Goodbye; 14) Jesus On The Mainline; 15) Psalm For St Mary; 16) A Whiter
(long version); 10) A Whiter Shade Of Pale. as far as I remembered, it was a slight letdown after Hotel. one, wouldn't mind a sprawling live set from one of their peak years (preferably
and then he did the same with "No Woman No Cry." Track listing: 1) A Salty Dog;
Not that these songs are bad or anything, but seeing
repetitive. garage status. Resonance: 3/5. strong sales of ...Hotel earned the band the coveted host slot on the musical
even this one is shorter than six minutes. All I can say is - this could be much, much worse. Sure enough, it was GB himself,
do before or since -- jump up another octave on that "I can see NO...place
2) Beyond The Pale; 3) As
I'm still not sure what the words mean and I truly don't care. You might make the mistake of thinking 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' is the
from the point of view of a Procol Harum fanatic and is not generally intended
LP Mick the Lad, which I'd read of in a British record store catalogue
live, a capella, five-part-harmonized "Gaudete" was thrilling,
2) The Milk Of Human Kindness; 3) Too Much
page. Record rating = 8
Now lookey here, who's back! the richness of sound generally just couldn't be topped, and, moreover,
Ever so slightly weaker than A Whiter Shade Of Pale, just because
Strong As Samson; 4) The Idol; 5) The
"For Liquorice John" (too bad, I always loved that one, especially
guitar - Robin Trower hadn't yet joined at this point; but even without
The Lovin' Spoonful, 10 CC and Pearl Jam. But this hardly sounds like Salty Dog or
Notwithstanding endless praise from rock critics and folks like Eric
I relistened to it once more and thought, 'wow, it's
This means that keyboards again fully
They're all good,
was that even with all of Gary's and Reid's talents, it was getting harder
album is this one. think PH was often at its strongest when it had the benefit of Brooker,
them. Of Pale', eh? and ex-Fairport Convention member Dave Mattacks on drums. The band still retained many of the old favorites and threw in some special
Gary on vocals, of course. shittiest job...because I have to sing after (song title here)." that really sets your heart afire and gets your feet tapping. record, and even that one was more of a 'creative experiment' than a true
"A lot of you probably think you have shitty jobs, but I have the
it four times in a row and couldn't get enough of it. spoons), and the harder rocking folk songs like "The Blacksmith"
itself as a third equal and, in fact, quite a lot of songs on here are
Time for a little revival, eh? I think he was confusing 'harum' with 'harem' and botched 'procul' to mean 'without' in the sense of 'lacking' whereas, it meant 'without' in the sense of 'outside' or 'beyond' as in 'There is a green hill far away without a city wall'. new incarnation, picture Gary playing a piano thing reminiscent of the
Just because all
Away," and that updated version of one of my favorite PH songs, "As
of "When a Man Loves a Woman."
New Order took the title for "Blue Monday" from an illustration, which read "Goodbye Blue Monday," in the Kurt Vonnegut book Breakfast Of Champions. One
2) Fool's Gold; 3) Taking The Time; 4) The Unquiet Zone; 5) The
Beyond The Pale; 6) As
now, when more than twenty years separate us from the Dark Ages of Art
Do you really
from a Beijing opera in the middle of Beethoven's Ninth symphony. their undying glory, Procol simply might have been thinking that a live
Initially I thought giving it a 7 -
For a short while. 2) Homburg; 3) Grand Hotel; 4) Simple Sister;
on Brooker/Fisher's piano/organ interplay, but Trower's guitar re-instates
but apparently in 1985 something prevented him from doing that. "Maybe
feathers -- that Fisher had rejoined and then quit after about ten gigs,
world were releasing double and triple live albums to further establish
But lo and
A Salty Dog was their THIRD album, Shine On Brightly was the SECOND one. ABC-TV show "The Midnight Special" quite a few months after the
record his material for Another Ticket (easily Eric's best studio
Track listing: 1) Grand Hotel;
- Gary had to assemble a real lineup only after its huge commercial success,
Dog finds the band in perfect state: the songs are still mostly based
Tune; 9) Typewriter Torment; 10) Eight Days A Week. I never saw the original band again after that.
on this one.
the people who ignore their existence, deliberately or not, miss quite
about it at the time, but that's what he said that night. Rock, it's time to re-instate historical justice and admit the value of
as usual. The only thing it lacks is a
2) Shine On Brightly; 3) Skip Softly (My Moonbeams);
which makes Procol captivating. vividly was that they debuted three fantastic new songs -- "Bringing
This is more pop sounding with a couple rockers thrown in, but this
Track listing: 1) Intro; 2) Pastime With Good Company; 3)
Overall rating = 11. exactly that; whatever they forked out, it all ended up sounding like a
apparently admitting that he only wanted to get some money together to
the bridge with the harmonica) and B.J. Maybe
Following Me; 3) Cerdes (Outside The Gates Of); 4) Kaleidoscope; 5) Repent
Boys; 9) New Lamps For Old; 10) Drunk Again. A little too overblown with too few departures from the first album
died away, cuz most of the tracks are R'n'B at heart. ensemble and then this!
Paler has noted on the Beyond... site). In Held Twas In I; [BONUS TRACKS:] 8) In The
Weak symphonic arrangements of great Procol tunes. of barocco art. Here are the subtext of the lyrics: 1. Gngngngn. melody. attention: Reid's Dylanish lyrics set to Brooker's dancing keyboards. Overall rating = 12.
Robin Trower
-- and everyone else standing up
Year Of Release: 1991
Record rating = 7
5) A Salty Dog; 6) Pandora's Box; 7) A Whiter
album had come out in the U.S.
Overall rating = 9. of their best-loved concert songs -- "Quite Rightly So," "Shine
Overall rating = 11. made a significant impact on the sound, and yet they didn't exactly return
hardly selling at all - even in the better days when prog rock was an obsession,
I had one more and then rushed over to my PC, because one more listen and
In I. 10) Perpetual Motion; 11) Learn To Fly; 12) The Pursuit Of Happiness. for narrow-perspective Procol Harum fanatics. the greatest songwriters in the whole art rock genre, even if I still don't
Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence; 9) Il Tuo Diamante; 10) Homburg (stereo version). was too shy to include on the previous record.
Track listing: 1) Simple Sister;
Oh... after you', and the audience
"A Salty Dog" (Todd on slide doing "the whale bits"),
The main Procol warhorse is still the center of
fans consider this to be the real twelfth album of the band. The other
said the following after -- Ringo always squeezes in quite a few of the
Between Us; 4) The Devil Came From Kansas; 5) Boredom; 6) Juicy John Pink;
Overall rating = 9. of Procol - the organ/piano interplay - always prevented them from doing
at the front of the stage in a row. I'm surprised there aren't more reports on U.S. PH shows, given how
A look at the good (Diana Ross, Eminem), the bad (Madonna, Bob Dylan) and the peculiar (David Bowie, Michael Jackson) film debuts of superstar singers. needed that return to roots, least of all Procol themselves. As usual,
but don't forget that Keith Reid is one of art rock's best lyricists, after
was all but gone. drumming of Ian Wallace (whom I admire greatly from his brief stretch with
Rose; 4) Home Loving; 5) The Cycle; 6) Lead
The closest thing to a 'prog epic' on here is 'Song For A Dreamer', and
They only did about six songs including
Despite these personnel rifts, the show was in no way a disappointment. Track listing: 1) Conquistador;
Hardcore prog lovers will neglect them for
Christianne Legrand's terrific parts on "Fires..." It was a very
College in Flushing, Queens (one of the five boroughs of New York City,
things: (a) it had the bad luck of being released in 1977, when every critic
Even more pop, but with fewer memorable melodies and, well, kinda
bursts into laughter - apparently since the poor band leader had forgotten
talents; but this is NOT Procol Harum. show was Gary talking about sitting backstage with Anderson and discussing
on the album; more significant is Chris Copping's relegation to organ with
Box. Me; 5) Mabel; 6) Cerdes (Outside The Gates
we were a little disappointed to hear Trower had left. still hold a soft spot in my heart for it as one of the best representatives
6) Give Me Something To Remember You By; 7) Let Me In; 8) Old Manhattan
This one isn't so widely available, but it wasn't
The touches of Procol Harum surround me. On Thin Ice; 3) Wizard Man; 4) The Mark Of
guitar on that, too, as my visual memory of the song is Brooker at the
the instrumentals were delightful (Maddy kicking her skirt up and playing
little event, setting up some recording equipment "just in case". Boulevard to see Procol Harum at C.W. Track listing: 1) Whisky Train;
'Ninth' because the countdown includes the 1972 live album). isn't it?". of '99. Writing with Phil Lynott, Scott saw their ill-fated frontman move to a darker place in his life and lyrics. might not always be resonant, and the pomp sometimes drowns out the message;
out. reason for existence. to unwind" phrase on the last verse of "Conquistador." The drummer for Anthrax is also a key songwriter. something else. show, somewhat anticipating the playing on Grand Hotel where the
into 'Conquistador', Gary says 'Ready? I'd have maybe given it a 10. If I remember
B: THOMAS SILVESTRI'S RECOLLECTIONS OF LIVE PH SHOWS. and performed, and manages to be artsy and memorable at the same time.
I'd heard vaguely of Grabham by way of his solo
Sixpence" and "Pilgrim's Progress," the latter now with
the lack of immaculate musical virtuosity. by this prospect. Paramounts (which were to classic Procol as Denny Laine's Moody Blues to
down Sunset Boulevard in my beat-up Nissan Sentra and made a hard right
half of them from the parish and half Procol fans, and played this cute
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Room; 6) The Question; 7) This World Is Rich (For Stephen Maboe); 8) Fellow
the few, but the few good art rock records that came out around that time
band.
Overall rating = 10. Year Of Release: 1979
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