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A WHITER SHADE OF PALE: A Tale of Pyschedelia, Toi

By Henry Scott-Irvine Presents

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Procol Harum's classic hit A Whiter Shade Of Pale is the most played record ever: 'The People's Choice' and 'PPL's Number 1 Record Of The Past 75 Years’ (14.04.09.) Pale's enigmatic lyrics and haunting Bach-like theme defined 'The Summer Of Love' in 1967. It has since become an alternate wedding theme; a funeral march; a TV advert for Toilet Paper; and a musical motif in countless movies. There are 1,000 covers by artistes as diverse as Percy Sledge, King Curtis, Willie Nelson, Annie Lennox, and Joe Cocker. Recently centre stage in a litigation case, Procol's organist Matthew Fisher claimed and won co-composer accreditation, in one what turned out to be one of the longest, costliest and most bitterly fought legal cases in British music history.

Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
Alan Parker (Film Director)
Ray Connolly (Novelist, Screenwriter and London Evening Standard journalist)
Michael Howard QC (Former Home Secretary & Conservative Party Leader)
Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)

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Featuring tracks by Procol Harum, Nicoletta , The Phil Upchurch Combo, The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, King Curtis, The Kingpins, The Memphis Horns & Billy Preston (Source. Live At The Fillmore West, San Francisco, 1971. Atlantic Records). and more

A Whiter Shade Of Pale ( Cover Version) Buy By Pat Kelly 1976	1
Poison Ivy Buy By The Paramounts 1963	2
If You Can’T Sit Down Buy By The Phil Upchurch Combo	3
Understandably Blue Buy By Procol Harum 1967	4
A Whiter Shade Of Pale Buy By Procol Harum 1967	5
Bach’S Air On A ‘G’ String (Aka ’Aria Number 3 In D Major’) Buy By The Jacques Loussier Trio Source. Playbach Volume 2.	6
Bach’S Orchestral Suit No 3 In ‘D’ Major Buy By The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra	7
When A Man Loves A Woman Buy By Percy Sledge (1966)	8
A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Cover) Buy By King Curtis, The Kingpins, The Memphis Horns & Billy Preston (Source. Live At The Fillmore West, San Francisco, 1971. Atlantic Records).	9
Orgues D’Antan/ A Whiter Shade Of Pale (1967 Cover) Buy By Nicoletta	10
A Whiter Shade Of Pale Buy By Procol Harum	11