Procol Harum: Live at the Union Church is a document of the final performance of the band's 2003 world tour, taped on December 12 prior to a little London crowd. The venue was a passionate option. As an efficiency space, the Gothic church goes to once both intimate and grand, a best mirror for the band's strange however sound mix of bar-band boogie and classically tinged prog rock. The 21-song performance includes eight selections from The Well's ablaze, Procol Harum's 2003 workshop cd. Most of the more recent tunes are strong (especially "The Question" and also "An Old English Desire"), as well as the band, having actually developed its arrangements to a T, does an extraordinary task of blending its recent music with its older material. Singer-pianist Gary Brooker and also organist Matthew Fisher, both initial participants, blaze a trail via time-honored favorites like "Homburg," "Conquistador," and also their immortal 1967 hit "A Whiter Color of Pale."
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Procol Harum: Live at the Union Church is a document of the final performance of the band's 2003 world tour, taped on December 12 prior to a little London crowd. The venue was a passionate option. As an efficiency space, the Gothic church goes to once both intimate and grand, a best mirror for the band's strange however sound mix of bar-band boogie and classically tinged prog rock. The 21-song performance includes eight selections from The Well's ablaze, Procol Harum's 2003 workshop cd. Most of the more recent tunes are strong (especially "The Question" and also "An Old English Desire"), as well as the band, having actually developed its arrangements to a T, does an extraordinary task of blending its recent music with its older material. Singer-pianist Gary Brooker and also organist Matthew Fisher, both initial participants, blaze a trail via time-honored favorites like "Homburg," "Conquistador," and also their immortal 1967 hit "A Whiter Color of Pale."
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