Procol Harum - 30th Anniversary Anthology [3CD Box Set] (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 1,08 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 501 MB | Covers - 16 MB
Genre: Progressive/Psychedelic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Westside (WESX 301)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 1,08 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 501 MB | Covers - 16 MB
Genre: Progressive/Psychedelic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Westside (WESX 301)
The best collection yet devoted to Procol Harum's classic early period ties together the many facets of their sound and their early history, including numerous outtakes and all of the music on four albums from 1967 through 1970. The clarity of the sound makes the first album - which was roundly criticized, especially in England, for having been cut in mono in late 1967 - seem a lot more muscular and progressive here than it did in its original release form. The producers have tampered with the song order on A Salty Dog, moving that record's title track in amongst disc three's single sides for time considerations while still leaving "Whiter Shade of Pale" and "Homburg" off of the first CD (the original commercial flaw with the debut album in England was the absence of either of those songs, and the seven-month-plus delay in getting it out)…