Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale

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Brooker on Danish Radio, 1990


This long, intriguing Gary Brooker interview was conducted by Karsten Overgaard and Niels-Erik Mortensen: it was broadcast just before Christmas 1990, with Sunday-morning re-runs in January 1991; the station was the now-defunct Radio HSR, which at that time was the second-largest station in the Metropolitan Copenhagen area.

On the tape one hears muted voices in intimate chat, with birdsong in the background, and the occasional rasp of a lighter as Gary wrestles with his pipe. 'Beyond the Pale' divides this interview into the following sections:

Brooker and the Beatles

The Classics, pre-Paramounts days

Favoured instruments, early albums, PH myths in the press

Working with other Procols

Post-Procol times

Fishing, Bach and the future

Delta, R&B, and charity gigs


More about Gary Brooker


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