What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

November 2007

November 30: Procol Harum play Schio tonight

Added the Procol setlist from Turin, Italy, last night (thanks, One-Eye)

Added a picture to the foot of this page and another to the foot of this page

November 29: Procol Harum play Turin tonight

Added a page of pictures of Procol at Hoorn ... some good drummer shots (thanks, Mogens)

Added a ticket here and here (thanks, Hermann) ... please send more if you've got them

November 28:

Added a report (with illustrations) of Procol Harum's recent Winterswijk concert (thanks, Frank)

Gary Brooker's tail-coat, originally auctioned by 'Beyond the Pale', is for sale again at eBay (thanks, Peter) 

Gary Brooker's Christmas Shows, feat. Andy Fairweather Low, Dave Bronze, Graham Broad and Frank Mead
Online booking for Saturday 22 December has now closed.
Online booking for Friday 21 December is still open for the moment.
No Stiletto Shoes' support band on both nights will be the excellent Never the Bride.
Proceeds from these shows will be going to The Children' s Trust at Tadworth.  

November 27:

Added one more page of London photographs from 21 July 2007 (thanks, Unsteady Freddie)

November 26:

Added a page of pictures of Procol at Gouda ... notable for a fab. panorama of the whole band playing (thanks, André)

November 25: Rare Procol film footage in London, and Dave Ball's Ballbreakers ... today !

Added the setlist from the 24 November show at Winterswijk ... marking the renaissance of a great favourite Procol song from the past (thanks, One-Eye). this page also contains a scan of the onstage setlist, which may shed some light on the current appellation of the band's most famous song (thanks, Hermann)

November 24: Procol Harum play Winterswijk tonight; rare Procol film footage in London plus Dave Ball's Ballbreakers ... tomorrow

If you'd like to bid for an unusual Procol Harum poster from 1974, click here (thanks, David). And while you're at it, have you got this Matthew Fisher item?

Added the setlist from the 23 November show at Veldhoven ... in which another Procol first was heard (thanks, One-Eye) 

November 23: Procol Harum play Veldhoven tonight and Schio in a week's time

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's 21 November show at Hoogeveen (thanks, One-Eye)

Added an Amsterdam date (pictures here) to this page (thanks, Jan)

November 22: Procol Harum play Leeuwarden tonight and Turin in a week's time

Added a couple of pictures to the bottom of this setlist (thanks, John and Mary) and some additional illustrations from the same concert here (thanks, John)

November 21: Procol Harum play Hoogeveen tonight

Procol Harum had last night off on their Dutch tour; added some intimate soundcheck pictures sent in by their drummer (thanks, Geoff) 

November 20:

Added the setlist from last night's Procol show at Hoorn ... before you look, can you guess which Procol song was played 'for Boris Yeltsin'? (thanks, One-Eye and others)

Added a fresh picture to the profile of Geoff Dunn, whose work with Procol Harum on the Dutch tour has been attracting spectacular comment.

November 19: Procol Harum play Hoorn tonight

Added the setlist from last night's Procol show at Haarlem ... two unrecorded songs, and something from every studio album except their greatest ... (thanks, One-Eye and others)

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

Happy Birthday Allen 'One-Eye' Edelist, who keeps fans around the world so well-informed during his marathon concert-going! See his Loyalty Citation  (thanks, George) 

November 18: Procol Harum play Haarlem tonight; a week until rare Procol film footage in London plus Dave Ball's Ballbreakers   

Added the setlist from last night's Procol show at Hengelo (thanks, One-Eye)

Today: Dave Ball live gig in Frankfurt ... download poster from here

November 17: Procol Harum play Hengelo tonight and Winterswijk in a week's time  

Added an illustrated setlist (including soundcheck notes) from last night's Procol show at Gouda (thanks, Max, One-Eye, and Jens)

Today! Launch of the new Astral Quest album, Electrick Shaman, which is very good (AQ play Long Gone Geek here)

Booking: Gary Brooker and Friends (Christmas Charity shows on his home territory)

November 16: Procol Harum play Gouda tonight, Veldhoven in a week's time and Schio in a fortnight's time

It's always nice to hear of Procol fans' getting together to jam: added a trio of such pictures here (thanks, Alan)

November 15: Procol Harum play Leeuwarden in a week's time and Turin in a fortnight's time

Updated this page about Geoff Whitehorn's equipment; and added (here) a link to a page in which Geoff takes delivery of same and plays it (thanks, Geoff)

November 14: Procol Harum play Hoogeveen in a week's time

Added some interesting information about how the first Procol album appeared in America (thanks, Karl)

November 13:

Added a second webmaster's page of photographs from the Procol 40th Birthday Celebrations

November 12: Procol Harum play Hoorn in a week's time

'... simply no telling what rock music would sound like today if Procol Harum, continuing in the same idiosyncratic direction they started in, had become as famous and influential as the Beatles or Mariah Carey or the Darkness. Well, actually, there is: Procol Harum is the fun-loving side of the coin whose hideous reverse side is Yes, Genesis and Emerson, Lake & Palmer ...'

Added an amusing, if not wholly accurate piece, from the UK's Guardian online (thanks, Giorgio)

Procol Harum foregather today for Autumn tour rehearsals

November 11: Procol play Haarlem in a week's time; a fortnight until rare Procol film footage in London plus Dave Ball's Ballbreakers

Added the eighth of the Wallace Collection of Procol / Australia photographs (thanks, Doc)

November 10: Procol Harum play Hengelo in a week's time and Winterswijk in a fortnight's time

Added some great photos of Procol playing in Denmark, from the 1970s (thanks, Boris)

Happy birthday Domus Felix, ten years old today ... have a great party, everyone!

November 9: Procol Harum play Gouda in a week's time, Veldhoven in a fortnight, and Schio in three weeks' time

Added the seventh page of the Wallace Collection of Procol / Australia photographs (thanks, Stephen)

November 8: Procol Harum play Leeuwarden in a fortnight's time and Turin in three weeks' time

Added another page of London photographs from 21 July 2007 (thanks, Unsteady Freddie)

There are just four (4) copies left of the glossy coloured souvenir brochure from the Procol Harum 30th Birthday party: click here if you'd like one.

November 7: Procol Harum play Hoogeveen in a fortnight's time

' ... some specifics that I still need to work through ... there would have to be documentation of a member or members of Procol Harum to have shared a cruise ship with [Marilyn] Monroe to convince me otherwise ...'

Added another stimulating opinion about the possible meanings of A Whiter Shade of Pale (bottom of the page) (thanks, Jack)

November 6:

Added the sixth page of the Wallace Collection of Procol / Australia photographs (thanks, Stephen) 

November 5: Procol Harum play Hoorn in a fortnight's time

Added a further page of London photographs from 21 July 2007 (thanks, Unsteady Freddie) 

November 4: Procol Harum play Haarlem in a fortnight's time; three weeks until rare Procol film footage in London plus Dave Ball's Ballbreakers

Added the fifth page of the Wallace Collection of Procol / Australia photographs (thanks, Doc)

Booking: Gary Brooker and Friends (Christmas Charity shows on his home territory)

November 3: Procol Harum play Hengelo in a fortnight's time and Winterswijk in three weeks' time

 Added a page of London photographs from 21 July 2007 (thanks, Unsteady Freddie)

November 2: Procol Harum play Gouda in a fortnight's time, Veldhoven in three weeks' time and Schio in a month's time

Added a webmaster's page of photographs from the Procol 40th Birthday Celebrations

November 1: Procol Harum play Leeuwarden in three weeks' time and Turin in a month's time

We now have the full details about the Procol Harum footage that will be shown in London on 25 November. It is an astonishing new trove of genuine classic very early Procol performances ... all this and Dave Ball's Ballbreakers, live! Click here for details. Advance booking is recommended (thanks, Henry)

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