TIME TO CONQUER THE BULL SHIT IN MY LIFE......BY GETTTING THE FUCK OUT OF PT JEFFERSON AND LIVE NORMAL PEOPLE IN A NORMAL TOWN..FOR A TOWN OF RICH ASSHOLES AND PROFESSIONALS, THAT A BUNCH OF JERKS.....ITS AN EMBARRASMENT FOR ALL OF LONG ISLAND.....HOLY SHIT...THIS LIBRARY SUX, THE PEOPLE WORKING HERE SUCK....HOLY SHIT......SO REALLY TIME CONQUER AND KISS AND MOVE ON.DAMN
the sound quality of this recording is almost as remarkable as the performance. That goes beyond the incredible lyrical content of the poetry. A masterpiece.
David Ball's lead guitar solo here is magnificent. BJ Wilson's drums -- supernatural. I think Procol Harum was the only band that played live with full orchestra that didn't reduce the music to being bombastic pretentious, pompous overblown garbage. Thank God for Gary Brooker's great charts and keeping focus. BJ Wilson even had mirrors placed strategically around him so he could see the conductor !!! That is one hell of a musician & a band unique in rock music.
This is so brilliant. 60s and 70s was in my opinion the best era for rock music. I was intrigued by the new wave of the rock sound, having grown up listening to Big Band music and the "cool" era of Jazz with Miles Davis but was profoundly intrigued by rock as it came on the music scene and took over. It has since morphed into, something I can't find any liking for.
Fortunately I now have this album on CD and it sounds better than ever. I love this band,their music was awesome in its depth and originality. I also loved their album Broken Barricades with Robin Trower.
Whenever an "oldies" radio station plays Procol Harum, 99% of the time it is Whiter Shade of Pale. That's a nice song, but Conquistador is much better.
I was at this concert in the second balcony! I was only 19 years old at the time. I had been to several concerts that year including seeing Led Zeppelin at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver B.C. on August 19,1971. My very first concert was the year before on December 4,1970 when I saw Iron Butterfly at the Sales Pavilion Annex in Edmonton. I also saw Three Dog Night,Rod Stewart and Savoy Brown at the Edmonton Gardens in 1971.
My most favorite obscure band ever (excepting the "hit" "Whiter Shade of Pale"). Do you know what a "Homburg" is? They were amazing.
BTW, I think this exact performance is "The Best of Procol Harum". I haven't checked the liner notes, but this sounds identical to the "Best of" CD I have.
This was recorded in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at the Edmonton Jubilee Auditorium with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Richard Eaton Singers as the choir (I should know I sat for over six hours as they recorded this song and others and my Mom was in the choir.) Still one of my favorite albums and I still have the original release
@jeremy1000100 The back cover says: 7:30pm 18th November 1971, Holiday Inn, Edmonton, Alberta (a Holiday Inn??? lol) Thanks for asking...I will add this info above :)
@bze2nlz4 That concert was recorded at The Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. Edmonton, Alberta took it's name from Fort Edmonton (a fur trading outpost) which, in turn, was given it's name from the English hometown of it's first Factor. This recording definitely put Edmonton, the ESO and the Jube on the map, and is still an oft-played, favourite of local "oldies" radio stations.
@bze2nlz4 No problemo. The first rock concert I went to was The Who at The Jube in 1973. A babysitter took me when I was 10 (he could go to the concert while getting paid,... my dad wasn' t too pleased), I hated the whole thing (too loud and besides The Partridge Family was the coolest band around ;^) ). The ESO now plays out of The Winspear Center. Amazing acoustics but much smaller venue. Procol Harum and The ESO "reunited" there last November.
@FatFred2U I'm just a wee bit older, lol. First 'big' concert...the Beatles (my mom took me) in '65. Then five years later it was also the Who! I was in high school and loved it...but then, I WAS old enough to enjoy it!
@jeremy1000100 I was at this concert watching from the second balcony. By the way many bands had been coming to Edmonton for concerts back then. Cream with Eric Clapton played here in 1968. The Who played here in 1967 and 1968. Led Zeppelin came in 1969. I saw Iron Butterfly here in 1970. In 1971 I saw Rod Stewart & the Faces,Three Dog Night and Savoy Brown. I saw both Deep Purple and Uriah Heep in Edmonton in 1972.
@ega95jch Procol Harum has my utmost respect and admiration as a band and musicians. When I saw the band live on November 18,1971 I was overwhelmed by Dave Ball's lead guitar virtuosity. The band and the orchestra were a perfect match for the compositions. I knew that history was being made,especially after it was announced that rock historian Ritchie Yorke was in the audience. I saw him stand up and take a bow. Ritchie Yorke had interviewed George Harrison the year before at Apple Studios.
@manygate10 I changed the video description soon after 'jeremy's' comment, as it originally said only 'Edmonton'. His question was a valid one...and it was all settled over a year ago, but thanks.
@jeremy1000100 Well yes, that thought did occur to me! Although all our place names sound crap compared with those in Canada and America! Though I can't imagine Edmonton being used in any song!
When music had a few majestic peaks, as in the renassaince , but how fortunate, it was in OUR era , and blasting out of radios friggin everywhere, like a castle voice from the middle ages. As a boy, it just transported me to other worlds. Like "Knights" they captured it for sure, what the masters were hearing inside their heads then. Real art man.
I enjoyed temendously in the 70's listening to this album a grand experiment of mixing rock and orchestra music together which demonstrated how both genres classical/rock could come together and produce something extraodinarily wonderful !
P.C. has always been a favorite. They could burn the place down with things like "Bringin Home The Bacon" or step out ala Moody Blues & do full orchestrals. Damn powerful band too.
Simplesmente Divinal, Obrigado
JP
jpilao 1 week ago
First concert I went to was to watch this great band..Never forget it..1972..John Carroll Universtiy..Cleveland, Ohio
80111live 1 week ago
TIME TO CONQUER THE BULL SHIT IN MY LIFE......BY GETTTING THE FUCK OUT OF PT JEFFERSON AND LIVE NORMAL PEOPLE IN A NORMAL TOWN..FOR A TOWN OF RICH ASSHOLES AND PROFESSIONALS, THAT A BUNCH OF JERKS.....ITS AN EMBARRASMENT FOR ALL OF LONG ISLAND.....HOLY SHIT...THIS LIBRARY SUX, THE PEOPLE WORKING HERE SUCK....HOLY SHIT......SO REALLY TIME CONQUER AND KISS AND MOVE ON.DAMN
rexrockandroll 2 weeks ago
This has to be one of the best rock-classical collaborations in modern music history. I wish I could have been there.
CatManDEW 3 weeks ago
the sound quality of this recording is almost as remarkable as the performance. That goes beyond the incredible lyrical content of the poetry. A masterpiece.
travkatz 3 weeks ago
David Ball's lead guitar solo here is magnificent. BJ Wilson's drums -- supernatural. I think Procol Harum was the only band that played live with full orchestra that didn't reduce the music to being bombastic pretentious, pompous overblown garbage. Thank God for Gary Brooker's great charts and keeping focus. BJ Wilson even had mirrors placed strategically around him so he could see the conductor !!! That is one hell of a musician & a band unique in rock music.
lastrada52 1 month ago
One of my most favorite songs-ever!
Earthdogbonzo3 1 month ago
This night,the group thought wisely,not to include ther biggest hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale",instead concentrating on their lesser-known fare!
mrmjb1960 1 month ago
This is so brilliant. 60s and 70s was in my opinion the best era for rock music. I was intrigued by the new wave of the rock sound, having grown up listening to Big Band music and the "cool" era of Jazz with Miles Davis but was profoundly intrigued by rock as it came on the music scene and took over. It has since morphed into, something I can't find any liking for.
babyboo1940 1 month ago
fucking wonderful music !!!
KurtlovesGuitairs63 1 month ago
Fortunately I now have this album on CD and it sounds better than ever. I love this band,their music was awesome in its depth and originality. I also loved their album Broken Barricades with Robin Trower.
BBINGHAM032352 2 months ago
"Although you came with sword held high, You didn't conquer, Only died"....
KREEPNASTY1 3 months ago
SALTY DOG FOREVER
27Lemaitre 3 months ago
I was born in 1982 and I LOVE THIS BAND.... SINCE 1994
27Lemaitre 3 months ago
no séporque mierda toda la música de Procol Harum me hace llorar, remueve y siento olor a yerba
Abrohill 4 months ago
A monster classic of a song. Tell one of today's rappers to come up with something like this, huh!
trespatines1 5 months ago
@trespatines1 Hell they couln't even figure which keys to hit on their computeris to come even close to this classic!
CheckM8King2 3 months ago in playlist Liked videos
BRILLIANT! LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL!!!!
1000hungryboy 5 months ago
THE ORCHESTRA MAKES THIS SONG EVEN BETTER. I LOVE THE HORNS IN IT. TOO BAD THERE ISN'T A LOTR OF GOOD MUSIC LIKE THIS NOW, SIGH.
JSUSSSI 6 months ago
this song(version) still sends chills up my spine like it did in '76 when I heard it for the first time......
27wingnut 6 months ago
Probably the greatest song written by a student of history. Wow!
tomcaroscio 6 months ago 2
This is one of my favorite songs
ringostarr2011 6 months ago
Whenever an "oldies" radio station plays Procol Harum, 99% of the time it is Whiter Shade of Pale. That's a nice song, but Conquistador is much better.
ftsjr 7 months ago 5
I was at this concert in the second balcony! I was only 19 years old at the time. I had been to several concerts that year including seeing Led Zeppelin at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver B.C. on August 19,1971. My very first concert was the year before on December 4,1970 when I saw Iron Butterfly at the Sales Pavilion Annex in Edmonton. I also saw Three Dog Night,Rod Stewart and Savoy Brown at the Edmonton Gardens in 1971.
BBINGHAM032352 7 months ago
ao mais alto nível.....
capanao 7 months ago
great song
TheIncredibleDrAss 7 months ago
Makes me feel seventeen again (1972), listening to this music through my head phones during late hour nights in my summer vacation. Wow.
evialbri 8 months ago
@evialbri
denlillamarockanen 7 months ago
@evialbri 1971 for me :) We know great music dont we?
MegaR1rider 7 months ago
@MegaR1rider Amen brother!!
rbw1100 7 months ago
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ftsjr 8 months ago
ONE WORLD BEST LIVE ALBUM EVER !! PRL DK.
ReneLarsen2087 8 months ago
outstanding. just as i remember it.
skinnythatsme 8 months ago
A good one that eh ... LONG LIVE ROCK
willrobm 9 months ago
My most favorite obscure band ever (excepting the "hit" "Whiter Shade of Pale"). Do you know what a "Homburg" is? They were amazing.
BTW, I think this exact performance is "The Best of Procol Harum". I haven't checked the liner notes, but this sounds identical to the "Best of" CD I have.
mdyewheal 10 months ago
@mdyewheal a "Homburg" is a hat.
CjGinc 9 months ago
I have an LP copy of this album . They talked about this concert for years in Edmonton.
laurana99 10 months ago
This was recorded in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at the Edmonton Jubilee Auditorium with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Richard Eaton Singers as the choir (I should know I sat for over six hours as they recorded this song and others and my Mom was in the choir.) Still one of my favorite albums and I still have the original release
leegregg1959 11 months ago
Music of today is . . .ok. But, this is purely awesome. Wow!
honukeo 1 year ago
Conquistador there is no time
I must pay my respect
and though I came to jeer at you
I leave now with regret
and as the gloom begins to fall
I see there is no, only all
and though you came with sword held high
you did not conquer, only die
And though I hoped for something to find
I could see no maze to unwind
MaceMn 1 year ago
Is this orchestra from Edmonton in North London or the one in Canada?
jeremy1000100 1 year ago 2
@jeremy1000100 The back cover says: 7:30pm 18th November 1971, Holiday Inn, Edmonton, Alberta (a Holiday Inn??? lol) Thanks for asking...I will add this info above :)
bze2nlz4 1 year ago
@bze2nlz4 That concert was recorded at The Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. Edmonton, Alberta took it's name from Fort Edmonton (a fur trading outpost) which, in turn, was given it's name from the English hometown of it's first Factor. This recording definitely put Edmonton, the ESO and the Jube on the map, and is still an oft-played, favourite of local "oldies" radio stations.
FatFred2U 7 months ago 4
@FatFred2U Interesting...thanks for this info :)
bze2nlz4 7 months ago
@bze2nlz4 No problemo. The first rock concert I went to was The Who at The Jube in 1973. A babysitter took me when I was 10 (he could go to the concert while getting paid,... my dad wasn' t too pleased), I hated the whole thing (too loud and besides The Partridge Family was the coolest band around ;^) ). The ESO now plays out of The Winspear Center. Amazing acoustics but much smaller venue. Procol Harum and The ESO "reunited" there last November.
FatFred2U 7 months ago
@FatFred2U I'm just a wee bit older, lol. First 'big' concert...the Beatles (my mom took me) in '65. Then five years later it was also the Who! I was in high school and loved it...but then, I WAS old enough to enjoy it!
bze2nlz4 6 months ago
@FatFred2U That's a lot of great info in just such a small paragraph.
StanBennet 6 months ago
@jeremy1000100 I was at this concert watching from the second balcony. By the way many bands had been coming to Edmonton for concerts back then. Cream with Eric Clapton played here in 1968. The Who played here in 1967 and 1968. Led Zeppelin came in 1969. I saw Iron Butterfly here in 1970. In 1971 I saw Rod Stewart & the Faces,Three Dog Night and Savoy Brown. I saw both Deep Purple and Uriah Heep in Edmonton in 1972.
BBINGHAM032352 5 months ago
@BBINGHAM032352 Respect!
ega95jch 2 months ago
@ega95jch Procol Harum has my utmost respect and admiration as a band and musicians. When I saw the band live on November 18,1971 I was overwhelmed by Dave Ball's lead guitar virtuosity. The band and the orchestra were a perfect match for the compositions. I knew that history was being made,especially after it was announced that rock historian Ritchie Yorke was in the audience. I saw him stand up and take a bow. Ritchie Yorke had interviewed George Harrison the year before at Apple Studios.
BBINGHAM032352 2 months ago
In Canada of course!
kingcan18 5 months ago in playlist Vidéos favorites de kingcan18
@jeremy1000100 Re-read the opening comment! Unless you were having a pop at this orchestra...
manygate10 1 week ago
@manygate10 I changed the video description soon after 'jeremy's' comment, as it originally said only 'Edmonton'. His question was a valid one...and it was all settled over a year ago, but thanks.
bze2nlz4 1 week ago
@bze2nlz4 OK, thanks for explaining this!
manygate10 1 week ago
@manygate10
My comment was entirely tongue in cheek, as anyone who has ever been to Edmonton in North London would realise
jeremy1000100 1 week ago
@jeremy1000100 Well yes, that thought did occur to me! Although all our place names sound crap compared with those in Canada and America! Though I can't imagine Edmonton being used in any song!
manygate10 1 week ago
A FUCKIN MASTERPiece
stalkingwolf1954 1 year ago
Lindo de arrepiàr.Infelismente musicas como esta jà nao se fazem.
BARROSAO100 1 year ago
Only Procol Harum could work with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and create a masterpiece that will last forever.
stuart48 1 year ago
Only Procol Harum could work with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and create a masterpiece that will last forever..
stuart48 1 year ago
Beautiful!
BobJeep 1 year ago
Did I ever love this album! Must have warped a copy or two. Procol Harum stands out as one of the most imaginative and talented groups of that era!!!
Many thanks for the post.
1polonium210 1 year ago
MAGIQUE SUBLIME AVEC L'ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE NOS PETITES OREILLES SE REGALENT VERY GOODDDDDDDDDDDD !!! rebel68
skeptyky 1 year ago 2
Too bad there's no video of this!
BobbyTwoTimes 1 year ago
@BobbyTwoTimes Really! That would have been an awesome performance to watch.
bze2nlz4 1 year ago
best live album EVER !!!
kurtisguitars1 1 year ago 2
@kurtisguitars1 I'll second that. Awesome performance...
bearmassaro 1 year ago 3
When music had a few majestic peaks, as in the renassaince , but how fortunate, it was in OUR era , and blasting out of radios friggin everywhere, like a castle voice from the middle ages. As a boy, it just transported me to other worlds. Like "Knights" they captured it for sure, what the masters were hearing inside their heads then. Real art man.
daddyoj 1 year ago 3
@daddyoj Very well said!
pooh52 11 months ago
κοματάρα!!
tonyntz 1 year ago
Procol Harum, uno de los mejores gruposde rock de la historia!
678167811 1 year ago
This was my first record. A 45 rpm with this very jacket. Memories for sure
GTC1958 1 year ago
I enjoyed temendously in the 70's listening to this album a grand experiment of mixing rock and orchestra music together which demonstrated how both genres classical/rock could come together and produce something extraodinarily wonderful !
767Robson 1 year ago 3
great
anonomousify 1 year ago
Beautiful piece!... I remember my dad painting and drawing to the rhythm of this song when I was 4yo or so, and I still love it!.
Thanks for bringing back those memories!.
MachineMezziah 2 years ago 10
How I long for the great musical days of the late 60s and early 70s. This song brings me right back to that time. A masterpiece.
primogennaio 2 years ago 17
@primogennaio Absolutely. Not just nostalgia, but truly the heyday of rock music.
ega95jch 2 months ago
Brilliant. This live recording was a hit in its own right, easily trumps the studio version
kiwidave218 2 years ago 5
P.C. has always been a favorite. They could burn the place down with things like "Bringin Home The Bacon" or step out ala Moody Blues & do full orchestrals. Damn powerful band too.
RangerAlways 2 years ago 4