Procol Harum: Boston 1992 (FM) FLAC

The Paradise. Boston, Mass. U.S.A.
May 18, 1992 [WBCN FM pre-recorded radio broadcast]
performance quality: pretty good
Total Runtime: 99:01

Gary Brooker- voice & piano
Don Snow- Hammond organ
Geoff Whitehorn- guitar
Dave Bronze- bass
Mark Brzezicki- drums

recording quality: most is good but there are a few problems in the broadcast recording (or maybe the deck used for the FM broadcast of it) the worst of it is in track 2, none in the reception or my recording of it.
source: master FM broadcast tape

Disc 1 61:47
1: Stage/Radio Introduction > Conquistador 4:51
2: Bringing Home The Bacon 4:51
3: Shine On Brightly 4:26
4: Homburg 4:27
5: The Truth Won't Fade Away 8:08
6: Pandora's Box 4:58
7: One More Time 5:38
8: Grand Hotel 6:53
9: Man With A Mission 5:02
10: (You Can't) Turn Back The Page 4:28
11: Whiskey Train 8:04

Disc 2 37:18
12: The King Of Hearts 6:07
13: A Salty Dog 5:59
14: Whaling Stories 8:37
15: All Our Dreams Are Sold 5:40
16: Little Queenie 5:41
17: A Whiter Shade Of Pale 5:13

lineage: WBCN FM Radio > Yamaha 500 Receiver > Naka. Bx-100 Cassette Deck (Dolby Off) > Maxell Xlii-S Cassettes > Played On Naka. 125 Into Soundforge 4.5 (Wav) > Flac 6 > reseeded in 2010 with a flac > wav > flac (sb's aligned) reconversion to remove the sbe's. Do not sell this recording. Share freely, losslessly and gaplessly.

More OU comments: this is a master FM recording of WBCN's recorded broadcast of this show. I think it was the whole show, there are some problems in parts, especially in track 2, a little in track 3 and a few more minor flaws in a couple of other tracks. Still a pretty decent recording (there are no problems in this recording, other than broadcast problems). there was a request for a complete version of this show in another posting of it which misses tracks 2 and 17. unfortunately the bacon is the most flawed track, but better flawed bacon than no bacon at all (especially after 8 years of relentless bushwhacking!!! only 4 at the time of this concert.) and only part of it has flaws. I spliced some rough edits for the commercial breaks to smooth it out a little bit. I don't think any of the music is missing from the broadcast. thankfully the whiter shade sounds pretty good.

Review on the event: Steve Morse in the Boston Globe, 20 May 1992
Worthy updating of Procol tradition at the Paradise Local Anglophiles have had a lengthy love affair with Procol Harum. The stately British rockers, known for the symphonic ballad A Whiter Shade of Pale, were frequent Boston visitors in the late 60s and early 70s. They played sites as classic as their songs, namely the Psychedelic Supermarket (where Cream once played), the Ark and Boston Common. After having broken up for more than a decade, they returned Monday night.
''The last time we were here, we were smoking dope," said singer/pianist Gary Brooker in one of many dinosaur-acknowledging asides to Monday night's crowd of hippie survivors and curious newcomers.
The genial Brooker, his white hair pulled back in a pony tail, made a reunion album, The Prodigal Stranger, last year with Procol mates Robin Trower, Keith Reid and Matthew Fisher.
Brooker is the only charter member on tour, though he's fashioned a pleasingly tight road band that did the oldies justice, while adding tunes from the reunion album that sounded, stylistically, like hit-and-miss sequels to past glories.
Monday night's 2¼-hour set, following festive, frat-humored rock from the better-than-expected Stools, was an ornate keyboard marathon. It recaptured Procol's psychedelic highs (Conquistador, Salty Dog, Shine on Brightly), but also their soapy, turgid-tempoed excesses. Although beloved in the early days, Procol Harum (meaning "beyond these things" in pidgin Latin) had a pompous streak -- and that was still evident on the new One More Time.
Overall, though, Monday night was a worthy updating of Procol tradition. New guitarist Geoffrey Whitehorn played with the bluesy grit of Robin Trower, while other strong efforts came from new keyboardist Don Snow and former Big Country drummer Mark Brzezicki.
The band displayed its full range by veering from Chuck Berry's boogie-filled L'il Queenie, to a dreamy encore of A Whiter Shade of Pale. A schizoid night, but Procol still bears watching.

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