Released November 30, 2018. Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of an expanded 3CD edition of the acclaimed Procol Harum album “Procol’s Ninth”.
NEW EXPANDED 3 CD EDITION OF THE CLASSIC 1975 ALBUM BY PROCOL HARUM WITH EIGHT BONUS TRACKS (FIVE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) OF SESSION OUT-TAKES, ALONG WITH TWO PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED CONCERT RECORDINGS MADE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER, PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY & LEICESTER UNIVERSITY IN OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 1975 INCLUDES A LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET WITH ESSAY BY PROCOL HARUM AUTHORITY ROLAND CLARE FEATURING EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW QUOTES FROM GARY BROOKER Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of an expanded 3CD edition of the acclaimed Procol Harum album “Procol’s Ninth”. Released in August 1975 the album was the product of a series of recording sessions at The Who’s Ramport Studios in Battersea, produced by the legendary American song writing and producing team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Procol’s Ninth was another fine collection of material written by Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid, with such memorable tracks as Pandora’s Box (a hit single for the band in July 1975), The Unquiet Zone, Fool’s Gold and Typewriter Torment. However, the album was also notable for featuring two cover versions, namely Leiber and Stoller’s I Keep Forgetting and Lennon and McCartney’s Eight Days a Week. This new expanded three CD edition of Procol’s Ninth includes the original album with eight bonus tracks taken from the album sessions (five of which are previously unreleased), along with two additional bonus discs recorded in concert at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey on 17th October 1975 and at Leicester University on 29th November 1975, both previously unreleased. This edition of Procol’s Ninth has been newly re-mastered and also includes a lavishly illustrated booklet featuring material from Gary Brooker’s personal archive and an essay by Procol Harum authority Roland Clare. DISC ONE: PROCOL’S NINTH 1. PANDORA’S BOX 2. FOOLS GOLD 3. TAKING THE TIME 4. THE UNQUIET ZONE 5. THE FINAL THRUST 6. I KEEP FORGETTING 7. WITHOUT A DOUBT 8. THE PIPER’S TUNE 9. TYPEWRITER TORMENT 10. EIGHT DAYS A WEEK BONUS TRACKS 11. PANDORA’S BOX (RAW TRACK – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 12. FOOLS GOLD (RAW TRACK) 13. TAKING THE TIME (RAW TRACK) 14. THE UNQUIET ZONE (RAW TRACK) 15. THE FINAL THRUST (RAW TRACK – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 16. THE POET (RAW TRACK – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 17. THE PIPER’S TUNE (FIRST MIX – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 18. TYPEWRITER TORMENT (ALTERNATE VERSION – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) DISC TWO: LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER, PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY 17th OCTOBER 1975 1. SHINE ON BRIGHTLY (LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER 1975– PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 2. AS STRONG AS SAMSON (LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER 1975– PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 3. CONQUISTADOR (LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER 1975– PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 4. PANDORA’S BOX (LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER 1975– PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 5. THE UNQUIET ZONE (LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER 1975– PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 6. A SALTY DOG (LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER 1975– PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 7. A SOUVENIR OF LONDON (LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER 1975– PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 8. CERDES (OUTSIDE THE GATES OF) (LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER 1975– PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 9. I KEEP FORGETTING (LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER 1975– PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 10.GRAND HOTEL (INCLUDING THE BLUE DANUBE) (LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER 1975– PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 11.10.POWER FAILURE (LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER 1975– PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 12.SIMPLE SISTER (LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER 1975– PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) DISC THREE: LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY, 29th NOVEMBER 1975 1. SHINE ON BRIGHTLY (LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 2. WHALING STORIES (LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 3. CONQUISTADOR (LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 4. PANDORA’S BOX (LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 5. THE PIPER’S TUNE (LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 6. GRAND HOTEL (LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 7. BEYOND THE PALE (LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 8. A SALTY DOG (LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 9. I KEEP FORGETTING (LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 10.THE BLUE DANUBE (LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 11.BE-BOP-A-LULA / OLD BLACK JOE (LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) 12.A WHITER SHADE OF PALE (LIVE AT LEICESTER UNIVERSITY – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)