Theme For A Reunion is a live album by Colosseum.
It finally gives us the complete Cologne concert from their reunion tour in 1994. Two previous albums had featured songs from this concert – LiveS The Reunion Concert 1994 and Live Cologne 1994.
Colosseum are an unusual group with blues, jazz and progressive rock influences.
Three of the founding members of the group had played with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers on the Bare Wires album – Jon Hiseman (drums), Dick Heckstall-Smith (saxophone) and Tony Reeves (bass). Dave Greenslade (keyboards) and James Litherland, (guitar and vocals) were added. Dave “Clem” Clempson replaced James Litherland in 1970 and Reeves left with Mark Clarke joining. The band also recruited Chris Farlow for the vocals.
The band broke up in 1971.
Hiseman formed Colosseum II in 1975 and Dave Greenslade formed the band Greenslade.
Hiseman, Greenslade, Clempson, Clarke and Heckstall-Smith reformed as Colosseum in 1994 and the band has been active since then. However Dick Heckstall-Smith died in 2004 and his place was taken by Barbara Thompson.
Colosseum Studio Albums
Although this website concentrates on live albums, I always think it’s useful to know the timing of the studio albums since that often has a large influence on the concerts.
1969 Those Who Are About to Die Salute You
1969 Valentyne Suite
1970 The Grass Is Greener
1970 Daughter of Time
1997 Bread & Circuses
2003 Tomorrow’s Blues
2014 Time on our Side
Colosseum Live Albums
1971 Colosseum Live released in 1971
1994 Colosseum Lives The Reunion Concerts reelased in 1995
1994 Live Cologne released in 2003
2005 Live 2005 released in 2007
The box set Morituri Te Salutant includes some live tracks that can be downloaded separately.
Buying Albums By Colosseum
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Theme For A Reunion is a live album by Colosseum.
It finally gives us the complete Cologne concert from their reunion tour in 1994. Two previous albums had featured songs from this concert – LiveS The Reunion Concert 1994 and Live Cologne 1994.
Live Cologne 1994 is a live album by the reformed jazz/prog rock band Colosseum.
It is the second live recording from the German concerts with this released in 2003 after LiveS The Reunion Concerts 1994 was released in 1995.
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Morituri Te Salutant is a compilation of live and studio tracks by Colosseum.
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Live At The Boston Tea Party August 1969 is a live compilation album by progressive jazz/blues rock band Colosseum.
It pulls together tracks recorded:
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Live 05 is a live album by Colisseum with Jon Hiseman’s wife Barbara Thompson playing sax as the replacement for the deceased Dick Heckstall-Smith.
According to Discogs, the sources of the songs were:
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LiveS: The Reunion Concerts 1994 is a live album by the reformed prog rock band Colosseum.
This album compiles tracks from two of the concerts from the reunion tour:
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Colosseum Live is a live album by progressive jazz blues rock group Colosseum.
It was recorded at Manchester University on March 18, 1971 and the Big Apple in Brighton on March 27, 1971.
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