Previous years of hebdomadal BtP updates

Year 15, ending October 2012

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10 October 2012:  The final Year #15 hebdomadal bulletin at 'Beyond the Pale'

Added a page containing two photographs of BJ Wilson – hitherto unseen gems from the forthcoming Procol Harum biography, of which he is the dedicatee (cheers, Lucy)

Click here to pre-order your signed copy of the new Procol biography from the online Procol store (cheers, Henry)

Added a link to BJ Wilson playing BBC Sight and Sound in Concert, 1978
Added three photographs of Barrie Wilson in his Joe Cocker days (thanks, Gerard)  

Just five days left, if you want to sign up for the 2013 Palers' Band: use this page.  Even Old Friends who have played in the Palers' Band before need to sign up, so we have contact details, and exact days of arrival, and so on.

Wuppertal April 2013: please note that the special seats for the two orchestral shows, which 'Beyond the Pale' reserved, will cease to be available exclusively on 15 October. After that date, they'll be available to the public again. Before that date, you can get them from this page ... and they're the best tickets remaining for these wonderful concerts.

Added a link with a possible faint Salty Dog connection

Congratulations to Peter Cohen in the UK, who was the winner in this free CD-giveaway competition (thanks, Elizabeth)

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8 October 2012:  

Birthday update! It's fifteen years ago today that Jens and Roland started 'Beyond the Pale'

We certainly didn't imagine that – fifteen years on – Procol Harum would have their sights on a Japanese tour, followed by an orchestral series culminating in two amazing gigs at the Wuppertal Stadthalle. And we didn't suppose they would be the subject of a second biography in book form ... nor that they would be nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Hurrah!

Please celebrate with us by watching the whole of this magnificent clip (thanks, Jan) which shows how the Procol magic works irrespective of age / language / territory ...

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3 October 2012:  The fiftieth hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

RIP Big Jim Sullivan

Procol Harum have been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Rolling Stone has a poll here

Visit the official Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website – and vote by clicking http://rockhall.com/get-involved/interact/poll/

It's amazing how hitherto-unknown Procol Harum dates (and spelling errors!) continue to emerge! Click here and here for Oxford Polytechnic reportlet and graphic from forty years ago (thanks, Bill)

Click here to pre-order your signed copy of the new Procol Harum biography from the online Procol store (cheers, Henry)

Today's the last day in this free CD-giveaway competition

Twelve days left, if you want to sign up for the Palers' Band: use this page.  Even Old Friends who have played in the Palers' Band before need to sign up, so we have contact details, and exact days of arrival, and so on.

Twelve days left to get your Procol tickets, for Wuppertal, through BtP (cheaper, and better seats than available through the regular outlet: get them from this page)

Added a fifth page of stellar pictures from the final Band du Lac gig at Wintershall in Surrey (thanks, Heidi)

Added some pictures of Procol Harum on tour this August (thanks, Steve)

"It’s not just the two of us sitting here in a café saying, 'That sounds like Bach ...' ... That organ riff is basically the same riff as in Bach’s Air on the G String" (thanks, Charlie)

Wuppertal April 2013: please note that the special seats for the two orchestral shows, which 'Beyond the Pale' reserved, will cease to be available exclusively on 15 October. After that date, they'll be available to the public again. Before that date, you can get them from this page ... and they're the best tickets remaining for these wonderful concerts.

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26 September 2012:  The forty-ninth hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

RIP Andy Williams

Following the healthy bidding for the 1967 Procol Harum silk robe (auction now ended) – added another page advertising a different, equally fine 'robe of silk' for sale by auction (link here)

This is the embroidered white 'Chinese Clobber' Gary Brooker wore to promote A Whiter Shade of Pale  in the summer of 1967.  By bidding for this, you're supporting GB's BJ Wilson fund! (thanks, Gary)

Added booking details of a very promising show of Procol Harum footage at the British Film Institute, tying in with the launch of Henry Scott-Irvine's long-expected Procol Harum book (thanks, Henry)

Added a hi-res cover shot of the new biography ... what were the chances that such a Procol book would be published in 2012? (thanks, Lucy)

Added a page of promotional material for Henry's book (thanks, Matt)

Added a picture here

One more week to go in this free CD-giveaway competition ... it's easy, so don't be shy!

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19 September 2012: The forty-eighth hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Keep an eye on the final hours of the sale of the AWSoP robe (at eBay, here) ... the one Gary Brooker wore to sing A Whiter Shade of Pale on the BBC's 'Top of the Pops' in July 1967 (thanks, Gary)

(Reminder to musicians): if you would like to play with The Palers' Band on stage in Wuppertal in April 2013, you need to fill in your details promptly on this page (big thanks, Piers)

Added a surprising AWSoP reference, of special interest to prosopographers (thanks, Peter)

Added an unusual Procol tee-shirt – please send in others from your collection, if they're not already on this page (thanks, Kroy)

Added a Procol Croydon ticket here (thanks, Anvil)

Added an obituary for the famous engineer of 1967's A Whiter Shade of Pale session (thanks, Joan)

Added a second, illustrated and listenable review of Reflections in My Tea

Added a free CD-giveaway competition here !

Have a listen to this curiosity  ... specially the cheeky Hammond counterpoints. I Dik Dik and Camaleonti are contextualised at this BtP page ... and there's peculiar Procol / Dik Dik hybrid here to boot (grazie, Antonio!)

Added a fourth page of pictures from Gary Brooker's final Band du Lac gig at Wintershall in Surrey (thanks, Heidi)

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12 September 2012:  The forty-seventh hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Added a page advertising a very fine robe for sale by auction (link here) ... the one Gary Brooker wore to sing A Whiter Shade of Pale on the BBC's 'Top of the Pops' in July 1967 (thanks, Gary)

Added the ticket for a historic live recording here and here and here (thanks, Anvil)

Added a link to new music by Mick Grabham ... see here ... this will be of particular interest to guitar players (thanks, Charlie)

Added a ticket to the foot of this page ... now you can compare prices in two areas of the same London gig (thanks, Bradshaw)

Added an Amazon link to our page for the new Reflections in  My Tea album, and a review (thanks, Rob)

Added a link where you may see and hear the vocalist with whom Procol will collaborate in November/December, singing A Whiter Shade of Pale

Added an antique ticket to this page ... but does anybody know the venue for this June 1964 gig? (thanks, Bradshaw)

Modestly-priced on eBay ... time-traveller's authentic Procol tee-shirt from 1969 with artwork from 1971 on the back (thanks, Henry)

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5 September 2012: The forty-sixth hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Added first news of Procol Harum's nine Japanese dates in December, and the band's recent Abbey Road session (thanks, Chris)

Further details about the Japanese shows are here, here, here, here, here and here ... still there'll be more (detail!)

(Reminder to musicians): if you would like to play with The Palers' Band on stage in Wuppertal in April 2013, you need to fill in your details promptly on this page (big thanks, Piers)

Added substantially to this well-illustrated page (thanks, Bradshaw); time to have another look at this sequence too

Added a nice review of the end of Procol Harum's recent tour of America (thanks, Michael)

Added a gastro-link to the last paragraph of the first concert review ever written for 'Beyond the Pale'

Added two very unusual 1967 Procol Harum sound-clips to this excellent page

Added a picture and a link to this page ... the new CD is now available! (thanks, Elizabeth)

Added the setlist and comments from Procol Harum's gig at Boca Raton, USA (thanks, Ernie)

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Rosemont, IL, USA (thanks, James)

Still one recent US setlist we don't know: is anyone able to help – please mail us from this link – with Salt Lake City (10 August)?

Added a third page of pictures from the final Band du Lac gig at Wintershall in Surrey (thanks, Heidi)

Wuppertal 2013 Convention; 'Echoes in the Night' • don't miss the train: book tickets and hotel rooms now

Follow 'Beyond the Pale' on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ProcolHarum1)

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30 August 2012: The forty-fifth hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Happy Birthdays (yesterday) to Chris Copping and Geoff Whitehorn!

Nobody watching can have realised at the time, but in July 1967 the BBC TV audience heard a bit of the third verse of A Whiter Shade of Pale ... whose existence was scarcely known about outside the band. They also heard two lines that Keith Reid definitely didn't write: details are here

Added some action photos from Procol Harum in San Diego (thanks, One-Eye)

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at San Jose, USA (thanks, Robert)

6 September 2012: 'Fabulously eccentric ex-Procol Harum guitarist Dave Ball makes a very welcome return to The Spark with his zany and crazy tunes to captivate and amuse'

Added a second page of pictures from the final Band du Lac gig at Wintershall in Surrey (thanks, Heidi)

Added a page about Geoff Downes from the band Yes, a Procol Harum fan (thanks, Jim)

Added the first glimpse of a forthcoming CD from a musician who is a passionate Procol Harum fan (thanks, Elizabeth)

Updated two pages – here and here – following discussion on the very lively Procol Harum Facebook page (1,700+ participants)

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Snoqualmie, USA (thanks, Pat and others)

Brilliant success for Bristol's Phantom Limb – watch here – whose new album has garnered so many fans from the Procol camp: while searching this Classic Rock Poll for the various categories in which you can vote for Procol Harum ('living legend' is sadly not a reader-votable award), take a moment to vote Phantom Limb as 'best new band'

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23 August 2012: The forty-fourth hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Added the setlist – which contains a surprise – from Procol Harum's gig at Las Vegas, USA (thanks, Freddie)

BtP shop: all orders received at the online store in the past six weeks have now been despatched. Thanks for your patience while staff holiday meant we were unable to send out CDs and tee-shirts.

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at San Diego, USA (thanks, One-Eye)

Have a look at this surprising poll, which canvasses the relative merits of BJ Wilson and Nick Mason (drummer of Pink Floyd!).

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Denver, CO, USA (thanks, Evan)

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Scottsdale AZ, USA (thanks, Bradshaw)

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Los Angeles, USA (thanks, One-Eye)

Added some pictures taken before the show at Los Angeles (thanks, One-Eye)

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16 August 2012:  The forty-third hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Added some thoughts about the Procol show on Monday 6 August (thanks, Howard)

Added a link to a video interview with Geoff Whitehorn recorded in Atlanta (thanks, Gary)

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9 August 2012:  The forty-second hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Portsmouth, VA, USA (thanks, Zedog)

Added the setlist and a report from Procol Harum's recent concert at Clarkston, MI (thanks, Michael)

Added some pictures from Procol Harum's concert in Upper Darby (thanks, Anthony)

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5 August 2012: Sunday catch-up

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at N Myrtle Beach SC, USA (thanks, Michael)

Also added a report from the Myrtle Beach concert (thanks, Michael)

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Washington DC, USA (thanks, Amy and Richard)

Added a report from Procol Harum's gig at Washington DC (thanks, Wayne)

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2 August 2012:  The forty-first hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at St Augustine, USA (thanks, Leo) 

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Boston, USA (thanks, Pat)

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Alpharetta, GA, USA (thanks, John and Steven)

Added some pictures from Morristown (thanks, Jim)

 Added pictures from Raleigh, NC (thanks, Jerald)

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Clearwater Fl, USA (thanks, Jim)

Also added a short report from the Clearwater concert (thanks again, Jim)

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29 July 2012: Sunday catch-up

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Raleigh NC, USA (thanks, Michael, Joel)
Uncertainties regarding this setlist have now been resolved. Thanks, everyone.
 
Added some pictures from Raleigh (thanks, Bob)

A link to a review by Soundpress.net (thanks, Evan)

Added a report from the Raleigh concert (thanks, Sam)

Can you help fellow-fans with setlists, for our archive, from Boston, Boca Raton or San Augustine? Send us a mail (thanks)

Tickets for 'Echoes in the Night' and Procol Harum's concerts – all in April 2013 – are selling fast. Get yours, and a room at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel today

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26 July 2012:  The fortieth hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Added a review from Upper Darby (thanks, Leigh)

Added the first instalment of pictures from Lewiston (thanks, Bob)

Added some great pictures from Westbury (thanks, Bert)

'But if you could take it apart and explain it it wouldn't be Procol Harum, would it?'
Added Bert Saraco's review from Westbury (thanks, Bert)

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Morristown NJ, USA (thanks, Evan and Alan) 

Added a review from Procol Harum's concert in Pittsburgh and the setlist from the same concert (thanks, Jim)

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22 July 2012: Sunday extra, setlists and reviews from the ongoing US tour

Added some notes about Procol Harum at Lewiston (thanks, Bob)

Added a Lewiston review (thanks, Stephen)

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Bethlehem, USA (thanks, Evan)

Added some pictures from Atlantic City (thanks, Anthony)

Added a review from Westbury (thanks Carl)

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Upper Darby PA, USA (thanks, Mike and Ralph)

Added some comments here (thanks, Mark)

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19 July 2012:  The thirty-ninth hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

RIP Jon Lord

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig, including Gary Brooker's tribute to Jon Lord, at Lewiston, USA (thanks, Jen)

We'd really like to archive the complete set of setlists from this US tour so please, if you go to a show, share the list of what the band played by sending an e-mail to webmaster@procolharum.com.

Added a page of photographs of Procol Harum on stage at Atlantic City, America (thanks, Unsteady Freddie)

Added a review of Procol on stage at Englewood (thanks, Ken)

The band's current US touring backdrop: more reviews and pictures will follow when we have readied the pages  

Booking fast: the Wuppertal 2013 Convention, three fab events under one resonant title, 'Echoes in the Night'.

BtP shop reminder: the online store will remain open all summer, but there will be no more despatches from now until 22 August, for staff holiday reasons. By all means continue to place your orders, and they'll remain safely on the system until we're in a position to send the merchandise out to you.

Follow 'Beyond the Pale' on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ProcolHarum1)

And do enjoy this interview with the excellent Yolanda Quartey of Phantom Limb

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17 July 2012:

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Westbury, USA (thanks, Evan)

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Englewood, USA (thanks, Evan, Mark, Amy) 

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14 July 2012:

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig at Atlantic City, USA (thanks, Amy, Richard and Evan)

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12 July 2012:  The thirty-eighth hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Procol Harum, having played a Danish festival at the weekend, are tonight en route to the USA for their extensive summer tour – we'd really like to have the complete set of setlists from these gigs so please, if you go to a show, share the list of what the band played by sending an e-mail to webmaster@procolharum.com. Good luck all!

Added some pictures from Procol Harum's recent concert in Denmark (thanks, Anders)

Basecamp discount hotel bookings for the Wuppertal convention got off to a flying start thanks to Procol delegates from the USA (7), Denmark (4), France (4), the UK (4), Italy (3), Austria (2), Finland (2), Germany (2), New Zealand (2), Switzerland (2), Poland (1) and Spain (1), at the last count. 'Beyond the Pale' has reserved plenty of hotel capacity: it's the Procol tickets themselves that you really need to hurry for, because the local publicity for these orchestral shows has been understandably enormous. It's going to be a very exciting few days: below we repeat the exciting arrangements for the best-ever get-togethers and parties for Procol Harum fans:

Now Booking: the Wuppertal 2013 Convention, three events under one resonant title 'Echoes in the Night'. Click here, or here, to read about the social/musical events organised by 'Beyond the Pale' and 'Whaling Stories', as a complement to the magnificent orchestral Procol shows in one of the finest halls the band is ever likely to play in. The page contains all the links you need to get in quick and place your online order (tickets will arrive by e-mail). It also tells how people coming to 'Echoes in the Night' can acquire good Procol tickets, better seats than those that now remain at the public booking site [Click here for a step-by-step guide to the online booking site for 'Echoes in the Night' tickets] Now booking also: Wuppertal Basecamp Hotel, (see also here) where BtP has negotiated a discount price so that fans may stay together, very close to the Procol gigs, and enjoy shared transport (provided by the organisers) to get to the 'Echoes in the Night' events. Added a page of pictures taken at the Basecamp Hotel, last month, by the BtP team See you there next April!

Musicians! If you'd like to play and/or sing with the Palers' Band in 2013, please read this page ... note that the sign-up form is not live yet!

'I'm pleased it contains some more unusual songs ... Gary 'Bluesman' Brooker and Inky Reid, the original and the best ...'
Added a second review of MMX (thanks, Richard)

Added the fifth and final picture (with comments, and note of verbal variants), from the Carole M Hassan illustrated In Held series (thanks, Gary)
 

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8 July 2012:

Added the setlist from last night's concert in Skagen, Denmark

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5 July 2012:  The thirty-seventh hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Added more good news about Gary Brooker (thanks, Gary)

Added a page about the programme from the magnificent concert hall where Procol Harum will play in April 2013 in Germany. It's advance publicity like this that explains why these high-prestige gigs are selling so fast (thanks, Michael)

Added an excerpt from a German rock magazine which, again, accounts for the high public interest in the Wuppertal concerts in 2103 (thanks, Michael)

Now Booking: the Wuppertal 2013 Convention, three events under one resonant title 'Echoes in the Night'. Click here, or here, to read about the social/musical events organised by 'Beyond the Pale' and 'Whaling Stories', as a complement to the magnificent orchestral Procol shows in one of the finest halls the band is ever likely to play in. The page contains all the links you need to get in quick and place your online order (tickets will arrive by e-mail). It also tells how people coming to 'Echoes in the Night' can acquire good Procol tickets, better seats than those that now remain at the public booking site [Click here for a step-by-step guide to the online booking site for 'Echoes in the Night' tickets] Now booking also: Wuppertal Basecamp Hotel, (see also here) where BtP has negotiated a discount price so that fans may stay together, very close to the Procol gigs, and enjoy shared transport (provided by the organisers) to get to the 'Echoes in the Night' events. Added a page of pictures taken at the Basecamp Hotel, last month, by the BtP team See you there next April!

Musicians! If you'd like to play and/or sing with the Palers' Band in 2013, please read this page

As excitement mounts about the next Palers' Band outing (Wuppertal, April 2013), added links here in memory of three great Palers – Gothic Harris, Palle Bas Christensen, and Martin Clare – whom we'd love to play with one more time

Setlists for the Procol Harum summer tour – we'd really like to have the complete set of setlists. Please, if you go to a show, share the list of what the band played by sending an e-mail to webmaster@procolharum.com

'There are only two types of people that ought to buy MMX, the new Live Procol Harum album ...'
Added a first review of MMX (thanks, Bert)

Revised! Can you think of 42 Procol Harum songs that have never appeared on any authorised live recording? Or 44 that have appeared on only one? Or the 17 that have appeared twice? No prizes for guessing which song has appeared on the most live albums (bet you get it wrong, though!). All this and more, on this thrilling page (thanks, Henbane; thanks, Ian)

BtP shop news: the online store will remain open all summer, but there will be no more despatches from now until 22 August, for staff holiday reasons. By all means continue to place your orders, and they'll remain safely on the system until we're in a position to send the merchandise out to you.

Follow 'Beyond the Pale' on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ProcolHarum1)

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28 June 2012:  The thirty-sixth hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Added a further bulletin about the recuperation of Gary Brooker (thanks, Franky and Gary)

Added a page about the new Procol Harum album (thanks, Chris)

Added the liner note for the above album, where readers may find out what it contains (including the new Brooker/Reid songs)

Some early customers may not have realised that two different versions of the new live album, MMX, are available. You can choose 14 individual tracks, or you can choose the whole programme in one long track which includes the spoken introductions. See here for more details. If you chose the latter, you may have accidentally been supplied with a Wave file ... too large to burn on to a single CD. The record company has rectified that error, so the long track is now available in mp3 format, as was originally intended by the band. Customers who bought the Wave file, by accident, should now have received an apologetic message including a special code that will permit them to make a fresh purchase at the Procol download shop, at no additional charge. (Note: 'Beyond the Pale' isn't involved in either supplying the music or rectifying the problem ... just taking turns in trying to pass on the news)

Our 2013 Procol Harum convention page ... though it's early days still ... has caused a lot of excitement. We have to emphasise that the Symphonic Procol tickets are selling fast (Wuppertal's is an 'A' rated orchestra): click here and find the links that take you to English-language versions of the online booking page

BtP shop news: thanks to all our customers, specially the recent tee-shirt buyers. The online store will remain open all summer, but please be aware that there will be no despatches from now until 22 August, for staff holiday reasons. By all means place your orders, and they'll remain safely on the system until we're in a position to send the merchandise out to you.

Well done to the lucky winners of these six treasured Procol Harum items in recent auctions: Gary Brooker's 1974 leather jacket, his silk shirt from 1973, Procol's charming George W Bush toy, Procol Harum's 'Fat Old Buddha', a yellow homunculus, and a fine galleon ... click and see the prices they reached. All proceeds are divided between the BJ Wilson fund, and 'Beyond the Pale' (thanks, Gary). More items of this nature in a couple of months' time.

Should you want Procol Harum handbills and posters, click here (thanks, Debi)

Added another strong example of the words 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' in common parlance (thank you, Peter)

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21 June 2012:  The thirty-fifth hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

RIP Victor Spinetti (brother of Procol's Henry)

'Already 1,000 tickets sold!' Such is the buzz about the German symphonic shows that yesterday's Wuppertaler Rundschau published an article about them, and the rapid sale of tickets, with a nicely-faked photograph showing Procol Harum on stage in the fantastic Historic Town Hall where they will play in about 290 days' time (thanks, Michael)

Added a mixed page about trains – and an elephant falling out of one into the river below – all closely related to the Wuppertal Procol Convention in April 2013

Added a page offering – to the highest bidder – a famous Procol Harum garment and two photographs from the Exotic Birds and Fruit years (thanks, Gary)

Updated this interesting index (thanks, Bradshaw)

Added a useful link to this page (part of an excellent series starting here)

Should you want tickets for Procol Harum at the Fillmore East, click here (thanks, Debi) or see here

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15 and 18 June 2012:

Added more two more bulletins of news to our page concerning Gary Brooker's accident in Cape Town (thanks, Chris)

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14 June 2012:  The thirty-fourth hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

RIP Bob Welch

Added much material to the 2013 Procol Harum convention page ... a splendid time is guaranteed for all, and still there'll be more.

Added a page about the Procol Harum weekend patron

Added a page offering – to the highest bidder – a famous Procol Harum garment and a good photograph from the Grand Hotel years (thanks, Gary)

Added Atlanta ticket-stubs here and here (and here) (thanks, Ernie)

Click here to enjoy Gary Brooker in Evita singing what can surely not be the finest Lloyd-Webber song ever ... 'reign in Spain' notwithstanding

Added the fourth picture (with comments, and note of verbal variants), from the Carole M Hassan illustrated In Held series (thanks, Gary)

Added a new gig to the Dave Ball live page (thanks, Dave)

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9 June 2012:

Added more news to our page concerning Gary Brooker's accident in Cape Town (thanks, Franky)

The BtP team is just back from Wuppertal in Germany where we have started preparations for the planned Palers' Party next year (thanks, Michael) We will soon announce the exciting details:  everything seems to fit perfectly for a fantastic weekend. For more information, please bookmark this page and save the date ... week ending 6 April 2013.

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7 June 2012:  The thirty-third hebdomadal bulletin for Year #15 at 'Beyond the Pale'

Many thanks to the great numbers of well-wishers who have left messages for Gary Brooker, who is recuperating in hospital at Cape Town. You may read these, and of course contribute, by clicking here

Added a South African news article (thanks, Chris M)

Added a page offering – to the highest bidder – a charming politician in effigy that adorned the drum-baffle during Procol Harum's the Union Chapel DVD concert in 2003 (thanks, Gary)

Added an mp3 link here to a really good British radio interview with Procol's Dave Ball, now embarked on a vigorous solo career: overseas listeners may need to tune their cultural antennae to the Midlands banter. Note how the Procol tunes played (which we've edited down, to spare your download time) didn't feature Dave, and feature barely a note of guitar! Still – great to have such Procol coverage, and Ball coverage too (thanks, Dave/Denny). If you fancy the whole thing in stereo too, with Alan Price to boot, you've got a few days to catch up with it here

Added the third picture (with comments, and note of verbal variants), from the Carole M Hassan illustrated In Held series (thanks, Gary)

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3 June 2012:

Added a heartening bulletin to our page concerning Gary Brooker's accident in Cape Town (thanks, Chris)