Transmissions: Live at the BBC

Another salute from Colosseum!” - this is a must for collectors. • First fully authorised release of Colosseum live BBC material 1969-1971. • Over 60 tracks. Over 6 hours playing time. • Thoroughly researched by Colin Harper, Nigel Lees and Ashley Wood. • Restored and remastered by Eroc for optimum sound quality throughout. • In-depth liner notes by Chris Welch with a foreword by Pete Brown. • Includes a 32-page booklet with photographs and contributions from former band members.This is the BBC Radio 1 Service. We proudly present one of the world’s greatest bands. Colosseum!” Fans tuning into their wireless sets during the great age of progressive rock would have been thrilled to hear the announcer introduce one of their favourite bands about to hit the airwaves. They wouldn’t be disappointed. Few bands played with such power, fire and intensity whether in a club, at a festival or even in the confines of a radio station studio. Led by drumming legend Jon Hiseman, Colosseum was guaranteed to give an exciting performance as soon as the red recording light went on and the engineer gave the thumbs up. Even so, it seemed like a fleeting moment, once the broadcasts were over, never to be heard again. But here is the exciting news. Many of the shows when Colosseum roared into epic arrangements like ‘Walking In The Park,’ ‘Daughter Of Time’, ‘Tanglewood ’63’ and ‘Rope Ladder To The Moon’ were captured on tape for posterity, not only by the BBC but by listeners armed with their own home recorders. So now it is Repertoire’s turn to proudly announce the release of an amazing 6CD set Transmissions Live At The BBC featuring shows like John Peel’s ‘Top Gear’ and ‘Sounds Of The 70s’, and comprising some 60 tracks recorded between 1969 and 1971. We hear the earliest version of Colosseum with founder members Jon Hiseman, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Dave Greenslade and Tony Reeves joined by guitarist/vocalist James Litherland. Later classic lineups include Dave Clempson on guitar with Chris Farlowe (vocals) and Mark Clarke (bass) with guest appearances by Barbara Thompson (sax/flute) and the New Jazz Orchestra. This vast treasure trove of material has been rescued from the BBC and Colosseum archives, along with rare recordings by fans and enthusiasts. It has been painstaking collected, collated, restored and digitized by the combined forces of historian and archivist Colin Harper, Jon’s daughter Ana Gracey and Repertoire’s own audio genius the mighty Eroc, and boasts liner notes by Chris Welch including interviews with Dave Greenslade, Tony Reeves and Chris Farlowe. So ‘The Machine Demands A Sacrifice’? Here it is!

Disc 1
1: The Road She Walked Before (Live On Top Gear, 19th January 1969)
2: Backwater Blues (Live On Top Gear, 19th January 1969)
3: A Whiter Shade of Powell (Live On Top Gear, 19th January 1969)
4: Walking in the Park (Live at Symonds On Sunday, 16th March 1969)
5: Interview With Jon Hiseman (Live at Symonds On Sunday, 16th March 1969)
6: Beware the Ides of March (Live at Symonds On Sunday, 16th March 1969)
7: Plenty Hard Luck (Live at Symonds On Sunday, 16th March 1969)
8: Elegy (Live On Johnnie Walker, 24th May 1969)
9: Walking in the Park (Live On Johnnie Walker, 24th May 1969)
10: Butty's Blues (Live On Johnnie Walker, 24th May 1969)
11: I Can't Live Without You (Live On Johnnie Walker, 24th May 1969)
12: Elegy (Live On Top Gear, 6th July 1969)
13: The Grass Is Greener (Live On Top Gear, 6th July 1969)
14: Hiseman's Condensed History of Mankind (Live On Top Gear, 6th July 1969)
15: February's Valentine (Live On Top Gear, 6th July 1969)
16: Elegy (Live On Symonds On Sunday, 20th July 1969)
17: The Road She Walked Before (Live On Symonds On Sunday, 20th July 1969)
18: Walking in the Park (Live On Symonds On Sunday, 20th July 1969)
19: Butty's Blues (Live On Symonds On Sunday, 20th July 1969)

Disc 2
1: Elegy (Take 1) [live On Radio 1 Jazz Workshop, 17th July 1969]
2: I Can't Live Without You (Live On Radio 1 Jazz Workshop, 17th July 1969)
3: Walking in the Park (Live On Radio 1 Jazz Workshop, 17th July 1969)
4: Those About to Die (Take 1) [live On Radio 1 Jazz Workshop, 17th July 1969]
5: Butty's Blues (Take 1) [live On Radio 1 Jazz Workshop, 17th July 1969]
6: Mandarin (Live On Radio 1 Jazz Workshop, 17th July 1969)
7: The Grass Is Greener (Live On Radio 1 Jazz Workshop, 17th July 1969)
8: Interview With Dick Heckstall-Smith (Live On Top Gear, 22nd November 1969)
9: Lost Angeles (Live On Top Gear, 22nd November 1969)
10: Arthur's Moustache (Live On Top Gear, 22nd November 1969)
11: Jumping Off the Sun (Unknown Session, Late 1970/early 1971)
12: Them for an Imaginary Western (Unknown Session, Late 1970/early 1971)
13: Take Me Back to Doomsday (Unknown Session, Late 1970/early 1971)
14: Lost Angeles (Partial) [unknown Session, Late 1970/early 1971]
15: Angle (Unknown Session, Late 1970/early 1971)
16: The Machine Demands a Sacrifice (Unknown Session, Late 1970/early 1971)

Disc 3
1: Lost Angeles (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th March 1970)
2: Interview: John Peel and Jon Hiseman (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th March 1970)
3: Downhill and Shadows (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th March 1970)
4: Announcement: John Peel (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th March 1970)
5: Theme from an Imaginary Western (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th March 1970)
6: Announcement: John Peel (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th March 1970)
7: The Machine Demands a Sacrifice
8: Announcement: John Peel (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th March 1970)
9: Walking in the Park (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th March 1970)
10: Bring Out Your Dead (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 7th April 1970)
11: Time Lament (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 7th April 1970)
12: Daughter of Time (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 7th April 1970)

Disc 4
1: Introduction: John Peel (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th November 1970)
2: Rope Ladder to the Moon (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th November 1970)
3: Introduction: John Peel (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th November 1970)
4: Downhill and Shadows (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th November 1970)
5: Introduction: John Peel (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th November 1970)
6: Tanglewood '63 (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th November 1970)
7: Introduction: John Peel (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th November 1970)
8: Time Lament (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th November 1970)
9: Introduction: John Peel (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th November 1970)
10: Lost Angeles (Live On John Peel's Sunday Concert, 8th November 1970)

Disc 5
1: Butty's Blues (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 21st July 1970)
2: Shadows of Blue (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 21st July 1970)
3: Rope Ladder to the Moon (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 21st July 1970)
4: Tanglewood '63 (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 21st July 1970)
5: Take Me Back to Doomsday (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 19th Febraury 1971)
6: Skellington (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 19th Febraury 1971)
7: The Pirate's Dream (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 19th Febraury 1971)
8: Tanglewood '63 (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 19th Febraury 1971)

Disc 6
1: Jumping Off the Sun (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 10th September 1971)
2: Sleepwalker (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 10th September 1971)
3: The Pirate's Dream (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 10th September 1971)
4: Upon Tomorrow (Live On 'Sounds of the 70s', 10th September 1971)
5: Walking in the Park (Off-air) [live at Symonds On Sunday, 16th March 1969]
6: Those About to Die (Take 2) [live On Radio 1 Jazz Workshop, 17th July 1969]
7: Butty's Blue (Take 2) [live On Radio 1 Jazz Workshop, 17th July 1969]
8: Elegy (Take 2) [live On Radio 1 Jazz Workshop, 17th July 1969]

Number of Discs: 6

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