What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

August 31:

Why does a 63 year-old church pastor travel 4,000 miles to see a 60s rock group?

Added the answer to the above question (thanks, Gene)

A Whiter Shade of Pale (7" vinyl single), A Whiter Shade of Pale (EP CD), and Secrets of the Hive (40th anniversary Procol compilation) are available at the BtP Store for 6 USD, 4.5 USD, and 14 USD respectively (approximately two US dollars to the GB pound). Add something else you fancy to your shopping-cart while you're at it, to economise on shipping!

August 30:

Added a page of pictures from St John's, Smith Square, on 21 July 2007 (thanks, Martin)

Added venue details for forthcoming Procol shows here and here, and please note a change of date for the Turin show (thanks, Stefano)

August 29: Happy Birthdays Chris Copping and Geoff Whitehorn (treat yourself to one of  Geoff's solo albums)

Added a second page of close-ups from Procol's 40th Anniversary Concert (thanks, Robert)

Added a link to this page about a Fisher-less AWSoP from 2000, equipping the article with sound and vision (thanks, Arvids)

August 28:

'They have held on to the concept that started the whole thing ...'

Added a translation, into English, of Friday's Procol Harum Project interview from Danish Radio 4 (thanks, Søren; thanks, Poul) 

August 27:

Added a page of images showing Procol Harum fans in their various tee-shirts (thanks, all); and a page showing the names of winners in BtP's AWSoP-single-prize-draw (thank you, Emily)

August 26:

Added some pictures of musicians setting up at St John's Smith Square in July 2007.

You can 'listen again' to the new Procol Harum Project tracks, and interview, as broadcast on Friday, by following instructions here (thanks, Søren)

'... a music ensemble of amazing musicians who decided for anonymity to be able to compose and write, free from limits, producing, experimenting without cliché, without borders, free from the pressure of the star system ...'

Check out The Matthew Fisher Project (thanks, Henrik)

Just a week to wait for the new Kevin Ayers album (!) (thanks, Michael)

August 25:

Added some interesting pictures culled from September 2007's Classic Rock, which contains a superbly-researched article about the early contractual history of Procol Harum by journalist Marcus Gray ... they're scattered on two pages here and here, and are not well-known, though a couple relate closely to well-known photo-shoots (thanks, Otis) 

Last chance ... to win your free copy of the new A Whiter Shade of Pale re-issue, on vinyl or on CD ... click here to enter the prize draw, which closes at the end of today.

Click here for your invitation to the launch-party – today, Saturday 25 August – of a great Procol book (the party also features The Dirtminers, strutting their own stuff but doing a few Procol Harum covers to set the scene!). Good luck to all! (thanks, George) 

Added a graphic here (thanks, Solvej)

 August 24:

' ... the time is ripe for rediscovery of bands like Procol Harum. Dig out that homburg ...' 

Added another good review of Secrets of the Hive (thanks, Charlie; thanks, Catboot)

August 23:

Added a page of before- and after-show photographs of Procol Harum in Treviso, Italy, in July (thanks, Alessio)

Added news of more Dave Ball gigs (you don't need a Police Invitation for all of them) (thanks, Dave)

Win a Procol (or Procul) Harum album (thanks, Robert) 

Procol Harum Project on Danish Radio tomorrow

Click here to listen to (and view ... there are subtitles) a sporadically-intelligible YouTube submission recorded on 6 May 2003 in which Matthew Fisher (be patient and you will see him) touches on solo album plans, the UK Shine on Brightly cover, coffins, THC, and his attitude to Pilgrim's Progress. The same occasion is commemorated here with superior cinematography (thanks, Anvil)

August 22:

Added a page of pictures taken at Procol's 40th Anniversary Concert (thanks, Gilles)

Added a good photograph here (thanks, Matt) 

August 21:

Added a page of pictures from Friday 20 July 2007 in London (thanks, François)

Added a good photograph here (thanks, Matt)

August 20:

Added a graphic here and here (thanks, Chris)

Added a link here to a review here 

August 19:

Shortly 'Beyond the Pale' will draw names from a hat and send out two copies of the new A Whiter Shade of Pale release – on vinyl and on CD to the winners. So how do you get your name into the BtP Homburg? Click here for details. 

August 18:

'Makes you wonder why their legend doesn't loom far larger ... '

Added another review – from Classic Rock – of Secrets of the Hive, the forthcoming Procol 40-year anthology (thanks, Chas) 

August 17:

' ... all remastered to a miraculous degree, even compared with the last set of remasters ...'

Added a first review – from the BBC – of Secrets of the Hive, the forthcoming Procol 40-year anthology (thanks, Chris) 

Added another date to Procol Harum's winter tour schedule (thanks, Chris)

August 16:

Added a page of pictures of Procol Harum on stage after a problematic journey (thanks, Ruud)

August 15:

Added a page of pictures from Saturday 21 July 2007: the day of BtP's 40th Annivesrary Parties, and Gary Brooker's 'Procol Rarum' show, in London (thanks, François)

Shortly 'Beyond the Pale' will draw names from a hat and send out two copies of the new A Whiter Shade of Pale release – on vinyl and on CD to the winners. So how do you get your name into the BtP Homburg? Click here for details. 

August 14:

Added a page of pictures taken after Procol's 40th Anniversary Concert (thanks, Charlie)

Added a page about Procol Harum badges, and how to get them

August 13:

'I hate it when I go to see a band and they play a weird version of a song I love the most ... '

Added a short interview given by Gary Brooker shortly before the recent London concerts (thanks, Peter)

August 12:

Would you like to be sent a free copy of the new A Whiter Shade of Pale re-issue, on vinyl or on CD?

Shortly 'Beyond the Pale' will draw names from a hat and send out two copies of each to the winners. So how do you get your name into the BtP Homburg? Click here for details. 

August 11:

Added a couple of pages showing what the new A Whiter Shade of Pale release looks like – on vinyl and on CD –  and added the vinyl sleeve to this fine collection as well (thanks, Chas)

Last month – usually a quiet time online – 'Beyond the Pale' received almost 200,000 visits, amounting to practically half a million page-views. Welcome, everyone!

August 10: RIP Tony Wilson

Added another item to this interpretative page (thanks, Mitchell)

Added a page of photographs of Procol Harum in Forli, Italy, in 2006 (thanks, Alessio) 

Tonight: Ian Hockley (Palers' Band, Palers' Project) can be heard in a live concert broadcast from the KonzertHaus in Berlin: 'a good show with lot of interesting music'. Click here to listen in. Ian writes, 'I am playing the organ in this concert and appear loudly towards the end of the show!'
 

August 9:

Added a number of photos taken at the Procol 40th celebrations (thank you, Peter)

Added an illustration here (thanks, Chris)

Added a missing link, to the Palers' Kayak trip, from last December (sorry, One-Eye)

August 8:

Grumpy songbook: AWSoP gets a good laugh in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (thanks, John)

Fine-tuned our Stoke Poges page (thanks, Joan)

August 7:

Fine-tuned last month's setlist from the Brooker big-band show in Denmark (thanks, Niels-Erik) 

August 6: RIP Lee Hazlewood

Added a link to a live Robin Trower show at Wolfgang's Vault (thanks, Robert; thanks, Chopped Liver) 
 

August 5:

August 4:

Added a page of pictures from Procol Harum's huge symphonic outing last summer (thanks, Evan) 

Added a ticket-scan here and here (thanks, Lars)
 

August 3: BtP was down several hours yesterday because of planned maintenance at our hosting provider; sorry for any inconvenience.

Added an article about Procol Harum in Jersey City from 1969 (thanks, Neil)

The AWSoP single, in a new version, can now be downloaded online (thanks Pat) and the AWSoP CD single can now also be pre-ordered from Amazon USA

August 2:

Added a first miscellany of photographs from BtP's musical week leading up to Procol Harum's 40th Anniversary celebrations (thanks, Jeremy)

August 1:

Added a link and some biographical notes to Keith Reid's BtP page (thanks, Marvin) 

Added a link and some further details to the page about the 2007 AWSoP re-issue, which features a remastered version of the alternate, early Magdalene (thanks, Marvin) 

Four years on and more, people are still visiting this comprehensively alluring page: we do urge you to read the bit at the bottom ...

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