LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• NEW REMASTERED & EXPANDED 2 CD EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC 1968 DEBUT ALBUM BY PROCOL HARUM
• WITH 15 BONUS TRACKS (7 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED & 2 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON CD)
• INCLUDES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BBC SESSIONS FROM 1967
• REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES
• FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK AND NEW LINER NOTES BY HENRY SCOTT-IRVINE

Re-mastered and expanded edition of the classic 1968 self-titled debut album by PROCOL HARUM. Released in January 1968, the record followed on from the huge international success of the band’s debut single “A Whiter Shade of Pale” and the follow up single “Homburg”. One of the finest releases of the era “Procol Harum” captured the exquisite song writing of Gary Brooker and Keith Reid and the excellence of the musicians in the group, namely Gary Brooker (voice, piano), Robin Trower (lead guitar), David Knights (bass guitar), B.J. Wilson (drums) and Matthew Fisher (Hammond organ). The overall result was a collection of songs that would prove to be truly ground breaking, despite only having being released in Mono at the insistence of producer Denny Cordell. Newly re-mastered from the original tapes, this Deluxe edition of “Procol Harum” has been expanded to include 27 bonus tracks (8 previously unreleased) over two CDs, including the classic singles “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, “Homburg”, along with rare B-sides, alternate session takes and stereo mixes and seven previously unreleased BBC Radio sessions from June and September 1967. This expanded deluxe edition of “Procol Harum” also includes a lavishly illustrated booklet that fully restores the original album artwork and features a new essay by Procol Harum biographer Henry Scott-Irvine, along with a facsimile promotional shop poster for the release of the album in January 1968.

Track listing:

DISC ONE:

1. CONQUISTADOR

2. SHE WANDERED THROUGH THE GARDEN FENCE

3. SOMETHING FOLLOWING ME

4. MABEL

5. CERDES (OUTSIDE THE GATES OF)

6. A CHRISTMAS CAMEL

7. KALEIDOSCOPE

8. SALAD DAYS (ARE HERE AGAIN)

9. GOOD CAPTAIN CLACK

10. REPENT WALPURGIS

BONUS TRACKS

11. A WHITER SHADE OF PALE

12. LIME STREET BLUES

A & B SIDES OF SINGLE

13. HOMBURG

14. GOOD CAPTAIN CLACK (SINGLE VERSION)

A & B SIDES OF SINGLE

15. ALPHA

16. SALAD DAYS (ARE HERE AGAIN) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

RECORDED AT OLYMPIC STUDIOS, LONDON – 29th MARCH 1967

17. UNDERSTANDABLY BLUE

RECORDED AT OLYMPIC STUDIOS, LONDON – 17th JULY 1967

18. PANDORA’S BOX (INSTRUMENTAL)

RECORDED AT ADVISION STUDIOS, LONDON – 24TH AUGUST 1967

19. CERDES (OUTSIDE THE GATES OF) (ALTERNATE MONO MIX)

20. SOMETHING FOLLOWING ME (ALTERNATE MONO MIX)

DISC TWO:

1. A WHITER SHADE OF PALE (EXTENDED EARLY VERSION)

RECORDED AT OLYMPIC STUDIOS, LONDON – 29TH MARCH 1967

2. HOMBURG (EXTENDED STEREO VERSION)

3. REPENT WALPURGIS (EXTENDED STEREO VERSION)

RECORDED AT ADVISION STUDIOS, LONDON – AUGUST 1967

4. CONQUISTADOR (1971 STEREO MIX)

5. SHE WANDERED THROUGH THE GARDEN FENCE (1971 STEREO MIX)

6. SOMETHING FOLLOWING ME (STEREO MIX)

7. MABEL (UNDUBBED STEREO MIX)

8. KALEIDOSCOPE (STEREO MIX)

9. CERDES (OUTSIDE THE GATES OF) (STEREO MIX)

10. HOMBURG (1971 STEREO MIX)

11. MORNING DEW

12. A WHITER SHADE OF PALE

13. MABEL

“EASYBEAT” SESSION 14th JUNE 1967 BBC LIGHT PROGRAMME PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

14. HOMBURG

15. GOOD CAPTAIN CLACK

16. SHE WANDERED THROUGH THE GARDEN FENCE

17. KALEIDOSCOPE

“TOP GEAR” SESSION 27th SEPTEMBER 1967 BBC RADIO ONE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED