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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.