Procol Harum's first year in the NME

A new single? : 24 February 1968

These excerpts from New Musical Express, kindly selected for 'Beyond the Pale' by Yan Friis, show activity from Zonophone-mates The Move, but only a whiff of a rumour about a new single from Procol Harum.

Front page: Full page advertisement for Dave Clark Five’s No One Can Break A Heart Like You (Columbia)

Main feature headlines:
Nick Logan’s Spotlight on … THE MOVE: Roy Wood Bev Bevan

ROCKEFELLA WED CINDERELLA TO GET HER OUT OF THE ARMY
by Alan Smith

DAVE DEE WHIP IS BOTTLE ON GUITAR!
by Richard Green

Tipped for the charts by Derek Johnson

Traffic, No face, No Name And No Number
Tom Jones, Delilah
Cat Stevens, Lovely Cities
Frankie Vaughan, Nevertheless

NME Top 5

1 (1) Mighty Quinn, Manfred Mann
2 (14) Cinderella Rockefella, Esther & Abi Ofarim
3 (4) She Wears My Ring, Solomon King
4 (3) Bend Me, Shape Me, Amen Corner
5 (2) Everlasting Love, Love Affair

News pages:

New releases:

(excerpt)

The Move’s first LP, titled simply by the name of the group, is issued by Regal Zonophone on March 15 – it comprises Flowers In The Rain’, Fire Brigade and eleven original compositions. On the same day and label, Procol Harum’s new single will be released. Titles are not yet set.

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