The Paramounts' hit on record : 'Poison Ivy'

Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale

A rare version of The Paramounts' hit • with artists' signatures

'Little Mick' Brownlee, original Paramounts drummer, writes to 'Beyond the Pale':

'I have a copy of the first acetate demo record that we made in early 1962 in London. The recording was financed by our then manager Peter Tomlin aka Martin and only six were cut. The two numbers recorded are Poison Ivy and, on the flipside, Further On Up the Road: it's on the Channell Entertainments label.'

Click on the illustration (right) to hear a bit of the demo
.

Here's a close-up of that historic label (we can assume it was typed before being stuck on the acetate):

Universal Programmes
Corporation Ltd

Channell Entertainments Ltd

45 rpm
Poison Ivy

The Paramounts

Division of International
Broadcasting Co Ltd

35 Portland Place, London W1
Tel. Langham 2000

Thanks, Mick!

The B side, Further On Up the Road, has no typing on it.

Here is the priceless recording, presented on a sheet signed by Gary Brooker, Chris Copping, Mick Brownlee and Robin Trower.

Procol Harum

Beyond the Pale

The Poison Ivy acetate

A rare version of The Paramounts' hit • with artists' signatures

Beyond
the Pale