Procol Harum - Live At The Union Chapel 2004 (DVD5)/ Singles A's & B's 2002(2CD)

Procol Harum - Live at the Union Chapel is a record of the final performance of the band's 2003 world tour, taped on December 12 before a small London crowd. The venue was an inspired choice. As a performance space, the Gothic church is at once both intimate and grand, a perfect mirror for the band's odd but cogent mix of bar-band boogie and classically tinged prog rock. The 21-song concert includes eight selections from The Well's on Fire, Procol Harum's 2003 studio album. Most of the newer songs are strong (particularly "The Question" and "An Old English Dream"), and the band, having honed its arrangements to a T, does an exceptional job of blending its recent music with its older material. Singer-pianist Gary Brooker and organist Matthew Fisher, both original members, lead the way through time-honored favorites like "Homburg," "Conquistador," and their immortal 1967 hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale."
At the time of this performance only two of the band's original members remained: singer/pianist Gary Brooker and organist Matthew Fisher. Despite the changes from the original line up, the band's sound is much the same. Guitarist Geoff Whitehorn and drummer Mark Brzezicki have both been with the band since the early '90s and are worthy replacements for players whose shoes are impossible to fill. The bass player, Matt Pegg, is the son of Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull bassist Dave Pegg, and has been with the band since 1993.
The show captured on film here took place in Union Chapel, a small Gothic chapel in the borough of Islington in Greater London. Union Chapel is a functioning church that is also used as a performance venue in order to earn revenue to help with both the upkeep of the building and with homelessness projects.
Audio: Original German compilation featuring 57 tracks (3 CD). Highlights include, 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale', 'Lime Street Blues', 'Homburg', 'Good Captain Clack', 'Il Tuo Diamanta', 'Fortuna', 'Quite Rightly So', 'In The Small Hours Of Sixpence', 'Quite Rightly So' & 'Rambling On'. Digipak. Packaged in a trifold digipak. 2002. Repertoire.

Tracklist DVD:

1. Underture
2. Shine On Brightly
3. Pandora's Box
4. An Old English Dream
5. Grand Hotel
6. Homburg
7. Quite Rightly So
8. Simple Sister
9. Weisselklenzenacht (The Signature)
10. Shadow Boxed
11. The Question
12. Wall Street Blues
13. This World Is Rich
14. As Strong As Samson
15. Every Dog Will Have Its Day
16. A Salty Dog
17. Conquistador
18. VIP Room
19. Whisky Train
20. Good Captain Clack
21. Whiter Shade Of Pale

Tracklist CD1:

1. A whiter shade of pale
2. Lime Street blues
3. Homeburg
4. Good Captain Clack
5. Il tuo diamente
6. Fortuna (Repent Walpurgis)
7. Quite rightly so
8. In the wee small hours of sixpence
9. Quite rightly so (alternate)
10. Rambling on
11. In the wee small hours of sixpence (alternate)
12. A salty dog
13. Long gone geek
14. The devil came from Kansas
15. Boredom
16. Whisky train (single edit)
17. Broken barricades
18. Power failure



Tracklist CD2:

1. Simple sister
2. Song for a dreamer
3. Homburg
4. Conquistador
5. Conquistador (live)
6. Luskus Delph (live)
7. A salty dog (live)
8. All this and more (live)
9. Robert's box (single edit)
10. A rum tale
11. Grand Hotel (single edit)
12. Bringing home the bacon
13. Fires (which burnt brightly)
14. A souvenir of London
15. Toujours l'amour
16. Nothing but the truth
17. Drunk again
18. Beyond the pale
19. Fresh fruit



Musicians:

- Dave Ball / guitars (disc 2: 5 to 8)
- Gary Brooker / lead vocals, piano, orchestration (5 to 8)
- Alan Cartwright / bass (disc 2: 5 to 19)
- Chris Copping / bass (disc 1: 16 to 18/disc 2: 1-2), organ (disc 1: 16 to 18/disc 2: 1-2, 5 to 19), synths (disc 1: 17-18/disc two 1-2)
- Matthew Fisher / Hammond organ (disc one: 1 to 15/disc 2: 3-4)
- Mick Grabham / guitars (disc 2: 10 to 19)
- Dave Knights / bass (disc one 1 to 15/disc 2: 3-4)
- Keith Reid / words
- Pete Solley / Farfisa organ
- Robin Trower / guitars (disc 1/disc 2: 1 to 4)
- Barrie James Wilson / drums (disc 1/disc 2)

+ Dave Ball / spoons (disc 2: 14)
- Denny Brown / spoons (disc 2: 14)
- The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (disc 2: 5 to 8)
- Christianne Legrand / soprano (disc 2: 13)
- The Pahene Recorder Ensemble (disc 2: 12)