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They were fabulous, and truly groundbreaking. Out of interest, just look who was in the band; amazing lineup:Nanohedron wrote:I confess I don't remember even hearing of Colosseum until now.
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Probably so, but hugely influential. Dave Greenslade formed it. Other notable band members included Barbara Thompson, Jon Hiseman, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Dave Clemson and the wonderful vocalist Chris Farlowe (of "Out of Time (1966) fame).s1m0n wrote:I've never heard of them either, but I was ready to learn. Clicking your link, however, got me this:
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Thanks for fixing this David. You'd think I'd have known that.david_h wrote:Forum software doesn't like the trailing bracket. Need to enclose link in URL tags
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum_(band)
They must have passed me by.
'Passed by' is about it. In the sense that clicking through the links to the band members I know I heard albums by the variuous bands they were in but never looked at the LP sleeves or went to see them.benhall.1 wrote:Presumably Barbara Thompson, Dick Heckstall-Smith, et al didn't pass you by?
Never heard of them, either.benhall.1 wrote: Presumably Barbara Thompson, Dick Heckstall-Smith, et al didn't pass you by?
Barbara Thompson is a big, big name, and massively influential. The one that people would normally recognise would be the flute part on Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. But she's done masses, honest.s1m0n wrote:Never heard of them, either.benhall.1 wrote: Presumably Barbara Thompson, Dick Heckstall-Smith, et al didn't pass you by?
Ah. OK. Fair enough.s1m0n wrote:I see from the wiki page that they mostly toured Europe, and (once) Japan. I think they're complete unknowns over here.