What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

June 30: Procol Harum play in a week's time at Lulworth Castle; and tomorrow at Helsinki

Tickets for Procol Harum's concert in Herning, Denmark, now on sale. See here (thanks Solvej)

Added a page of photos of Procol and fans mingling in Norway lately (thanks, Nipa)

Reminder: today's the last chance to order 42 great new tracks of Procol music on Trace of a Feeling at the introductory price of 18 USD.

June 29: Procol Harum play Randers in nineteen weeks' time

Reminder: tomorrow's the last chance to order 42 great new tracks of Procol music on Trace of a Feeling at the introductory price of 18 USD.

While you are at the BtP shop, check out the clothing section. It's a long while since any new tee-shirts for Procol Harum fans came out, but US artist Ruthie Bosch has excelled here with a premium quality shirt in two colours and five different sizes. Pre-order now for a good discount: tee-shirts will be available last week of July.

Added a page inviting all Palers to follow next weekend's Procol show with a Procoholic's organ recital (thanks, Will)

June 28: Happy Birthday David Knights! (1945)

Reminder: only two days left to order 42 great new tracks of Procol music on Trace of a Feeling at the introductory price of 18 USD.

Added an eighth page of photos from Gary Brooker's surprising Band du Lac concert at Highclere in May (thanks, Robert)

June 27:

Added some more great soundcheck pictures from Procol Harum in Lillehammer (thanks, One-Eye)

June 26:

Added a seventh page of photos from Gary Brooker's eclectic Band du Lac concert at Highclere in May (thanks, Robert)

New in the BtP Shop: You can now pre-order the brand new Palers' Project t-shirt at a discounted price.

June 25:

Added some action photographs from Procol Harum's recent gig in Lillehammer (thanks, Chris)

June 24: Eight weeks until Procol Harum play their first of two consecutive orchestral gigs at Ledreborg Castle in Denmark; and a week to their Helsinki gig

If you want to your accommodation reserved for you at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in Denmark: make your reservation as soon as possible. We have now been able to secure a few more rooms at the Basecamp hotel (thanks Birgitte),  but supply is very limited. For each night we only have between 2 and 10 rooms, so we recommend that you act quickly.

Updated the page listing Palers who have already booked their tickets for the Palers' Revels in Denmark in August. Surprising to see where most of them come from.

Added a sixth page of photos from Gary Brooker's marvellous Band du Lac concert at Highclere in May (thanks, Robert)

June 23:  Procol Harum play in a fortnight's time at Lulworth Castle

Added a picture page to pre-acquaint Palers with the delights of Lulworth Castle, where we shall be enjoying a Procol Harum gig in a fortnight's time.

June 22: Happy Birthday, Bobby Harrison (1939) Procol Harum play Randers in twenty weeks' time

June 21: Happy Birthday, Mark Brzezicki (1957)

The BtP shop has a reviews section ... see here for example. If you've ordered something you enjoyed, or were satisfied with the speed of service, why not leave a brief note to encourage would-be users? Go back to the product you're reviewing (eg here) and look for 'Write a Review' on the right-hand side of the page, just above the national flags.

Some important reminders:

Some information about a planned get together for Procol Harum fans in Helsinki 1. July (thanks Juice)

Palers going to Denmark in August, will be well advised to look at the usefull travel information and tourist information about the area (in English) on the Danish Procol Harum website, or contact them at ledreborg@procolharum.dk (thanks Niels-Erik)

June 20:

If you want to your accommodation reserved for you at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in Denmark: make your reservation as soon as possible. We have now been able to secure a few more rooms at the Basecamp hotel (thanks Birgitte),  but supply is very limited. For each night we only have between 3 and 12 rooms, so we recommend that you act quickly.

Added a fifth page of photos from Gary Brooker's exciting  Band du Lac concert at Highclere in May (thanks, Robert)

Find your Procoholic neighbours and have fun with the Procol fans' world atlas ... now showing 440 names and counting ... and add your own name, town, or favourite lyric. There are some amiable curiosities in the film-strip associated with it ... click here

Always nice to hear from satisfied customers when they receive their Procol and Palers' Project CDs, publications and garments from the BtP Shop ... where Procol fans can browse and order securely.

June 19:

 If you want to join in the fun at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel: make your reservation tomorrow at the latest

Added a fourth page of photos from Gary Brooker's superb Band du Lac concert at Highclere in May (thanks, Robert)

June 18:

If you want to stay amid fellow-travellers at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in Denmark: you have two days left to make your reservation

Added an excellent review of Procol Harum at the Isle of Wight (thanks, Mike)

June 17: Nine weeks until Procol Harum play their first of two consecutive orchestral gigs at Ledreborg Castle in Denmark; and two weeks to their Helsinki gig

If you want to stay with fellow Procol fans at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in August: you have three days left to make your reservation

June 16: Procol Harum play in three weeks' time at Lulworth Castle

Added some illustrations to the Procol Isle of Wight setlist (thanks, Hugh)

If you want to stay with the other Procol fans at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in Denmark: you have four days left to make your reservation 

June 15: Procol Harum play Randers in twenty-one weeks' time

If you want to play in the Palers' Band in August ... please respond today, or forever hold your peace; if you want to stay at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in Denmark: you have five days left to make your reservation

The Beanstalk is back! The former Beanstalk was closed down following a complaint (either malign or stupid) to AOL that the list was sending spam, At considerable expense of money and time we have set up a new site ( www.palers.net ) to host a new Beanstalk. We have decided NOT to transfer subscribers direct from the old Beanstalk to the new Beanstalk, as some of the subscribers on the old list did not apparently wish to be there.

So to subscribe, click on this page 

Added a page from Denmark reporting the pro-hunting stance of certain stars in Gary Brooker's Band du Lac (thanks, Pia and Mogens)

June 14:

If you want to play in the Palers' Band in Denmark ... please respond by tomorrow; if you want to stay at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in August: you have six days left to make your reservation

Added a third page of photos from Gary Brooker's star-studded Band du Lac concert at Highclere in May (thanks, Robert)

June 13:

If you want to play in the Palers' Band in August ... you have two more days to respond; if you want to stay at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in Denmark: you have seven days left to make your reservation 

Added some information about a planned get together for Procol Harum fans in Helsinki 1. July (thanks Juice)

Palers going to Denmark in August, will be well advised to look at the usefull travel information and tourist information about the area (in English) on the Danish Procol Harum website, or contact them at ledreborg@procolharum.dk (thanks Niels-Erik)

June 12: RIP György Ligeti

Added the setlist from yesterday's return to the Isle of Wight Festival for Procol Harum (thanks, Chris)

If you want to play in the Palers' Band  in Denmark ... you have three more days to respond; if you want to stay at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in August: you have eight days left to make your reservation 

June 11: Procol Harum at the Isle of Wight Festival

BtP was down for several hours yesterday because someone with an AOL e-mail account made several unjustified spam complaints about our Procol e-list, The Beanstalk. This is now sorted out, but BtP wishes to get in touch with the person who caused this. We have spent several hours on the AOL website, vainly trying to find an e-mail address for someone in this company. Can anybody help us with a valid e-mail address to somebody (person or department) responsible in AOL? Please mail us

Unless we can sort this out, all people with AOL e-mail addresses wil be banned from the BtP mail-lists in the future, because we cannot risk this occurring again.

If you want to play in the Palers' Band in August ... you have four more days to respond; if you want to stay at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in Denmark: you have nine days left to make your reservation  

June 10: Ten weeks until Procol Harum play their first of two consecutive orchestral gigs at Ledreborg Castle in Denmark; and three weeks to their Helsinki gig

BtP has been down for several hours today because someone unrightful reported The Beanstalk for spam violation. The website is now back to normal operation, but we have suspended the Beanstalk to avoid further down-time.

Added a new review of the fantastic new album of Procol Harum songs, Trace of a Feeling (thanks, Elizabeth): buy it here!

If you want to play in the Palers' Band in Denmark ... you have five more days to respond; if you want to stay at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in August: you have ten days left to make your reservation 

June 9: Procol Harum play in four weeks' time at Lulworth Castle

If you want to play in the Palers' Band in August ... you have six more days to respond; if you want to stay at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in Denmark: you have eleven days left to make your reservation  

Started a page listing Palers who have already booked their tickets for the Palers' Revels in Denmark in August. Surprising to see where most of them come from.

June 8: Procol Harum play Randers in twenty-two weeks' time

Added some great soundcheck pictures from Procol Harum in Lillehammer (thanks, One-Eye)

Corrected a mistaken item in the Lillehammer setlist (sorry)

If you want to play in the Palers' Band in Denmark ... you have seven more days to respond; if you want to stay at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in August: you have twelve days left to make your reservation 

June 7:

If you want to play in the Palers' Band in August ... you have eight more days to respond; if you want to stay at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in Denmark: you have thirteen days left to make your reservation

Added a bilingual page from Denmark, adumbrating the Palers' Convention in August  as well as Procol's ultra-high profile shows there.

Amended song-titles on this page (thanks, Little Mick)

June 6: RIP Billy Preston

If you want to play in the Palers' Band in Denmark ... you have nine more days to respond; if you want to stay at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel in August: you have a fortnight left to make your reservation

June 5:

Added half-a-dozen more vidcaps to this page documenting the performance of AWSoP at the London concert that cemented the reputation of the current Harum line-up (thanks, Juice)

Some deadlines for Denmark 2006:
If you want to play in the Palers' Band ... please respond by 15 June
If you want to stay at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel: click here to make your reservation by 20 June

June 4:

June 3: Eleven weeks until Procol Harum play their first of two consecutive orchestral gigs at Ledreborg Castle in Denmark; and four weeks to their Helskinki gig

June 2: Procol Harum play in five weeks' time at Lulworth Castle

The Danish Procoholics have added an English page to their website, where you can get travelling and tourist information about the Ledreborg area.  (thanks, Niels-Erik)

June 1: Procol Harum play Randers in twenty-three weeks' time

'A Whiter Shade of Pale' currently heard at #2 in the UK singles chart ... probably # 1 next week ... can it be true ... yes, it is (thanks, Dave)

Added several items to the Procol Harum section of the BtP Online Shop. Supplies at these prices are limited. If you already have the CDs/DVD, pick them up as presents for friends, and have them despatched in the same package as your copy of the new album, Trace of a Feeling

Heartily recommended for classic rock fans: Francis Monkman plays Bach. You may recall the story of how Francis didn't join Procol Harum. 

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