What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



I think they're telling us this is their ninth album. One hit wonders here in the states with A Whiter Shade Of
Pale, though I guess they were somewhat bigger in the British homeland. Had to be to have held on this long. Only
one album left before they would disband in '77. Reformed in '91 with little success. Early period saw Robin Trower
on lead guitar. He left in '71 to go on to even greater fame. This album includes the bands final top #20 UK hit in
Pandoras Box, which is also my favorite here. One other track I love in The Final Thrust, with a couple of bombs
also, including the true to the original but brutal cover of the Beatles classic Eight Days A Week. Overall a decent album,
but doesn't approach their first few for me. It made #52 in the states and #41 in the UK, with the Pandoras Box
single hitting #16 there.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Eight Days A Week

Best Track - Pandoras Box

While horsemen ride across the green
and Snow White still remains unseen.
Pegasus, the winged horse,
relays his messages by Morse.
And like some pirate sailor
We crossed the Spanish Main
And brought our magic carpet
to a marble staircased plain.

While Handel plays his melody
Doctors cause uncertainty
And though I know the lifeguard's brave
There is no one for him to save.
And like some pirate sailor
We crossed the Spanish Main
And brought our magic carpet
to a marble staircased plain.

Cock Robin views his frozen feet
and wraps them in a winding sheet
and calls out for his favourite drink
the Persian that's as warm as mink.
And like some pirate sailor
We crossed the Spanish Main
And brought our magic carpet
to a marble staircased plain.

1) Pandora's Box ***
live - Procol Harum - Pandora's Box (1975) - YouTube
2) Fools Gold **
audio - Procol Harum - Fool's Gold - YouTube
3) Taking The Time *
audio - Procol Harum:-'Taking The Time' - YouTube
4) The Unquiet Zone **
live - The Unquiet Zone - YouTube
5) The Final Thrust ***
audio - Procol Harum:-'The Final Thrust' - YouTube
6) I Keep Forgetting **
audio - Procol Harum:-'Keep Forgetting' - YouTube
7) Without A Doubt **
audio - Procol Harum:-'Without A Doubt' - YouTube
8) The Piper's Tune **
audio - Procol Harum:-'The Piper's Tune' - YouTube
9) Typewriter Torment **
audio - Procol Harum:-'Typewriter Torment' - YouTube
10) Eight A Days A Week *
audio - Procol Harum:-'Eight Days A Week' - YouTube

3's - 2
2's - 6
1's - 2

Grade - 2.0

so many albums, so little time