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Atlanta Municipal Auditorium
Must have been before April as Trower was with them: pictures here
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San Diego (month unknown, but must have been after April as Trower was not with them)
'Small short-lived club in Pacific Beach, don't recall any other bands.' (thanks, Liz)
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Quinnipiac College in Hamden CT
'As I remember Mountain opened for them.' (Mark Ritucci)
710116
Manchester University
Procol were due to play, but it was cancelled owing to Robin Trower's illness (thanks, Andrew)
710119
Birmingham, England, Town Hall
With Amazing Blondel
710121
Newcastle, England, City Hall
With Amazing Blondel
710122
Manchester, England, Free Trade Hall
With Amazing Blondel
710123
Bristol, England, Colston Hall
With Amazing Blondel
710124
Portsmouth, England, Guilldhall
With Amazing Blondel
710125
Sheffield, England, City Hall
With Amazing Blondel
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Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo NY (thanks, Dave)
Mark Leffler ... long-time follower of BtP ... writes, 'I was in attendance at the 24 March 1971 concert at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, NY. Cactus was the opening act, and Robin wore a black cowboy shirt. Great concert. I don't know why I remember the cowboy shirt deal, but it must have made quite an impression on my 16-year-old mind. It was a great show, very powerful. I can remember being impressed with Chris Copping. At the time it was almost sacrilegious, as my particular group of pals were all big Matthew Fisher fans, but the fact that he handled bass and organ was pretty cool!'
710403
Kiel Convention Hall, St Louis, Mo. USA (supporting Jethro Tull) (thanks, Evan)
Jim Krapf writes: 'the name of this building was "Kiel Auditorium" not 'Convention Hall'. Though Tull was good that night Procol, as opening act, surprised the audience and stole the show.' Curved Air were also on the bill
710408
University of Rochester Palestra (thanks, Dave)
'I saw this show. Incredible. The band was dressed entirely in black. BJ Wilson's drum solo during Power Failure was an explosive masterpiece. He poured so much into it that he almost fainted and actually had to be carried off the stage afterwards.' (thanks, Roy Stein)
710409
Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Arena
With Jethro Tull, Cactus, Curved Air
710410
Cincinnati, Ohio (thanks, Richard)
710411
Stony Brook, NY, SUNY Gym (two shows)
With Seatrain
710415
Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada (thanks, Frans)
The support was Cactus
710415
Rochester, NY, at the War Memorial.
Ticket here (thanks, Frank)
710416
Detroit, MI, Eastown Theater
With J. Geils Band, Trapeze
710417
Detroit, MI, Eastown Theater
J. Geils Band, Trapeze
710418
Painter's Mill Music Fair, Baltimore
Procol were promoting Broken Barricades; Cat Stevens opened. 'Two shows (I was at both): a great night of music.' (Scott Pendleton)
'I saw them at a 1,500-seat theater in the round with Cat Stevens, 18 April 1971 concert presented by Tree Frog Productions held at Painters Mill, just outside Baltimore, MD (thanks, MLinVa)
710423
Fillmore East, NYC (Procol Harum, Paul Winter Consort, Teegarden & VanWinkle)
'I was at this one.
The first of dozens. I remember arriving late and missing Teegarden &
Van Winkle. Paul Winter was a little 'out there' for the 17 year-old me,
and we couldn't wait for Procol Harum to begin.
'There was a lot of switching of instruments as I remember it. Robin
went to mandolin [? Ed] on A Salty Dog and bass on quite few
others, AWSoP being one, wish I could remember more specifically.
No bass guitar on Whaling Stories as Chris went to organ. This
didn't matter at all. It was great. It was the first time that us Yanks
ever heard Wee Small Hours, and we left the concert hall in
search of the rare UK 45. The Light Show was super, with a train engine
coming directly at us during Whisky Train. I've seen Procol so
many times since then that it's hard to remember. It was a GREAT show.
This was my favorite line-up. Chris Copping bassist extraordinaire!'
(thanks, Buddy Zech)
710424
New York, NY, Fillmore East (two shows)
Wuth Winter Consort, Teagarden & Van Winkle
710425
Philadelphia, PA, Spectrum
With Emerson, Lake & Palmer, T. Rex
710428
Boston, MA, Music Hall
With Mountain
710810
Santa Monica Civic
710811
Santa Monica Civic: Procol Harum,
As above, with Spencer Davis & Peter Jameson and Fanny.
710816
Schaefer Music Festival, Wollman Rink, Central Park, NYC
Mylon Lefevre opening the show: review here
Stage set-up pictures
'We had Procol at the
Ritz on 21 August 1971, the Blues Project
(later version of The Band) opened. There was a nice review of the concert in the Village Voice in their Scenes section, I have a copy of it somewhere.'
(thanks, Bob Herman!)
710904
St Louis
'This show was at The Factory, an old movie theater in St Charles on the left as you came off the old St. Charles Rock Road Bridge. The sound was great and lots of bands played out there: Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes closed the place after a late show on Hallowe'en night ... they had too many people in the place and the local police and Fire Marshall came in and told the crowd to clear the aisles and Ted cranked up the guitar and started playing which pissed off the police ... after that they pulled the plug and shut off their power and ended the show ... after that night they wouldn't let them have any more shows out there.' (thanks, Evan)
'Procol did two shows that evening, back to back, and I was there for both of them. Unfortunately, I have lost any memorabilia from that time but I see the setlist and it certainly looks right. I remember walking up to the old movie theatre and hearing Mr Ball practising the opening to Shine on Brightly. What a rush! I know for sure that was their opening number. Though the setlists were almost the same, I'm pretty sure they did at least a couple of different tunes in their second show. I stayed in the theatre between shows but I don't remember if I bought tickets for both. I remember hunkering down so logic tells me I didn't – but no one told me to leave. It was a great, intimate space to see Procol.' (thanks, Jim Krapf)
Setlist here
710905
Auditorium Theatre Chicago
(Black Oak Arkansas opening the show)
'... possibly the most inappropriate pairing of acts since Jimi Hendrix opened for The Monkees in the ‘60s,' writes Pam Chwedyk. 'According to my notes, some of the songs played included Simple Sister, Still There’ll Be More, In the Wee Small Hours of Sixpence, Power Failure, Pilgrims Progress and “a large portion of In Held ‘Twas In I". My extremely sketchy notes also indicate that: (1) GB commented that the band was like “the bloody Marx Brothers.” (2) Somebody in the audience gave BJ an orange, with Brooker then suggesting that dill pickles would be more appropriate. (3) GB warned the audience not to eat fish from Lake Michigan. (4) Most of the songs played seemed to come from the Shine on Brightly album.' (thanks, Pam)
Regarding the 1970 / 1971 / 1972 concerts in Chicago, I was at all three – I believe the 1970 Ravinia Concert was 17 July 1970, my first PH Show – very excellent. Black Oak Arkansas show was a mess, less than an hour before the encores, all 50s and 60s blues songs. Brooker was clearly in a bad mood. Mark-Almond show was sweet. (thanks, George Andrews)
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London School of Economics, UK
'I remember deciding then and there ... that they
were the great'st band I had ever seen ... and time and lots of concerts
hasn't changed my mind.' (thanks, Dave
Whitaker)
711014
Tivoli, Copenhagen
Ticket here
711015
Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark (thanks, Anders Blad)
711017
Konserthuset, Göteborg, Sweden
Setlist and ticket here
711018
Chateau Neuf - Oslo, Norway (thanks, Anders Blad)
Setlist here
711020
Holstebro Hallen, Holstebro Denmark
Procol were supported by two Danish bands: Day of Phoenix + Dr Dopo Jam. 971 tickets sold. Arranger: Scandinavium Booking Agency (thanks, Michael)
711022
Stakladen, Arhus, Denmark
Pictures here
711026
Munich
Ticket here (with Heads Hands and Feet)
711027
Frankfurt
Ticket here (with Heads Hands and Feet)
711028
Düsseldorf at the Rheinhalle (with Head Hands and Feet)
'I only remember, that they begun with Shine on Brightly and then played In the Wee Small Hours of Sixpence (thanks, Peter Krott)
711111
Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ticket here – King Crimson was the opener. (J P Hovercraft)
What a lucky teen I was to have been exposed to such great music at an early age. Gary did mention at the UCLA show that the band was heading to Edmonton to record with an orchestra – and did I mention that the band rocked that night.
Years later I did get to meet the band in 2003 at a restaurant in Seattle. Matt Pegg spilled his cocktail on the bar and proceeded to drink it up with a straw. He also introduced me to Gary and said, 'This is Bobby Coyote.' And Gary said, 'Well we do have foxes in England.'
(thanks, Bobby)
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Setlist here
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Setlist here