1. Procol Harum - Polydor 1967
1. Conquistador / 2. She Wandered Through the Garden Fence / 3. Something Following Me / 4. Mabel / 5. Cerdes / 6. Christmas Camel / 7. Kaleidoscope / 8. Salad Days / 9. Good Captain Clack / 10. Repent Walpurgis / 11. Whiter Shade of Pale [Single Vers.][*] / 12. Lime Street Blues [*] / 13. Homburg [Single Vers.][*] / 14. Salad Days [Early][*] / 15. Mabel [Undubbed][*] / 16. Cerdes [Early][*] / 17. Something Following Me [Early][*] / 18. Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone) [Org. Version][*] / 19. Quite Rightly So [Early Undubbed][*] / 20. Shine on Brightly [Early][*]
Rating : 10
2. Shine On Brightly - Polydor 1968
1. Quite Rightly So / 2. Shine on Brightly / 3. Skip Softly / 4. Wish Me Well / 5. Rambling On / 6. Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone) / 7. In Held 'Twas in I / 8. Seem to Have the Blues / 9. Monsieur Armand / 10. Alpha / 11. In the Wee Small Hours of Sixpence / 12. In the Wee Small Hours of Sixpence / 13. Quite Rightly So / 14. Quite Rightly So / 15. Il Tuo Diamante
Rating : 10
3. A Salty Dog - Polydor 1969
1. Salty Dog / 2. Milk of Human Kindness / 3. Too Much Between Us / 4. Devil Came from Kansas / 5. Boredom / 6. Juicy John Pink / 7. Wreck of the Hesperus / 8. All This and More / 9. Crucifiction Lane / 10. Pilgrims Progress / 11. Long Gone Geek / 12. All This and More [*] / 13. Milk of Human Kindness [*] / 14. Pilgrims Progress [*] / 15. McGreggor / 16. Still There'll Be More [*]
Rating : 9
4. Home - Polydor 1970
1. Whisky Train / 2. Dead Man's Dream / 3. Still There'll Be More / 4. Nothing That I Didn't Know / 5. About to Die / 6. Barnyard Story / 7. Piggy Pig Pig / 8. Whaling Stories / 9. Your Own Choice / 10. Rockin' Warm-Up/Go Go Go [*] / 11. Dead Man's Dream [*] / 12. Procol Have a Laugh [*] / 13. Still There'll Be More [Instr.) [*] / 14. About to Die [*] / 15. Barnyard Story [*] / 16. Piggy Pig Pig [*] / 17. Your Own Choice [*] / 18. Whaling Stories [*]
Rating : 7
5. Broken Barricades - AM Records 1971
1. Simple Sister / 2. Broken Barricades / 3. Memorial Drive / 4. Luskus Delph / 5. Power Failure / 6. Song for a Dreamer / 7. Playmate of the Mouth / 8. Poor Mohammed / 9. Broken Barricades [Single][*] / 10. Power Failure [Single][*] / 11. Simple Sister [*]
Rating : 6
6. Live With The Edmonton Orchestra - Chrysalis 1972
1. Conquistador / 2. Whaling Stories / 3. Salty Dog / 4. All This and More / 5. In Held 'Twas in I / 6. Luskus Delph [*]
Rating : 6
7. Grand Hotel - Chrysalis 1973
1. Grand Hotel / 2. Toujours l'Amour / 3. Rum Tale / 4. T.V. Ceasar / 5. Souvenir of London / 6. Bringing Home the Bacon / 7. For Liquorice John / 8. Fires (Which Burnt Brightly) / 9. Robert's Box / 10. Grand Hotel [Single] / 11. Robert's Box [Single]
Rating : 6
8. Exotic Birds and Fruit - Chrysalis 1974
1. Nothing But The Truth / 2. Beyond The Pale / 3. As Strong As Samson / 4. The Idol / 5. The Thin End Of The Wedge / 6. Monsieur R Monde / 7. Fresh Fruit / 8. Butterfly Boys / 9. New Lamps For Old / 10. Drink Again (*) / 11. As Strong As Samson (Single)
Rating : 7
9. Ninth - Chrysalis 1975
1. Pandora's Box / 2. Fools Gold. / 3. Taking the Time. / 4. Unquiet Zone. / 5. Final Thrust. / 6. I Keep Forgetting. / 7. Without a Doubt. / 8. Piper's Tune. / 9. Typewriter Torment. / 10. Eight Days a Week.
Rating : 6
10. Something Magic - Chrysalis 1977
1. Something Magic / 2. Skating on Thin Ice / 3. Wizard Man / 4. Mark of the Claw / 5. Strangers in Space / 6. Worm / 7. Part One - Introduction/Menace/Occupation / 8. Part Two - Enervation/Expectancy/Battle / 9. Part Three - Regeneration/Epilogue
Rating : 5
11. The Prodigal Stranger - Zoo Entertainment 1991
1. The Truth Won't Fade Away / 2. Holding On / 3. Man With A Mission / 4. Turn Back The Page / 5. One More Time / 6. A Dream In Ev'ry Home / 7. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle / 8. The King Of Hearts / 9. All Our Dreams Are Sold / 10. Perpetual Motion / 11. Learn To Fly / 12. The Pursuit Of Happiness
Rating : 7
12. The Long Goodbye - RCA - 1995
1. Conquistador / 2. Homburg / 3. Grand Hotel / 4. Simple Sister / 5. A Salty Dog / 6. Pandora's Box / 7. A Whiter Shade of Pale / 8. Repent Walpurgis / 9. Turn Back the Page / 10. Strangers in Space / 11. Butterfly Boys / 12. The Long Goodbye
Rating :
13. The Well's on Fire - Eagle Records 2003
1. Old English Dream / 2. Shadow Boxed / 3. Robe of Silk / 4. Blink of an Eye / 5. VIP Room / 6. Question / 7. World Is Rich / 8. Fellow Travellers / 9. Wall Street Blues / 10. Emperor's New Clothes / 11. So Far Behind / 12. Every Dog Will Have His Day / 13. Weisselklenzenacht
Rating :9
14. Novum - Eagle Rock Entertainment 2017
1. I Told On You / 2. Last Chance Motel / 3. Image Of The Beast / 4. Soldier / 5. Don't Get Caught / 6. Neighbour / 7. Sunday Morning / 8. Businessman / 9. Can't Say That / 10. The Only One / 11. Somewhen
Rating :
15. Ain't Nothin' to Get Excited About (Liquorice John Death 1970 ) - Friday Music 2005
1. High School Confidential / 2. Kansas City / 3. Lucille / 4. Brand New Cadillac / 5. Matchbox / 6. Breathless / 7. Everything I Do Is Wrong / 8. Old Black Joe / 9. Shoppin' for Clothes / 10. Well, I... / 11. I'm Ready / 12. Girl Can't Help It / 13. Keep a Knockin'
Rating :6
Essential Albums!
Original albums as listed and rated on “Rate Your Music” - July 3 - 2009
76 Procol Harum - 1967
92 Shine on Brightly - 1968
116 A Salty Dog - 1969
170 Live with Edmonton Orchestra - 1972
175 Grand Hotel - 1973
236 Home - 1970
335 Broken Barricades - 1971
208 Exotic Birds and Fruit - 1974
589 Ninth - 1975
691 Something Magic - 1977
862 The Prodigal Stranger - 1991
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December 25 - "rateyourmusic.com"
My Suggestion For a 2 CDs 160 minutes (app.) Best Of Compilation:
The Early Years 67-71
1. A Whiter Shade Of Pale ( Brooker/Reid) Procol Harum
2. Homburg ( Brooker/Reid) Procol Harum
3. A Salty Dog ( Brooker/Reid) A Salty Dog
4. Quite Rightly So ( Brooker/Fisher/Reid) Shine On Brightly
5. Shine On Brightly ( Brooker/Reid) Shine On Brightly
6. In The Wee Small Hours of Sixpence ( Brooker/Reid) Shine On Brightly - bonus
7. All This and More ( Brooker/Reid) A Salty Dog
8. Luskus Delph ( Brooker/Reid) Broken Barricades
9. Salad Days ( Brooker/Reid) Procol Harum
10. Something Following Me ( Brooker/Reid) Procol Harum
11. Rambling On A ( Brooker/Reid) Shine On Brightly
12. Pilgrims' Progress ( Fisher/Reid) A Salty Dog
13. She Wandered Through The Garden Fence ( Brooker/Reid) Procol Harum
14. Cerdes ( Brooker/Reid) Procol Harum
15. Nothing That I Didn't Know ( Brooker/Reid) Home
16. Your Own Choice ( Brooker/Reid) Home
17. Too Much Between Us ( Brooker/Reid) A Salty Dog
18. Broken Barricades ( Brooker/Reid) Broken Barricades
19. Boredom ( Brooker/Fisher/Reid) A Salty Dog
20. Skip Sofly ( Brooker/Reid) Shine On Brightly
21. A Christmas Camel ( Brooker/Reid) Procol Harum
22. Conquistador ( Brooker/Reid) Procol Harum
23. Monsieur Armand ( Brooker/Reid) Shine On Brightly - bonus
24. In the Autumn of My Madness ( Brooker/Fisher/Reid) Shine On Brightly
25. Look to Your Soul ( Brooker/Fisher/Reid) Shine On Brightly
26. Wreck of the Hesperus ( Fisher/Reid) A Salty Dog
27. Repent Walpurgis ( Fisher ) Procol Harum
28. Grand Finale ( Brooker/Fisher/Reid) Shine On Brightly
The Later Years 1972 - . . .
1. As Strong as Samson ( Brooker/Reid) Exotic Birds and Fruit
2. Pandora's Box( Brooker/Reid) Ninth
3. New Lamps For Old ( Brooker/Reid) Exotic Birds and Fruit
4. Grand Hotel ( Brooker/Reid) Grand Hotel
5. A Dream in Every Home ( Brooker/Fisher/Reid) The Prodigal Stranger
6. A Robe of Silk ( Brooker/Reid) The Well's on Fire
7. An Old English Dream ( Brooker/Reid) The Well's on Fire
8. Beyond the Pale ( Brooker/Reid) Exotic Birds and Fruit
9. Fool's Gold (Brooker/Reid) Ninth
10. The Final Trust (Brooker/Reid) Ninth
11. Wizzard Man (Brooker/Reid) Something Magic
12. The Truth Won´t Fade Away ( Brooker/Fisher/Reid) The Prodigal Stranger
' 13. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle ( Brooker/Thompson/Reid) The Prodigal Stranger
14. The Blink of an Eye ( Brooker/Reid) The Well's on Fire
15. This World is Rich ( Brooker/Reid) The Well's on Fire
16. The Emperor's New Clothes ( Brooker/Reid) The Well's on Fire
17. Fellow Travellers ( Fisher/Reid) The Well's on Fire
18. Weisselklenzenacht ( Fisher ) The Well's on Fire
19. Holding On ( Brooker/Reid) The Prodigal Stranger
LINKS:
Procol Harum - All This and More
Beyond The Pale