Procol Harum / Shine on Brightly competition
The Salvo reissues giveaway, April 2009 • answers at the
foot of the page
The nice people at Salvo Records have sent BtP these two
excellent albums to give away. As with all BtP's competitions, you simply have
to read and enact some simple instructions, and send us a message ... either of
these handsome recordings could be yours! Click on the images to see what tracks
are on the albums ... that's the info you need to solve the following conundrums
...
As is our wont, we're asking you to look for anagrams. For
today's purposes, an anagram is a phrase created using the letters of other
words, rearranged: for example, Rookery Grab is an anagram of
Gary Brooker ... and Heftiest Wham is
not an anagram of Matthew Fisher, because it doesn't have
quite the right letters in it (it lacks an 'r').
So ... have a look at the example sentence in the first
box ...
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When favourite ensembles publish
expanded albums
it's adulation time throughout the cosmos |
Hidden in there is a Procol anagram. Two consecutive (adjacent)
words, taken together, will supply the name of a song from one of the albums
above, when you rearrange the letters.
But which pair of words? Is it 'Favourite ensembles'? Well, if
there's a song called 'Forename Vestibules' on the above albums, that's
your answer (you may need to check). Or is it 'publish expanded'? Only if
there's a Brooker/Reid rarity called 'Blushed Appendix'. So how about
'Adulation time' ... and – Shalimar! – it looks as though that's an anagram of
Il Tuo Diamante ... which you've noticed is one of the many bonus tracks
on these albums. So you'd send an e-mail to 'Beyond the Pale' with 'Il Tuo
Diamante' in it, and we'd put your name in the BtP Homburg. The rest is in
the lap of the gods ...
So, enough of the examples. Here are the two real questions.
Find, and
click here to send us, the two song-titles (one in each box) that are
anagrams of adjacent word pairs in these nonsensical sentences.
|
The sublimest treble provokes swelling
rapture
in the metrical chasms of an unsteady landlubber |
|
Frail books and highborn tinsel provide
the pedagogic controls at eardrum mansion |
Click here to send us the two unscrambled song-titles
from the above Salvo re-issue albums. The competition ends on the next
anniversary of Shakespeare's death (23 April 1616). If your answers are
correct we'll put your name in a hat, and conduct the draw during 24 April. The
first name out of the hat wins Procol Harum, the second one wins Shine
on Brightly. Good luck!
The results
Thanks to everyone who submitted answers. There was a real variety of responses
... see below.
 |
Clue |
Suggested answer |
Was it right? |
|
|
sublimest treble |
Lime Street Blues |
No |
|
swelling rapture |
Repent Walpurgis |
No |
|
metrical chasms |
A Christmas Camel |
No |
|
unsteady landlubber |
Understandably Blue |
Yes |
|
Frail books |
A Robe of Silk |
No |
|
highborn tinsel |
Shine on Brightly |
No |
|
pedagogic controls |
The Gospel According to ... |
No |
|
eardrum mansion |
Monsieur Armand |
Yes |
The names were drawn from the BtP Homburg at teatime on St
George's Day 2009 (no glamorous assistant picture on this occasion, sorry)
The lucky winners were Mara Hills from San Francisco in
America and Dmitry Epstein from Ashdod, Israel: Salvo CDs on their
way to you on Friday 24 April, all being well.
If you sent in the right answer, but your name stayed in the BtP
Homburg, commiserations:
click here!
