Though “Pale” singlehandedly sealed their position in rock history, Procol Harum continued to make sonic waves from the late ’60s on into the ’70s with heady tracks like “Shine on Brightly,” “A Salty Dog,” “The Devil Came From Kansas,” and “Conquistador.” Fast-forward to the present day, where Procol Harum continues to shine brightly as evidenced by the sweet and salty sounds of Novum (Eagle Rock), out on April 21. An alluring mono mesh of Gary Brooker’s affecting vocals and piano lines, Matthew Fisher’s wistful Hammond M-102 organ, and dreamscape-inducing lyrics, “Pale” firmly planted dual flagpoles in both the then-burgeoning prog and psychedelic camps, and it remains as vestally impactful today as it instantly was back then. ![]() It’s never easy creating music that can stand the test of time, but that’s exactly what Procol Harum did 50 years ago when they released their indelibly seductive debut single, “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” on May 12, 1967. And as the rock culture started exploding in the mid-’60s, new bands cropped up daily, all trying to capture the zeitgeist of the artform with a failure rate that went way beyond the pale, to say the least. ![]() That’s all most bands have to make an impact on our continually fractured and very much divided music scene these days, but one could argue it’s always been that way ever since the pop brigade began taking hold in the 1950s.
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