Category: Procol Harum

The brilliant title track from A Salty Dog didn’t seafare so well on the charts, disappearing after one week. Hmph, landlubbers.

An epic musical voyage, with the band’s collective artistry in full sail and Keith Reid’s poetry as their north star.

The ornate rock of Procol Harum plus an orchestra proves to be a double-edged, jewel-encrusted sword.

The band forges brightly into future with this literary, ambitious follow-up, capped by the multipart suite, “In Held Twas In I.”

Although initially lost in the flurry of psych/prog releases at year’s end, this is today recognized as an early classic in the genre.

Procol’s first single proved to be a fantastic stroke of luck, topping the UK charts with its quintessentially English stateliness.

The cowbell as a solo instrument? Yeah, whiskey’ll do that to you.