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40 Procol Harum tracks selected by Gary Brooker

See Spotify, July 2020


Procol Harum's Gary Brooker selected some of his favourite tracks across the Procol catalogue for our Cherry Red's 'Artist Picks' playlist on Spotify.
Dig in to Gary's personally curated selection (the listing is copied below, in the given order) by clicking here

1

Simple Sister

Broken Barricades

Brooker/Reid

2

Song for a Dreamer

Broken Barricades

Trower/Reid

3

Memorial Drive

Broken Barricades

Trower/Reid

4

Conquistador (live)

Live at Edmonton

Brooker/Reid

5

A Souvenir of London

Grand Hotel

Brooker/Reid

6

For Liquorice John

Grand Hotel

Brooker/Reid

7

Fires (Which Burnt Brightly)

Grand Hotel

Brooker/Reid

8

The Idol

Exotic Birds and Fruit

Brooker/Reid

9

Nothing But the Truth

Exotic Birds and Fruit

Brooker/Reid

10

As Strong as Samson

Exotic Birds and Fruit

Brooker/Reid

11

New Lamps for Old

Exotic Birds and Fruit

Brooker/Reid

12

Pandora’s Box

Procol’s Ninth

Brooker/Reid

13

Fool’s Gold

Procol’s Ninth

Brooker/Reid

14

Typewriter Torment

Procol’s Ninth

Brooker/Reid

15

Shadow Boxed

The Well’s on Fire

Brooker/Reid

16

The VIP Room

The Well’s on Fire

Brooker/Reid

17

An Old English Dream

The Well’s on Fire

Brooker/Reid

18

Something Magic

Something Magic

Brooker/Reid

19

Skating on Thin Ice

Something Magic

Brooker/Reid

20

Strangers in Space

Something Magic

Brooker/Reid

21

The Worm and the Tree Pt 1

Something Magic

Brooker/Reid

22

Holding On

The Prodigal Stranger

Brooker/Reid

23

The King of Hearts

The Prodigal Stranger

Brooker/Reid

24

Learn to Fly

The Prodigal Stranger

Brooker/Fisher/Reid

25

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Prodigal Stranger

Brooker/Reid/Noble

26

Repent Walpurgis

Procol Harum

Fisher

27

Salad Days (Are Here Again)

Procol Harum

Brooker/Reid

28

She Wandered Through the Garden Fence

Procol Harum

Brooker/Reid

29

A Whiter Shade of Pale

45 rpm single

Brooker/Reid/Fisher

30

Shine on Brightly

Shine on Brightly

Brooker/Reid

31

Skip Softly (My Moonbeams)

Shine on Brightly

Brooker/Reid

32

The Devil Came from Kansas

A Salty Dog

Brooker/Reid

33

The Milk of Human Kindness

A Salty Dog

Brooker/Reid

34

Pilgrim’s Progress

A Salty Dog

Fisher/Reid

35

Whaling Stories

Home

Brooker/Reid

36

Whisky Train

Home

Trower/Reid

37

The Dead Man’s Dream

Home

Brooker/Reid

 
37 songs altogether: 3 From Procol Harum 2 from Shine on Brightly
3 From A Salty Dog 3 From Home 3 from Broken Barricades
3 From Grand Hotel 4 From Exotic Birds and Fruit 3 from Procol's Ninth
4 From Something Magic 4 From The Prodigal Stranger 3 from The Well's on Fire
1 From Edmonton 1 non-album tracks
Only two title-tracks! And several songs we never hear in concert
Spotify's blurb advertises 40 tracks, so three are missing. Equally Novum is missing ... it could well make sense to imagine that GB chose three tracks from that album.

 


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