnBruceGuitars1]

Listen to those riffs starting at 9:03 Gary was a guitar genius brilliant playing also Jon Hiseman's drumming is just unreal in fact the whole band as well!!

[@ianinvancouverbc]

November 17 1977 Thin Lizzy played Liverpool Empire the band finished playing and headed over to Erics to watch Colosseum II I had no idea who they were at the time [I wish I had] I knew a few people who were at both

[@cathywilde2756]

Ian Gregson of course, Phil Lynott and Gary Moore were really good mates, despite falling in and out over the years. Gary stayed in a house with Phil when he left home in Belfast aged 16, to come to Dublin to join Skid Row A few months after that, Brush Shiels sacked Phil, who went on to form Thin Lizzy. Skid Row and TL moved to London around the same time, and there would have been a lot of contact between the two

[@osiruskat]

John Mole simply killing it on in his bass solo.

[@thomasr.5784]

Er spielt sehr virtuos, aber beide Bässe klingen furchtbar!

[@jaimesorli2436]

i love gary, one of my favs..., but this is not only gary, this is the band of hiseman, and hiseman is the same or better drummer than gary is a guitarrist, also arey is a master and the bassplayer is really good....., this concert is amazing, this is music not the things you hear today...., i wish go out for sale in dvd in good cuality view....

[@ralftrebbin3590]

Jaime sorlí Don Airey say that Gary was about whit 17 year a Master read in classic Rock magazine

[@davidcaldwell3681]

His fingers must have bled after that. Gary Moore was born with a guitar. No doubt about it

[@MrMrh1958]

2nd track very Al Di Meola!