What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

Walpurgisnacht: RIP Dr Albert Hofmann aged 102

Added a second photo-page depicting Procol Harum's foray to Hengelo last Autumn (thanks, One-Eye)
 

April 29:

Added details of a superb set of Procol Harum music, lately heard in Denmark (thanks, Søren)

April 28:

Added a curious page on which you may hear Gary Brooker, Sir Bob Geldof and many others broadcasting A Whiter Shade of Pale from a London public house (thanks, Joan)

April 27:

Added a first photo-page depicting Procol Harum's foray to Hengelo last Autumn (thanks, One-Eye)

Nearly sold out at the BtP Store: the Brooker bootleg

April 26: RIP Humphrey Lyttelton: 'As we journey through life, discarding baggage along the way, we should keep an iron grip, to the very end, on the capacity for silliness. It preserves the soul from dessication.'

'That kind of money makes people do odd, destructive things ...'

Added a brief reflection on the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit (thanks, Impey)

Added a photograph to the foot of this page (thanks, Martin) 

April 25:

Added a part-setlist from Paris, 1975 (thanks, Régis).

Added the definitive date for the setlist from Paris, 1977 that we published lately (thanks, Frans).

April 24:

' ... it is a song well worth fighting for ...'

Added another article about the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit (thanks, Clutton)

'... the former [sic] lead singer of Procol Harum has managed to avoid becoming a computer programmer ...'

Added another article about the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit (thanks, Impey)

April 23:

 Added a third page of Procol pictures from Veldhoven in the Autumn of 2007 (thanks, One-Eye)

April 22:

Added a mammoth setlist (including I Belong to Jesus) from Paris, 1977 (thanks, Régis). Can anyone give us a definitive date for this gig?

Have a fresh squiz at a couple of picture-pages from the same correspondent: here and here.

Thanks for very helpful responses to 20 April's Percy Sledge query from various correspondents, including one Palers' Band member who has performed AWSoP with Sledge, playing the Fisher Hammond part.

April 21:

Please enjoy Dave Ball (vox and guitar) performing Stormy Monday on 1 May 2008 [sic]

April 20:

Added a glowing review of last July's Procol Rarum event (thanks, Theo)

Help needed for Radio documentary: does anyone have a copy of the 60s version of A Whiter Shade of Pale recorded by Percy Sledge (possibly on Atlantic?). This would have been 7 inch vinyl originally. Please let us know if you might be able to assist

Nearly sold out at the BtP Store: the Brooker bootleg; none remaining of the Procol 2CD Secrets of the Hive at cost price
 

April 19:

Added a first page of Procol pictures from Veldhoven in the Autumn of 2007 (thanks, One-Eye)
 

April 18:

 ' ... there was still some unfinished business that we hadn't sorted out. Just to do with the record, contracts and things, nothing big ...'

Added the second part of an interesting Matthew Fisher interview from 1997 (thanks, Paul)
 

April 17:

Added another parody of A Whiter Shade of Pale

Added an illustration to this BBC sessions page (thanks, Garbage)

April 16:

Rather late in the month (sorry, Victor and Sergey) you can print yourself an April page for your Procol Calendar

Have a look at the sleeve of Elliot Minor's début album, released yesterday: looks like a classic Procol cover ...

April 15:

Added the CNN report about the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit (thanks, Captain Senile)

Added a link here to a site where you can rate your Procol collection – and, perhaps more interestingly, see what PH recordings other people have apparently amassed (thanks, Charlie)

NB Matthew Fisher has added new and interesting material to his own webpage

April 14:

Added another page of pictures from Procol Harum's recent Italian excursion (thanks Martin, thanks Stefano)

April 13:

Added a parody of A Whiter Shade of Pale  (thanks, Ole)

April 12:

' ...the somewhat forgettable original song with its mumbo jumbo, druggy sounding lyrics about nothing much in particular ...'

Added the text of a blog by the admirable Captain Sensible, about the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit (thanks, April)

April 11:

'... hmmm, this is really moody ... maybe this could be the vehicle for my idea of a pop choral prelude ...'

Added part one of an interesting 1997 interview – hitherto unpublished – with Matthew Fisher, inventor manqué (thanks, Paul)

April 10:

Added a page from The Herald Online, which includes comments from publisher Simon Platz, about the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit

Added a bit of flippancy from Electric Roulette, and a fairly uncritical glimpse from The Rock Doctor, also about the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit

April 9:

Added a snippet and a photo from Enjoy France about the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit

Added an article from the Times about the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit 

April 8:

Added a Reuters page about the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit

Added one of many bloggers' pages about the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit

Multilingual! Have a look at this very fruitful Procol link (thanks, Peter)

April 7:

'Memory is a wonderful thing: it evens out the bad times, and glosses up the good ...'

Added a statement from Procol Harum's management, relating in part to the recent radio interviews with Brooker and Fisher (thanks, Chris)

April 6: Coming soon: Procol's Geoff Dunn playing with First Light, Epsom Jazz Club, 8.30 on 8 April; free entry

Added sound and text from BBC Radio 4's 'PM' programme, which contained two very interesting interviews, with Gary Brooker and Matthew Fisher, about the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit

April 5:

Added the BBC's website report on the recent Appeal Court judgment in the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit

Added The Independent newspaper's report on the recent Appeal Court judgment in the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit

Added the Yahoo News report on the recent Appeal Court judgment in the Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit

April 4: 

Added the judgment (excerpted) from the Appeal Court in respect of the recent Whiter Shade of Pale authorship lawsuit; the full judgment may be read here

Added a statement about the above from Gary Brooker (thanks, Gary)

Matthew Fisher's comments at his own website

April 3:

We've received a number of pedantic comments to the effect that our recent Italian translation was apparently less than accurate ... please see this replacement page (thanks, Giorgio)

Added a forthcoming gig (Friday 13th!) to this page (thanks, Søren)

April 2:

Added a page of pictures from Procol Harum's recent Italian excursion (thanks Martin, thanks Stefano)

April Fools' Day

' ... his drumming started to get what I would call silly ...'

Added a famous organist's assessment of a famous drummer (thanks, Paul)

Added a naked Procoler ... and a link by which BtP readers can show solidarity (thanks, Peta)

Added an English translation of the recent Italian A Salty Dog lyric (thanks, BabelFish) 

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