MINT SHRINK "HOME" PROCOL HARUM 's 1970 HEAVY TROWER GUITAR BLUES DEATH psych
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$ 104
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May 19, 2019
Sold Date
May 14, 2019
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$ 10
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USA
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MINT IN SHRINK WRAP! 1970 ORIG!
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= PROCOL HARUM =
"HOME"
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USA - (BROWN) A&M RECORDS -4261
Beautiful 1970 absolute FIRST PRESS in THICK gatefold!
STILL IN FACTORY CELLOPHANE
flat, square, 4 sharp corners = THICK gatefold 1970 orig!
Although guitar great Robin Trower had been with Procol Harum since their first LP, HOME was the album his guitar phenomena was unleashed on and the music world took notice...
Home was Procol Harum's fourth album, which gave the band breathing space after the majestic A Salty Dog.
Home was their first album without Mathew Fisher, whose hallmark Hammond organ sound has graced the first three Procol albums, and of course was such a feature of "A Whiter Shade of Pale."
Music critics, who often do not know what they are talking about, have advised Procol Harum started their career at the top and worked their way down! This though, is an unjustifiably underestimated falsehood view of one of Britain's best and most eclectic bands of the sixties. While A Whiter Shade of Pale is indelibly associated with 1967's Summer Of Love, during their ten-year career Procol released ten remarkable albums.
Home is a marvellous souvenir of Procol Harum's variety: their roots are displayed on the opening Whisky Train, Robin Trower's bluesy guitar blazing a tribute to Presley's Mystery Train; the epic Whaling Stories is Procol at their most ambitious, furloughing the furrow of 'progressive rock' they had made their own; Your Own Choice and Still There'll Be More are typically inscrutable.
With Gary Brooker's gutsy vocals, Trower's flamboyant guitar, B.J.Wilson's relentless drumming – he was, after all, Jimmy Page's first choice for the Led Zeppelin drumstool – and Keith Reid's enigmatic lyrics, Home shows how far Procol had come since their days in the '60s when they were known as the Paramounts, - and how much they'd developed in three years since A Whiter Shade Of Pale had seen them earmarked as one of Britain's most promising new bands.
With so much already achieved by the time of its release in 1970, Procol Harum proved with Home that there was still plenty ahead. They were never the one-hit wonders their critics claimed; if nothing else, this album at least proves that! ...
The listener may also notice, the album is more guitarist Robin Trower's "Mississippi Queen", as he is allowed to completely cut loose while the rest of the band backs him up. Procol also moves back into the reign of dark epic fantasy, with songs of death, adventure and horror. A favorite is "Still There'll Be More", a gleeful revenge song wherein the protagonist plots the many afflictions he will inflict upon his nameless enemy, vowing "I'll blacken your Christmas/And piss on your door/You'll cry out for mercy/Still there'll be more". Something about the sheer elation of the singer as he recounts all of the outrages he's planning can't help but put a smile on your face. This contrasts nicely with the song immediately following it, a slow, sad number called "Nothing That I Didn't Know". On this one, the protagonist laments the sufferings of his 26-year-old friend Jenny Drew who has just died from some sort of horrible progressive disease.
Throughout the album, imagery of death prevails. "About to Die" is Reid's vision of the last moments of Christ, as the crowds applaud him, all the while seeing him as more of a symbol than an actual person. "Dead Man's Dream" is reminiscent of an Edgar Allen Poe story, as the singer recounts a strange and frightening dream. Even "Barnyard Story" touches on the subject of death, as an old man recalls his many fantastic adventures in life and quietly looks forward to his own eternal sleep.
Whisky Train ...4:31
The Dead Man's Dream ...4:46
Still There'll Be More ...4:53
Nothing That I Didn't Know ...3:36
About to Die ...3:36
Barnyard Story ...2:46
Piggy Pig Pig ...4:48
Whaling Stories ...7:06
Your Own Choice ...3:14
CONDITION: The cover: Rated: MINT => thick gatefold ::: STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY CELLOPHANE ... 4 sharp corners, final collection copy! The seams are solid, no seam splits, no faded colors, no bends, no writing ...
The vinyl: Rated: M- TOP COPY, loads of shine; overall expect to play fantastic with mint audio! Both A&M labels are in solid => no writing or dirt/soil
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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