Finally how's this for a set of mistakes?
(thanks, the Unknown Paler)
(thanks, davelee)
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Sometimes it's a re-issue that contradicts the original; sometimes it's a different label. Whatever the reason, this page sets out to catalogue the variants in published song-writing and performing creditson Procol Harum and related recordings, and leaves you to draw your own conclusions. Please send more ...
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Repent Walpurgis |
The Spanish import LP Historia de la Musica Rock on Polydor records credits Repent Walpurgis to Brooker / Reid / Fisher! (Larry Pennisi) |
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Quite Rightly So |
The Video CD / Audio CD combination of the 1971 Musikladen / Beat Workshop TV concert, by Mastertone, 1995 (is this a legitimate release?), miscredits Quite Rightly So ("Brooker / Reid"). |
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In the Wee Small |
The A&M promo 45 rpm record credits this song to K Reid - G Brooker - M Fisher – see a scan of it here |
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Shine On Brightly |
The 1992 Castle CD reissue lists Brooker / Fisher / Reid as the composers of this title-track; every other edition of the album I've seen says Brooker / Reid. (Joan May) |
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Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone) |
The Video CD / Audio CD combination of the 1971 Musikladen / Beat Workshop TV concert, by Mastertone, 1995 miscredits Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone) ("Brooker / Reid / Fisher"). |
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In Held 'Twas in I |
The Edmonton album credits this suite to Brooker / Fisher / Reid, but the Mobile Fidelity CD re-issue credits only Brooker / Reid (as the authors of In Held 'Twas I). (RC) John Ferrari notes: 'The official records of the US Copyright Office list Brooker, Reid, and Fisher for each of the segments of the piece.' |
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A Salty Dog |
The Video CD / Audio CD combination of the 1971 Musikladen / Beat Workshop TV concert, by Mastertone, 1995, miscredits A Salty Dog ("Brooker") |
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The Milk Of Human Kindness |
Disc Two of the Westside triple set is alone in listing 'Reid' as the only begetter of this fine song with the Shakespeare-inspired title. |
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Pilgrim's Progress |
The Video CD / Audio CD combination of the 1971 Musikladen / Beat Workshop TV concert, by Mastertone, 1995, lists the composers of the title track as "B Feldman/Fisher/Reid" !! The liner notes are by a Chris White but it isn't known if it's the same Chris White from the Zombies who collaborated on Matthew Fisher's Strange Days album. Where they got the Feldman is anyone's guess. |
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Long Gone Geek |
The Westside 3CD set, like the original B-side,
credits Brooker / Fisher / Reid; the Repertoire Reissue of the A Salty
Dog album credits Brooker / Reid. (Joan
May)
The 1969 Regal Zonophone 45 lists Brooker / Fisher / Reid as the Geek writers (Roland from BtP) |
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Simple Sister |
The Strange Fruit BBC Live CD credits this song to 'Brooker' only; BtP queried this and was told that this is how the credit for the song is registered with the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society; when the sleeve was reprinted (to include the full liner note) the Simple Sister credit remained unchanged. |
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No More Fear of Flying |
The sleeve of the vinyl album credits Brooker / Reid with this prophetic Procol epitaph; likewise the original Line CD reissue. The label of the vinyl album, however, ascribes the song to Brooker / Reid / Renwick. (RC) |
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Summer Nights |
Many fans have had a hard time believing that
Keith Reid wrote the word to Summer Nights,
the throwaway Gary Brooker bonus-track on Line INCD 9.00076 0
"Summer Nights is actually by Brooker/Fisher/Sutherland, not Brooker/Reid. The 45 RPM has the correct credit, not the Echoes in the Night CD on Line. I confirmed this with Brooker, Fisher, and Reid at San Diego 1993. Reid was amused to see his 'credit' on the Echoes CD." (Pat Keating) |
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Leave the Candle |
The fullest recording of GB vocal harmonies
that we know (Gary confirms that Gallagher and Lyle are involved here too,
'and doing some strumming'.) Gary also confirms to BtP (26 October 2004)
that the words are indeed by Peter Sinfield. Those conflicting credits:
45 RPM, Chrysalis CHS2396, 1980: 45 RPM, Line 6.13911, 1982: |
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Nutrocker |
Nutrocker isn't credited to any composer
on Matthew Fisher's solo album, A Salty Dog Returns, I don't think.
But on the Emerson Lake and Palmer version on their 1971 live album Pictures
at an Exhibition, the composer credit for Nutrocker is Kim
Fowley.
Another version - the first? - was recorded by B Bumble and the Stingers. I'm pretty sure that Fisher's version is the only one that incorporates a bit from the 1812 Overture, in addition to the Nutcracker Suite - both by Tchaikovsky of course. (Joan May) |
And for miscredits on non-Procol recordings, we guess the sky's the limit ... but here are a couple to be going on with:
| A Whiter Shade of Pale | Irish folk singer Tommy Sands's cover credits the track to Reid / Brooker / Fisher (thanks, Tony) Since the High Court verdict in 2006, however, this seems prophetic rather than incompetent. Thoroughly incompetent examples are here. |
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A Souvenir of London |
The Danish cover of this song doesn't list anyone from Procol Harum in the credits at all: full sad story here. |
See also: The Writings On The Billboard: At Long Last the Truth about Brooker's Flatulence and the Two Wilsons
And there are some puzzling, though unsensational, blunders here
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Finally how's this for a set of mistakes? |
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A previous owner of this CD has carefully endorsed the
sleeve with an approximation of the band's name (thanks, davelee) |
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