Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale

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"A Whiter Shade of Dirty Water"

featuring Matthew Fisher

 Pretty Things
Phil May, Lead Vocals; Dick Taylor, Lead & Rhythm Guitars.

Inmates
Tony Oliver, Lead, Rhythm & 12 String Guitar; Ben Donnelly, Bass; Eddie Edwards, Drums, Percussion.

Procol Harum
Matthew Fisher, Keyboards 

Additional Musicians
Barclay Mackay, Additional Guitar on Tracks 3, 4 and 12; Steve Hooker, Additional Guitar on Track 3 ; Garrie Lammin, Backing Vocals

In December 1992 The Pretty Things, London's raunchiest 60s R&B band, joined forces with members of The Inmates, one of London's and indeed Europe's finest R&B bands, together with Procol Harum's legendary Matthew Fisher, to pay a unique tribute to America's Garage Rock: the result is the ultimate party album!  

1. He's Waitin'
(G. Roslie)

2. Strychnine
(G. Roslie)

3. Pushing Too Hard
(Carnochan / Edwards)

4. Kicks
(Harper / Garrett)

5. Candy
(Jenkins / Blackman)

6. Louie Louie
(Berry)

7. 96 Tears
(Martinez)

8. Let's Talk About Girls
(E. Freiser)

9. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
(E. Cobb)

10. I'm A Man
(Winwood / Miller)

11. Red River Rock
(Mack / King / Mendelsohn)

12. Midnight to 6 Man '93
(D. Taylor / P. May)
Produced and mixed by Mike Ober Associate Producers Steve Hooker and Don Craine Recorded at E7 and RMS Studios
Engineered by Simon Sanders and Dave Clews. Track 10 is a bonus track featuring Eddie Phillips, Lead Guitar; Don Craine, Guitar; Keith Grant, Bass; Jim McCarty, Drums. Manufactured & Marketed by Kingdom Records Ltd 1994

Re-released as Rockin' the Garage on CD (2008) and mp3 Download (2010)(thanks, Joan).  It's available atAmazon US, fromAmazon UK and probably iTunes, etc.
 

Matthew Fisher's page at 'Beyond the Pale'

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