Procol Harum - Procol Harum
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Artist: Procol HarumEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2009-06-09
Music Label: SALVO
Music reviews of Procol Harum
Music Review: Not enough stars in the universe for this masterwork remastered
Rating: 5 Stars
It's hard to go back to a pre-1967 musical mindset and listen to this brilliant debut from a band that
pre-prog-rocked the world. One has to put into perspective that The Monkees and Paul Revere and the Raiders were top pop sellers, and the alternative (if one didn't want to hide behind the fantasy that The Beatles and The Stones could say it all) was the early touring days of The Who and Cream. And then there was "A Whiter Shade of Pale" with an organist who eschewed a Vox Continental organ for a B3, a pianist who knew how to insert depth into mystical lyrics, a guitarist who could overload his amp and not overload the sound, and a bass player and drummer who knew that competition with the front men was not an option: they had enough to do with holding everything together perfectly. Ah, Procol Harum.
The recordings are as clean as one could hope from a hastily recorded magnum opus, and the extra 11 tracks actually complement the original English issue. The first album had so many variants, it's normal to think the version one heard first is the best. I do wish "Whiter Shade of Pale" started off the album as it did on the American issue, but with the magic of 21st century buttons that's easily rectified. Then again I saw Procol Harum on their first American tour and they didn't play White Shade of Pale that night at the Village Theater: they had already moved on. Yes it would be great if the original members gathered to perfectly recreate the original sessions with 21st century technology (as Michael Oldfield eventually did with Tubular Bells 2003), but that ain't gonna happen. We're just lucky to have this record of a record that reached out to make music something new, something previously unheard, something that lasts for forty years.
Description of Procol Harum
2009 digitally remastered and expended deluxe edition of the British band's 1967 debut album including 11 bonus tracks. Procol Harum's eponymous long-playing debut is here augmented by the inclusion of the timeless 'A Whiter Shade of Pale', the follow-up smash 'Homburg' and a variety of rare and previously unreleased cuts selected by Gary Brooker. If any song can be said to encapsulate an era - to immediately conjure up the sights, sounds and smells of a particular time - then 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' is surely that song. For a whole generation 'AWSOP' remains the emblematic anthem of that Summer of Love. And even now, 40 years on, the song remains a haunting tale of mystery and imagination. 21 tracks. Salvo.Classic Rock CDs
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