Procol's like wine - It get's better when it get's older..!!, 22 May 2002

I live in Copenhagen, Denmark, and have seen them several times over the years, and it is very nice now to be able to watch them on DVD. The present band constellation are doing fair justice to both the older and newer material from Mrss. Brooker, Reid and Fisher's very interesting back-catalogue.

The whole band was "on there toes" from the first number (well knowing, that the Danish television was taping the performance for transmission later that year.) Mr. Brooker did his well-known humoristic intro's to the songs and it seemed that everybody, both on stage and in the public was having a swell time..!
In fact the concert was aired on the 31th of December 2001.....!!

The realy fine and good thing about this DVD is, that not only do you get almost the whole complete concert, but you also get nearly 50 minutes of rehearsals done just before the band went on stage in Copenhagen.
They rehearsed some old standards - not thrown in by the actual songs in the concert setlist...!

So all in all - a very very pleasant evening and a nice DVD......

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Arise, Sir Gary Brooker, 1 Jan 2006

By	Mr. Thomas Thatcher "Tom Thatcher" (Salisbury, UK) - See all my reviews

The band play a long and well considered set of some of their greatest songs and one is reminded once again that this is a band that recorded a great wealth of diverse and clever material. Play "Whisky Train" to the unknowing and they usually reckon it's Motorhead or Gary Moore! The sound quality is quite exceptional and so is the picture. Also, the not-so-young Mr Brooker passes what my son calls the "Salty Dog" vocal test - can he reach the drawn-out high note at the end ? Yes, he can and does. Magnificent! Eat your heart out, Chris Martin - no frail falsettos allowed into this company!

This is an great way to spend an hour and a half in the company of top-flight players. With dear old Tom Jones recently knighted apparently for having merely survived, with no obvious sign of having produced a new song or an original note in his life, Gary Brooker (and wordsmith Keith Reid) deserve knighthoods for 40 years in music and examples like these of majestic and original songs.

Excellent value for money. Buy now, light the fire, open a good bottle and remind yourself that no, it wasn't all just a glorious but disappeared dream. They are still out there, if you seek them out, still doing it. You know what I mean - but if not, clue: Ginger ---- Jack ----- Eric ----.................

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