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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Posted: March 10 2023 at 02:59 |
 1970: Procol Harum - Home - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LssBCJxebVPuRlZneh4-Dk0Climb aboard the Whiskey Train for Procol Harum's fourth album - the first album without Matthew Fisher and featuring the original line-up of The Parmaounts:- Gary Brooker - piano, vocals Robin Trower - guitar Chris Copping - organ, bass B.J. Wilson - drums Keith Reid - lyrics |
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Sean Trane
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Posted: March 10 2023 at 06:55 |
You're right about this album being the earliest "prog" album ever released, though back then it was probably tagged as psych. Interesting version of Repent W, but like all your YT, this is the 70's line-up, where only Wilson & Broojer are left as original members (along with Reid)
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Jacob Schoolcraft
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Posted: March 12 2023 at 17:47 |
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The first three albums were innovative. They were like a teaching machine to other bands throughout Europe and America.
Their ideas were unique as such having two keyboard players in 1967 and producing a Classical edge in Rock. That alone was shocking to young musicians on the national circuit. Also the addition of a poet was different for the times. Not totally different as an idea because we had Jim Morrison blending poetry in a unique way with Rock. It was definitely the Classical edge to Whiter Shade Of Pale and actually throughout their albums that seemed to stun everybody. They were magical times and when I heard them in 67' it felt ethereal and dreamy not unlike the Moody Blues. After Mathew Fisher left Procol Harum they released Home ...which I define as a dark album containing songs of gloom and doom. Some of the lyricism being disturbing and impressionable it felt as if the album differed from A Salty Dog and Shine On Brightly. Home felt like a collection of songs with dark tales. Grand Hotel is my favorite. It seemed like a return to their early style . It featured choir on T.V. Caesar and Grand Hotel. The hauntingly beautiful vocals on Fires ( Which Burnt Brightly). A Rum Tale sounded off a return to their early days when they wrote short quirky songs with haunting melodies. They always had that particular quality in their music ..for example...certain songs from Exotic Birds And Fruit...but when I heard Grand Hotel in the 70s it gave me the overall impression that they were reborn. A kind of Rebirth of the early style with the addition of choir and I was completely floored by it all. |
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richardh
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Posted: March 13 2023 at 03:44 |
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^ That's a nice summation. I think they struggled to get with the seventies to some extent. By that I mean ostentatious theatrics and massive keyboard stacks were definitely not their thing. I well remember them appearing on Top Of The Pops playing Pandora's Box in 1975 and then shortly they were 'gone'. I would happily listen to all their albums up to 1975 in one sitting. Very creative but perhaps hugely underrated because of the massive success of Whiter shade of pale which casual listeners probably think is is all they did.
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Jacob Schoolcraft
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Posted: March 13 2023 at 10:21 |
Interesting points! |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: April 10 2023 at 11:02 |
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A special 1970 tribute to Procol Harum's lyrical genius, Keith Reid (1946-2023)
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Psychedelic Paul
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Jawohl! Live in Munich, Germany, 1980 :- The complete "In Held Twas I" suite from the Shine on Brightly album, and yes, it really is a suite.
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Posted: May 07 2023 at 23:57 |
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If my fellow Procoholics haven't heard , Keith Reid has passed. Not long after Gary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Reid
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Posted: June 10 2023 at 08:13 |
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My favourite album by Procol Harum. I just love it!
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Posted: June 14 2023 at 08:49 |
I really like the way this album flows. I have the deluxe version of this. I sit at the picnic table in my backyard with a bottle of imported wine and listen to this album . It's a very powerful album. I can't explain the enjoyment other than stating that it's a kind of journey. The writing is beautiful! B J Wilson plays beautifully! The way his drumming compliments the arrangements is perfect. The way in which several of the songs build and the grand endings are epic sounding. |
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Psychedelic Paul
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1971: Procol Harum - Broken Barricades - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsnocUWFRzm_GflS9f8RiTy A favourite song from Procol Harum's fifth album and the most psychedelic, chilled out piece of music they ever recorded.  Song for a Dreamer (that would be me then) |
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Several examples from Grand Hotel: Toujours L'Amour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4l5zejNTN4Bringing Home the Bacon Edited by Boojieboy - July 15 2024 at 11:16 |
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