Tracklist front / back album covers
Colosseum - Those Who Are About to Die Salute You
Side one
1. "Walking in the Park" 3:51
2. "Plenty Hard Luck" 4:23
3. "Mandarin" 4:27
4. "Debut" 6:20
Side two
5. "Beware the Ides of March" 5:34
6. "The Road She Walked Before" 2:39
7. "Backwater Blues" 7:35
8. "Those About to Die" 4:49
Colosseum Band Members / Musicians
Dave Greenslade – organ, vibraphone, piano, backing vocals on "The Road She Walked Before"
Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophones
James Litherland – guitar (except on "Backwater "Blues"), lead vocals
Tony Reeves – bass guitar
Jon Hiseman – drums
Jim Roche – guitar on "Backwater Blues"
Henry Lowther – trumpet on "Walking in the Park"
Those Who Are About to Die Salute You – Morituri Te Salutant is the debut album by Colosseum, released in 1969 by Fontana. It is one of the pioneering albums of jazz fusion. The title is a translation of the Latin phrase morituri te salutant that according to popular belief (but not academic agreement), gladiators addressed to the emperor before the beginning of a gladiatorial match.
The original vinyl album had the title "Colosseum" on the record label and on the spine of the cover, but the album is better known as "Those Who Are About To Die Salute You". The album reached number 15 in the UK Albums Chart.
Colosseum are an English progressive jazz-rock band, mixing blues, rock and jazz-based improvisation. Colin Larkin wrote that "the commercial acceptance of jazz rock in the UK" was mainly due to the band. Between 1975 and 1978 a separate band Colosseum II existed.
Colosseum Band Members / Musicians
Dave "Clem" Clempson – guitar, vocals (1969–1971, 1994–2015, 2020–present)
Mark Clarke – bass, vocals (1970–1971, 1994–2015, 2020–present)
Chris Farlowe – vocals (1970–1971, 1994–2015, 2020–present)
Kim Nishikawara – saxophones (2020–present)
Adrian Askew – organ (2020–present)
Malcolm Mortimore – drums (2020–present)
Jon Hiseman – drums (1968–1971, 1994–2015; died 2018)
Dave Greenslade – organ, vocals (1968–1971, 1994–2015)
Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophones (1968–1971, 1994–2004, his death)
James Litherland – guitar, vocals (1968–1969)
Tony Reeves – bass (1968–1970, 1999 live - substitute for Mark Clarke)
Jim Roche – guitar (1968)
Louis Cennamo – bass (1970)
Barbara Thompson – saxophones (2004–2015)
Paul Williams – vocals (1999 live - substitute for Chris Farlowe)
Colosseum Discography Full
Those Who Are About to Die Salute You (1969)
Valentyne Suite (1969)
The Grass Is Greener (1970) (U.S. release only)
Daughter of Time (1970)
Bread and Circuses (1997)
Tomorrow's Blues (2003)
Time on Our Side (2014)
Singles
"Walking in the Park" / "Those About to Die, Salute You" – (1969)
"Walking in the Park" / "The Road She Walked Before" – (1969)
"The Kettle" / "Plenty Hard Luck" – (1969)
"The Daughter of Time" / "Bring Out Your Dead" – (1971)
EPs
Bread & Circuses – (1997)
The Kettle – (2001)
Live albums
Colosseum Live – (1971)
LiveS The Reunion Concerts 1994 – (1995)
Live Cologne 1994 – (2003)
The Complete Reunion Concert – (2003)
Live05 – (2007)
Theme for a Reunion – (2009)
Live At The Boston Tea Party, August 1969 – (2020)
Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1969 – (2020)
Live At Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, 1970 – (2020)
Live At Piper Club, Rome, Italy 1971 – (2020)
Live '71, Canterbury, Brighton & Manchester – (2020)
Transmissions, Live At The BBC – (2020)
Compilation albums
The Collectors Colosseum – (1971)
Epitaph – (1986)
Milestones – (1989) (2-CD collection)
Night Riding – (1990)
Daughter of Time – (1991)
The Time Machine – (1991)
The Ides of March – (1995)
Anthology – (2000) (2-CD collection)
Best - Walking in the Park – (2000)
The Best Of – (2002)
An Introduction To...Colosseum – (2004)
Morituri Te Salutant – (2009) (4-CD collection)
DVD
Colosseum LiveS : The Complete Reunion Concert Cologne 1994 – (2002)
