Exciting news from the boys down at Fly Records, curently engaged in the remastering, expanding and reissuing of the first four studio albums of British psychedelic and progressive rockers, Procol Harum.
Photo by: Régis de Logivière
For yes, there was more to Procol Harum than being responsible for the most played record in Britain ever, 1967′s ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’.
Progressive rock has earned quite the reputation in the 30 or so years since those glory days of the 1970s. Unfortunately it’s the sort of reputation , by and large, that would’ve made Hitler think people were talking about him. Head Full of Snow wishes to redress the balance by pummelling through the pomposity and chiselling away at the chaff that is nowadays associated with this particular musical genre.
What better way than to ease ourselves in gently? There’s nothing wrong with a twenty minute drum solo (honest!) but it might be a touch heavy for the unitiated. Therefore you’ll find nothing of the sort below. No way, Pedro! Instead we have seven short (by prog standards), yet sweet progressive rock pearlers.
Where the deuce is Rick Wakeman when you need him?
When not sporting a rather handsome trilby, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson could often be found attired in other millinery masterpieces, the red bowler displayed in this performance being no exception. When not enthusing on the joys of a good hat, Anderson and his band, the mighty Jethro Tull, also released the odd record. They went from blues, to folk, to prog, stopping at the occasional psychedelic point in between. They took the idea of the concept album to its conclusion, releasing two, Thick as a Brick and The Passion Play, which were just one song split over the two sides. ‘Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day’ is much shorter than that and taken from the 1974 album, Warchild.
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