Tag Archives: Colosseum

HEY JOE

April 1, 2023 · by · in a) Sixties and earlier [0 - 1969], ACROSS THE DECADES, b) Seventies [1970 - 1979], Progressive · 13 Comments

Hey Joe, where you going with that gun in your hand? Hey Joe, I said, where you going with that gun in your hand? I’m going down to shoot my old lady You know, I caught her messing around with a hair metal band Back in the 1970s I found Colosseum a tad bombastic. But […]

BOXING DAY

December 26, 2022 · by · in a) Sixties and earlier [0 - 1969], ACROSS THE DECADES, b) Seventies [1970 - 1979], Blues & Roots, Jazz & Jazz-Rock, Progressive · 26 Comments

Let’s get the bleeding obvious out of the way from the start. I love vinyl and have acquired more than a couple of discs this past year. But it sure is an expensive obsession. One of the features of my 2022 purchasing has been the discovery of how many excellent CD boxed sets are out […]

1971 LIVE [PART ONE]

June 19, 2021 · by · in ACROSS THE DECADES, b) Seventies [1970 - 1979], Blues & Roots, GENRE SPECIFIC, Jazz & Jazz-Rock, Progressive · 22 Comments

By the close of the 1960s the technology and knowhow for recording live music had improved substantially. Sure, the results were patchy on many occasions, but overall live albums had become much more listenable. Here (and in the forthcoming Part Two) we trawl through Vinyl Connection’s 1971 “Live” holding, counting ‘up’ to my favourites. 13 […]