Procol Harum's first year in the NME

'Sticky': 6 April 1968

These excerpts from New Musical Express, kindly selected for 'Beyond the Pale' by Yan Friis, show nothing of Procoholic import, as we wait for Quite Rightly So to chart.

Front page: Full page advertisement for Scott Walker's Scott 2 album (Philips)

Main feature headlines:

Marriage is now groovy says newly-wed Sandie by Keith Altham

 EXCLUSIVE FROM MONKEES HOLLYWOOD FILM SET

Very confusing and it's not meant to be funny by Ann Moses

'Fans have got to shuddup and listen' says Graham Nash

SCREAMERS DRIVE HOLLIES FROM HOME by Richard Green

MAHARISHI links BEATLES and BEACH BOYS NME helps find World Peace venue by Keith Altham

Tipped for the charts by Derek Johnson

Small Faces, Lazy Sunday
Lemon Pipers, Rice Is Nice
Love Affair, Rainbow Valley
Diana Ross & Supremes, Forever Came Today

NME Top 5

1 (1) Lady Madonna, Beatles

2 (2) Delilah, Tom Jones
3 (6) What A Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
4 (7) Congratulations, Cliff Richard
5 (4) The Dock Of The Bay, Otis Redding

Tail-Pieces by the Alley Cat

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... Follow-up discs by John Fred and the Playboys, Procol Harum and Simon Dupree proving sticky ...

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