Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly [Deluxe Edition] (2015)

Esoteric Recordings are proud to announce the release of a newly re-mastered and expanded edition of the classic 1968 album by Procol Harum. Released in the UK in December 1968, Shine on Brightly followed on from the huge international success in 1967 of the bands debut single A Whiter Shade of Pale and the follow up single Homburg and built on the creative path begun on Procol Harums self-titled debut album issued in January 1968. Gary Brooker (voice, piano), Robin Trower (lead guitar), David Knights (bass guitar), B.J. Wilson (drums) and Matthew Fisher (Hammond organ) took the music of the band to new heights with this, their second album. Dominated by the 17-minute epic suite In Held Twas in I, Procol Harum re-wrote the rule book of popular music with the material written and recorded for Shine On Brightly. 3CD clamshell version includes 1968 Mono mix (on CD for the first time) and 20 bonus tracks (9 unreleased) drawn from studio sessions, single mixes and three BBC radio sessions recorded in 1968. Features a new essay by Procol Harum biographer Henry Scott-Irvine and also includes a poster.

TRACKLIST

CD 1 - Stereo Mix

Released in LP format as Regal Zonophone SLRZ-1004 in December 1968
01 Quite Rightly So
02 Shine On Brightly
03 Skip Softly (My Moonbeams)
04 Wish Me Well
05 Rambling On
06 Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone)
07 In Held 'Twas In I: Glimpses Of Nirvana
08 In Held 'Twas In I: Twas Tea Time At The Circus
09 In Held 'Twas In I: In The Autumn Of My Madness
10 In Held 'Twas In I: Look To Your Soul
11 In Held 'Twas In I: Grand Finale

Bonus Tracks:
12 Il Tuo Diamante [Shine On Brightly Italian Version - Mono]
13 Quite Rightly So [Single Version]
14 In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence [Single Version]

CD 2 - Mono Mix (Previously unreleased on CD)

Released in LP format as Regal Zonophone LRZ-1004 in December 1968
01 Quite Rightly So
02 Shine On Brightly
03 Skip Softly (My Moonbeams)
04 Wish Me Well
05 Rambling On
06 Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone)
07 In Held 'Twas In I: Glimpses Of Nirvana
08 In Held 'Twas In I: Twas Tea Time At The Circus
09 In Held 'Twas In I: In The Autumn Of My Madness
10 In Held 'Twas In I: Look To Your Soul
11 In Held 'Twas In I: Grand Finale

CD 3 - Bonus

01 Monsieur Armand [Mono]
02 Seem To Have The Blues (Most All The Time) [Mono]
03 Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone) [Mono - 1967 version]
04 Shine On Brightly Mono - 1967 version]
05 In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence [Stereo]
06 Monsieur Armand [Stereo backing track]
07 A Robe of Silk [Stereo backing track]
08 McGreggor
09 The Gospel According To… (Wish Me Well)

BBC Radio One "Top Gear" session - 14th. February 1968
10 Skip Softly (My Moonbeams)
11 Quite Rightly So
12 Ramblin' On
13 Shine On Brightly

BBC Radio One "Top Gear" session - 19th. August 1968
14 Skip Softly (My Moonbeams)
15 Wish Me Well
16 Long Gone Geek

BBC Radio One "Top Gear" session - 8th. October 1968
17 In Held 'Twas in I (Look to Your Soul / Grand Finale)

(Tracks 10-17 previously unreleased)