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Procol Harum Procol’s Ninth 1975 Chrysalis ——————————————————————— Tracks: 01. Pandora’s Box 02. Fool’s Gold 03. Taking the Time 04. The Unquiet Zone 05. The Final Thrust 06. I Keep Fogerting 07. Without a Doubt 08. The Piper’s Tune 09. Typewriter Torment 10. Eight Days a Week ———————————————————————

Gary Brooker

Alan Cartwright

Chris Copping

Mick Grabham

Keith Reid

B.J. Wilson

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Procol Harum Grand Hotel 1973 Chrysalis ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Grand Hotel 02. Toujours l’amour 03. A Rum Tale 04. T.V. Caesar 05. A Souvenir of London 06. Bringing Home the Bacon 07. For Liquorice John 08. Fires (Which Burn Brightly) 09. Live for Me 10. Still Burnin’ 11. Robert’s Box —————————————————

Gary Brooker

Alan Cartwright

Chris Copping

Mick Grabham

Keith Reid

B.J. Wilson

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Procol Harum Something Magic 1977 Chrysalis ——————————————————————— Tracks: 1. Something Magic 2. Skating on Thin Ice 3. Wizard Man 4. The Mark of the Claw 5. Strangers in Space 6. The Worm & the Tree    • Part One: Introduction • Menace • Occupation    • Part Two: Enervation • Expectancy • Battle    • Part Three: Regeneration • Epilogue ———————————————————————

Gary Brooker

Chris Copping

Mick Grabham

Keith Reid

Pete Solley 

B.J. Wilson

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Procol Harum - The Devil Came From Kansas

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Procol Harum Broken Barricades 1971 Chrysalis ————————————————— Tracks: 1. Simple Sister 2. Broken Barricades 3. Memorial Drive 4. Luskus Delph 5. Power Failure 6. Song for a Dreamer 7. Playmate of the Mouth 8. Poor Mohammed —————————————————

Gary Brooker

Chris Copping

Robin Trower

B.J. Wilson

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Procol Harum Home 1970 Regal Zonophone ————————————————— Tracks: 1. Whisky Train 2. The Dead Man’s Dream 3. Still There’ll Be More 4. Nothing That I Didn’t Know 5. About to Die 6. Barnyard Story 7. Piggy Pig Pig 8. Whaling Stories 9. Your Own Choice —————————————————

Gary Brooker

Chris Copping

Robin Trower

B.J. Wilson

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Procol Harum Rebuilds ‘Broken Barricades’

Procol Harum’s Broken Barricades is getting the deluxe-reissue treatment.

The 1971 LP will be remastered and expanded to three discs with 32 previously unreleased studio and live tracks that mark Robin Trower’s departure from the band and the beginning of Dave Ball’s short tenure as lead guitarist.

Disc one features the original album and associated studio outtakes; disc two is comprised of one of Trower’s final Procol performances from April 12, 1971, in New York City; and the final disc features live recordings for the BBC on Oct. 6 and in Stockholm on Oct. 16, 1971.

Out May 31, the set also includes an illustrated book with material from Gary Brooker’s archives and commentary from Brooker, Trower and lyricist Keith Reid.

4/11/19

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Album Review: Procol Harum - Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (Remastered and Expanded)

With bonus tracks tacked on, the expanded edition of Procol Harum’s 1972 LP, Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, now shows off the band’s hard-rock side along with its other diverse personas.

There’s the quasi-pop purveyors of “Conquistador,” aka the Procol Harum song not titled “A Whiter Shade of Pale” that’s still played on classic-rock radio. There’s the lush, symphonic Procol of “A Salty Dog;” the prog heroes of the epic “In Held ‘Twas in I;” and the guitar-based rockers of “Simple Sister” and “Shine on Brightly,” which were not on the original album.

Now more than ever, Live In Concert is a schizophrenic listening experience as the band shifts gears with virtually every track and several times within the the vinyl-side-length “In Held ‘Twas in I.” What gives it a semblance of stylistic cohesion is the presence of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Da Camera Singers, who, thanks to Gary Brooker’s arrangements, are more like fully integrated band members than mere accompanists and curiosities at a rock show.

The album is unique not just because of the orchestra and choir but because it’s the only Procol album to feature Robin Trower’s initial replacement, guitarist Dave Ball, and the first to include bassist Alan Cartwright.

Despite the new blood, the band still sounds like Procol Harum because of Brooker’s impeccable vocals; Keith Reed’s peerless lyrics; B.J. Wilson’s stunning drum work; and Chris Copping’s uncanny knack for sounding like Matthew Fisher on the organ. Retrofitted with rehearsals of the aforementioned cuts plus “A Salty Dog,” and “Luskus Delph,” this new edition is worth the update for existing fans.

Newcomers should start with the band’s first five studio albums - the ones with Trower - before diving in to this most-challenging LP.

Grade card: Procol Harum - Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (Remastered and Expanded) - B