Procol Harum – Shine On Brightly (1968/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:18 minutes | 842 MB | Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M Records
After the multi-million selling “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” Procol Harum coalesced around a new lineup and cut a debut album in two days, the sales of which were only fair (because the hit song wasn’t on it originally). Then they did Shine on Brightly, which initially drew on recordings going back to late 1967 – in the course of preparing their first proper LP, the band junked an entire side of blues-based numbers in favor of the 18-minute suite “In Held ‘Twas I,” which rivaled anything yet heard from such established progressive rock outfits as the Nice or the Moody Blues in length and surpassed them in audacity, with an extensive spoken part surrounded by virtuoso classical and psychedelic passages (and even a featured spot for Dave Knights’ bass). It all proved that they were more than a one-hit wonder and, released in late 1968, the album extended the definition of progressive rock, even as it kept much of the music rooted in established rock genres. “Skip Softly,” for all of its grand piano pyrotechnics, was also a showcase for Robin Trower’s bluesy, high-energy guitar attack, and “Wish Me Well” was an even better vehicle for his instrument, while “Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone)” was an interesting exercise in nostalgia highlighted by Matthew Fisher’s organ.
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Procol Harum – A Salty Dog (1969) [MFSL 2017]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:26 minutes | Scans included | 1,65 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 838 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2192 | Genre: Rock
A Salty Dog is the third studio album by English progressive rock band Procol Harum, released in 1969. The album has an ostensibly nautical theme, as indicated by its cover (a pastiche of the famous Player’s Navy Cut cigarette pack). Interspersed with straight rock, blues and pop items, A Salty Dog showed a slight change of direction from its predecessors, being thematically less obscure. The title track itself was the first Procol track to use an orchestra.
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Title: Procol Harum – Live at the Union Chapel
Release Date: 2011
Genre: Rock
Production/Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 02:02:23
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 25975 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: LPCM Audio / English / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Audio #2: DTS-HD Master Audio / English / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2769 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio #3: Dolby Digital Audio / Russian / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Size: 30,18 GB
British rock legends Procol Harum are captured here at their finest in concert at London’s Union Chapel. The band performed tracks from their latest album, The Well’s on Fire, alongside many of their classics including Pandora’s Box, Homburg, Conquistador, A Salty Dog, Quite Rightly So and the rarely heard full length version of A Whiter Shade of Pale. It was the last night of a tour that had taken them from London through Europe, Japan and North America then back again to London, and the band celebrated with a truly magical performance.
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Procol Harum – Missing Persons (Alive Forever) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 14:45 minutes | 280 MB | Genre:
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Esoteric
Esoteric Antenna has announced the release of a new CD EP by the legendary PROCOL HARUM.
Due on May 7, “Missing Persons (Alive Forever)” was completed during lockdown, after founder and lead singer Gary Brooker rediscovered a CD of rough mixes of two studio tracks the band had laid down during a previous session.
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