Label : Atlantic
Value :
When Procol Harum opiated
the world with Whiter Shade Of Pale in April 1967, few could
have predicted that the
authorship shockwaves would
rage for over 40 years, but
backroom shenanigans
surrounded the group from the
off. Spectacularly-coiff’ed
guitarist Ray Royer and
drummer Bobby Harrison, who
played on B-side Lime Street
Blues and the single’s
promotional appearances,
found themselves sacked
before the group had even
finished recording their first
album. They immediately formed
Freedom with session keyboard-playing
prodigy Mike Lease and
bassist-singer Steve Shirley.
The group was swiftly commissioned by Italian producer Dino De Laurentis to write the score for an art movie called Black On White, directed by Tinto Brass. They ended up writing and recording 14 tracks in two months at Olympic Studios, with Eddie Kramer and Glyn Johns. Unbeknown to them, a soundtrack album was briefly released in Italy, later changing hands for three figures. After Lease found the masters in his loft, Angel Air reissued the album in 1999 with bonus tracks, presenting an engaging document of this short-lived line-up’s robust blend of late 60s psych-rock, recalling the likes of Spooky Tooth and Traffic. The new edition adds 1968 single Where Will You Be Tonight? and expands the packaging for this intriguing missing link in the Procol Harum story.
The group was swiftly commissioned by Italian producer Dino De Laurentis to write the score for an art movie called Black On White, directed by Tinto Brass. They ended up writing and recording 14 tracks in two months at Olympic Studios, with Eddie Kramer and Glyn Johns. Unbeknown to them, a soundtrack album was briefly released in Italy, later changing hands for three figures. After Lease found the masters in his loft, Angel Air reissued the album in 1999 with bonus tracks, presenting an engaging document of this short-lived line-up’s robust blend of late 60s psych-rock, recalling the likes of Spooky Tooth and Traffic. The new edition adds 1968 single Where Will You Be Tonight? and expands the packaging for this intriguing missing link in the Procol Harum story.
Taste :
The Freedom – Attraction Black On White/With You
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