Some Long Road (Procol Harum album)

Some Long Road, by Procol Harum, is a live album released on May 5, 2014 by Union Square Records.

"Some Long Road" is a 10 track live album by Procol Harum released on May 5, 2014 by Union Square Music and consists of performances recorded during Procol Harum's 2012 and 2013 tours of Europe and the United States.

The vast majority of cuts are live versions of songs previously on Procol Harum studio albums; however, following "Homburg," Gary Brooker sings one verse of "Goodnight Irene," the traditional song made popular by Leadbelly in the 1950s. A second song, "Missing Person," is from Gary Brooker's solo 1985 album, "Echoes in the Night." Except for these two songs, all of the lyrics were written by Keith Reid. "Missing Person" was written by Brooker and Ian Sutherland.

Track listing

1. Wall Street Blues (Brooker / Reid) 7:12
2. Pandora's Box (Brooker / Reid) 5:08
3. Homburg (Brooker / Reid) 3:33/Goodnight Irene 1:04
4. Simple Sister (Brooker / Reid) 5:28
5. Cerdes (Outside The Gates Of) (Brooker / Reid) 6:51
6. Missing Person (Brooker / Sutherland) 4:00
7. An Old English Dream (Brooker / Reid) 5:41
8. A Salty Dog (Brooker / Reid) 5:00
9. A Whiter Shade of Pale (Brooker / Reid / Fisher) (guitar solo) 5:56
10. Conquistador (Brooker / Reid) Recorded Live April 2013 5:19
11. Whisky Train (Trower / Reid) 5:56

Personnel

• Gary Brooker – piano and vocals
• Geoff Dunn – Drum
• Matt Pegg – backing vocals
• Josh Phillips – synthesiser
• Geoff Whitehorn – backing vocals
• Keith Reid – lyrics (except for "Missing Person")
• Sinfonie Orchester Wuppertal, Dir: David Firman – Orchestral Version of "Conquistador"

References

Information on Label and ASIN number Timings of Individual Tracks

External links

• - ProcolHarum.com's page for this album