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the Tapestry of Delights: Formed by Mark Clarke and Jon Hiseman after the demise of jazz-rockers
Colosseum. Their original vocalist,
Paul Williams, had previously played with
Zoot Money,
John Mayall and
Juicy Lucy. This line-up recorded Jon Hiseman's Tempest and toured mostly on the Continent and opened for
Rory Gallagher in the U.S.A..
Williams left in June 1973 followed by Holdsworth a month later. Holdsworth went on to play for
Soft Machine and was later part of Level 42. In the interim Ollie Halsall was brought in on guitar, and their first BBC live performance captured the change in line-up withWilliams, Holdsworth and Halsall performing together. Halsall went on to play with John Otway.
Line-up © played at the Reading Festival in August 1973 and recorded Living In Fear before splitting in mid-1974. A year later Hiseman formed Colosseum II. Mark Clarke later was briefly in Uriah Heep. These two albums show Hiseman moving away from the jazz-rock of
Colosseum in favour of a sort of mundane and far less satisfying power rock with Tempest. (Vernon Joynson / Keith Hyman) 73: 1. Gorgon (5:44)
2. Foyers Of Fun (3:41)
3. Dark House (5:02)
4. Brothers (3:37)
5. Up And On (4:19)
6. Grey And Black (2:29)
7. Strangeher (4:07)
8. Upon Tomorrow (6:41)
Allan Holdsworth / guitars, violin, vocals
Mark Clarke / bass, keyboards, vocals, all vocals on 6
Paul Williams / vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
Jon Hiseman / drums, percussion 74: 09. Funeral Empire 4:28
10. Paperback Writer 2:36
11. Stargazer 3:41
12. Dance To My Tune 7:54
13. Living In Fear 4:20
14. Yeah Yeah Yeah 3:43
15. Waiting For A Miracle 5:21
16. Turn Around 6:11 Mark Clark / bass and vocals
Jon Hiseman / drums and percussion
Ollie Halsall / guitars, moog synthesiser, piano, vocals | 
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