Procol Harum (album)

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Procol Harum
Studio album by Procol Harum

Publication
(s)

December 1967

admission

June 1967

Label (s) Regal Zonophone , Deram

Format (s)

LP

Genre (s)

Psychedelic rock

Title (number)

10

running time

35:05

occupation

production

Denny Cordell

chronology
- Procol Harum Shine On Brightly
(1968)

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

  1. Conquistador - 2:42
  2. She Wandered Through the Garden Fence - 3:29
  3. Something Following Me - 3:40
  4. Mabel - 1:55
  5. Cerdes (Outside the Gates Of) - 5:07
  6. A Christmas Camel - 4:54
  7. Kaleidoscope - 2:57
  8. Salad Days (Are Here Again) - 3:44
  9. Good Captain Clack - 1:32
  10. Repent Walpurgis - 5:05 (Fisher)

US version

  1. A Whiter Shade of Pale - 4:04 (Brooker, Fisher, Reid)
  2. She Wandered Through the Garden Fence - 3:18
  3. Something Following Me - 3:37
  4. Mabel - 1:50
  5. Cerdes (Outside the Gates Of) - 5:04
  6. A Christmas Camel - 4:48
  7. Conquistador - 2:38
  8. Kaleidoscope / Salad Days (Are Here Again) - 6:31
  9. Repent Walpurgis - 5:05 (Fisher)

German version

  1. Homburg - 3:55 (Gary Brooker and Matthew Fisher , Text: Keith Reid)
  2. She Wandered Through the Garden Fence - 3:29
  3. Something Following Me - 3:40
  4. Mabel - 1:55
  5. Cerdes (Outside the Gates Of) - 5:07
  6. A Christmas Camel - 4:54
  7. Kaleidoscope - 2:57
  8. Salad Days (Are Here Again) - 3:44
  9. Conquistador - 1:32
  10. Repent Walpurgis - 5:05 (Fisher)

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

  1. ^ Procol Harum - AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder AllMusic

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