It'll just get worse
…that defined the 60s and are not The Beatles.
Procol Harum
A Salty Dog
1969
We wanted to include Procol Harum. This is a band with a very mixed history, but in their early years they produced some absolute classics.
A Whiter Shade of Pale is their best known work, and this video deserves to be seen.
However, we have strong feelings for A Salty Dog. As the late Gary Brooker said, everyone loves a good minor key.
A long time ago we wrote about a lady known as Sticky Vicky who did a ‘magic’ act which involved removing items from her vagina. The video on YouTube has been removed.
The lady in question on the video was not the real and first Sticky Vicky who died recently at a good old age.
However, other people are certainly doing the same act, including the razor blades. Here are a couple of links:
You may not know the name Michael Brook, composer, producer, musician, but it’s very possible you have heard his music or seen a film where he has contributed to the soundtrack. Films like “An Inconvenient Truth”, “Brooklyn” or “The Perks Of Being A Wallflower”.
We first heard Mr B when he opened a concert for Fripp and Sylvian at the Royal Albert Hall. He also played with the band, using his “infinite guitar“. His solo set is not available, but the Fripp/Sylvian concert is on CD.
He has done a lot of film and production work, and many collaborations, but we want to commend his solo albums.
Cobalt Blue/Live At The Aquarium are both great albums and are available together (1992).
We love the album RockPaperScissors (2006) or Bellcurve (2007), a mixture of orchestral, guitar, songs, poetry. Bellcurve is technically a remix of the other but both are great to listen to, full of invention and a great overall sound.
The only problem with Mr Brook is that his music is hard to find on physical media, but it can be found. Even finding clips is hard:
But not impossible: