A salty dog
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June 1969 |
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March 1969 |
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| Label (s) | Regal Zonophone , A&M | |||
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LP |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
40:18 |
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Matthew Fisher |
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A Salty Dog is the third studio album by the British progressive rock band Procol Harum . It was released in June 1969.
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A Salty Dog has a seemingly nautical theme, as stated on its LP cover (a pastiche from the famous Player's Navy Cut cigarette packet ). The album is interspersed with straight rock, blues and pop elements. The title track was the first Procol Harum title in which an orchestra was used. The album was the first record produced by Matthew Fisher that left the band shortly after its release. This was also the last Procol Harum album to feature bassist David Knights .
Background and recording
A Salty Dog was recorded in March 1969. The musical tension between the group and Robin Trower began to show on this album, and while his guitar sound remains indispensable for most of the tracks, Crucifiction Lane (with a rare Trower vocal role) shows that Trower is already headed in a different direction than that Rest of the band was moving. Still, this album is musically much more varied than the previous two albums, with three Fisher vocal parts and one by Trower.
Allegedly, when Gary Brooker first played A Salty Dog at the piano for BJ Wilson , a ray of sunshine lit up Wilson's face, and he told Brooker it was the most beautiful song he had ever heard.
publication
A Salty Dog was released in June 1969 by the Regal Zonophone and A&M record labels . The title song, on whose single B-side Long Gone Geek was, reached number 44 in the British singles chart in 1969 and the album itself number 27 in the album charts.
reception
John Mendelson wrote a review for Rolling Stone in 1969 and called it “a confusing album. At best, it's the group's biggest hit to date with the rock brand the group is known for; at worst, it's both surprisingly mediocre and trivial. ”The magazine later gave the album 4 out of 5 stars. Robert Christgau was more enthusiastic about The Village Voice and gave the album an "A +" rating, although he later said the printed rating was "a mistake" and should probably have been a "B +".
In a flashback wrote Bruce Eder of AllMusic : "On this third album of the group have shown them how far their talents extend across the entire musical landscape, from blues to R & B to classic rock. Unlike their hastily recorded debut or its successor, which expands the range of his performances and compositions. ”He also said,“ The lyric and music combine to create a perfect mood piece, and the performance is bold in both playing and singing and subtle at the same time. ”He described the title song as“ one of the best songs by Procol Harum and one of the best progressive rock pieces that have ever been heard ”. The editorial rating was 4.5 out of five stars. Rezensator.de described A Salty Dog as a “varied, even if in places atypical Harum album. Sometimes it felt like it was going to be an album by three artists: Brooker, Fisher and Trower. But here too, Brooker ultimately remained the determining factor. "
New editions
In 2001 a remastered edition was released on CD by the Japanese label Cube Records . In 2017 the US label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab released a remastered edition as an LP.
Track list
page 1
- A Salty Dog - 4:41 (Brooker, Reid)
- The Milk of Human Kindness - 3:47 (Brooker, Reid)
- Too Much Between Us - 3:45 (Brooker, Trower, Reid)
- The Devil Came from Kansas - 4:38 (Brooker, Reid)
- Boredom - 4:34 (Fisher, Brooker, Reid)
Page 2
- Juicy John Pink - 2:08 (Trower, Reid)
- Wreck of the Hesperus - 3:49 (Fisher, Reid)
- All This and More - 3:52 (Brooker, Reid)
- Crucifiction Lane - 5:03 (Trower, Reid)
- Pilgrim's Progress - 4:32 (Fisher, Reid)
Web links
- A Salty Dog at Allmusic (English)
- Reviews of A Salty Dog on the baby blue pages
Individual evidence
- ^ Charlie Allison: Jim Gilchrist Feels the Tug of Strangely Unattainable Shores . In: The Scotsman , 2001. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ^ Procol Harum | full Official Chart History . Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ John Mendelson: Records . In: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (Ed.): Rolling Stone . No. 34, San Francisco, May 31, 1969, p. 37. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ^ Procol Harum: A Salty Dog , rollingstone.com
- ^ Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide (1) . In: The Village Voice , July 10, 1969. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ↑ Anon .: nitpicking Issues With the selection . April 25, 2002. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ↑ Bruce Eder: A Salty Dog - Procol Harum | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic . 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ↑ https://www.rezensator.de/procolharum_asaltydog.htm
- ^ Procol Harum - A Salty Dog, Cube Records , Discogs
- ^ Procol Harum - A Salty Dog, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab , Discogs