COLOSSEUM Morituri Te Salutant (2009 UK 43-track Four CD Box set, assembled by former Graham Bond / John Mayall drummer Jon Hiseman, Colosseum were arguably the leading exponents of the jazzier end of the British progressive rock spectrum. Pieced together with the active assistance of Jon, featuring extended highlights from the band's original albums as well as numerous previously unissued studio and live outtakes, including BBC session material, the aborted late Sixties single 'Tell Me Now' and a host of alternative recordings from the tour that was immortalised on what many admirers believe to be the band's definitive work, 'Colosseum Live'; lavishly packaged with hitherto unpublished photos and a 10,000 word essay. Although not sealed, this example remains in a 'near as new' conditon)