RARE Colosseum Live 1969 - Valentyne Suite Part-1/2

Colosseum - Valentyne Suite
Recorded live at Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, June 22, 1969.
Track 1 - Valentyne Suite :
)Theme one : January's Search
)Theme two : February's Valentyne
)Theme Three : Beware the Ides of March *(Incomplete)
(14:49)
Composed By Dave Greenslade and Dick Heckstall-Smith
Artists:
Dave Greenslade - Organ, Vocals
Dick Heckstall-Smith - Saxophones
James Litherland - Guitar, Vocals
Tony Reeves - Bass
Jon Hiseman - Drums
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Important historic fact about Montreux Casino which held Montreux Jazz Festival you might want to know (from Wiki):
Montreux Casino (Casino de Montreux) is a casino located in Montreux, Switzerland, on the shoreline of Lake Geneva.
Montreux Casino was built in 1881 and had modifications made to it in 1903. Throughout the twentieth century, the site played host to many great symphony orchestras and well-known conductors. By the late 1960s, jazz, blues and rock artists began to perform there.
In 1967 the Casino became the venue for the Montreux Jazz Festival, which was the brainchild of music promoter Claude Nobs. The festival was held there annually and lasted for three days. The highlights of this era were Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Evans, Nina Simone, Jan Garbarek, and Ella Fitzgerald. Originally featuring almost exclusively jazz artists, in the 1970s the festival began broadening its scope, including blues, soul, and rock artists. Some notable rock acts which performed at Montreux Casino in these years include Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Deep Purple.
In December 1971, Montreux Casino burned down during a concert by Frank Zappa, after a fan had set the venue on fire with a flare gun, reducing it to ashes. Claude Nobs saved several young people who, thinking they would be sheltered from the flames, had hidden in the casino from the blaze. A recording of the outbreak and fire announcement can be found on a Frank Zappa Bootleg album titled "Swiss Cheese / Fire" English rock group Deep Purple subsequently made Montreux famous with their song "Smoke on the Water", which tells the events of December 1971:
"We all came out to Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline / To make records with a mobile - We didn't have much time / Frank Zappa & the Mothers were at the best place around / But some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground / Smoke on the water, fire in the sky"
The Casino was subsequently rebuilt, and during the interim the Montreux Jazz Festival was held in other auditoriums in Montreux, until it could return to the newly re-opened Casino in 1975. The Festival continued to be hosted there until 1993, when it moved to a larger Convention Centre located approximately one kilometre from the Casino. From 1995 through 2006, the Festival occupied both the Convention Centre and the Casino. Beginning with the 41st Festival in 2007, nightly performances of headliners were again moved mainly to the Convention Centre, although the Casino still hosts the odd one-off show.

[@mariogrechi1840]

what a time it was... 1969 -1970....the 60ies went out with a bang...

[@draganstefanovski4804]

2023 : and now, after 55 years after, with my 71 years old, still listen Valentine ... Timeless unforgetable !!! Greetings from Macedonija

[@53lemac]

My favourite Colosseum song. Keep listening over and over again.

[@anoshya]

Used to get sax lessons from Dick Heckstall Smith ..great guy.. a real cat!

[@pav689]

I have to say that Dick Heckstall Smith solo with 2 sax is so great and touching.. What great musician he was, really unforgettable.

[@walky240251]

one word: unreplaceable.

[@neebinmakwah349]

Jon Hiseman...Tony Reeves bass...Dave Greenslade keyboards Dick Hecktall-Smith reeds...James Litherland guitar and vocals

[@gerardreitsma381]

Unbelievably beautiful. I don't forget it for ever...

[@MrPhotodoc]

Bless these guys for being able to conceptualize and execute this music for generations to come. Still have my Colosseum live LP!

[@turienlammers1739]

Amazing version of this master composition !

[@koichiumetsu1169]

Heisman is one of the best drummer in all-time, living legend

[@dielustigenstifel]

Two years before my birth…., what a great sound ❤, real pro musician.

[@vialeonina]

Grande batterista, uno dei più bravi e completi. Talento immenso.

[@stephenmoore3990]

I saw this line up a month before in May 69 at the Bath Blues Festival . I watched Jons drum solo with awe . I bought Valentine Suite and another later album Both gems, On the same bill at Bath in 69 was Fleetwood Mac and Led Zep. I remember Mick Fleetwoods drum solo for all the wrong reasons. Zeppelin were sensational.

[@gordoncook5812]

What an amazing weekend that was. Incredible line up. I remember waking up to Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother in the early hours!

[@DavisSchulz]

just awesome. this is real art. rip jon hiseman, my hero.

[@bassimgesicht]

🖤

[@bazylikolan2937]

jak 2022 roku mogą zbliżyć się do takiego poziomu kompozycji pomysłów!!!Niedorozwój artystyczny, promowanie gamoniów i mamy to co mamy.Gat.progresywnego rocka był INSPIRACYJNY! sax-zjawiskowy niepowtarzalny!

[@richardwhite3458]

There is a Finland 🇫🇮 black 🖤 metal 🤘 band with the name of Colluseum.

[@schlum27]

One of the alltime best ever musicpieces of POP. It hammers it sounds and rhythms with maximum power into the heads and hearts of the listeners.Unforgetable

[@lucianovargas6677]

Brilliant performance 👍

[@XanAxDdu]

grazie per averlo caricato mai visto e live è sempre una emozione in più

[@andrewcutts7416]

R.I.P. Jon. This is just fantastic, I'm so glad I got to see them.

[@Derukugi2]

After all these years, still magnificent

[@contato53]

THIS is music!

[@paullai7161]

Wowser! What talent and music! Not for the faint of heart or short on attention.

[@MrFellwuschel]

Great band. This is their instrumental masterpiece. Timeless.

[@Derukugi2]

Oh man, that was music. Where has all that talent gone today?

[@fucheduck]

people live in thier basements with no windows. you have to live to have talent and the spirit to use it!

[@hundqvist]

This is one of the greatest progressive rock recording.. Thank you!

[@vladimirlyma4522]

i.m glad to now, that somewhone still listen that kind of music listen album live of that band

[@Migo6Lino]

Saw Collosseum on theier FIRST concert after over 20 years at Freiburg ZMF, man, it was like being in a film, all the stuff we heard drifting in space when kids, they were great and found the spirit after a while. Tent was cooking... Valentine Suite as such great parts in it

[@hooptyhee1]

You're looking at one of the great drummers of all time. I saw this group in '70, and I remember how easy Hiseman made his solos look, and I'd seen both Baker and Mitchell before, and I thought he was better than either, as great as the other two were.

[@Mynamesalexa]

Me too. Saw Ginger Twice Mitch Mitchell with Hendrix Jon Hiseman is better than both. And Keith Moon, John Bonham, Cozy Cole, Ainsley Dunbar,

[@michelhille8107]

Hiseman was the best Jazz Rock Drummer.

[@Mynamesalexa]

​@@michelhille8107Equals Billy Cobham

[@hannesstuber222]

@@michelhille8107 he considered Max Roach or Elvin Jones being better than himself.

[@markkukarjalainen2015]

My first LP, what i bought 1974. My treasure!

[@Shih47]

THANKS!! Wow. I was 17 and ahalf the summer of 69 and the album Valentyne Suite made me and my friends, for the first time, really listen to... some kind of... jazz.. (?)

[@patrickcostine]

What a line-up of musicians!

[@tamale9010]

greenslade 凄すぎ～

[@brankozlatic8492]

Briliant band

[@enchization]

this is GOLD !

[@MMOAvideos]

thank you for uploading this gem

[@theconquerorsalahljycjjch7414]

I love those keyboard a lot

[@andyshelton4889]

This is a great band!

[@bassimgesicht]

🖤

[@TheLastOilMan]

Greenslade was a god, sorely underated

[@Mynamesalexa]

He said Jon Hiseman was better than Ginger Baker

[@dontommaso2760]

@@Mynamesalexa I have never seen Ginger Baker live but I have seen Jon Hiseman twice (in 2000 and in 2004) and he was incredible. The only drummer that I have ever seen in concert that left a similar impression was Billy Cobham.

[@CherrySlush1]

So thankful that this was recorded! Man!

[@samoht77]

I am so happy that there is an actual live recording with moving footage of this!!

[@MothershipOracle]

an amazing workout here! colosseum have always been a band including some of the very best musicians,....colosseum 2 took it one stage further, but their early stuff is quite incredible too! this is mr. greenslade"s piece to a large degree......stupendous!

[@Hunne2303]

wow...did not expect this explosion in b&w after coming from rare bird...great stuff, gonna listen to more of their work

[@paullai7161]

Rare Bird! Hadn't talked about THAT band for a while. Should dig out my vinyl...

[@jaimesorli2436]

amazing, superband, drumgod

[@samoveble8309]

TIMELESS!!!

[@anxietasangustia9980]

FOSFENISMO: Ogni fene è un intermediario fisiologico tra il senso fisico al quale corrisponde e un senso spirituale equivalente che, una volta risvegliato, dà luogo alla percezione di energie, di avvenimenti o di universi intangibili, ovvero non percettibili dai sensi fisici. Il sistema fenico, quando è stimolato, provoca la percezione dei piani spirituali, ciò che le tradizioni chiamano «aldilà», «mondi invisibili» o «piani sottili». Il sistema fenico è costituito da: • Il fosfene, che corrisponde al senso della vista. • L'acufene, che è l'equivalente interno del senso dell'udito. • Il gustatofene, fene del senso del gusto. • L'olfattofene, fene del senso dell'olfatto. • Il pneumofene, fene della respirazione. • L'osteofene, legato alla vibrazione della struttura ossea e tendinea. • Lo statofene o girofene, fene del senso dell'equilibrio. • Il miofene, fene dell'attività muscolare. • Il tattofene, che corrisponde al senso del tatto. • La percezione soggettiva del tempo

[@gunvaldmkilli9131]

many yers ago in my youth Hiseman, cobham and Palmer were gods ....theyv still are!

[@robertocosta2181]

Meravigliosa musica,che non ha tempo.

[@anxietasangustia9980]

FOSFENISMO: Ogni fene è un intermediario fisiologico tra il senso fisico al quale corrisponde e un senso spirituale equivalente che, una volta risvegliato, dà luogo alla percezione di energie, di avvenimenti o di universi intangibili, ovvero non percettibili dai sensi fisici. Il sistema fenico, quando è stimolato, provoca la percezione dei piani spirituali, ciò che le tradizioni chiamano «aldilà», «mondi invisibili» o «piani sottili». Il sistema fenico è costituito da: • Il fosfene, che corrisponde al senso della vista. • L'acufene, che è l'equivalente interno del senso dell'udito. • Il gustatofene, fene del senso del gusto. • L'olfattofene, fene del senso dell'olfatto. • Il pneumofene, fene della respirazione. • L'osteofene, legato alla vibrazione della struttura ossea e tendinea. • Lo statofene o girofene, fene del senso dell'equilibrio. • Il miofene, fene dell'attività muscolare. • Il tattofene, che corrisponde al senso del tatto. • La percezione soggettiva del tempo

[@gwr8133]

RIP Jon.

[@anniepiant6332]

groupe majeur dans l'influence qu'il a suscité envers la pop rock jazz des années 70

[@enryclaptone1668]

Al Piper di Roma.... indimenticabili i Colosseum ma anche quegli anni!

[@stetrak1967]

Masterpiece!

[@neilturner6865]

Timeless music

[@pav689]

Wow great energy, that's really amazing document ..

[@lesliemountain1335]

Thank you!

[@saschalorch2445]

WOW!!!

[@zekeman5285]

Awesome

[@hendrix2918]

MUSIC,,, top level .....

[@user-so8jh7zk1z]

Спасибо!

[@cesarindf1]

Fabulosa pieza, de lo mejor de Colosseum, el tiempo no pasa...

[@brucenichols9153]

Magnificent

[@tomtrana3449]

"January's Search" . Dave Greenslade celebrated his 80th birthday on January 18, 2023!

[@dieterpelz1971]

Timeless, alive - always new.

[@beardyfreak]

Awesome!

[@hadywellbie2368]

A brilliant Jazz Nudge

[@luisantoniozr5509]

Amazing...

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love it!!

[@timkjazz]

Awesome band, wish there was more music from them out here in the public domain.

[@crossraoads]

There is a channel called Beat Club on KZbin where you can see the their performance in German television in 1970 - A real high quality program! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iV6TqYB4oqyKldU

[@mariogrechi1840]

Too many good bands at that time... Many from the UK ...Short -lived, but... .

[@enchization]

they were so young witn no fear whatsoever !

[@sliderpunk]

Brilliant

[@andythomas706]

Saw this band at an all-niter at The Lyceum back in the day. Quite something. 10 minutes into his drum solo I realized he'd yet to use his sticks. Up to that point it had all been feet! Hiseman was a proper musician and an astonishing drummer!

[@Mynamesalexa]

He's better than Ginger Baker or John Bonham isn't he?

[@clanranald]

Yes me too, and went to Mothers in Erdington (Brum) a few times to see them too. Saw so many bands at the Lyceum- East of Eden, King Crimson, Savoy Brown, Ten Years After, Jethro Tull......

[@licatanerazzurra]

meravigliosi

[@juanantonioolcina9891]

Gran banda

[@andrewroberts5824]

50 years ago, it seems just like yesterday.

[@SuperColtra]

R.I.P. John Hiseman (born June 1944-died June 2018), the groups drummer.

[@mariogrechi1840]

Shit.... The guys from my age are all going...

[@ildiscorpions]

What a great music ever!

[@antoninocalandrino2911]

Grandi li ho visti al Brancaccio anni 70

[@giulianopanciroli6354]

fantastici.

[@anxietasangustia9980]

FOSFENISMO: Ogni fene è un intermediario fisiologico tra il senso fisico al quale corrisponde e un senso spirituale equivalente che, una volta risvegliato, dà luogo alla percezione di energie, di avvenimenti o di universi intangibili, ovvero non percettibili dai sensi fisici. Il sistema fenico, quando è stimolato, provoca la percezione dei piani spirituali, ciò che le tradizioni chiamano «aldilà», «mondi invisibili» o «piani sottili». Il sistema fenico è costituito da: • Il fosfene, che corrisponde al senso della vista. • L'acufene, che è l'equivalente interno del senso dell'udito. • Il gustatofene, fene del senso del gusto. • L'olfattofene, fene del senso dell'olfatto. • Il pneumofene, fene della respirazione. • L'osteofene, legato alla vibrazione della struttura ossea e tendinea. • Lo statofene o girofene, fene del senso dell'equilibrio. • Il miofene, fene dell'attività muscolare. • Il tattofene, che corrisponde al senso del tatto. • La percezione soggettiva del tempo

[@natred1]

saw em live in munich 1970

[@EventPlayPoland]

LOVE IT ! :)

[@SteveSparx]

excellent~pure

[@lovewavesdriftingforever]

((((( BRILLIANT ))))) 👍🏻👍🏻😀

[@heeenryk]

thX

[@noissian1]

perfekt...

[@shemanic1]

great band I have followed for years, have several vinyl albums, listen to Tempest, John Hiseman's follow on band

[@adrianocapecchi2384]

consiglio a chiunque di ascoltare l'intero CD o LP. Un'opera straordinaria...

[@evets1968]

Back in the time when everyone went thru Hiwatt and Marshall.Awesome footage!

[@clanranald]

... and WEM

[@lucianocatarin9176]

Bach floating around

[@puttebangbang]

A bit unfair on todays musik using Fustin Bieber for comparison. I mean, in 1969 you could also listen to Donny Osmond.. every era has it's great music and its crap music.

[@DavidTurk2SirEel]

Dope! Moody Bluesish!

[@tuddler]

When you discover music whilst laid ill in bed and it's still good or even more magnificent when you're better ⚕️

[@fulviomerendi6493]

bravissimi!

[@tomrott5333]

8:40 And than it starts! watch the second part....it's even better!!! IT'S A FUCKIN' KILLER!!!

[@bassimgesicht]

🖤😌🖤

[@williejones2139]

Read Colosseum nice and enchanting not bad at all carry on my brother.

[@WolfLuGer]

IF IT WAS 1969, THE LINE UP WAS ... DAVE GREENSLADE (Organ) TONY REEVES (Bass) JON HISEMAN (Drums) DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH (Sax) JAMES LITHERLAND (Guitar) ... AM I RIGHT ?

[@dennisbailey9307]

You're right.

[@antoniobarbetti2813]

Wow

[@pierantonioveltri3283]

Ho sentito il sax di Dick assieme alla chitarra di Toffoletti

[@ferencpfilf8679]

Kimagasló /outstanding /!!!

[@llwyde1104]

Classic line up....looking back Farlowe was a mistake!!! At the time I told myself it added something, it didn't.

[@Ronie792]

Would I be wrong if I said this band has a contemporary jazz vibe I just get that feeling I know they are prog rock