Procol Harum
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Interview by Harold Bronson, UCLA Daily Bruin, 11 November 1971
"DIABOLICAL," KEITH REID whispered, resting in a chair at a San Diego nightclub that someone described as looking like a reconverted bowling alley. He was ...
Procol Harum Triumph Over Worms
Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 19 February 1977
That seems to be the gist of it. Like, if you're attacked by worms, here's some good news from a bunch of lads who've suffered ...
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Procol Harum's Keith Reid (2009)
Interview by Carl Wiser, Songfacts, 2 April 2009
Procol Harum lyricist Reid looks back at the writing of such classics as 'Whiter Shade of Pale', and brings us up to date with his current projects.
File format: mp3; file size: 19.7mb; Interview length: 42' 59"; sound quality: ***
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Procol Harum: I Knew Procol Would Be A Success
Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 1 July 1967
says KEITH REID the man who created the group – to ALAN SMITH ...
Procol Harum: Procol Crash In At No. 11!
Report and Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 27 May 1967
WATCH OUT for Procol Harum. This British group with that beautiful, beautiful record called 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' is going to be one of ...
Procol Harum and Facts of Life
Interview by Andrew Bailey, Rolling Stone, 10 June 1971
The band behind 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' sets the record straight on its massive hit ...
Procol Harum: Six Years In The Harum
Interview by Andrew Tyler, Disc, 24 March 1973
'GARY'S GOT GOUT,' Keith Reid explains without so much as a trace of nonsense in his eyes, 'so he couldn't make it today.' ...
Procol Harum: Grand Hotel (Chrysalis CHR 1037 £2.30)
Review by Andrew Tyler, Disc, 17 March 1973
Procol's Hotel Mark II ...
School of Rock: Monterey to Altamont
Guide by Barney Hoskyns, iTunes, 2008
BETWEEN 1966 and 1970, there was a seismic change in British and American pop. Within a few short years "pop" became "rock", and teenagers who'd ...
Review by Bud Scoppa, Rolling Stone, 10 May 1973
YOU CAN'T DENY Procol Harum their important place in rock's scheme of things. They were the first to bring together the energy and mood of ...
Review by Bud Scoppa, Rolling Stone, 9 October 1975
PROCOL HARUM, down to delusions of grandeur after losing key members (like Robin Trower and Matthew Fisher) and running desperately low on ideas has been ...
Interview by Carl Wiser, Songfacts, 14 October 2010
PUTTING MUSIC TO THE words of Procol Harum's lyricist Keith Reid, Gary Brooker created a rich, classical sound without compromise. Revered by legions of fans ...
Procol Harum: Palladum, London
Live Review by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 16 August 1975
IT COULD WELL have been two different bands appearing at the London Palladium on Sunday. The first was a shambling, incohesive bunch whose dull, plodding ...
Procol Harum: The London Palladium, London
Live Review by Chris Salewicz, New Musical Express, 16 August 1975
One senses that Gary Brooker could well fancy his chances with Joan Bakewell. ...
Love, Beauty, the Fuzz and the UFO
Report and Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 17 June 1967
THE IN CLUBS: CHRIS WELCH takes in the London club scene — beginning with UFO ...
Procol Harum "At An All-Time Low", says Organist Fisher
Report and Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 6 January 1968
"I THINK the group position is at an all-time low. People are saying: 'Okay, they've had two hits. Now what else can they do?' " ...
The Problematic Career of Procol Harum
Profile and Interview by Danny Goldberg, Circus, August 1971
'Most groups start at the bottom and work their way up,' says Keith Reid. 'But we started right in at the top.' ...
Procol Harum at the Hollywood Bowl, September 1973
Live Review by David Rensin, Rolling Stone, 25 October 1973
LOUSY sound systems and poor concerts are not a rarity these days, even for big name attractions like Neil Young or America, but when the ...
Procol Harum: The Harum Troubles
Interview by Derek Boltwood, Record Mirror, 30 September 1967
WHEN FIVE individuals come together to experiment with music and ideas, and produce a collection of individual sounds blended together to create one of the ...
Report and Interview by Don Snowden, Rock Around The World, 5 March 1977
A FULL DECADE has passed since the rolling organ chords of 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' heralded the arrival of The Summer Of Love. Ten ...
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Procol Harum, Denny Laine: Saville Theatre, London
Live Review by Hugh Nolan, Disc and Music Echo, 30 June 1967
HENDRIX: impact of a 50-megaton H-BOMB! ...
Procol Harum with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Rainbow Theatre, London
Live Review by James Johnson, New Musical Express, 7 October 1972
IF THERE'S ONE band with the class and elegance to successfully combine on equal terms with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra then it has to be ...
Review by John Mendelsohn, Rolling Stone, 31 May 1969
A Salty Dog is a confusing album. At its best it represents the group's greatest success to date with the brand of rock for which ...
Live Review by John Mendelssohn, Los Angeles Times, 17 April 1969
Spirit, Procol Play Concerts ...
Procol Harum: Procol's Ninth; Gary Wright: Dream Weaver
Review by Ken Barnes, Creem, November 1975
AFTER EIGHT albums with only minor format variations, Procol Harum seemed to be a predictable institution that may have outlived its usefulness. ...
Procol Harum: Back to the Classics?
Report and Interview by Lon Goddard, Record Mirror, 21 June 1969
"No," says Procol's Gary Brooker. "We don't copy classical music: Robbie doesn't know one ancient composer from another." ...
Procol Harum: Grand Hotel and Robin Trower: Twice Removed From Yesterday
Review by Mark Leviton, Let It Rock, June 1973
TIME WAS when I'd say that my favourite group and guitarist were Procol Harum and Robin Trower. It seemed all so simple, the steady intelligence ...
Cruisin' with Justin & the Fudge: Five Days at Sea with the Rock Boomers
Report by Mark Leviton, Rock's Backpages, February 2019
"I've realized audiences aren't listening to the lyrics of my first song – they're too busy trying to figure out how old I look..." Al ...
The Isle of Wight Festival: Five Days That Rocked Britain
Report by Mark Plummer, Michael Watts, Chris Welch, Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 5 September 1970
MM's Richard Williams, Chris Welch, Michael Watts and Mark Plummer present a five-page report on an amazing weekend of music and other scenes... ...
Guy Stevens: Guy's Out For Glory
Profile and Interview by Martin Hayman, Sounds, 30 March 1974
GUY STEVENS is the kind of guy who might be buttonholing your young lady in the boozer. ...
Denny Cordell: The Cordial Englishman
Interview by Martin Hayman, Sounds, 8 June 1974
DENNY CORDELL is not at all like my image of him. Well in fact, I didn't know what to expect but he was not like ...
Procol Harum: Broken Barricades
Review by Metal Mike Saunders, Rolling Stone, 10 June 1971
TO FANS OF the group, Procol Harum's history has been like this: an excellent first album, Procol Harum, a shaky and very uneven second album, ...
Procol Harum: Band on a Knife-edge
Interview by Michael Watts, Melody Maker, 17 July 1971
IT WAS RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, I think, in The Poetry Of Rock, who described Procol Harum as an intellectual, ever striving to contain the Steppenwolf within ...
The Byrds, Procol Harum: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 29 June 1969
PROCOL HARUM, the Britons who fuse rock and classics, played their loud, dramatic music at the Fillmore East this weekend. ...
The Procol Harum — A Sound To Remember
Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 3 June 1967
NICK JONES charts a meteoric chart rise ...
Procol Harum: Procol Harum (Regal Zonophone)
Review by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 19 August 1967
Worried about Procol Harum? Just wait till you hear this! ...
Review by Paul Williams, Crawdaddy!, 12 September 1967
THE Procol Harum album just keeps getting better and better. So far anyway. Maybe one day it gets worse, but long after I've gotten as ...
Procol: "It's nice to think they're copying us..."
Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 30 September 1967
'A WHITER Shade Of Pale' has sold four million copies. A fact which would have most jolly groups leaping about in joy, but which Procol ...
Procol Harum: Reid Between The Lines
Interview by Penny Valentine, Sounds, 12 August 1972
"I HAVE A VERY bad reputation," says Keith Reid thoughtfully. "Especially with the men who hold all the money in this business". I'm quite sure ...
Procol Harum: Procol's Triumph
Live Review by Penny Valentine, Sounds, 1973
"MAKES QUITE a change for a Friday night at the Rainbow," said the guy behind me surreptitiously half-way through Procol Harum's appearance last week ...
Report and Interview by Penny Valentine, Sounds, 8 April 1972
PROCOL HARUM’S new album — not the extravaganza that comes out this week with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra but the one Gary Brooker and Keith ...
Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, H.P. Lovecraft: Winterland, San Francisco CA
Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 13 November 1967
There's Little Dancing At Dance-Concerts ...
Procol Harum, John Martyn: Rainbow Theatre, London
Live Review by Philip Norman, The Times, 18 March 1975
Joyless: Last Concert at the Rainbow ...
Procol Harum and The Amateur Ork
Interview by Richard Cromelin, Rolling Stone, 31 August 1972
LOS ANGELES – "Well, we're only in our first year here at the magicians' college," Dave Ball, Procol Harum guitarist, advised the gentleman who has ...
Procol Harum: It's Only Realism
Report and Interview by Richard Cromelin, Creem, February 1972
IN THE THICK AIR air of the early evening, Los Angeles wrings itself out after one of its record-breaking August heat wave days. Coldwater Canyon ...
Procol Harum: Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Review by Richard Cromelin, Rolling Stone, 8 June 1972
If you're put off by pretensions of grandiosity in music, if all you want to do is get funky and boogie around, you've probably never ...
Procol Harum: The Giant Shadow
Interview by Rob Chapman, MOJO, September 1995
What happens when the crowd invades the pitch in adulation just microseconds into the match? Nearly three decades after ‘Whiter Shade Of Pale’, Procol Harum ...
A Bit Of 'A Rum Tale': Procol Harum, Grand Hotel and the Timeless Allure of Lovestruckness
Retrospective by Rob Steen, Rock's Backpages, 19 March 2013
"IT'S A TRICKY one to play." Were my ears deceiving me? Here was the voice behind one of the most frequently heard-and-covered songs of all ...
The Purpose of Being Procol...
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, August 1971
THE SORT OF article in which Procol Harum are invited to star usually gets titled Procol Still To Make It Here or The Most Underrated ...
Robin Trower: Keeper Of The Dream
Interview by Steven Rosen, Guitar World, April 1987
The one-time Procol pace-setter has seen musical trends come and go, but he's back to playing among us because he has a vision of the ...
Procol Harum: Feeling Kind of Seasick?
Profile and Interview by Tom Hibbert, Q, February 1992
DUM-DI-DUM ... How did it go again? Something about a light fandango and 17 vestal virgins? Or was it 15? In fact, what was 'A ...
Interview by Tony Norman, Music Now, 13 June 1970
KEITH REID is a member of Procol Harum; in fact, he was the founder member with Gary Brooker. He is in every publicity photograph. His ...
Procol Harum: So Who Loves Procol Harum?
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 7 April 1973
WHO LOVES Procol Harum? Not England, it seems. Apart from a tough faction of loyal devotees, this isle has said cheerio boys. ...
Platter Chatter: Albums from the Doors, Sopwith Camel, Beach Boys, Procol Harum and Pink Floyd
Review by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, February 1968
STRANGE DAYS, The Doors' second album, is another cauldron of energy, excitement and improvisation. (That's Review Number 34, Ray.) ...
Profile by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 29 July 1967
"BEYOND THESE things" is a blue-eyed British group who named themselves after a Siamese cat, recorded a poem, sent it to number one in England ...
see also Matthew Fisher
see also Robin Trower
see also Paramounts, The
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