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Chris Roberts

“As boldly baroque as anything The Moody Blues or The Nice had at that point constructed… but perhaps it hasn’t aged gracefully”: Procul Harum’s vinyl reissue of Shine On Brightly is still fascinating

Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly.

It’s curious that Robin Trower is reluctant to reminisce about his time in Procol Harum. His guitar solos and flurries on their second album Shine On Brightly, released in 1968, are frequently the elements that raise these sometimes overly earnest pieces of keyboard-led chamber rock to more exciting levels.

A key track and significant offering in the development of prog was side two’s 18-minute suite In Held ’Twas In I, which was as boldly baroque as anything The Moody Blues or The Nice had at that point constructed.

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