RE-EDITED BLU-RAY VERSION OF CHARITY CONCERT ‘A CONCERT BY THE LAKE’ WITH ERIC CLAPTON, GARY BROOKER, MIKE RUTHERFORD ETC

This all-star supergroup was brought together to play a charity concert at the historic Wintershall Estate in Surrey in aid of the charity HASTE (Heart And Stroke Trust Endeavour). With Gary Brooker of Procol Harum directing from the piano, a backing band that includes Andy Fairweather Low and Mike Rutherford on guitars, Paul Carrack on keyboards and Henry Spinetti on drums gives virtuoso support to an amazing line-up of star soloists including Eric Clapton, Katie Melua, Roger Taylor, Ringo Starr and The Drifters.

Bonus Features: Interviews with the key performers.

This unique all-star line-up perform many of their classic tracks such as ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’, ‘Over My Shoulder’, ‘Lay Down Sally’, ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’, ‘I Want To Break Free’, ‘Under The Boardwalk’ and ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ among many others.

Re-edited for Blu-ray release from the original footage and with a new front cover.

A royalty from the sales of the Blu-ray goes to HASTE.

TRACKLISTING: 1 Tequila, 2 Over My Shoulder (ft Paul Carrack), 3 Reconsider Baby (ft Eric Clapton), 4 Lay Down Sally (ft Eric Clapton), 5 How Long (ft Paul Carrack), 6 Willie & The Hand Jive (ft Eric Clapton), 7 Crawling Up A Hill (ft Katie Melua), 8 My Aphrodisiac Is You (ft Katie Melua), 9 The Closest Thing To Crazy (ft Katie Melua), 10 Lay My Burden Down (ft Andy Fairweather Low), 11 Say It’s Not True (ft Roger Taylor), 12 Those Were The Days (ft Roger Taylor), 13 I Want To Break Free (ft Roger Taylor), 14 This World Is Rich (ft Gary Brooker), 15 Act Naturally (ft Ringo Starr), 16 Photograph (feat Ringo Starr), 17 With A Little Help From My Friends (ft Ringo Starr), 18 A Whiter Shade Of Pale (ft Gary Brooker), 19 Stormy Monday (ft Eric Clapton & Chris Barber), 20 Under The Boardwalk (ft The Drifters), 21 Stand By Me (ft The Drifters), 22 Cocaine (ft Eric Clapton), 23 I Can’t Dance (Everyone!)

Technical: Screen Format: 16:9. Sound Formats: DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital 5.1, LPCM Stereo. Running Time: 128 mins approx

Also Available On DVD: EREDV560

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SALVO RELEASE ‘ALL THIS AND MORE…’ 3CD/1DVD BOX SET BY PROCOL HARUM

Salvo continue their fine Procol Harum remasters series with a glorious box set featuring three CDs loaded with hits, album tracks and live tracks from 1969 through to 2007. The DVD features live music from 1974 through to 2006.

Details:

Disc 1
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Lime Street Blues
Homburg
In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence
Cerdes (Outside The Gates Of)
Salad Days (Are Here Again)
Repent Walpurgis
Shine On Brightly
In Held ‘Twas in I A:
Glimpses Of Nirvana
In Held ‘Twas in I B:
Twas Teatime At The Circus
In Held ‘Twas in I C:
In The Autumn Of My Madness
In Held ‘Twas in I D: Look To Your Soul
In Held ‘Twas in I E: Grande Finale
A Salty Dog
The Milk Of Human Kindness
Pilgrim’s Progress
Long Gone Geek
Still There’ll Be More
About To Die
Barnyard Story

Disc 2
Your Own Choice
Broken Barricades
A Rum Tale
For Liquorice John
Robert’ s Box
Beyond The Pale
As Strong As Samson
The Thin End Of The Wedge
Pandora’ s Box
Fools Gold
Taking The Time
The Unquiet Zone
The King Of Hearts (live in Utrecht, `92)
Perpetual Motion
The Emperor’ s New Clothes
So Far Behind
Man With A Mission (live in Utrecht, `92)
Blue Danube

Disc 3
New Lamps for Old (Golders Green, 1974)
Last Train To Niagara
(Irvine Meadows, 1993)
Crucifiction Lane (California, 1969)
Rambling On (California, 1969)
Juicy John Pink (Isle of Wight Festival, 1970)
Broken Barricades (Hollywood Bowl, 1973)
Tv Ceasar / Rule Britannia
(Hollywood Bowl, 1973)
Souvenir of London (New Jersey, 1975)
(You Can’ t) Turn Back The Page (Turin, 2007)
Learn to Fly (Schio, 2007)
One Eye on the Future (Schio, 2007)
Whisky Train (Schio, 2007)
All This and More (Edmonton, 1971)
Luskus Delph (Edmonton, 1971)

DVD
Bringing Home the Bacon (Danish TV, 1974)
Toujours l’ Amour (Danish TV, 1974)
The Devil Came From Kansas
(Danish TV, 1974)
The Idol (Danish TV, 1974)
Something Magic (Ledreborg, 2006)
Butterfly Boys (Ledreborg, 2006)
Nothing But The Truth (Ledreborg, 2006)
Into the Flood (Ledreborg, 2006)
Simple Sister (Ledreborg, 2006)
Whaling Stories (Ledreborg, 2006)
The VIP Room (Isle of Wight, 2006)
Kaleidoscope (Isle of Wight, 2006)
Alpha (Isle of Wight, 2006)
An Old English Dream (Union Chapel, 2003)
Grand Hotel (Union Chapel, 2003)
As Strong As Samson (Union Chapel, 2003)
Quite Rightly So (Union Chapel, 2003)
Conquistador (Union Chapel, 2003)
Piggy Pig Pig (Copenhagen, 2001)
Seem to Have the Blues (Most All of the Time)
(Copenhagen, 2001)
Memorial Drive (Copenhagen, 2001)
Wizard man (Copenhagen, 2001)

Source: Salvo

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PROCOL HARUM 40TH ANNIVERSARY REMASTERS DUE

Salvo are finally starting to release the long promised Procol Harum 40th Anniversary remasters. If the sound is as good as their Move releases, we are in for a treat! The first two are due 6 April.

PROCOL HARUM
Their music was a particularly majestic hybrid. Keith Reid s expansive, highly cinematic lyrics crowned an instantly identifiable sound. Strong R n B influences were integrated with classical themes. Gary Brooker s blue-eyed soul vocals were accompanied by a hallmark dual keyboard sound (a Steinway grand piano and a Hammond organ), bluesy guitar playing, rock-inspired percussion and melodic bass lines, forming the essence of a uniquely British ensemble. Salvo, in association with Fly Records, have enlisted the assistance of songwriters and band mainstays Gary Brooker and Keith Reid in presenting the Procol Harum’s early albums as a part of their meticulously produced 40th Anniversary Series. Procol s classic recordings are to be collated chronologically for the first time accompanied by copious bonus tracks – including previously unreleased masters – and generous, highly detailed booklets. A wonderful album that built on the lavish promise of their first two singles, which weren t originally included, and proved very influential in its own right, Procol Harum s eponymous long-playing debut is here augmented by the inclusion of the timeless A Whiter Shade of Pale, the follow-up smash Homburg and a variety of rare and previously unreleased cuts selected by Gary Brooker. If any song can be said to encapsulate an era – to immediately conjure up the sights, sounds and smells of a particular time – then A Whiter Shade Of Pale is surely that song. For a whole generation A WHITER SHADE OF PALE remains the emblematic anthem of that Summer of Love. And even now, 40 years on, the song remains a haunting tale of mystery and imagination. Thanks to the extraordinary success of A WHITER SHADE OF PALE, the recording of the album had to be staggered, slotted in between a hectic round of one-nighters all over the UK. And when it hit No.5 in the US during the summer of 1967, transatlantic travel had to be factored in too. After such an interrupted gestation it would not have been at all surprising if the LP had lacked continuity, but in fact Procol Harum is a remarkably cohesive record. The foundations for a whole school of specifically English rock music were laid by A WHITER SHADE OF PALE and by the tracks on this album. Even the album s cover managed to capture the spirit of the times. Drawn in the style of Aubrey Beardsley, the illustration was perfectly in keeping with the faux-Victorian flavour established by Sgt Pepper and here we have used the rare pink Italian version.

1. Conquistador
2. She Wandered Through the Garden Fence
3. Something Following Me
4. Mabel
5. Cerdes (outside the gates of)
6. A Christmas Camel
7. Kaleidoscope
8. Salad Days (are here again)
9. Good Captain Clack
10. Repent Walpurgis
11. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
12. Lime Street Blues
13. Homburg (single version)
14. Good Captain Clack (single version)
15. Il Tuo Diamante (Italian single promo version)
16. Understandably Blue (stereo)
17. Pandora s Box (version 1: backing track) (stereo)
18. Alpha (stereo)
19. Conquistador (stereo)
20. She Wandered Through The garden Fence (stereo)
21. Homburg (album version) (stereo)

Procol Harum (40th anniversary series)
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SHINE ON BRIGHTLY
Salvo, in association with Fly Records, have enlisted the assistance of songwriters and band mainstays Gary Brooker and Keith Reid in presenting Procol Harum’s early albums as a part of their meticulously produced 40th Anniversary Series. Procol’s classic recordings are to be collated chronologically for the first time accompanied by copious bonus tracks – including previously unreleased masters – and highly detailed booklets. In 1968, with their reputation in the ascendant, and having just signed to Herb Alpert’s A&M label in the USA, it was decided that the band s second album should be released in the States a good six months before the UK. It proved a good decision – and by the end of 1968, Shine On Brightly had reached No.24 on the US album charts. This would be the album that cemented Procol Harum’s position as one of the most imaginative and forward-looking groups of the era – a band more than capable of emerging from the shadow of their debut single, A Whiter Shade Of Pale. With the success of Shine On Brightly, musical comparisons were being drawn between Procol Harum and The Band. Both groups relied on the same line-up of organ, piano, guitar, bass and drums. And with the release of their own Music From Big Pink in the summer of 1968, The Band were finally being recognised as more than just Bob Dylan’s backing group. Some perceptive critics noted the influence of Procol Harum on Big Pink; while Shine On Brightly – a far more assured and confident sounding album than their debut – confirmed how much further Procol themselves had developed. Opening with Quite Rightly So (Procol’s third single), Shine On Brightly displayed a band at the top of their game and determined to stay there. Keith Reid’s lyrics, as inscrutable as ever, were particularly impressive on the title track, Skip Softly (My Moonbeams), and Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone). But in hindsight, it was the 17 minute In Held Twas In I which would prove the album’s most influential track. Divided into five movements, the song starts with Glimpses Of Nirvana, a wry spiritual quest; continues with the sprightly Twas Teatime At The Circus, which is at direct odds with the sombre In The Autumn Of My Madness, which in turn flows into Look To Your Soul before concluding with the triumphant Grand Finale. In later years Pete Townshend would cite In Held Twas In I as one of the building blocks which helped fashion Tommy; while Brian May maintained that the Procol suite had played a formative role in the Queen sound – indeed, there are distinct echoes of In Held Twas In I in the scene-shifting Bohemian Rhapsody.

1. Quite rightly so
2. Shine on brightly
3. Skip softly (My moonbeams)
4. Wish me well
5. Rambling on
6. Magdalene (My regal Zonophone)
7. In Held twas in I (Glimpses of Nirvana)
8. In Held twas in I ( Twas teatime at the Circus)
9. In Held twas in I (In the Autumn of my Madness)
10. In Held twas in I (Look to your Soul)
11. In Held twas in I (Grande Finale)
12. Quite rightly so (single version)
13. In the wee small hours of Sixpence (single mix)
14. Monsieur Armand
15. Seem to have the Blues (Most all the time)
16. McGreggor
17. The Gospel according to…
18. Shine on brightly (early version)
19. Magdalene (My regal Zonophone) (early version)
20. A Robe of Silk (backing track)
21. Monsieur Armand (backing track)
22. In the wee small hours of Sixpence (backing track)

Shine on brightly (40th anniversary series)
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JACK BRUCE AND ROBIN TROWER TOURING

Jack Bruce will perform with guitar god Robin Trower and drumming legend Gary Husband in a series of concerts in Germany and the Netherlands. For tickets and information visit:

Tollhaus Karlsruhe
www.tollhaus.de

Die Kantine Kulturbetrieb GmbH
Neusser Landstr. 2
50735 Köln – Longerich
Hotline: 0221 – 167 916 16
www.kantine.com

Concertgebouw De Vereeniging
Keizer Karelplein 2d
6511 NC Nijmegen-Holland
Tickets: ticketmaster.nl

Music Hall Worpswede
Findorffstraße 21
27726 Worpswede
Telefon Büro 04792 950139
Telefon Saal 04792 96151

http://www.musichall-worpswede.deJack Bruce, Robin Trower & Gary Husband

PROCOL HARUM LIVE IN DENMARK CD

Eagle Records are proud to announce the release on 2 March 2009 of the fantastic “Live In Denmark” set from Procol Harum [Cat No EAGCD400]. This is the first new Procol Harum CD release in over 5 years and it features classic tracks from across the band’s career including: “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”, “Homburg”, “Grand Hotel”, “A Salty Dog” and “Conquistador”.

Procol Harum are one of the all-time great British rock groups. Having hit the heights with their first release “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”, a UK No.1 in 1967, they have sustained a recording and performing career that stretches over 40 years. This concert was recorded over two spectacular concerts held in the grounds of Ledreborg Castle in Denmark in August 2006. The band were accompanied throughout by the Danish Radio Concert Orchestra and Choir and these epic songs really benefit from the full symphonic arrangements they receive.

TRACKLISTING

01. Grand Hotel
02. Something Magic
03. Homburg
04. Fires (Which Burn Brightly)
05. Nothing But The Truth
06. Into The Flood
07. A Salty Dog
08. Sympathy For The Hard Of Hearing
09. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
10. Conquistador

“Live In Denmark” shows exactly why Procol Harum are held in such high esteem, the quality shines through. This CD release will be followed by a DVD of the shows released later in 2009.

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New Robin Trower Live Double Album

In the wake of Robin’s successful 2008 World Tour, V12 records are very proud to announce the release “RT @ RO 08″. It is going for the Special Introductory Price of just $20 through December 31, 2008! That’s a TWO-DISK, 8-Panel CD Package (CD includes actual video footage from the concert itself viewable on your computer!) The price goes back to $25 from 1 January 2009.

CD will not be available in retail outlets until April or May, 2009.

Limited Time Purchasing Option

This is a Robin Trower Store Exclusive! Available here:

http://www.trowerpower.com/

Disc 1

Twice Removed From Yesterday 3:45
Shame The Devil 3:48
For Earth Below 9:03
No Time 4:25
The Fool And Me 4:25
Roads To Freedom 4:31
Islands 4:14
Day Of The Eagle 4:02
Bridge Of Sighs 15:33
Rise Up Like The Sun 3:05
Victims Of The Fury 4:05
Gonna Be More Suspicious 3:30
Hannah 5:27
Little Bit Of Sympathy 4:49

Disc 2
Too Rolling Stoned 2:58
Go My Way 4:24
Another Place Another Time 5:03

A note of warning though, although the packaging and sound are top notch, there are gaps in sound at every index mark which makes for a frustrating listen. We contacted Robin’s manager, Derek Sutton, for an explanation.

This is the response:

“We had a choice — either the whole show is one track, with
no way to play individual songs, or we do what most people
have indicated ( in the past) that they want — separate the songs.

It is not a mistake — just a choice that I know has irritated some
of our audience. I regret that this has caused some folks grief.

There is no way to change that choice now.”