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VALENTYNE SUITE COLOSSEUM 21st July 21st 1969

VALENTYNE SUITE by COLOSSEUM. An ambitious and bold yet so beautifully executed progressive jazz rock classical epic from master English musicians guided by band leader drummer Jon Hiseman. He completed the sleeve notes just as Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind", July 21st, 1969.

Yes indeed VALENTYNE SUITE, basically a love song, is a giant leap in epic compositions, in concept albums and an bold experiment of artistic and music freedom in rock music. It was 1969 and the album stands as a beautiful document of an era when musicians did exactly what they wanted to do, just music no compromises. Art at finest. An era that had begun in Hendrix´s Ladyland and Procol Harum´s "In Held Twas in I" in previous year. Rock`n´roll was never the same anymore and Progressive Rock changed everything.
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Dave Greenslade's best organ solo ever is not  with Colosseum or his solo lps. 
Its on the "Electrocuted" lp  ('75) by Swede Lasse Wellander.


 Dick Heckstall-Smith's solo lp is very good but takes repeated listens to work-in.


"The Grass Is Greener" lp has same front cover as "Valentine Suite" and is basically Valentine Suite (Butty's Blues, Machine... & Elegy).
It took me a long time but a few months back I finally scored a copy.
 
On some forum I listed the few differences between the two lps - but I can't remember just now . One difference was the same song BUT A DIFFERENT VOCALIST.
And I seem to recall that the track "Bolero" exists on none of their other main lps.

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