- Audio CD (7 Aug 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Repertoire
- ASIN: B00000013S
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 75,037 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. A Whiter Shade Of Pale |
| 2. Conquistador |
| 3. She Wandered Through The Garden Fence |
| 4. Something Following Me |
| 5. Mabel |
| 6. Cerdes (Outside The Gates Of) |
| 7. A Christmas Camel |
| 8. Kaleidoscope |
| 9. Salad Days (Are Here Again) |
| 10. Good Captain Clack |
| 11. Repent Walpurgis |
| 12. Lime Street Blues |
| 13. Homburg |
| 14. Monsieur Armand |
| 15. Seem To Have The Blues All The Time |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Its Good & Would Be Better In Stereo.,
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This review is from: A Whiter Shade of Pale - Germany (Audio CD)
This album is essential for just 3 tracks, A Whiter Shade Of Pale, Conquistador & Homburg.
What can be said about A Whiter Shade Of Pale? I understand that when John Lennon heard it he played it constantly and he was just as captivated as the rest of the rock world by the Bach inspired song. Conquistador is a wonderful narration about European invaders and the damage they did in South America. Homburg sounds great although it's difficult to know what it's all about. The above are some of the best stuff from the 1960s, which is high praise indeed. The rest are not for me, if only it was all in stereo.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Whiter Shade of Psychedelia,
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This review is from: A Whiter Shade of Pale - Germany (Audio CD)
The lyrics are nonsense and the tunes are propto-porogressive rock but there is something wonderful about this album that I really love. I was never really aware of much other than A Whiter Shade of Pale form the Procols when I was young but decided to take a chance on this album because I wanted that song. It really does capture the era. The cover photographs of the band are priceless all silk blouses, long unstyled hair smoking pipes; it is a perfect picture of young men of the era wanting to embrace the new but not quite understanding how to get it right.
Fortunately the music is bang on whoever actually "wrote" the arrangement of Bach's tune which became WSoP. The current court case seems a bit odd, one in which the winner is the one who is proved to have stollen another man's work. But don't blame the Procols for that classical works are "adapted" in popular music all the time and the 1960's Blues Boomers knicked guitar solos and tunes from their living composers on a regular basis. A great album worth having
2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
curates egg?,
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This review is from: A Whiter Shade of Pale - Germany (Audio CD)
I am sure there were a few disappointed punters who bought this LP at the time. Not only did the original version leave off WSoP but there were precious few tracks that sounded anything like it. The nearest is Repent Walpurgis, an instrumental, and the best track ( after WSoP that is now on the cd).Much of the rest is more bluesey than would have been expected I am sure at the time, its not without merit, ( Conquistador is another excellent track), but is really just a curio of its time.. Their real masterpiece is the next one, Shine On Brightly, and the third is also well worth getting, Salty Dog. Unfortunately Matthew Fisher left after that one, and so did the band's inspiration. They have been very average ever since. I am pleased that Fisher won his court case as Brooker, Reid and co obviously did not appreciate his worth to the band. As far as the 4 bonus tracks are concerned, they are a waste of time apart from the brilliant Homburg which is available on their various compilations anyway.
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