Bonus Disc is light teal marbled color vinyl
Procol Harum’s self-titled debut album in its original mono UK version as released by Regal Zonophone, a sub-label of EMI. There have been several electronically processed or “fake” stereo versions though the session was only mixed to mono. Furthermore, Classic Records adhered to Regal Zonophone’s decision to keep the hit single track, “Whiter Shade of Pale,” off of the full-length LP. Where as Regal Zonophone released that song separately as a 7” single, Classic has included it as a 12” disc with the song cut at 33 1/3 on one side and 45 on the other. Good stuff! And if that’s not enough, Classic also unearthed the only two four-track tapes that came out of the Procol Harum session. Those tapes hold alternate takes of “Whiter Shade of Pale” and “Lime Street Blues” (which originally backed “Whiter Shade” on the 7” single). Classic took those four-track tapes to David Gilmore’s house boat-turned recording studio on the River Thames and, using mixing engineer John Leckie, created the first-ever true stereo version of “Whiter Shade of Pale.” Granted, it is an alternate take of the song, but only a diehard fan can hear the subtle instrumental differences.
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Side One
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1. Homburg
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2. She Wandered Through the Garden Fence
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3. Something Following Me
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4. Mabel
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5. Cerdes (outside the gates of)
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Side Two
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1. A Christmas Camel
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2. Kaleidoscope
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3. Salad Days (are here again)
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4. Conquistador
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5. Repent Walpurgis
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