What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

December 2006

December 31:

Added the seventh of this season's engaging Christmas Conundrums

Added news of Ledreborg Concert broadcasts (thanks, Henrik)

December 30:

Added the sixth of this year's captivating Christmas Conundrums ... make sure you know which of these terrific prizes you want to become the owner of!

December 29:

Added the fifth of this season's stimulating Christmas Conundrums

December 28:

Added the fourth of this year's mesmeric Christmas Conundrums ... make sure you know which of these far-from-ignominious prizes you want to possess!

December 27:

Added the third of this season's intriguing Christmas Conundrums

December 26:

Added the second of this year's marvellous Christmas Conundrums ... make sure you know which of these fine prizes you want to end up with!

December 25: RIP James Brown
The BtP team would like to thank everyone for the numerous messages of thanks and support that have come in in recent days, and for the much-appreciated donations too

Added the first of this year's fab Christmas Conundrums

December 24: Merry Christmas!

Added a page introducing the fine prizes to be won in our Christmas Conundrums, which replace the regular updates at BtP during the Twelve Days of Christmas each year.

Added a page explaining how the forthcoming puzzles (this is the tenth series, and they get easier and easier as the years go by) will work. 

December 23:

Keep up the positive vibes for one-time Procol drummer Ian Wallace, who had his operation to deal with oesophageal cancer on Tuesday. It sounds as though he's come through this part very well indeed. "He's on the right track, moving forward slowly but steadily." (thanks, Evan)

December 22:

Colossal impact: added the first new gig for Procol in 2007: with orchestra and chorus, the band plays inside a vast meteoric crater (thanks, Chris)

Added a snippet from the LA Times, a good Guardian piece, a good Times piece, and a Daily Mirror piece on the judgment in the A Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit (thanks, all)

Also added a link to a Channel 4 TV report which includes a musical interview with Matthew Fisher (thanks Phil)

"I have no regrets on what I have written ..."

Added a personal page containing the opinions of Franky Brooker following the A Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit (thanks, Franky) 

December 21: BtP was down a while today because of scheduled maintenance at our server centre

Added the full text of Mr Justice Blackburne's judgment in the A Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit. At 99 paragraphs there's a lot to read, but it's good to get a glimpse of the full complexity of the case before coming to a reasoned opinion about its outcome. 

BtP has written to Matthew Fisher asking if would like to make a statement on the website, following the AWSuit judgment. We hope to hear from him; and from anyone who has a recording or transcript of his very interesting Channel 4 news interview (at a B3, sans Leslie) from yesterday evening.

Matthew's own website has been updated with a moving piece of text ... and with a statement

December 20:

December 19: Happy Birthday Josh Phillips (1962) ; RIP Denis Payton

Added a page of snaps recording the recent Brooker charity bash in deepest Surrey, and an alcoholic codicil to this page

'Eric Clapton joins Procol Harum ...' ... now read on (thank you, Peter)

Until the end of the month the Robin Trower band are raffling a very nice signed poster: entries are 10 USD and you can buy as many as you like ... all the proceeds go to charity. To know more, and to subscribe, click here (thanks, Steve)

If you are one of the many people who plan to buy the new Beatles album, Love, for Christmas, you can do so – and support BtP – by following one of these links to excellent discount prices ...

December 18:

Hats off to our Replacement Cook in Stockholm for keeping up the updates, and keeping us richly entertained over the past three nights (thanks, Jonas!) 

Added the setlist from last night's second No Stiletto Shoes concert in Southend (thanks, One-Eye)
 

December 17:

Added the setlist from last night's No Stiletto Shoes concert in Southend (thanks, One-Eye)
 

December 16:

Added the setlist from last night's No Stiletto Shoes concert in deepest Surrey

December 15: RIP Freddie Marsden and Ahmet Ertegun

Added the penultimate batch of an American fan's photo-diary of August's trip to experience Procol Harum in Denmark (thanks, Marvin)

Added a link to a signed AWSoP rarity for sale on eBay (thanks, Mike) 

The BtP team will be away from their posts this coming weekend, so we are happy to leave you again in the capable hands of our Replacement Cook in Stockholm: to get the daily updates for Saturday and Sunday, please click here (thanks again, Jonas!) 

December 14:

Added the fourth part of a Bristolian's picture-album from the Palers' Revels at Lejre (thank you, Linda)

December 13:

Added part six of a photographic record of the Palers' Revels at Lejre through the eyes of our Danish hosts (thanks, Henrik)

December 12:

We learn that there are still tickets for sale online at Club Riga for Gary Brooker's Christmas Gig on Saturday 16 December, which was previously thought to be sold out. (thanks, Mick)

December 11: The BtP team is back in 'office'. We wish to thank the Replacement Cook, Jonas, for keeping everybody entertained. Watch this space: he may be back sooner than you expect.

Added the fifth dose of a Londoner's picture-album from the Palers' Revels at Lejre (thanks, Peter)

December 10:

The BtP team will be away from their posts this coming weekend, so we are happy to leave you in the capable hands of our Replacement Cook in Stockholm: to get the daily updates for Saturday and Sunday, please click here (thanks, Jonas!) 

December 9:

The BtP team will be away from their posts this coming weekend, so we are happy to leave you in the capable hands of our Replacement Cook in Stockholm: to get the daily updates for Saturday and Sunday, please click here (thanks, Jonas!) 

December 8:

Added the second of four pictorial pages commemorating Procol Harum's performance in Zurich (thanks, Gilles)

The BtP team will be away from their posts this coming weekend, so we are happy to leave you in the capable hands of our Replacement Cook in Stockholm: to get the daily updates for Saturday and Sunday, please click here (thanks, Jonas!) 

December 7:

There is still time to get the official A Whiter Shade of Pale tee-shirt: just click here (thanks, Keith) 

Until the end of the month the Robin Trower band are raffling a very nice signed poster: entries are 10 USD and you can buy as many as you like ... all the proceeds go to charity. To know more, and to subscribe, click here (thanks, Steve)

Added a fourth page of pictures of Paler rehearsals from our correspondent in South Carolina (thanks, 'Shep')

December 6:

Added a welcome page enabling all Procol fans can make their own Salty Dog (thanks, Henrik)

Added some useful tour date information from the earliest years of Procoldom ... here and here and here (thanks, Pelletier)

December 5:

Added some tour information to pages here, here, here and here: all from Holstebro, Denmark (thanks, Michael) 

December 4:

November was a new record month in terms of visitors to this website. BtP received 173,284 visits, generating more than half a million page-views (503,298 to be precise). The AWSoP court case generated some of the extra visitors, and in the first days of the trial BtP served more than 50,000 page-views each day.

Added part five of a photographic record of the Palers' Revels at Lejre through the eyes of our Danish hosts (thanks, Henrik) 

If you are one of the many people who plan to buy the new Beatles album, Love, for Christmas, you can do so – and support BtP – by following one of these links to excellent discount prices ...

December 3:

Added the fourth dose of a Londoner's picture-album from the Palers' Revels at Lejre (thanks, Peter)

December 2:

December 1:

For the next thirty-one days the Robin Trower band are raffling a very nice signed poster: entries are 10 USD and you can buy as many as you like ... all the proceeds go to charity. To know more, and to subscribe, click here (thanks, Steve)

The A Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit is over, but journalistic pieces about it continue to come in: The Croydon Guardian, for one (thanks, Robert)  

Read what was new on this website in previous months