Such a crime that this influential progressive group has been totally ignored by the R&R Hall Of Fame. Now that Gary Brooker is gone, it's too late for amends. One of the greatest rock bands ever.
EFF the stupid R&R Hall of Fame. Eff all the awards ceremonies where all the beautiful people gather. EFF all of them. Knowing how great Procol Harum is is enough for me. EFF everything else
R.I.P. Keith Reid who died so recently and of course R.I.P. Gary Brooker, who followed years later after the very beloved percussionist B.J.Wilson. I have been in mourning for Keith, but so appreciate all the lyrics that became Procol songs. My favourite rock band since I was about 12. Got to see them at 15 in the Mothers Club, Erdington, Birmingham. I went alone, lucky for me it was a friendly club and I didn’t try to buy booze. I sat at the front just amazed I was there. Brilliant band.
I am probably the only 81-year-old Procol Harum fan who never smoked dope. (I was involved with developing a technology that is still used in every jet engine still flying in 2021. Drug testing was used even then.) But I was still was able to get "high" on their unbelievable musical talents.
hoy, a mis 69 años, me emociono escuchando a uno de los más grandes grupos que nos dio el rock. un enorme talento, altísimo nivel musical e injustamente relegados. Ellos y The Moody Blues fueron el origen del rock sinfónico de los 70.
Procol Harum,fate parte della mia vita,per sempre nel mio cuore. Che bei ricordi. Indietro non si torna ma i ricordi non si cancellano, Dio vi benedica.
Piękna muzyka i super wykonanie. Byłem na koncercie Procol Harum w Sopocie w Operze Leśnej w Lipcu 2000 roku i ciągle nie mogę się nasłuchać ich muzyki, z Garym Brookerem spotkaliśmy się.przy piwie gdańskim przed koncertem. Bardzo fajny gość.
Años enteros de mi vida buscando este tema, no sabía que era de los magníficos Procol Harum. - I'd been looking for this theme for many years, I hadn't known it was performed by the magnificent Procol Harum guys!!!.... I'm so happy!!!!
Maybe one day people might know how truly great this band was, but some bands don't reach the masses because the sheep people do not possess the originality gean
I've been looking for this "French single" for years! Merci, merci, merci bien for posting. Once again, I agree completely with estivator; this posting is truly award-winning. Bless you.
I am an aged Procol Harum fan, and this is an excellent version,but Brian Auger and the Trinity, with Julie driscol were at a pop concert in the late sixties early seventies,(can't remember which one) and Brian Auger played this live, and I will never forget its intensity, I have searched for a long time to try and find this live performance (not the album version) but to no avail, if anyone has a copy, please put it up onRU-vid, it is fantastic. Nedsmith
Estaba yo de 10 años en esa fecha y obvio no pude ir , ¿podrias tu darme alguna informacion sobre ese concierto ?? o donde se puede obtener informacion ? , yo empeze a ir a conciertos hasta 1979 aqui en ciudad de Mexico , me tocó ver a WAR , CANNED HEAT , BLACK OAK ARKANSAS , JOHN MAYALL , JOHNY WINTER
As many others have said, I never heard this before.....and loved PH since 7th grade, when I first heard Whiter shade of pale. Loved Albinoni's version also. No drumming on that one though. But it all works.
I'm pretty sure this was made during rehearsals with Edmonton SO with Chris Copping on the Hammond and Dave Ball on guitar. Dave split with PH under acrimonious circumstances, and they used photos of Mick, as on the LP credits *but it's Dave's image on the front cover. Apparently Chris was working this up with the lads in the orchestra and the band decided to try it on for size and record it! Hopefully someone can chime in and add some facts to this. I am not 100% certain, but surely its wonderful.
Hi. You are partly right in that Chris Copping played this by himself at the start of the Edmonton Concert and it was recorded . In his words, he was exceptionally nervous and wasn't perfect but the orchestra was apparently way out (I think he blamed the conductor). You can read about it on the amazing beyondthepale website for the band.
Yeah, I stumbled across it many years ago using the original Napster file sharing service. Don't know where it comes from, not on any album I've seen. Might be a studio outtake. See if you can find their version of Blue Danube.
Me too! Born in 1954, I knew and loved them since their beginnings. Still today I Iove them. Their newest work called "Novum" is again very asthonishing. And this one? Great! I also did not know, that it exists. Fantastic!
Excellent - saw them play this and The Blue Danube at the Colston Hall in Bristol. As always, they leave much of the opposition still struggling up the last hill.....
I was one of the stage-crew for that Colston Hall gig. I did both the load-in and the get-out, and watched the PH play from just beside the FOH audio mix position. Fabulous show :-)
wonderful rendition...worthy of praise....not TOO over the top (imagine if Emerson Lake and Palmer got ahold of this...yikes..) Now if this WERE ONLY written by Thomas Albinoni...but it's not. "The Adagio in G minor for violin, strings, and organ continuo is a neo-Baroque composition popularly attributed to the 18th-century Venetian master Tomaso Albinoni, but actually composed by 20th-century musicologist and Albinoni biographer Remo Giazotto..." -Wikipedia. But who cares? nice piece here...
I know he was a Venetian composer, but he did not write this adagio. "The Adagio in G minor for violin, strings, and organ continuo is a neo-Baroque composition popularly attributed to the 18th-century Venetian master Tomaso Albinoni, but actually composed by 20th-century musicologist and Albinoni biographer Remo Giazotto, purportedly based on the discovery of a manuscript fragment by Albinoni. There is a continuing scholarly debate about whether the alleged fragment was real, or a musical hoax perpetrated by Giazotto, but there is no doubt about Giazotto's authorship of the remainder of the work."
I was about to say something, but you about covered it. Thanks!I wish there was a little more info about this though, seems like maybe he just lost his woman to an extra-terrestrial sex worm, then his cat had died, and someone shot his dog....then his house burnt down, and he said...well, I think I have a piece to compose! The passion in this composition is so extraordinary!
Keys an notes are in my opinion as original Albioni. But in modern harder instruments. This is composed for orhcestra violin/ or church-organ/violin. All of tunes seems shortright. Remarkable of Procol Harum!! What a fu... genious band!
Brooker si..ispirava alla musica dei....grandi e si sente...un gruppo troppo..avanti per molti rocchettari di ieri e di oggi...evviva i PH e il loro..mentore Brooker...
