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The 1967 A Whiter Shade of Pale published by Essex Music. (Keith
Reid confirms (summer 2006) that this image and Honburg are the
work of his then partner, Dickinson)
Thanks, Tormod , for the scan |
The cover of the 1967 sheet-music of Homburg (possibly
a portrait of Gary, the contour of the song-title representing the brim of
a hat) published by Essex Music
Thanks, davelee, for the scan |
Signed Italian sheet-music for
Repent
Walpurgis, from the collection of Italian musician Claudio Bonvecchio.
Click the image to find out more. |
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David Kennedy notes: many years ago (1985 or so) I saw a
printed folio for A Salty Dog (the album) in a sheet
music/instruments shop in central Oslo, Norway. I remember the cover
was taken from the album, and that it was in P / V / G format. I recall
trying out the initial chords to the song Salty Dog on a
12-string in the store and thinking that the chord-box harmonies seemed
reasonably accurate. I don't recall the publisher. I should have bought
it - the album remains one of my favourites – I haven't seen it since.
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Conquistador
and other songs from
Procol Harum live in
Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (TRO Songways Service Inc):
transcription arrangements by Ed di Biase, piano arrangements by George Terry
(thanks,
Tim)
'Off-the-record transcriptions plus special section of piano
arrangements with guitar chord diagrams - bonus A Whiter Shade of Pale':
more than sixty pages devoted to Conquistador, A Salty Dog, All
This and More, In Held 'Twas in I, + A Whiter Shade of Pale; each
number appears twice, as 'transcription' and as 'piano'. Interestingly the
transcriptions are not entirely 'off-the-record' ... although they are
presented in terms of 'Side One' and 'Side Two' they are in fact derived in many cases from the
original records: thus Conquistador, for example, starts with the Poison
Ivy three-quaver run-in, not with the live album's Latino-orchestration;
the guitar solo notated in Grand Finale is Trower's not Ball's. All
This and More, on the other hand, notates the counter-melody that we hear
in the Live recording but not on the original album.
Words are a bit out of focus here and there: 'For want of iron
with no mop' is an error that goes right back to the original Essex Music
lead-sheet; but 'Chicky he was there' is a new variant on King Jimi ... 'How
wise he tripped'! The full words of Grand Finale are correctly quoted:
'Ah'.
No Whaling Stories!
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The
‘Exotic Birds and Fruit’ book was published by Warner Bros.
Publications Inc. for Chrysalis Music Corp, and has a 1974 copyright
date. It includes full page black and white photographs of each member
of the band. The lyrics are also printed separately. (Richard
Royston) |
Grand Hotel (1973) and
Exotic Birds ... (1974)
These songbooks apparently have full piano/vocal score
with additional instruments/voices cued in miniature or occasionally
commanding a stave to themselves. The music is quite painstakingly
notated: Fires (Which Burnt Brightly) takes up ten A4 pages;
guitar chord-boxes are provided, with occasional drum-rhythms, and
complete words. |
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‘Grand Hotel’ book was published by Warner Bros. Publications Inc.
for Chrysalis Music Corp. It has no overall copyright date, but all
individual songs are copyrighted 1973. It includes all the colour
photographs from the album cover, but none of the drawings. The lyrics
are also printed separately. (Richard
Royston) |
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Procol Harum's Ninth [sic]
Warner Bros. Publications Inc. 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.
10019 (1975)
This album contains the music for all ten tracks, but Antonio
Costa Barbé reports that the arrangements are 'not too good'. |
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Il Tuo Diamante
(read translation
of Italian words)
Edizioni Musicali Mario Aromandi, s.r.l Milano, Galleria del Corso, 4
The Italian version of Shine On Brightly: all printed on one stave, but
the organ solo and counterpoint are notated.
Senza Luce
(read translation
of Italian words)
Edizioni Musicali Mario Aromandi, s.r.l Milano, Galleria del Corso, 4
The Italian version of AWSoP: all printed on one stave, but the organ
solo is notated.
The Art of Rock
(TRO Andover Music Inc., New York, 1971).
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It has the scores for 30 songs, including nine by Procol Harum. The
PH songs are in a two-line score format containing the melodies, lyrics,
counter melodies, bass lines and figures (rhythm guitar and drum
patterns not shown): Christmas Camel, Conquistador, Homburg,
In the Wee Small Hours of Sixpence, Quite Rightly So, A
Salty Dog, She Wandered Through the Garden Fence, A Whiter
Shade Of Pale (3 verse!), and Your Own Choice.
Other artists (with number of songs in parentheses) featured in the
book are: The Moody Blues (5), Traffic (2), Black Sabbath (2), King
Crimson (2), Michael Chapman (2), and one each by The Who, T Rex,
Arrival, Bead Game, Blood Sweat & Tears, David Bowie, The Byrds, and
Joe Cocker.
See a page with a good PH portrait
Further info from our kind informant, Chris
McLaren |
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The Best of Procul Harum [sic]:
Wise Publications (New York, London, Cologne & Sydney), 1978 (address)
Music selected by Peter Evans. ISBN 0.86001.502.5; AM 20116; (72 pages)
(thanks,
Wilfried)The cover impersonates a detergent advert, with much
prominence given to the word 'Whiter' (thanks, Anthony)
Contains arrangements of A Salty Dog, As Strong As Samson,
A Whiter Shade Of Pale, Broken Barricades, Conquistador, Grand Hotel, Homburg,
Nothing But The Truth, Shine On Brightly, Simple Sister, Something Magic,
Still There'll Be More, The Devil Came From Kansas, The Mark Of The Claw
(music by 'Mike Grabham') and Whiskey Train.
Purports to provide piano/vocal score with guitar-boxes and
words (inc. 'across the straights', 'trample over leaves'); vocal melismas are
written out in unnecessary detail; Nothing But The Truth's whole intro
is defective, and two of its first five verse-chords incorrect. Elsewhere
there's impressionistic detail that doesn't correspond to records or to
performances, e.g. semiquaver-sextuplets all through Grand Hotel verse
three (which also wastes space: one measure takes up a whole system). But it's
better than nothing. Probably.
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The songs transcribed herein are
A Christmas Camel
All This and More
A Salty Dog
A Whiter Shade of Pale
Conquistador
Homburg
In Held 'Twas in I (all five movements)
In the Wee Small Hours of Sixpence
Quite Rightly So
She Wandered through the Garden Fence
Shine on Brightly
The Devil Came from Kansas
Your Own Choice
'Printed in Western Germany by Verlagsdruckerei Hans Gerig - Köln
"...obviously Copyright Essex Music Ltd. London.'(thanks,
Claudio Bonvecchio) |
Publisher details; Procol Music Online;
AWSoP in multimedia
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