Tomorrow's Blues (Remastered) Colosseum

• 1 Tomorrow's Blues 06:37
• 2 Come Right Back 04:29
• 3 In the Heat of the Night 05:34
• 4 Hard Times Rising 06:38
• 5 Arena in the Sun 03:21
• 6 Thief in the Night 05:44
• 7 Take the Dark Times with the Sun 05:09
• 8 The Net Man 05:36
• 9 Leisure Complex Blues 05:09
• 10 No Demons 04:31
• Total Runtime 52:48

Info for Tomorrow's Blues (Remastered)

Though Colosseum lasted only a little more than three years, producing five albums, they made a great impression on the blooming sub-genre of progressive rock. They broke onto the scene with the energetic jazz & blues-influenced Those Who Are About To Die Salute You, with its unusual chord progressions and variant song structures, and then followed up with the epic Valentyne Suite. The title track of Valentyne Suite, a 17-minute composition, pushed keyboardist Dave Greenslade into the spotlight of progressive music. Drummer Jon Hiseman, on the other hand, gradually moved towards the jazz-fusion area.

Now, six years after Colosseum II's Bread & Circuses, Jon Hiseman and his crew return to the arena. Their new album, Tomorrow's Blues, has everything needed to excite Colosseum fans: Jon Hiseman's refined hands-on drum work; the unique, rough blues voice of front man Chris Farlowe; Clem Clempson's fat guitar sound; Dave Greenslade's defining organ lines; Dick Heckstall-Smith's sparkling saxophone and, last but not least, Mark Clarke's subtle bass foundations.

Tomorrow's Blues proves once again that Colosseum still have a great deal to give, and not only to connoisseurs of the antique arts!

Chris Farlowe, lead vocals (all tracks but 9)
Dick Heckstall-Smith, saxophones
Dave "Clem" Clempson, guitar, backing vocals
Dave Greenslade, synthesizer, piano, Hammond organ
Mark Clarke, bass, backing and lead (track 9) vocals
Jon Hiseman, drums, cymbals

Recorded at Temple Music Studio, Sutton, Surrey, England
Produced by Jon Hiseman, Dave Greenslade, Dave Clempson

Digitally remastered

Colosseum
made their live debut in Newcastle and were promptly recorded by influential BBC Radio One DJ John Peel for his Top Gear Radio program. This appearance gained them valuable exposure and critical acclaim.

Colosseum's first album, Those Who Are About To Die Salute You, was released by the Fontana label in 1969. Colosseum also played the "Super Session" program produced by BBC with Modern Jazz Quartet, Led Zeppelin, Jack Bruce, Roland Kirk Quartet, Eric Clapton, Steve Stills, Juicy Lucy. Colosseum's second album, also in 1969, was Valentyne Suite, notable as the first release from Vertigo Records, the first label to sign heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. Vertigo Records was a branch of Philips, established to sign and develop artists that did not fit the main Philips Records brand.

Dave "Clem" Clempson replaced James Litherland for the third album, The Grass Is Greener, released in 1970 and only in the United States. Louis Cennamo then replaced Tony Reeves on bass, but was replaced by Mark Clarke within a month, and Hiseman recruited vocalist Chris Farlowe to enable Clempson to concentrate on guitar. This is considered to be the definitive Colosseum line-up, which partly already recorded the 1970 album Daughter of Time.

In March 1971, the band recorded its concerts at the Big Apple in Brighton and at Manchester University. Hiseman was impressed with the atmosphere at the Manchester show, and the band returned five days later for a free concert that was also recorded. The recordings were released as a live double album in 1971, Colosseum Live, shortly before the original band broke up.

Interim and reunion: After the band split, Jon Hiseman formed Tempest with bassist Mark Clarke; Dave Greenslade formed Greenslade with Tony Reeves; Clem Clempson joined Humble Pie; Chris Farlowe joined Atomic Rooster; and Dick Heckstall-Smith embarked on a solo career.

Hiseman reformed the group as Colosseum II in 1975, with a stronger orientation towards jazz-fusion rock and a new lineup, featuring guitarist Gary Moore, and Don Airey on keyboards. Colosseum II released four albums before disbanding in 1978.

Colosseum reunited for a tour in 1994, the catalyst for a live CD, DVD releases, and new studio releases. Expanded editions of Valentyne Suite and Colosseum Live were also released, as well as several compilation albums.

Hiseman's wife, saxophonist Barbara Thompson, joined the band on various occasions before the 2004 death of Dick Heckstall-Smith and is now a permanent member of the band.

This album contains no booklet.