PROCOL HARUM Washington, DC, 1972.
FRANKIE MILLER backed by Procol Harum,
March 16, 1975 at the Rainbow Theatre, London.
(commercial material removed)
"And so it was ..."
** 35 years ago today **
selections from two unrelated shows.
1-5: Frankie Miller backed by Procol Harum. Recorded March 16, 1975 at the Rainbow Theatre, London.
(17 min. 27 secs.)
1 Devil Gun
2 If You Need Me
3 It Takes a Lot to Laugh,
It Takes a Train to Cry
4 He’ll Have to Go
5 Brickyard Blues (commercially released. not included)
6-9: Procol Harum
recorded in Washington, DC, 1972. (Either The Kennedy Center or Constitution Hall.)
(19 min. 42 secs.)
6 Bringing Home the Bacon
7 Salad Days (Are Here Again)
8 Toujours L’Amour
9 Fires (Which Burnt Brightly)
total time 37:13
notes:
* Track 5 was commercially released. I have substituted 4 seconds of silence which you may
replace with the commercial track, if you have it.
The exact date and venue of tracks 6 - 9 are unknown. Perhaps someone attended the show and can help out.
* On Sunday 16 March 1975, 35 years ago today, London's premier rock venue, the Rainbow Theatre,
closed down, with a hastily-arranged and, by most accounts, pretty dreary concert! Roy Carr in the New Musical Express
referred to it as 'one of the theatre's greatest non-events', noting that 'an air of gloom hung over everything' and
that 'an atmosphere of acute boredom mixed with impeding violence' prevailed over everything 'except
Procol Harum, who turned in a killer set both on their own and with Frankie Miller ...'. –BtP
More about the Rainbow album from BtP:
The only strictly PH track on [the offically released Rainbow album] is a slightly lacklustre Grand Hotel, notable for its inclusion of part of
"Over the Rainbow" (the song that was at one time going to be excised from The Wizard of Oz!) in the central section. [This was included as a
bonus track on the Friday Music label release of the "Grand Hotel" album.] There's also Frankie Miller (introduced by GB as 'a man who's going to be a treat ...
Scotland's foremost poet, Mr Frankie Miller') "singing Brickyard Blues" backed by Procol Harum with a Brooker harmony vocal. [Again, not included here.]
Other Miller / Harum tracks on the night included "Devil Gun", "He'll Have To Go", "If You Need Me", and Dylan's
"It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry", all delivered with real panache by Miller, and backed very solidly – though it didn't sound over-rehearsed – by 'our boys'.
BJ Wilson would go on to join Frankie Miller's band in 1978, before hooking up with Joe Cocker. He played on Miller's "Double Trouble"
album and also on some BBC sessions that year: see the release dates of 1978 and 1994 here.
Sound samples and covers by regalzonophone.
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1-5: Frankie Miller backed by Procol Harum. Recorded March 16, 1975 at the Rainbow Theatre, London.
5 Brickyard Blues (commercially released. not included)
6-9: Procol Harum
recorded in Washington, DC, 1972. (Either The Kennedy Center or Constitution Hall.)
The exact date and venue of tracks 6 - 9 are unknown.
On Sunday 16 March 1975, 35 years ago today, London's premier rock venue, the Rainbow Theatre,
closed down, with a hastily-arranged and, by most accounts, pretty dreary concert! Roy Carr in the New Musical Express referred to it as 'one of the theatre's greatest non-events', noting that 'an air of gloom hung over everything' and that 'an atmosphere of acute boredom mixed with impeding violence' prevailed over everything 'except Procol Harum, who turned in a killer set both on their own and with Frankie Miller ...'. –BtP
More about the Rainbow album from BtP: The only strictly PH track on [the offically released Rainbow album] is a slightly lacklustre Grand Hotel, notable for its inclusion of part of "Over the Rainbow" (the song that was at one time going to be excised from The Wizard of Oz!) in the central section. [This was included as a bonus track on the Friday Music label release of the "Grand Hotel" album.] There's also Frankie Miller (introduced by GB as 'a man who's going to be a treat ... Scotland's foremost poet, Mr Frankie Miller') "singing Brickyard Blues" backed by Procol Harum with a Brooker harmony vocal. [Again, not included here.] Other Miller / Harum tracks on the night included "Devil Gun", "He'll Have To Go", "If You Need Me", and Dylan's "It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry", all delivered with real panache by Miller, and backed very solidly – though it didn't sound over-rehearsed.