RELEASED 31.7.2015
NEW REMASTERED & EXPANDED 2 CD EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC 1969 ALBUM BY PROCOL HARUM WITH 12 BONUS TRACKS (5 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) INCLUDES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BBC SESSIONS FROM 1969 REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK AND NEW LINER NOTES BY HENRY SCOTT-IRVINE REVIEWS IN NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS, "UNCUT”, "MOJO”, "RECORD COLLECTOR” & "CLASSIC ROCK PROG” MAGAZINES COVERAGE ON RELEVANT WEBSITES & FANZINES
Esoteric Recordings are proud to announce the release of a newly re-mastered and expanded edition of the classic 1969 album A SALTY DOG by PROCOL HARUM. Released in June 1969, the record followed on from the huge international success of the band’s debut single "A Whiter Shade of Pale” and the follow up single "Homburg” and the superb albums PROCOL HARUM and SHINE ON BRIGHTLY. One of the finest releases of the era "A Salty Dog” saw the exquisite song writing of Gary Brooker and Keith Reid honed to perfection on highlights such as the album’s title track, "The Devil Came From Kansas”, "Wreck of the Hesperus”, "The Milk of Human Kindness” and more. Recorded at Abbey Road studios, the album captured the excellence of the musicians in the group, namely Gary Brooker (voice, piano), Robin Trower (lead guitar), David Knights (bass guitar), B.J. Wilson (drums) and Matthew Fisher (Hammond organ). Newly re-mastered from the original tapes, this Deluxe edition of "A Salty Dog” has been expanded to include 12 bonus tracks (5 previously unreleased) over two CDs, including the mono single mix of the title track and its non-album B-side; an early take of ‘The Milk Of Human Kindness’, plus five previously unreleased tracks from BBC Radio sessions from October 1968 & May 1969 along with four live tracks recorded in the USA in April 1969. This expanded deluxe edition of "A Salty Dog” also includes a lavishly illustrated booklet that fully restores the original album artwork and features a new essay by Procol Harum biographer Henry Scott-Irvine A SALTY DOG: REMASTERED A SALTY DOG THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS TOO MUCH BETWEEN US THE DEVIL CAME FROM KANSAS BOREDOM JUICY JOHN PINK WRECK OF THE HESPERUS ALL THIS AND MORE CRUCIFICTION LANE PILGRIMS PROGRESS
BONUS TRACKS- SKIP SOFTLY MY MOONBEAMS WISH ME WELL LONG GONE GEEK
"TOP GEAR” BBC RADIO ONE SESSION 6TH OCTOBER 1968 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED GOIN’ DOWN SLOW JUICY JOHN PINK CRUCIFICTION LANE SKIP SOFTLY MY MOONBEAMS / ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA RECORDED LIVE IN THE USA IN APRIL 1969 THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS "SYMONDS ON SUNDAY” BBC RADIO ONE SESSION – 20TH MAY 1969 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED JUICY JOHN PINK