Procol Harum: A Salty Dog (Original CD Edition) CD Track Listing

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Procol Harum A Salty Dog (Original CD Edition) (1969)
A Salty Dog (Original CD Edition)\nOriginally Released March 1969\nA&M CD Edition Released 1988 ??\nRemastered Edition Released March 30, 1999\nJapanese Mini LP Version Released February 21, 2002\n2002 Victor Entertainment, Inc. - Japan\n\nAlbum Details (Mini LP CD Packaging)\nDigitally remastered Japanese limited edition featuring a miniature LP style sleeve for initial pressing. \n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nProcol Harum could be credited (if not blamed) for popularizing classical rock with its J.S. Bach-inspired hit, 1967's "A White Shade of Pale," but the band only rarely drifted into the precious territory explored by groups like the Moody Blues and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. A Salty Dog, Procol Harum's third and best album, was built around the twin keyboards of Gary Brooker and Matthew Fisher (who also produced this album), but also showcased the bluesy, fuzz-toned guitar of Robin Trower. The title tune is a fully orchestrated sea ballad memorable for Brooker's soulfully majestic vocal. Folk-rock tunes like "The Milk of Human Kindness" and "Too Much Between Us" were more stripped-down but no less effective. And on "The Devil Came from Kansas," Trower uncorked a burly guitar solo that was downright heavenly. --John Milward --\n\nAmazon.com Album Description \nReissue of their 1969 album for A&M with five previously unreleased bonus tracks added, 'All This And More' (Take 1), 'The Milk Of Human Kindness' (Take 1), 'Pilgrim's Progress' (Take 1), 'McGreggor' and 'Still There'll Be More' (Take 8). 16 tracks total, all digitally remastered. Also features the original cover art. 1999 release. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nStill Salty After All These Years, November 24, 1999 \nReviewer: A music fan from Ohio, USA \n1969 was a year of musical excesses. From the Who to Iron Butterfly, the long song was it. Procol had already done that. "In Held 'Twas In I" was more than a year old, "A Whiter Shade of pale" more than two years old. "A Salty Dog" (the album) took the band back to shorter songs but with a mix of styles, moods, and effects that few bands then or now could match. Keith Reid's words are obscure, challenging, funny. Robin Trower's guitar, Barrie Wilson's drum lines, and Matthew Fisher's Hammond are tight throughout with only hints at how they could swing. This is the only Procol album with three different singers and composers. Gary Brooker's baritone clearly was the main vocal force (title track, "Too Much Netween Us," "All This and More"). Matthew Fisher's tenor provided a very different feeling ("Boredom," "Wreck of the Hesperus" [with no nod to Longfellow], "Pilgrim's Progress") and Robin Trower rasps out "Crucifiction Lane" in a style to be heard only twice more (on 1971's Broken Barricades) before disappearing for 26 years. The bonus tracks on this release make Procol less distant (listen to the studio banter before take one of "Pilgrim's Progress") but why include "Still There'll Be More" from 1970's Fisher-less "Home" album? If you only buy one album this year, your budget is too tight. If it's only one Procol album, this should be it. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nProcol embarks on fantastic voyage., August 28, 1998 \nReviewer: A music fan from Warren, MI \nConsidered the ultimate Procol Harum album, A Salty Dog is where it all came together for the band...and just as quickly fell apart. Anyone back in the spring of '69 expecting to hear a typical rock album when putting needle to vinyl was in for a severe shock. The stately orchestration and Gary Brooker's mournful vocals on the opening title track signaled a truly unique sonic experience about to unfold. A loosely based concept album about sailors and the sea, A Salty Dog contained melancholy odes (Too Much Between Us, Pilgrim's Progress), seafaring epics (The Wreck Of The Hesperus, the title song) and classic Procol rockers (The Milk Of Human Kindness, The Devil Came From Kansas). Unfortunately, the album was followed by the departure of two band members - the irreplaceable organist Matthew Fisher and bass player David Knights. After this, only their third album, and the loss of these two musicians, Procol Harum would never again sound as regal and self-assured as on this masterpiece. (Note to A&M Records: Where are the domestic CD versions of Home, Broken Barricades and Live With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra?!) \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nA DRUNKEN SAILOR'S DELIGHT!, July 26, 2001 \nReviewer: Patrick Earley from Edmond, Oklahoma USA \nThere once was a band called Procol Harum, who loomed under the popular music radar screen while making the best progressive rock music ever made. They were a band without peer, who were some of the best songwriters and musicians of their era. They reached the pinnacle of their career with this, their third album "A Salty Dog". Although I'm sometimes torn between this one and their next album "Home", If I was to take any of their discs to a desert island, it would have to be this one. Only because there are a couple songs on here I simply could not live without. Most notably, the stunning opener "A Salty Dog". This one is a woefully underappreciated gem that should have been a huge hit in America. Gary Brooker has never surpassed the superb vocal performance he achieved on this song. With it's big time drumbeat by B.J. Wilson, widely regarded as the best rock drummer of all time, and it's early use of full orchestration, this song had a huge panoramic sound that just couldn't be beat. This one's on my short list of best rock recordings ever made. The other must have on here is "Pilgrim's Progress". A nice contagious little hymn that's hard to forget. Sung by Matthew Fisher, he also plays virtually every instrument on this track. More time went into the production of this song than any other on the album. Sadly, this was the last song done by the multi-talented Fisher before he left the band for greener pastures, which he never found. Other favorites on here: "The Milk Of Human Kindness". I love this song with it's honky tonk piano sound and lyrics like "She left me for a wasp without a sting". Keith Reid really had a way with words. "The Devil Came From Kansas", which offers some howling guitar soloing by the great Robin Trower. It seems like everybody gets involved in the singing on this one. "Juicy John Pink" is Procol's first foray into the 12 bar blues, with Trower driving the song along with his short searing blues guitar licks. "Wreck Of The Hesperus" is the second song on here with full orchestration. Matthew Fisher again sings and plays about every instrument on this one. A song that's grown on me over the years. Also of note are the bonus tracks. They do a couple instrumental versions of "Milk Of Human Kindness" and Pilgrims Progress", where it sounds like their getting in a little casual rehearsals before the real thing. Also interesting is a raw, but very good version of "Still There'll Be More", which would appear on their next album. I don't have enough adjectives to describe how much I like this classic album. Let's just start with beautiful, mysterious, haunting, hummable, and just plain magnificent. And that picture of the drunken sailor who looks like he's spent too much time out at sea, qualifies as one of the great all time album covers. I can't think of a more appropriate disc to take to a desert island than "A Salty Dog". This one's a real jewel in Procol Harum's catalogue. Highly recommended and essential listening! \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nThe High Point of

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