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What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

February 2010 


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