Colosseum - The Valentyne Suite

Theme One: January's Search
Theme Two: February's Valentyne
Theme Three: The Grass is Always Greener
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[@hannesstuber222]

49 years ago when I was hitch-hiking from Vienna, Austria to Paris ... in Germany a VW beetle stopped with 2 long haired guys in it and when I entered there was the whole Valentyne suite playing ... goosebumps! We were flying!

[@bettinashanti5662]

👍👍👍

[@adamgoodberg3916]

Wow!!!

[@mixaliskokkinos1496]

You are a dreamer...!Greetings from Greece

[@BlackviewForDTeAtR]

Мій улюблений

[@hannesstuber222]

​@@mixaliskokkinos1496 I just love music. Got 23-thousand albums on HDD and 700 on vinyl. Saw Colosseum live a few times. And hundreds of gigs more. Kalinichta! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4Kre6yVg9d7rcU

[@petervogelsanger2482]

Colosseum. Great Band Great musicians. A hero everyone! The Soundtrack of My Life! Intense feelings all time - thank You! Bless you all!

[@oldwindsorblues]

this is without any doubts an immortal master-peace of modern music. It sounds like it was recorded yesterday and not back in 1969!!! One of my favourite albums of all time...

[@attilapollak2168]

From today on my favourite!!! Aldi Meola is something of the past.

[@adriankeen2068]

Thumbs up

[@adriankeen2068]

We are the best educated to thee henth degre

[@mixaliskokkinos1496]

Not from today,from the future..6543 AC!!!Look the cover with the white dressed woman beside the futuristic stick-septer(!!?)

[@jajcasz6648]

It is masterpiece without a doubt, but it sounds exactly like it was recorded in 1969. Development of the music, arrangements, sounds in the last 50 years have gotten so major, that many records from that long ago (even masterpieces) are just dated in these cases. There are not a lot of records that "sounds like if it was recorded yesterday". From my memory I can recall Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, Coltrane's A Love Supreme, or even Dylan's Freewheelin'. They're just more ascetic in arragements so, even today they could've been recorded and sound fresh.

[@robjames2081]

First full price album I bought. Played it to death and still have it. A masterpiece!

[@BarrelShape]

You can hear how this band impacted not just the jazz-prog sound of the Canterbury bands but how it influenced the styles of Van Der Graaf Generator and ELP - profoundly. Masterful.

[@oliviertruchon5648]

Such a shame that we speak more of them when it comes to prog pionners.

[@mixaliskokkinos1496]

And little Atomic Rooster..

[@brianthompson2693]

Used to sit, listening to this, on a warm summer night overlooking the med smoking Moroccan. Such music and memories almost fifty years ago. That Dick Heckstall-Smith was something special! Fantastic band.

[@anthoniusrex81]

Or during a cold night of december with snow

[@henryrogers5500]

Seems like pot was much different in the early 1970s. I tried it a couple of years ago when it became legal for my migraines. I didn’t at all like the toxic “stoned” “euphoria” I felt, not to mention that I thought I was going to die of a stroke or a heart attack, feeling like my heart was going to explode out of my chest at 300 beats per minute!

[@udolau7698]

Ich war 16 als ich mir diese LP gekauft habe. Für mich immer noch eine der grandiosesten Stücke aller Zeiten

[@peterc.5181]

This is realy a Masterpice. My favorite Album all time. Tank you Colisseume, bless you.

[@jamescourt4703]

What great music, top class musicians, no gimmicks, could listen to this every day of the week.

[@M.Robespierre3691]

Nobody mentions Dave Greenslade who wrote the first two themes of this amazing suite. Easily in my top ten list of rock´s greatest composers.

[@lucianobrovarone8885]

I agree, pal. Dave Greenslade is a hero.

[@neilcottom9780]

You're so right sir! I saw his band Greenslade later. Great musician and composer. Those early albums are still very listenable.

[@ollindoyle9978]

Too bad Greenslade never measured up to their potential. Hall & Oates was more progressive.

[@Loskov-my3xw]

don't talk pish @@ollindoyle9978

[@claudiodonatelli8998]

In assoluto uno dei più grandi pezzi di tutti i tempi.un gigante!

[@Aviv52]

This music still holds up after 50 years

[@thejoker-ie1mm]

An absolute masterpiece. Thanks Colosseum 👏👏👏

[@richardstevens4953]

I haven’t played this in years, so great hear it again. Last time I saw Colosseum was around 1970 at an amazing all nighter in Buxton Winter Gardens. The stage was about a foot high and me and my best pal were in the front row middle sat on the floor. John Hiseman’s solo was, as usual, amazing! What a night, The high points were The Strawbs including Rick Wakeman, plus the incredible Taste! Memories!

[@AustenMerritt]

I bought this in the seventies and have just listened on stereo headphones for the first time in years and realised just how good it is. Always loved it, but fantastic!

[@marialeysen2030]

MAN😋THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY FENOMINAL FANTASTIC 🤩‼️‼️‼️‼️🙏🙏🙏♥️

[@vladimirperkovic3126]

Having this album in those times was the matter of self respect. Having Vslentxne Suite and Ummagumma in 69/70/71 meant " I'm educated and literate young person"

[@marcobo5506]

How much time has passed by? I'm so sad & old but this tune has still the ENERGY of 70's.

[@lovewavesdriftingforever]

marco bo 💖💕💕💕

[@neilcottom9780]

Saw this live in 1969 at Birmingham Town Hall. Fabulous night! Unforgettable!

[@andyshuttleworth8341]

Just magic. Sometimes I have this playing in my car and people come up as ask what is this. Well this is Colloseum buddy. So good.

[@luisreina9943]

Great band, great musicians! John Hiseman, the grand father Dick Heckstall-Smith, the underrated Dave Greenslade and Chris Farlowe, only God knows how many times I've listened to them!

[@caesarsmith4711]

are you forgetting Mark Clarke?

[@thomasdobrick4820]

This was before Chris Farlowe joined the band.

[@cinziavidali411]

Cari Colosseum! Riascoltati dopo tanti anni mi piacciono ancora di più. Una band di grande valore.

[@marinaromele9892]

Questa suite, credo la prima fra tutte quelle composte negli anni d'oro della musica, davvero è qualcosa che lascia il segno, e che ad ogni ascolto stupisce e appassiona, ci porta a scoprire qualcosa di nuovo. E' una qualità trascendente della musica che solo pochi grandi artisti sono riusciti a raggiungere.

[@bobfronz4457]

Secondo me è inarrivabile ritmica superba e solisti impeccabili...ogni parte di questo brano si attacca alle orecchie e non ti lascia più...

[@vincenzopierri9707]

Jon Hiseman e Dick Heckstall Heckstall Smith erano due giganti

[@templetonparceley8645]

Acquistai questo disco su ristampa Bronze (copertina singola😢😢) nel 1976.....oggi lo ascolto ancora in CD, ed a ogni ascolto scopro nuovi dettagli nelle maestose parti soliste e nei grandi disegni corali che si alternano in questo capolavoro assoluto, non a caso la prima uscita della leggendaria etichetta Vertigo. Quindi siamo perfettamente d'accordo😉😉🎸🎸

[@alessiobasciani2080]

E mio malgrado, da "fan", razziata dai Santana. Mettiamola così. Un tributo da ammirazione... ps razziata in più punti eh... Vero che c'è del free jazz e dell'afrobeat in questo pezzo. Ma magari un po' di ritegno non avrebbe guastato. Ad ogni modo. Album eccellente. Pezzo in pratica irripetibile. Compendio di competenza, passione e sperimentazione. Con una gigantesca visione. La causa della quale, taciuta, è poco interessante. O forse no. Anzi, magari, potrebbe essere, ehm...usata...ehm...per....si Amore!

[@alessiobasciani2080]

Commento impeccabile. In realtà qualche Jam Rock, magari non troppo organizzata già era comparsa. Soprattutto con pubblicazioni al limite dell'illegale per le Road Band americane. Ovviamente nulla a che vedere rispetto a questo gioiello che andrebbe insegnato a scuola.

[@pav689]

One of best bands ever!

[@madhouze1]

IMO February's Valentyne is one of the best recorded sax solos of all time.

[@santinoravazzani6361]

grandissimo album grandi musicisti . inarrivabili.............

[@pablocanalisfernandez8904]

I have discovered this in 1997, first time I have Heard vibes and felt in LOVE since that day. I became impressed with drumming and the feeling of the sax player. Masterpiece

[@medusa2721]

Saw them in Derby at Cleo's, absolutely brilliant. RIP Jon

[@redpebbles]

A part of me growing up, a part of me now at age 44, and undoubtedly in the future a part of me growing older....so many thanks for this incredible piece of music.

[@rickbryant9596]

This is the Verrazzano of our times in jazz. A bridge from the glory days of Coltrane to the future of (who?). Brilliant, compelling, inspired. Saw them in Croydon when I was 17, never lost the love after this.

[@davediamond6475]

Booked Colosseum for a Bath University Rag dance back in 1969/70 - superb

[@dorotarosoowska9321]

recently at least once a day have to listen to this masterpiece

[@stevecavalli2249]

Without a doubt, IMO their finest piece of work.

[@giovannisugonatoli]

Rest in peace Jon

[@lovewavesdriftingforever]

giovanni natoli 💖💕💕💕

[@lovewavesdriftingforever]

Thanks so very much for the excellent upload of one of the best albums of all time ...☺️💕💖👍🏻👍🏻

[@davetottenham]

Just played this for the first time in decades - mesmerising. As a teenager I used to leap up on stage at the end of a show and grab drumsticks - got loads of Jon's (plus from The Who, Pink Floyd and Mott The Hoople etc).. as I thought then 'today the drumsticks, tomorrow the world'...

[@garymacintyre8942]

Just loved this track first time I heard dave greenslave 😊

[@robertomelillo8997]

un pezzo memorabile grazie COLOSSEUM

[@michapluta1657]

Today's so-called stage musicians would not be able to play anything from this piece without writing about the fact that they would not be able to invent such a thing at all. A wonderful piece that built bridges between jazz, rock and classical music. Great music is always great no matter what genre it is. And although most musicians today do not have it, they have created a unique work. Timeless

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

That's a massive generalisation. The modern world is full of incredible, creative musicians.

[@gracehancock6942]

Still brilliant. Saw them in Glasgow

[@gracehancock6942]

I agree, briliant even now! Saw then twice in Glasgow.

[@347chas]

Just love listening to this album.

[@davecallan2019]

Let's not forget the very talented Dick Heckstall-Smith on this album. Still have a vinyl copy and play as often as I can.

[@krkutovaca]

Sooooo good to hear it again after so many years.Used to have that PL in my Collection,but than came the war....left it all behind….wish I knew who´s got it now...

[@awaken77]

That's a killer track, prog masterpiece

[@nicbie511]

One of my favourites. OUTSTANDING !!

[@emanuelemanu8567]

Un capolavoro!!!

[@jacekbartkiewicz197]

jedna z najpiekniehszych piosenek wszechczasow. mam teraz38 a pierwszy raz slyszalem w wieku16 lat:-)

[@salvatoreprincipe5078]

Intramontabile.....lo riascolto, sempre, con piacere e nostalgia 😎

[@stevemuir5307]

Got to be one of the absolute greats.

[@chrisbinckes2732]

the secret soundtrack to the best of eyelid movies thanks for uploading wondrous epic music viva colosseum wherever they may be now

[@keespasson2106]

My favorite album.. Made in 1969..!!! Still playing it very often ...! Never boring... Thank you Colloseum.!! RIP : JON , DICK 7:08

[@classicrockteen1784]

This is one of the best side-longs in prog rock, and in my opinion, perhaps the greatest instrumental of all time.

[@MarioMartinez-ju7tc]

Better than this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYaxnJRpjMh1mpY

[@BanjoPars]

@@MarioMartinez-ju7tc Yes

[@jaset362]

It is called jazz-rock .It is not prog rock.

[@donisaac5789]

@@jaset362 This is pure progressive rock aka prog rock. It obviously has elements of jazz and rock too but don’t be correcting people like you know everything buddy. You clearly don’t know what prog rock is.

[@jaset362]

@@donisaac5789 Please,don't try to lecture me in about prog rock because you know less about it than the little part I've forgot already as less important. You were not even born yet when jazz rock and prog rock began. I don't pretend to know everything at all but I've witnessed the beginning of both genres while your parents haven't met yet. You know about it from third hand. You're narcistic ignorant. Colosseum, the first band formed in early 1968 by drummer Jon Hiseman with tenor sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith were then an English jazz rock band, mixing blues, rock and jazz-based improvisation. "The commercial acceptance of jazz rock in the UK was mainly due to Colosseum " ( by Larkin Colin, Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music ). This band broke up in 1971. Jon Hiseman formed another group called Colosseum II in 1975, with a stronger orientation towards jazz-fusion rock and progressive rock. The band existed between 1975 and 1978 and released three albums before disbanding in 1978. Afterwards there were first reunion 1994 -2015 and second reunion 2019 - present. 👎

[@marinaisabellabrunner7303]

Sempre fantastico!

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very very good ....................................................................................................................................................................................

[@fabtbirdsblues185]

....best song !!! Damn, it feels good. 👍😂 ❤️ Colosseum - The Valentyne Suite ...Valentyne Suite 1969

[@josevera-xt2vz]

yes

[@user-vn6xn3jw5f]

高校3年の冬休みに友達の家で初めてこの曲に出合いました。月日は流れ、次女の電子オルガンの全国大会で東京に行った時に、新宿駅横の大丸デパートでようやくこのCDを購入しました。1960年代の後半から1970年代始めにかけては（特に1969年）素晴らしいアルバムがリリースされています。ミュージックライフでこのアルバムの評価は四つ星半で「傑作」と評価されていたのを思い出します。

[@sebastianjakobschy1603]

One the best suite in history of art rock!!!

[@thomaszuercherKUNDALINI]

Thank you so much 🕍🕍🌏🌏😍😇😇

[@lostinmusic5431]

Awesome Sixties ! Saw them 2 times live.

[@delbroox]

What a masterpiece this is

[@kevinmcanulty2593]

sat on a dance floor in Malvern and got lost!!!!

[@Adriaan4321]

Great master

[@joergjendis8244]

Colosseum belong certainly to the absolutely best bands in Rock Music. Dick Heckstall Smith awesome sax player one of the very best. Valentyne Suite like a piece of classical music just so fantastic.

[@davidebricoli1996]

1st Man on the Moon, Woodstock, Led Zeppelin I, and...Valentyne Suite, proud of being born in 1969

[@templetonparceley8645]

I think that 80 % of the rock lp's issued in 1969 are now regarded as classics of their genre. And 1970 sounded even better......

[@M.Robespierre3691]

@@templetonparceley8645 - and 1971 even better!

[@templetonparceley8645]

@@M.Robespierre3691 Absolutely!! 😉😉

[@johnmartinimusic2406]

I was 9 years old and it was Rad

[@pablomalaga4676]

there´s not been a man on the moon and most probably never will

[@antoniomonaco6705]

Fantastico, brillante (fantastic, brillant)

[@januszmolka6570]

eternal music

[@Milo-th6bl]

Questo è prog rock ancora prima che il genere fosse identificato ai massimi livelli in quanto tale.. JAZZ

[@pieroaycart785]

Espectacular es un clásico indiscutible

[@templetonparceley8645]

Jazz rock turns into symphonic rock turns into hard prog turns into heavy metal turns into.......... awesome music for the ages!!!!!!

[@marcolascaraky6663]

John Hiseman: whats a drummer...absolutely tecnic and amazing...

[@micha9595]

He is my favorite drummer of all time , this is a truly masterpiece drumming from 9:15 , Whenever I listen from10:00 to end I got shivers

[@rikurantanen3284]

and Tony Reeves in Bass

[@danielecosta958]

A masterpiece.

[@gilramirez1373]

Graham Bond.....early stuff amazing

[@Adriaan4321]

Great Master

[@OttoSell]

RIP Jon Hiseman

[@nelsoncason6978]

Capolavoro assoluto!!!!

[@jacekbartkiewicz197]

i heard this song where i was 16 and i liseninig this now. one if the beterest song.

[@dariobarisic3461]

Brother .

[@gielle1957]

Perfetto!

[@zababba]

attended a concert long time ago in Modena ( ITALY ) must have been around 1972 or thereabouts, great band !

[@Hoolaballoo]

Probably 1971.... they split soon after

[@jozsefmonostori1182]

Masterpiece !!!

[@Adagios]

Happy New Valentyne Day... Love is like bulet of Magnum 44...

[@TheHermit72]

Awesome!!!!

[@jeffmolnar4781]

A true modern suite the masters from on high look down in approval! ! !

[@artemisiostucchi]

grande lp

[@sandraliehr2839]

God bless you...❤️

[@tatoscotti4254]

Posso solo dire che nel Natale 1970 mio fratello acquisto' questo disco....allora io avevo 12 anni e pensate quante volte l'ho sentito. MOSTRUOSO!!!!!

[@jacekbartkiewicz197]

doroto poznalem dzieki mojemu ojcu. teraz juz takich nie ma:-)

[@mixaliskokkinos1496]

All the hard way..Greetings from Greece

[@robertoruxo]

fabolous

[@francoatzeni5595]

Bellissimo non stanca mai

[@sasaspasojevic8551]

Fantastic album Vertigo baby :-)

[@AACG1622]

6:20 - Paranoid Android

[@WillieEWoof]

John Hiseman (1944-2018) R.I.P. :( Just one of those who were better than John Bonham!

[@oleandreasjensen5263]

agree - John Hiseman R.I.P.

[@asaibene]

WillieEWoof he joined the great Dick Hecktall-Smith ❤️

[@GhostriderPossum]

Bonham was good but not as good as many others he's the most overrated Drummer ever

[@herbertgabriel4306]

No one is better!They are in the same highest top Positions,have different Stylings,and young folowers with an opinion to thees "old" guys,----to give the best in playing what they can.So who's the best?!?!?!?Me I think every decade got it's best,in past and Future!😎🎶🎶 tätarätarätääääää

[@jogischulz2576]

@@herbertgabriel4306 - I agree 100 % the same with guitarrists, bassists etc., but some people never learn...

[@EnosEverything]

Magical... What else can you say - five men in perfect synch creating a modern masterpiece that stands up against everything released since ... All the members are at the peak of their respective powers and I have played this album to death since first acquiring a vinyl copy back in 1971/72 ... I now have it on c.d and although the compressed sound never matches the vinyl , I at least don't get the odd click and hiss... Wonderful.. Now I will carry on my search to find a copy of DUST IN THE AIR SUSPENDED MARKS THE PLACE WHERE A STORY ENDED by the late great sax legend DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH.... I cannot find it anywhere and my taped copy from when I taped the vinyl copy is now ratshit.

[@henez60]

A rockzene egyik legfontosabb alapműve. Megkerülhetetlen.

[@llwyde1104]

Bought this with 'hard-earned' from a Saturday job...1970 I spose....different days!

[@goribmanus8067]

Tres bon valentine suite...

[@user-gd7gj8lr7q]

片面に入ってますね！たまに聞いてますよ😉LPレコード盤所持してます。リーダーはジョンハイズマンですが何人かは離脱して自分のバンドを作りましたね❗️でも、この曲がNo.1です❤

[@attilapollak9561]

Heaven across my Klipsch speakers!

[@nigeltdavies]

Superb I loved this Album when I bought in the early 1970's and it still sounds Superb. Great musicianship, imagination and Artistic Collaboration between a few highly talented members of the Human Race living in England at that time who called themselves "Colosseum!!! Wonderful.

[@lam7547]

Grandiosi