Procol Harum film show in Islington

Henry Scott-Irvine entertains the Palers

Henry sends this note of some of the items viewed by a hardcore of (relatively) early risers:

• Sandie Shaw singing Long Live Love "live" in rehearsal with The Paramounts in October 1966 (!!)
• Procol Harum singing Homburg in colour (unseen until now) in October 1967
• Procol in Concert At The Bilzen Festival August 1967, live and shot on B & W film: it featured A Christmas Camel (very Ballad Of a Thin Man), Conquistador (rough version), and AWSoP (rousing version)
• Procol interview from 1967, with Keith Reid frequently saying ' ... man!'
• Procol in Scandinavia (unseen ... shh ...!) in 1974 'Live', performing Bringing Home the Bacon, and Toujours L'Amour (which caught the attention of a bemused and smiling Geoff Whitehorn who stayed for the entire screening until 12.30)
• The longer version of my Song Stories (untransmitted "Pilot") A Whiter Shade of Pale documentary, which met with a chorus of approval from fans. This was an extended version of the film shown to the assembled party-goers at Redhill in 1997. Not bad as we made it for diddly squat and ... As the saying goes "If that's what I can do for very little ... imagine what I could do with a budget of £40k ...

So : help fund a Procol documentary! Anyone with some cash to spare and a yearning to see all this rare footage should write to Henry Scott-Irvine c/o webmaster@procolharum.com ... he writes, 'I am thinking of having an archive TV/FILM/VIDEO Screening at a London venue soon, in order to raise funds. Let me have your thoughts ... '

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