The Valentyne Suite has the feeling of a love affair, the sort which flares up hotly then consumes itself........And the album by the legendary British group Colosseum has the feeling of finest musicianship of whole England. The suite itself has three parts; January's Search, February's Valentyne and The Grass is always greener....
The A-side kicks off with a kinda rock'n'roll number "The Kettle" - lyrics are almost meaningless but the sound of James Litherland's guitar really swirls around the Jon Hiseman's drums and Tony Reeves' bass. Dick Heckstall-Smith wrote the song with Hiseman but it sounds like Litherland's solo.
The energy is enormous and at the same time other tracks have some nice jazz influences.
My vinyl album version is almost worn out - and just because I liked to play this album SO much.
btw, Jon Hiseman completed the liner notes just as Neil Armstrong took that one small step for man - as far as I am concerned, Colosseum took one giant leap for progressive music scene.
Ei kommentteja:
Lähetä kommentti