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March 20:

Added Procol tickets here and here, and a setlist-scan here (thaks, OE; thanks, Todd)

NB ... two blank pages here and here ... would fans like to send in scans of tickets for gigs from these years?


March 19: Procol Harum play Toronto in thirteen weeks, and Wantagh in twelve

Added two exciting Procol Harum shows to the band's touring plans (thanks, Chris)


March 18: Birth of BJ Wilson, 1947 

Procol Harum play Äänekoski in eighteen weeks, Canadaiga in thirteen, and Tarrytown in twelve

Added a third page of photographs showing pre-show preparations for Procol Harum in Moscow, 2009 (thanks, One-Eye) 

March 17: Procol Harum play Longwood Gardens in thirteen weeks

Added another Procol Harum picture single sleeve (thanks, Lars)

Added, here, a clip from "a popular American TV series called House. The star is playing AWSoP then it segues into the original PH version, which is proudly played on the show's soundtrack all the time." See also here and here (thanks, Gary, thanks Robert)

Added a link to a brief note about Procol Harum and the Danish Radio Concert Orchestra (thanks, Henrik)
 


March 16: Procol Harum play Boston in thirteen weeks, and Wolf Trap in twelve

Added the fourth page of a series of photographs of Procol Harum in Drammen, Norway, last October (thanks, One-Eye) 
 

March 15:

Added the words of Blue Shadow (translated into English) (thanks, Beanstalkers)

Added it to the cover-versions page here


March 14: Procol Harum play Slupska in twenty-two weeks,  Holmdel in thirteen, and Chicago in fourteen

Added a second page of photographs showing pre-show preparations for Procol Harum in Moscow, 2009 (thanks, One-Eye) 

March 13:

Added another Procol Harum 45 rpm picture sleeve (thanks, Lars)

Booking is now open for Procol Harum's solo US showcase: click here

Danish Radio has just released a series of programmes by DJ (and Procol Harum fanatic) Erik Kramshøj ...  click here. 'More than six hours of constant joy and unlimited love of PH,' writes Henrik Gøttrup, who adds, 'By the way: this year’s Ledreborg Concerts headline Ray Davies (ex-Kinks): should be more than enjoyable.' (thanks, Henrik)


March 12: Procol Harum play Toronto in fourteen weeks, and Wantagh in thirteen

Added the third page of a series of photographs of Procol Harum in Drammen, Norway, last October (thanks, One-Eye) 

March 11: Procol Harum play Äänekoski in nineteen weeks, Canadaiga in fourteen, and Tarrytown in thirteen

'... I find it wonderful that the band didn’t perform A Whiter Shade of Pale on this recording ...'

Added an extremely positive review of an ancient Procol Harum radio broadcast, origin unknown (thanks, Yevgeny)

Re-read an interesting page that touches on this recording


March 10: Procol Harum play Longwood Gardens in fourteen weeks

Added another Procol Harum 45 rpm picture sleeve (thanks, Lars)


March 9: Procol Harum play Boston in fourteen weeks, and Wolf Trap in thirteen

Happy Birthday
Robin Trower (1945)

Added a page of photographs showing pre-show preparations for Procol Harum in Moscow, 2009 (thanks, One-Eye) 

March 8:

' ... those unforgettable songs will still be played on the airwaves after Heavy Metal and Rap has been long dead and buried ...'

Added a contemporary review of Edmonton II – sloppily subbed, erroneously illustrated, but certainly not without interest (thanks, Tim)


March 7: Procol Harum play Slupska in twenty-three weeks, Holmdel in fourteen, and Chicago in fifteen

Happy Birthday Matthew Fisher

Added again to the Procol Harum concert page for 2010, with a solo Procol gig on 10 June (thanks, Chris) 


March 6:

Added a final few miscellaneous photos taken when Procol Harum played in Norway in July 2009  

March 5:

 Added the second page of a series of photographs of Procol Harum in Drammen, Norway, last October (thanks, One-Eye)


March 4:

Added again to the Procol Harum concert page for 2010 (thanks, Chris) 

Back in stock at last ... the two Geoff Whitehorn solo albums (order here);
for another fine Procol guitarist, try Tim Renwick's solo album Privateer (order here)


March 3:

Added some photographs of Procol Harum on stage in Turin during 2007 (thanks, Bruno)

Fans of Southend music will know the names of Bobin, Brownlee, Collins, Masterton, Sumner and Turner ... enjoy an illustrated clip ... and another ... of the forthcoming album from Hunt, Runt, Shunt and Cunningham (thanks, John)


March 2:

Added again to the Procol Harum concert page for 2010 – Renaissance to support (thanks, Chris) 

In which connection, you might like to re-read this and this


March 1:

Added the first page of a series of photographs of Procol Harum in Drammen, Norway, last October (thanks, One-Eye)
 


February 28:

The dialogue continues: a little more, regarding the Scottish question here (thanks, Andrew)

Added a London Procol Harum gig, with Argent, Supertramp and Hard Meat (thanks,  TJ Tjernlund) 

Updated this useful page


February 27:

Added some more good photographs from Procol Harum's Mannheim gig in 1977 (thanks, Klaus)
 


February 26: Happy Birthday Geoff Dunn (1961)

' ... the Government was afraid of riots outside the venue, which, of course, happened when Procol Harum and previously when Chicago played ...'

Added some Mexican detail here (thanks, Guillermo)

Also added some Atlanta detail here (thanks, John)


February 25:

Added a ticket here and also to this page about a spectacular concert (thanks, Evan)

Back in stock at last ... the two Geoff Whitehorn solo albums (order here);
for another fine Procol guitarist, try Tim Renwick's solo album Privateer (order here)


February 24:

Added interestingly to the Procol Harum concert page for 2010 (thanks, Chris)


February 23:

To celebrate the fact that a Blu-ray disk (and DVD) is now available from a brilliant Brooker-led concert, please re-visit these pages, starting here (we have also repaired some missing links on these pages, so you can now see them all). The pages contain ordering instructions for the concert recording


February 22:

Added some pictures and sound/vision links relating to Gary Brooker MBE's recent pro-Haïti charity concert at Cahors (thanks, Charlie; merci, Gilles)


February 21:

Added some more good photographs from Procol Harum's Mannheim gig in 1977 (thanks, Klaus)
 


February 20:

Added some good photographs from Procol Harum's Mannheim gig in 1977 (thanks, Klaus)
 


February 19:

'... one of the great unsung drummers ...' ... '...a virtuoso keyboard workout ...'

Added a couple of tiny reviews – here and here – of a well-liked Procol Harum album (thanks, Bradshaw)


February 18:

' ... he drank McEwans Export and Glenfiddich and was brilliant company – I think he was genuinely gobsmacked to be recognised ...'

The dialogue continues: a little more, regarding the Scottish question here (thanks, Gordon)

Added a picture of  Yes performing Yours is No Disgrace in 1971. 'Note Bruford's shirt,' writes Marvin Chassman. 'Ya think ... maybe ... possibly? Nah ...'

To clarify the above, read Gary Brooker's comments about Procol Harum's accelerating drummer on the early A Whiter Shade of Pale.


February 17:

Added a few more miscellaneous photos taken when Procol Harum played in Norway in July 2009
 


February 16:

The dialogue continues: a little more, regarding the Scottish question here: how about local journalistic archives? (thanks, Charlie)

Added a third and final page – showing some 'usual suspects' of Procol Harum soundcheck pictures from Hagen, 2009


February 15:

Added a setlist, here, and a hitherto-unrecorded gig to the 1993 tour-schedule (thanks, Evan)

More contributions to this page welcome, of course: please write in if you can answer any of the various questions


February 14:

The dialogue continues: a little more, regarding the Scottish question here: was The Worm and the Tree booed or not? (thanks, Gordon)

You might like to re-read a contemporary review of the gig that is stirring all these Caledonian memoirs ... see what it says about TWatT ...


February 13:

The dialogue continues, now on a page of its own: a little more, regarding the Scottish question here (thanks, Andrew)

Added a clarification to the recently-published 1992 setlist (thanks, Niels-Erik)


February 12:

Added a welcome Procol Harum summer gig for those who cannot easily get to Canada / North America (thanks, Chris)



February 11:

Added the setlist from the twelfth show on Procol Harum's 1992 tour, just fourteen days before the fine live album One More Time was recorded (which you can download here) (thanks, Jan) 


February 10:

The dialogue continues: a little more, regarding the Scottish question here (thanks, Henry)

Further amended this concert-research page (thanks, Nancy)

BtP welcomes this kind of research so do please continue to send us your concert reminiscences and queries: webmaster@procolharum.com


February 9:

The dialogue continues: a little more, regarding the Scottish question here (thanks, Robin)

Concluded our little feature about the distribution of Procol Harum surnames 


February 8:

Added the setlist from the sixteenth show on Procol Harum's 1992 tour, just nine days before the fine live album One More Time was recorded (which you can download here) (thanks, Evan) 
 

February 7: RIP Sir Johnny Dankworth, CBE

Added the setlist from the eighteenth show on Procol Harum's 1992 tour, just five days before the fine live album One More Time was recorded (which you can download here) (thanks, Evan) 

Just supplied the last-ever Salty Dog full-colour tee-shirt order (thanks, Gail). Tee-shirts still in stock at the BtP Store‘Procol Rarum’ Brooker / Reid / Palers' Project / Procol Harum 'crew' / The Well's on Fire


February 6:

Added a few miscellaneous photos taken when Procol Harum played in Norway in July 2009
 


February 5:

Added a Procol Harum ticket here and here (thanks, Klaus)

Added a Scottish question here (search for 'Edinburgh') (thanks, Alick)

Substantially improved three crucial pages here, here and here


February 4:

Added a good Procol Harum / King Crimson poster from 1973 (thanks, Barry)
 

February 3:

Added some Dublin information here (thanks, John)

Added some more, first-hand July information to the Dave Ball tour-sheet, requiring a re-evaluation of some other evidence recently posted there (thanks, Dave)


February 2:

Added thirteen UK dates for September! (thanks, Alan)

Added some Procol / Dallas information (thanks, John)

February 1:

Added a picture to the very foot of this page, adjoining a link you can click to read about an abstruse Cerdes tangent
 

January 31:

Added a small Keith Reid interview to this page (thanks, Wabb)

Further amended this concert-research page (thanks, Nancy)

Updated this log with this page ... and while you're at it, check the nationality-counter bulletin from exactly a year ago ... here


January 30:

Nopw that Procol Harum have some live shows announced, it is time to enjoy some more, detailed studies of the band on stage
 

January 29:

Added some more good detailed contributions from 'Beyond the Pale' readers to our joint attempt to flesh out Part I of Dave Ball's mum's tour schedule (thanks, all) 

January 28:

Added a page depicting the 2009 Procol European Autumn tour tee-shirt ... more Procol Harum tee-shirt snaps are welcome, of course: click here 


January 27:

Added a footnote to this page, and a 'Musical Fish' teeshirt here (thanks, Maurice)


January 26:


With great regret we announce the passing, on 24 January 2010 at the University Hospital, Regensburg, of
Ethan Reilly
, charitable musician, BtP reviewer and immaculate Palers' Project contributor.

All are invited to the farewell ceremony at the Dreifaltigkeitsberg cemetery in Regensburg on 29 January at 2.15 pm:
Am Dreifaltigkeitsberg 22, 93059 Regensburg. Click for location.

Read a Procol Harum review by Ethan; a fascinating page about his 'tuneful crustaceans'; and visit him at The Palers' Project

Sail on, Ethan!
 


Added the first pieces of reader feedback to our page of Dave Ball's contribution about 1971 Procol dates. Please keep it coming!

Updated other Procol tour pages here, here, here, here (thanks, Billy from Philly)


January 25:

'Beyond the Pale' relies greatly – indeed is largely based on – feedback and facts from Procol-minded people who write in. Four points arising in the course of the last 24 hours, therefore!

1. Regarding yesterday's item, about the statistics relating to countries from which BtP is visited: yes, the counter is still on the 'What's New' page ... scroll down and have a look at it! (If the numbers look different, that's because it's 24 hours since we made the table). You can read a previous announcement, heralding this counter exactly one year ago,

2. Good point: we've added a table to that page showing the 'rank order' of countries according to their absolute scores (obviously, this gives a very different order from the original table showing the scores relative to the countries' populations).

3. To our Canadian friends ... sorry, we referred to the upcoming Procol Harum dates as being 'in the USA' though we do know very well that Toronto is not in America. A question of judgment decided in haste ... the dates had just been confirmed and we were rushing to get the news out (thank you, Martin) 

4  Added about 20 American (and Canadian!) Procol Harum dates ... feedback welcome! (thanks, Dave) 


January 24:

Denmark, Norway, Jersey, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Netherlands, Oman, Ireland, Austria, Cook Islands, Germany, America ...

Why are these territories ranked in this order, and why are we publishing such a list today?

Added an explanation here


January 23:

Added six concert dates – here, here, here, here, here and here – for Procol Harum in the summer (thanks, Chris)

We understand that the confirmation of these dates means that Procol's planned recording has been moved to later in the year


January 22:

Added news of an interesting upcoming gig featuring a popular Procoler (thanks, Henry)


January 21: RIP Ed Thigpen

 Added another in BtP's 'Also' series in which Procol fans recommend other music they enjoy, revealing sometimes surprising links to the Harum world (thanks, Fred)

Updated Jupp links here  (thanks, Lars)


January 20:

Added a page depicting the 2007 Brooker and Reid: Procol Rarum tee-shirt ... more Procol Harum tee-shirt snaps are welcome, of course: click here 


January 19: RIP Kate McGarrigle

Added a page depicting the 2006 Ledreborg crew tee-shirt ... more Procol Harum tee-shirt snaps are welcome, of course: click here


January 18:

Added the words of a hitherto-missing Brooker/Reid song 

January 17:

 'Two great albums then, which should be hastily added to any self-respecting fan of the era’s collection.'

Added a review of the second pair of Salvo Procol re-issues


January 16:

'Mabel and ’Twas Teatime ... seemed very out of place in the order of the album ... they did disappoint me and a lot of Procol fans ...'

Added a personal review of Something Magic in the Salvo reissue series (thanks, Fred)


January 15:

Added a personal review of Something Magic – to a 1977 concert-review by the same author (thanks, Alfred) 

January 14: RIP Teddy Pendergrass

'Brooker, as a tunesmith, brilliantly realised the often difficult task of setting Keith Reid’s idiosyncratic lyrical barbs to memorable music'

Added a review of the first couple of Salvo Procol re-issues 


January 13:

Added a Procol Harum ticket here, and a useful setlist addendum here  (thanks, Jim)

Added a brief festival review, under a fairly loathsome poster  (thanks, Andreas)
 


January 12:

Added a photo-report about Gary Brooker's sideman appearance at the start of the year (thanks, Paul)

Visit YouTube for a glimpse of Bill Eyden in action ... though not, of course, on A Whiter Shade of Pale


January 11: RIP Mick Green (BtP picture)

Can I go back to the past a little bit?
Sure.
Is it okay with you?
Yeah, of course.
You had a long relationship with Gary Brooker ...

Added a good-length Robin Trower interview (thanks, Bradshaw) 


January 10: RIP Tony Clarke

Added the words of a hitherto-missing Brooker/Reid song


January 9:

Added news of a twenty-date tour that will be of interest to Procol Harum fans (thanks, Matt)

Added this useful page in anticipation


January 8:

Added a page depicting the tee-shirt from the 2006 Ledreborg shows ... more Procol Harum tee-shirt snaps are welcome, of course: click here 


January 7:

Added a schedule of winners in the BtP Christmas Competition ... plenty to read on this page. If you're a winner, please send your geographical address, in order that the prize may be sent to you (thanks, Jess)

For the growing numbers of Procoloid converts to Bristol's Phantom Limb: listen to this radio show, scrolling to 2:14:00 for a great song and some farsighted comments
 


January 6: 

This year's memorable BtP Competition is now closed, and we publish the solution. Winners' names will follow.

As the UK suffers its worst and most prolonged cold weather for a generation, Procol Harum were obliged to cancelled today's studio session: '... we were all snowed in ...' (thanks, Chris)


January 5:

Added the twelfth and final instalment in this Winterval's Procol puzzles – and a thirteenth instruction that tells you what you have to do to win your choice of prizes.


January 4:

Added the eleventh and penultimate instalment in this Winterval's Procol puzzles.

Remember that only audio CDs (not the box set's DVD) feature in the daily soundclips


January 3:

Added the tenth and antepenultimate instalment in this Winterval's Procol puzzles.


January 2:

Added the ninth instalment in this Winterval's Procol puzzles.

Remember to consider the tracks that feature on the two Salvo compilations, as well as having been reissued on their parent albums

 


 

New Year's Day:

Happy New Decade!

Added the eighth instalment in this Winterval's Procol puzzles, and watch out for bonus tracks!

 


 December 31:

Added the seventh instalment in this Winterval's Procol puzzles.

Check the updated list of prizes ... which one do you most desire?


December 30:

Prize update! We've added two new and excellent items to the list of this season's puzzle-prizes, thanks to the generosity of Procol Harum (thanks, Gary, Geoff, Geoff, Josh and Matt)

Added the sixth instalment in this Winterval's Procol puzzles.

Remember that the selections make use of Salvo bonus-tracks as well as the original tracks you had on vinyl!


December 29:

Added the fifth instalment in this Winterval's Procol puzzles

Amazing BJ in the third clip, n'est-ce pas?

December 28:

Added the fourth instalment in this Winterval's Procol puzzles.

Remember that only audio CDs (not the box set's DVD) feature in the daily soundclips

A very interesting trailer for a Procol Harum film can be seen here


December 27: RIP Vic Chestnutt

Added the third  instalment in this Winterval's Procol puzzles.

Remember to consider the tracks that feature on the two Salvo compilations, as well as having been reissued on their parent albums

Recommended pastime for the holidays: why not visit Henry Scott-Irvine's website and listen to some of his radio shows? (thanks, Henry)


Boxing Day:

Added the second instalment in this Winterval's Procol puzzles.

Remember that each day there are just three clips, familiar or not.

Index-page for rare Procol Harum words is here, and may be helpful. 


Christmas Day:

Happy Christmas!

Added the first instalment in this Winterval's Procol puzzles.

You can all have a go at the puzzles this year as they're a lot of fun, pretty easy, and the prizes are well worth having


December 24:

Added a page about how to play in this year's BtP Christmas Puzzles, with an example and full explanation of what's in store (thanks, Ron)


December 23:

Added a page revealing the salivatory Procol prizes that all visitors to this site can choose from, and hope to win in our forthcoming season of Christmas Conundrums (thanks, all)  


December 22:

Added some more excellent photographs from Finland  (thanks, Pekka)


December 21:

Added a page depicting the tee-shirt from the Palers' Project ... more Procol Harum-related tee-shirt snaps are welcome, of course: click here

The Procol Harum Box Set All This and More (3 CDs + DVD) is now shipping from the BtP Store: order here



We're still getting overseas enquiries like
Is the BtP Store price REALLY $28.00 USD and not $63.00 like Amazon USA?
to which the answer is 'yes' ...
... and questions like
'How much extra for postage/handling?'
to which the answer is
'Like any online shop
The BtP Store calculates all that for you, depending where
in the world you live, and gives you a price including postage and packing'


December 20:

Added some excellent photographs from Finland (thanks, Pekka)


December 19: Happy birthday Josh Phillips

Added a page depicting the tee-shirt from the 2003 Japan concert dates ... more Procol Harum tee-shirt snaps are welcome, of course: click here


December 18:

Added a Fillmore ticket to the 1995 collection and a concert memoir here (thanks, Joe)

Added a link to a page of possible interest to some (thanks, Bradshaw)


December 17:

Added some more to our little feature about the distribution of Procol Harum surnames 


December 16:

'Ninth was a welcome change from the sound of Grand Hotel and its follow-up. I still consider these records the worst they ever made ...'

Added a provocative reappraisal of Procol's Ninth (thanks, Fred)


December 15:

Added a page depicting the tee-shirt from the 2003 US East-coast tour ('Sold out'!) ... more Procol Harum tee-shirt snaps are welcome, of course: click here


December 14:

Added a third page of photographs taken when Procol Harum played in Hagen lately (thanks, Big Mike)


December 13:

Added some photographs relating to Procol Harum's 2009 Petersburg concert

Added brief news of a novel featuring A Whiter Shade of Pale (thanks, Esther)


December 12:

Added another Procol engagement from 2009 to this index, and a picture page (including good video link that may not last for long) (thanks, Charlie)


December 11:

'... Home runs A Salty Dog close for best Procol Harum album ... undoubted, and dark, magnitude  ...'

Added a review of Procol Harum's fine fourth album, in its Salvo re-mastered version (thanks, all) 


December 10:

' ... as great a launch-pad into the world of Procol Harum as a perspective-shifting device for the well-versed ...'

Added another excellent review of the Procol box-set ... still the best Christmas present you can think of (thanks, Dmitry) 


December 9:

'Actually both the record and the tape originate from Belgium ...'

Added an interesting codicil to the Whoosh page (thanks, Fred)

Added a note (above) about a long-lost Procol Harum clip being shewn at the National Film Theatre in London in the next decade. Booking opens 15 December, members 8 December. Box Office: 0207 928 3232 (1130 to 2030 hrs) (thanks, Peter) 


December 8:

Added a second page of photographs taken when Procol Harum played in Hagen lately (thanks, Big Mike)


December 7:

Added two more scans to the Whoosh page (thanks, Marc)

Added brief news of Procol Harum's recent live television appearance in France (thanks, Chris)


December 6:

'... the band that could never be surpassed when it came to this sort of thing. Not by Queen, ELO or anybody.  ...'

Added a review of Procol Harum's seventh album, in its Salvo re-mastered version (thanks, Abi and others) 


December 5:

 '... A Salty Dog takes what had gone before, scrubs down its deck, hoists its mainsail and splices the mainbrace in celebration ...'

Added a review of Procol Harum's third album, in its Salvo re-mastered version (thanks, Elwood)


December 4:

For a long while the BtP Store has been selling the remaining stock of full-colour 'Salty Dog' tee-shirts made by John Grayson of Shine On. The large sizes sold out last year, and now there are just two or three shirts left, in Medium, with no plans to make any more. 'Yours if you want them'.

For the larger fan of Procol music, there are XL and/or XXL tee-shirts here and here 

Added some action shots of Robin Trower in California (thanks, One-Eye)

December 3:

Added an annotated setlist and some 24th-row photos about Procol Harum in St Petersburg (thanks, Alexander)


December 2:

Added a second page of German sound-check photographs 

December 1:

'... the magnificence of their sound coupled with the sheer power of Gary Brooker’s blue-eyed-soul ... a stunning showcase ... a band always ahead of their game ...'

Added a review of Procol Harum's sixth album, in its Salvo re-mastered version (thanks, Abi)

The UK's favourite Radio 4 comedy show (series 52 episode 3) made striking use of A Whiter Shade of Pale yesterday evening. Click here and (if you haven't time to listen to the whole episode) advance the slider to 8.22, which will bring you in the middle of the game 'One Song to the Tune of Another' ... David Mitchell (not the novelist) entertains. The link should be active for about a week.


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