Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale

What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

July 2005

July 31:

Added a page of photos from before the Procol gig in Switzerland in June (thanks, Jill)

July 30:

Added a page of screenshots from a German television show (thanks, Larry)

July 29:

Added a page in our occasional series of pieces of Procol context from the UK: The Times some time in 1975 (thanks, John; thanks, Jill)

July 28:

XM Satellite Radio (USA only) has a Procol Harum 1977 BBC Concert scheduled for broadcast on XM Channel 40/Deep Tracks on Thursday 28 July at 10PM EDT / 7PM PDT (thanks, Roxie)

Added a page of screenshots – dodgy in colour, to some extent – from a Japanese Procoloid television show (thanks, Larry)

Where were you, exactly two years ago today? A lot of Procol Harum fans were in the midst of a remarkably good festival in California, USA, hearing the band, playing music, going to several parties, enjoying some international cameraderie... read about it all here.

We must do this again some time, eh?

July 27:

Added some nice photos of Procol playing Basel (thanks, Peti)

July 26:

Added a page of screenshots from an early French Procoloid television show (thanks, Larry)

July 25:

Added a penultimate dose of shots of Gary Brooker's huge charity gig in June (thanks, Robert)

July 24:

Added a page of screenshots from an early Italian Procoloid television show (thanks, Larry)

July 23:

Added a page in our occasional series of pieces of Procol context from the UK: The Times 15 January 1974 (thanks, John; thanks, Jill)

July 22: RIP Long John Baldry

Added another batch of shots of Gary Brooker's huge charity gig in June (thanks, Robert)

July 21:

Added one last dose of pictures taken lately when Procol played Basel (thanks, One-Eye)

July 20:

Added a page in our occasional series of pieces of Procol context from the UK: The Times 13 October 1973 (thanks, John; thanks, Jill)

July 19:

Added yet more pictures taken lately when Procol played Basel (thanks, One-Eye)

July 18:

Added a page in our occasional series of pieces of Procol context from the UK: The Times 10 May 1973 (thanks, John; thanks, Jill)

July 17:

Added some more shots of Gary Brooker's huge charity gig in June (thanks, Robert)

July 16:

Added some supplementary pictures taken lately when Procol played Basel (thanks, One-Eye)

July 15:

Added a page in our occasional series of pieces of Procol context from the UK: The Times 5 December 1972 (thanks, John; thanks, Jill)

July 14:

Added some shots of Gary Brooker's huge charity gig in June (thanks, Robert)

July 13:

Since a good clump of Palers enjoyed LA's Lickerish last time they played, the band has let us know that they're out again on Thursday 14 July at 10.40 pm at the Liquid Lounge, 3522 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA 90804 (one block east of Redondo Blvd.) 21 and over, no cover. (thanks, Tom)

Added some additional pictures taken lately when Procol played Basel (thanks, One-Eye)

July 12:

'The first time that a classical orchestra has added anything to pop music, and that the two musical approaches blended in any sort of constructive cohesion ...'

Added a nice Reid / Brooker feature to our occasional series of pieces of Procol context from the UK: The Times 6 September 1972 (thanks, John; thanks, Jill)

July 11:

Added some further pictures taken lately when Procol played Basel (thanks, One-Eye)

Added an optically-challenging scan of an advertisement to our occasional series of pieces of Procol context from the UK: The Times 11 September 1971 (thanks, John)

July 10:

What do you know about Procol Harum music at 1969's International Ballet Caravan?

Added a page in our occasional series of pieces of Procol context from the UK: The Times 30 October 1969 (thanks, John; thanks, Jill)

July 9:

Added some pictures of Procol Harum in soundcheck recently (thanks, Gilles)

July 8:

What song 'has its pop parentage in some Animals’ numbers and is very beautiful indeed?'

Added a remarkable and prescient article to our occasional series of pieces of Procol context from the UK: Procol history from The Times 29 May 1967 (thanks, John; thanks, Jill)

July 7: Our thoughts and prayers go to the people of London after today's awful terrorist attack

Added a confectionery wrapper here (thanks, Freddie)

Added some soundcheck photographs from Procol's second-most recent concert (thanks, One-Eye)

July 6:

Added a page describing an excellent way of celebrating a silver wedding anniversary (thanks, Margrit and Carlo)

July 5:

Added some more pictures taken at Procol Harum's concert in Basel recently (thanks, Gilles)

The (normally) rather serious BBC current affairs programme, 'Newsnight', in conjunction with its even more serious arts programme, 'Newsnight Review', is asking people to vote for their top five favourite music albums. The vote is open to anyone anywhere in the world so, if you wish to, please vote for Procol Harum, Matthew Fisher, Gary Brooker, Robin Trower etc. The poll is open until 12pm (UK time) on Wednesday, 6 July so there isn't much time left. The results will be announced on 5 August.

July 4:

Added some more pictures taken at Procol Harum's concert in Basel recently (thanks, Gilles)

July 3:

'... he became an internationally fêted millionaire ...'

Added a final excerpt from last year's very interesting biography of 'The greatest Procol Harum fan of them all' (thanks, Paddy)

July 2:

Added some pictures taken at Procol Harum's concert in Basel recently (thanks, Gilles)

The Beanstalk is BtP's forum for online conversations about Procol Harum and related music, enjoyed by many fans and occasional members of the band themselves: click here to join. Some subscribers lately report getting an error message, 'This posting deemed inappropriate by the moderator' or similar. If you see this, please just wait a while and send your posting again. If the software sends you a 'moderator contact', please don't reply, as there is nobody there! The list is run solely by the BtP team, and is not moderated; we regret any glitches of late but they are outside our control (BtP is a free service, so we can't afford more (probably) reliable expensive solutions). It's still a good deal more reliable than the old Yahoo list was.

July 1:

Added some more pictures taken before Procol Harum's concert in Basel recently (thanks, Gilles)

Added a micro-snippet of interest from the Daily Mail (thanks, Robin)

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