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Procol Harum
30th Anniversary Anthology (2003)
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Track List
01) Conquistador
02) She Wandered through the Garden Fence
03) Something Following Me
04) Mabel
05) Cerdes (Outside the Gates Of)
06) A Christmas Camel
07) Kaleidoscope
08) Salad Days (Are Here Again)
09) Good Captain Clack
10) Repent Walpurgis
11) Quite Rightly So
12) Shine On Brightly
13) Skip Softly (My Moonbeams)
14) Wish Me Well
15) Rambling On
16) Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone)
17) In Held 'Twas In I: a) Glimpses of Nirvana -
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01) The Milk of Human Kindness
02) Too Much Between Us
03) The Devil Came From Kansas
04) Boredom
05) Juicy John Pink
06) Wreck of the Hesperus
07) All This and More
08) Crucifiction Lane
09) Pilgrims Progress
10) Whisky Train
11) The Dead Man's Dream
12) Still There'll Be More
13) Nothing That I Didn't Know
14) About to Die
15) Barnyard Story
16) Piggy Pig Pig
17) Whaling Stories
18) Your Own Choice
Cd 3
01) A Whiter Shade of Pale
02) Line Street Blues
03) Homburg
04) Good Captain Clack
05) Quite Rightly So
06) In the Wee Small Hours of Sixpence
07) Salty Dog
08) Long Gone Geek
09) Monsieur Armand
10) Seem to Have the Blues (Mostly All the Time)
11) A Whiter Shade of Pale (alternate version stereo)
12) A Whiter Shade of Pale (instrumental)
13) Homburg (alternate version 1 stereo)
14) Homburg (alternate version 2 stereo)
15) Conquistador (alternate version stereo)
16) She Wandered Through the Garden Fence (alternate v
17) Magdelene (My Regal Zonophone)

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First Released

2003

Genre

Psychedelic Rock

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Good Natured

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Rock/Pop

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The best collection yet devoted to Procol Harum's classic early period ties together the many facets of their sound and their early history, including numerous outtakes and all of the music on four albums from 1967 through 1970. The clarity of the sound makes the first album -- which was roundly criticized, especially in England, for having been cut in mono in late 1967 -- seem a lot more muscular and progressive here than it did in its original release form. The producers have tampered with the song order on A Salty Dog, moving that record's title track in amongst disc three's single sides for time considerations while still leaving "Whiter Shade of Pale" and "Homburg" off of the first CD (the original commercial flaw with the debut album in England was the absence of either of those songs, and the seven-month-plus delay in getting it out). From the psychedelic/progressive blues stylings of Shine on Brightly to the self-consciously leaner, harder Home, this is the optimum way to hear the band. The collection also documents the change from somewhat light, optimistic psychedelia in 1967/1968 to the darker, edgier psychedelia of 1970 and beyond. The best part for collectors will be disc three, which, in addition to the group's hit singles and surprisingly fascinating B-sides from 1967-1970, also includes outtakes from unfinished early album sessions and alternate takes (with different personnel) of "Whiter Shade of Pale," "Homburg," and others, some in stereo. The notes are reasonably thorough, although they skimp a little in telling the story of the recording of "Whiter Shade of Pale" and the subsequent assembling of the permanent band.



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