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What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

March 2011


March 31: Happy Birthday Henry Spinetti  (1951)

Added a recent interview with Henry, which, though it doesn't mention his various gigs with Procol Harum, makes for some interesting reading


March 30: Happy Birthday Dave Ball (1950)

Added a page of pictures of Dave on stage in January (thanks, Thomas)


March 29:

Added an article about the DVD of Chris Copping's 1969 début with Procol Harum, and some early Harum history (thanks, Frans)

March 28:

Added a review of the fine Salvo Grand Hotel reissue (thanks, Anvil)

March 27: Happy Birthday Matt Pegg (1971)  

Added two signed tickets here (thanks, Frans)


March 26: Procol Harum play the Kløften Festival in thirteen weeks' time

Added a new portrait and an early promo photograph and a signed picture-sleeve here (thanks, Frans)


March 25:

Added a third page of Procol / Copenhagen pictures (thanks, Heidi) 

March 24:

Added a third and final page of Finnish Procol-shots (thanks, Charlie)

Added a brief Handelian note to this interesting page (search for 'Susanna must bleed') (thanks, Rob)


March 23:

Added a first page of excellent photographs from Procol Harum's recent foray to Estonia

With Spring firmly in place, stock up with your Procol tee-shirts: six options to choose from the BtP store, none of them available anywhere else.


March 22: RIP Pinetop Perkins

Added a review of the latest Robin Trower album (thanks, Gerard)

Added to the BJ / Petty notes here (thanks, Billy from Philly)

March 21:

Added a second page of Procol Harum pictures from the recent choral/orchestral tour (thanks, Henrik)

Added a link – here, here, and here – to a fine Blu-ray item that's just about to be released: The Concert for George (featuring Gary Brooker) (thanks, Marvin)

Tasty Josh feature at this Harum website


March 20:

 ' ... an evening of graceful psychedelic music ... Saturday’s show was not really the real band ...'

Added an appreciative but occasionally wrong-headed review of Procol Harum in Santa Barbara (thanks, Bilbo)


March 19: RIP Jet Harris MBE Procol Harum play the Kløften Festival in fourteen weeks' time

Added a sixth and final page of pictures taken when Procol Harum played Royal Leamington Spa

March 18: Birth of BJ Wilson, 1947 

Added a graphic and an enigmatic note to this page about BJ Wilson (thanks, Marvin)

If you're a Tom Petty fan and can clarify the above story, please write in

Also updated this page – maybe it's time to re-read the whole fascinating series, indexed here


March 17:

Added an eighth and final page of German photos (thanks, Giancarlo)

Added five links to live recordings of the Procol Harum Project's January gig in Copenhagen (thanks, Søren)


March 16:

Added a sixth page of photographs of Procol Harum with chorus and orchestra in Copenhagen (thanks, Thomas)


Ides of March:

Added the setlist for a concert of Procol Harum music (with orchestra, in part) that has not yet taken place (thanks, Ernesto)

Added a photograph from last Saturday night's gig at Club Riga in Southend (thank you, Peter)


March 14:

' ... Gary Brooker was, in a nutshell, in great form tonight: not least vocally ...'

Added a review of Procol Harum's first show of the present decade


March 13:

Added another page of Procol / Copenhagen pictures (thanks, Heidi) 

March 12: Procol Harum play the Kløften Festival in fifteen weeks' time

Added another Procol Harum tee-shirt Perpetual Motion – to our index (thanks, Linda)

March 11:

Added a press release from Franky and Gary Brooker (thanks, Gary)


March 10:  

Added a third page of No Stiletto Shoes photographs from Southend, 12 December 2010 (thanks, Gudrun)

March 9: Happy Birthday Robin Trower (1945)

Added a page of Procol Harum pictures from the recent choral/orchestral tour (thanks, Henrik)

March 8:

' ... some of my favourite musicians could hardly play at all ...'

Added an American interview with Robin Trower (thanks, Gerard)

March 7: Happy Birthday Matthew Fisher  (1946)

Added a page of Procol / Copenhagen pictures (thanks, Heidi) 

March 6:

Added another review of Procol Harum in Harrisburg (thanks, Marty)

Procol fans will be delighted to know that Curved Air are set to play the largest progressive music festival in the USA in June (thanks, Sonja)


March 5: Procol Harum play the Kløften Festival in sixteen weeks' time

Added a fifth batch of iPhone impressions of North American touring, made by Procol Harum's drummer (thanks, Geoff)

March 4:

Added a fifth page of photographs of Procol Harum with orchestra and chorus in Copenhagen (thanks, Thomas)


March 3:

Added another Repertoire liner note about a famous Procol-related rarity (thanks, Opsibeena)


March 2:

 ' ... the cool (and scary!) thing here of course is that now Estonian girls also like to fight. ...'

Added a nice review of Procol Harum at Tallinn (thanks, Tarvo)


March 1: RIP Suze Rotolo

' ...The Idol in particular could easily be mistaken for an outtake from Dark Side of the Moon. ...'

Added a review of the Salvo reissue of Exotic Birds and Fruit (thanks, Anvil)

 


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