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the Pale 

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March 2010

March 31: Procol Harum play Longwood Gardens in eleven weeks

Added a good new portrait of Procol Harum in the studio this month (thanks, Chris)

Accordingly changed the illustrations on this page

March 30: Happy Birthday Dave Ball (1950) Procol Harum play Boston in eleven weeks, and Wolf Trap in ten

Added some enigmatic Russian Procol shots (thanks, One-Eye)

March 29:

Added a first page of close-up studies of Procol Harum's superb percussionist in action

March 28: Procol Harum play Slupska in twenty weeks,  Holmdel in eleven, and Chicago in twelve

Added some excellent photographs of Geoff Whitehorn playing earlier this week in Frankfurt, Germany (thanks, Melanie)

More photos from the same photographer here and here

March 27: Happy Birthday Matt Pegg (1971)

Added a second page of Hagen-gig shots (thanks, Hans)

March 26: Procol Harum play Toronto in twelve weeks, and Wantagh in eleven

Added a second page of pictures of Procol Harum in Finland, on the stage they will be returning to in about seventeen weeks' time (thanks, One-Eye)

March 25: Procol Harum play Äänekoski in seventeen weeks, Canadaiga in twelve, and Tarrytown in eleven

Added three Procol Harum tickets here ... vexingly they don't all spell Procol Harum aright :-(thanks, One-Eye)

March 24: Procol Harum play Longwood Gardens in twelve weeks

Added some choice Cerdean mondegreens here (thanks, Ken) 

Added three Procol Harum tickets here ... vexingly they don't mention Procol Harum :-(thanks, One-Eye)

London gig for Phantom Limb, whose music appeals so much to fans of Procol Harum or The Band: booking here

Meanwhile, shades of No More Fear of Flying in the new Kate Nash video

March 23: Procol Harum play Boston in twelve weeks, and Wolf Trap in eleven

Added a page of pictures of Procol Harum in Finland, on the stage they will be returning to in about seventeen weeks' time (thanks, One-Eye)

Added a mondegreen here (thanks, R Farabee) 

Excellent news for Squeeze fans ... UK tour announced here, and a special plaque to be unveiled (BBC interview here). If Tillbrook and Difford get one, what about Brooker and Reid? The parallels are very obvious ...

March 22:

Added the fifth and final page of a series of photographs of Procol Harum in Drammen, Norway, last October (thanks, One-Eye)

Updated this useful page 

March 21:  Procol Harum play Slupska in twenty-one weeks,  Holmdel in twelve, and Chicago in thirteen

Added three more shows to Procol Harum's touring schedule (thanks, Chris)

March 20:

Added Procol tickets here and here, and a setlist-scan here (thaks, OE; thanks, Todd)

NB ... two blank pages here and here ... would fans like to send in scans of tickets for gigs from these years?

March 19: Procol Harum play Toronto in thirteen weeks, and Wantagh in twelve

Added two exciting Procol Harum shows to the band's touring plans (thanks, Chris)

March 18: Birth of BJ Wilson, 1947 

Procol Harum play Äänekoski in eighteen weeks, Canadaiga in thirteen, and Tarrytown in twelve

Added a third page of photographs showing pre-show preparations for Procol Harum in Moscow, 2009 (thanks, One-Eye) 

March 17: Procol Harum play Longwood Gardens in thirteen weeks

Added another Procol Harum picture single sleeve (thanks, Lars)

Added, here, a clip from "a popular American TV series called House. The star is playing AWSoP then it segues into the original PH version, which is proudly played on the show's soundtrack all the time." See also here and here (thanks, Gary, thanks Robert)

Added a link to a brief note about Procol Harum and the Danish Radio Concert Orchestra (thanks, Henrik)
 

March 16: Procol Harum play Boston in thirteen weeks, and Wolf Trap in twelve

Added the fourth page of a series of photographs of Procol Harum in Drammen, Norway, last October (thanks, One-Eye) 
 

March 15:

Added the words of Blue Shadow (translated into English) (thanks, Beanstalkers)

Added it to the cover-versions page here

March 14: Procol Harum play Slupska in twenty-two weeks,  Holmdel in thirteen, and Chicago in fourteen

Added a second page of photographs showing pre-show preparations for Procol Harum in Moscow, 2009 (thanks, One-Eye) 

March 13:

Added another Procol Harum 45 rpm picture sleeve (thanks, Lars)

Booking is now open for Procol Harum's solo US showcase: click here

Danish Radio has just released a series of programmes by DJ (and Procol Harum fanatic) Erik Kramshøj ...  click here. 'More than six hours of constant joy and unlimited love of PH,' writes Henrik Gøttrup, who adds, 'By the way: this year’s Ledreborg Concerts headline Ray Davies (ex-Kinks): should be more than enjoyable.' (thanks, Henrik)

March 12: Procol Harum play Toronto in fourteen weeks, and Wantagh in thirteen

Added the third page of a series of photographs of Procol Harum in Drammen, Norway, last October (thanks, One-Eye) 

March 11: Procol Harum play Äänekoski in nineteen weeks, Canadaiga in fourteen, and Tarrytown in thirteen

'... I find it wonderful that the band didn’t perform A Whiter Shade of Pale on this recording ...'

Added an extremely positive review of an ancient Procol Harum radio broadcast, origin unknown (thanks, Yevgeny)

Re-read an interesting page that touches on this recording

March 10: Procol Harum play Longwood Gardens in fourteen weeks

Added another Procol Harum 45 rpm picture sleeve (thanks, Lars)

March 9: Procol Harum play Boston in fourteen weeks, and Wolf Trap in thirteen

Happy Birthday Robin Trower (1945)

Added a page of photographs showing pre-show preparations for Procol Harum in Moscow, 2009 (thanks, One-Eye) 

March 8:

' ... those unforgettable songs will still be played on the airwaves after Heavy Metal and Rap has been long dead and buried ...'

Added a contemporary review of Edmonton II – sloppily subbed, erroneously illustrated, but certainly not without interest (thanks, Tim)

March 7: Procol Harum play Slupska in twenty-three weeks, Holmdel in fourteen, and Chicago in fifteen

Happy Birthday Matthew Fisher

Added again to the Procol Harum concert page for 2010, with a solo Procol gig on 10 June (thanks, Chris) 

March 6:

Added a final few miscellaneous photos taken when Procol Harum played in Norway in July 2009  

March 5:

 Added the second page of a series of photographs of Procol Harum in Drammen, Norway, last October (thanks, One-Eye)

March 4:

Added again to the Procol Harum concert page for 2010 (thanks, Chris) 
 

Back in stock at last ... the two Geoff Whitehorn solo albums (order here);
for another fine Procol guitarist, try Tim Renwick's solo album Privateer (order here)

March 3:

Added some photographs of Procol Harum on stage in Turin during 2007 (thanks, Bruno)

Fans of Southend music will know the names of Bobin, Brownlee, Collins, Masterton, Sumner and Turner ... enjoy an illustrated clip ... and another ... of the forthcoming album from Hunt, Runt, Shunt and Cunningham (thanks, John)

March 2:

Added again to the Procol Harum concert page for 2010 – Renaissance to support (thanks, Chris) 

In which connection, you might like to re-read this and this

March 1:

Added the first page of a series of photographs of Procol Harum in Drammen, Norway, last October (thanks, One-Eye)
 

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