Release date for P Harum's "Shine On Brightly"?
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Topic: Release date for P Harum's "Shine On Brightly"?
Posted By: earlyprog
Subject: Release date for P Harum's "Shine On Brightly"?
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 15:36
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Anyone knows the exact release date for Procol Harum's 1968 album "Shine on brightly"?
The Nice released the "Ars longa vita brevis" suite in November 1968 and I was wondering if this deserves the "First symphonic prog Epic" tag rather than Procol Harum's "In Held Twas In I"?
Recording and release dates for these epics/suites?
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Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 16:04
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All I've been able to find is that the PH release was reviewed in the
December issue of Rolling Stone, which probbaly puts the release dates
very close together.....
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Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 16:12
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Googling with some other entries gave me this: http://www.procolharum.com/sob_rev_zab.htm where December 1968 is claimed as release month. ------------- Blog this: http://artrock2006.blogspot.com |
Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 16:36
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Excellent job, Dragon Phoenix. Thanks.
Can anyone confirm that "Shone On Brightly" was indeed released in December 1968?
And what about the recording dates for "In Held..." and "Ars longa..."?
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Posted By: dabaynton
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 16:59
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As a Procol fan of 35+ years I can confirm that Shine on Brightly was releasesd in early December 1968, 'In Held' having been recorded, apparently in one take, sometime in late October 1968 (or so the story goes).
According to Gary Brooker, the vast majority of Procol's tracks were done live in the studio, usually in one take, to create in effect 'live' studio albums. I believe that 'The Worm And The Tree' is one of the few 'multi-trackers' that they did - it's also their worst song IMHO. What a waste of 20 minutes!  ------------- Shines On Brightly, Quite Insane....... |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 17:08
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Quote from the booklet for the "30th Anniversary anthology" box set (which incorporates the first four albums).
"Procol's second album "Shine on brightly" was recorded over many sessions between the Autumn of 1967 and Autumn of 1968...... Released in December 1968."
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 27 2006 at 09:05
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Having just finished the book Beyond The Pale, Shine on Brightly was releasedin the UK in -dec 68, but released in the US in Sept 68 and Germany in oct 68
Still a fave track of mine, but on that album, thete is another real masterpiece: Skip Away My Moonbeams >> fantastic also ------------- 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 |
Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 12:38
| Interesting, Sean. Anyone know then when "Ars longa..." was released outside the UK? |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 04:10
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Read about the book here
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23988 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23988 ------------- 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 |