Procol Harum (album)
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Studio album by Procol Harum | ||||
Publication |
December 1967 |
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admission |
June 1967 |
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Label (s) | Regal Zonophone , Deram | |||
Format (s) |
LP |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
35:05 |
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Procol Harum is the debut album by the British progressive rock band Procol Harum . It was released in the United States in September 1967 and in the United Kingdom in December of the same year. In 1972 it was re-released under the title A Whiter Shade of Pale .
reception
Bruce Eder notes on AllMusic about the band's debut album that “the music is an exciting mix of psychedelic rock, blues and classical influences”. It is "filled with phantasmagoric texts, bold (but not more conspicuous) organ by Matthew Fisher and Robin Trower's tastiest and most restrained guitar". The songs on the record such as Good Captain Clack, Conquistador, Kaleidoscope, A Christmas Camel and Repent Walpurgis are "great".
Track list
The album was released in Germany, the USA and Great Britain with different titles. The world hit A Whiter Shade of Pale is not included on the original version. For the German version, the title Good Captain Clack was replaced by Homburg . On the US version, on which the titles have a shorter running time on average, it was replaced by A Whiter Shade of Pale . In addition, the titles Kaleidoscope and Salad Days (Are Here Again) were combined into one title.
Music: Gary Brooker , lyrics: Keith Reid , unless otherwise stated
UK version
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US version
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German version
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The CD version contains tracks from all album versions. In addition, the German release from 1997 contains the title Lime Street Blues (single B-side of A Whiter Shade of Pale ) as well as the previously unreleased tracks Monsieur Armand , which was re-recorded in 1974 under the title Monsieur R. Monde on the album Exotic Birds and Fruit , and Seem to Have the Blues All the Time , both from the compilation album Rock Roots .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Procol Harum at Allmusic (English)
- Reviews of Procol Harum on the baby blue pages