Procol Harum - A Salty Dog [Excellent quality]

[SuperNevile]

A fabulous progression for us "pop pickers" in the 60s. The big one, Homburg (which had a great piano riff) and then this, which was unique, not being a "normal" single, but an orchestral and lyrical odessey. Depressingiy each single ended lower in the charts (i never heard the 3rd single QRS being played). A single you couldn't dance to but had to listen to. Reid/Sinfield/Taupin ~ the lyricists of the age

[BluezGuitarz]

How much longer can we see and hear this pure, raw footage before it is replaced by new-age garbage complete with artificial sound effects and candy-assed violin players in the background? Enjoy it while you can.

[pajadaskinz93]

Dear Lead Singer,

you look of Professor Lupin, of Harry Potter.

I give all my love to you.

[standingwave73]

Haunting and ethereal.

[linoberty]

Robin is doing what the guitarist does in the song, what a fabulous recording

[linoberty]

PROCOL HARUM REIGNS

[alkisudghfpiqwegfvaj]

It's just a fab chord sequence to play on the piano.I've always loved it and what an amazing lyric, plus Gary Brooker is just a great vocalist

[gypsyjokerxxx]

As much as i love robin trower as a guitarist, he looks a bit lost on this track. but hey!! wot a track .just love it

[ward1957]

Ooh very nice...♥

[robintrower1]

What about the great Robin Trower on Guitar - playing a Les Paul?????

[TheWildkippy]

thank you 60's pop for this. my fave band. i've played,ate,dreamed,tripped,sex­ed,drank procol harum thruout in my life. I want to have gary brookers baby & matthew fishers love child.regards,Big Jim.

[TheWildkippy]

can't understand why this song wasn't a f.u.hit to awsop. it was but 2years later.P.H. never got the radio airplay it deserved, but they were a great fm band.

[chuckbyf1]

This song was one of the reasons why the Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is still one of my all time favorite albums. Brings back a lot of good memories. Thanks for uploading this.

[TheHitDetector]

The vocalist is something really special indeed and the music is as always by this group, rich in tone and composition, that sets it apart from some of the others with distinction. This is a really great track with almost probably a unique special manner in singing the words of this song. Excellent!!!

[harmashalom]

excellent video- beautiful sound!

[harmashalom]

excellent video

[801liveable]

Saw this band 1972 at John Carroll University in Cleveland..One of the best..Unique..Special..

[ozarkdem]

Oh, my goodness, I'd forgotten how good was this song. Thank you. Thanks PH, thanks BJ Wilson for being such an excellent drummer.

[pteeng1]

Grande canzone! Se mi ricordo bene, era la sigla finale di un programma RAI della mia gioventu`. Il programma, se mi ricordo bene, si intitolava 'Avventura' con Carlo Mauri. Correggetemi se mi sbaglio.

[nomenklaturahippie]

@pteeng1 ti ricordi bene... Avventura di Bruno Modugno, questa era la (fantastica) sigla di chiusura..... di quel programma ricordavo solo le due sigle, di apertura e chiusura, ora le puoi trovare qua, su youtube.... mi ha fatto un certo effetto rivederle dopo tanto tempo. Saluti!

[pteeng1]

@nomenklaturahippie Grazie tante, nomenklaturahippie! Cio` significa che la sigla di apertura era 'She Came In Through the bathroom Window' eseguita da Joe Cocker, vero? Saluti.

[nomenklaturahippie]

@pteeng1 già, ricordavo solo un uomo con un'antesignana telecamera in mano e la canzone di Joe Cocker.... ma il vero clou era la sigla di chiusura dei Procol Harum, quella canzone così malinconicamenta bella, riprodotta qua su YT. Auguri a te e a tutti, buone feste a tutti gli amanti del rock!!

[gianni4x]

@pteeng1 A come Avventura se non erro

[ida44733]

@gianni4x A come agricoltura, questa era la sigla di chiusura del programma avventura, pensa,la qualità della trasmissione accompagnata da due sigle questa e quella iniziale di joe cocker

[badlotgirl]

Thank you...excellent quality and great song !

[BohemianConspiracy]

i still cannot decide which of their album i like the most ...i hesitate between "A Salty Dog" and "Broken Barricades" ... with "Exotic Birds and Fruits" at the 3rd place...

[cosmicrider287]

oh my goodness,what a phenomenal song...pwew.

[kloudzjia]

this is a work of art. a masterpiece. that s why is so underrated. even in the 60s/70s not many people could comprehend and feel the amazing piece of beauty in this song, melody, lyrics (a saga), instruments and lead vocals. a fan of this amazing band since 1967.

Bravo Mr Gary Brooker!

[akruis1]

This is exactly what I love about this song - its completely underrated, and because of that I feel closer to it, like its all mine and my own little treasure. Basically a masterpiece, beautiful, actually makes me get misty eyed. This is music people. This is music!

[datarecoil]

Thanks for this!!!

[damiankerr]

Beautiful song.



[lolalabailaora]

Unforgettable song

[padleynj]

One of the most glorious sixties songs ever written. It opened up new musical dimensions into rock literature.

[duda19cobain]

a mais linda de todas

[Ekadesha11Dana]

Love!! 

[MrMarcello1960]

Non esistono parole per descrivere questo pezzo. Sono passati diversi anni e, all'epoca si era contenti con niente......

[kloudzjia]

robin trower is such an amazing guitarist and lad, what a nice smile...

great procol harum...a fan since 1967...

happy 67th birthday mr gary brooker!

[MrJellojello]

A such music and poetry song was the mind of something of (those) times that not many other words can explain. One of the most representative generation song with a bit of mystery mystic magic and the head to the fool on the hill telling about what was creeping inside everyone listening living along. Music is mostly the history and the poetry of life far across and deeply far inside lives. Here it is.

[mOdWrx53]

@cloudjia A truly remarkable band, they were. And, in truth, they still - with newer band members - make fine music.

[susanneconway]

amazing group.... all incredible talents. However, i doubt this was robin's favorite

[Bluebird7342]

Odd, though. It looks like a live performance, but it sounds exactly like the version on the album, complete with strings, and it looks lip-synched.

[djbethell]

Love this as well as Marc Almond's version. Two for the price of one! A great deal!

[bakshay]

Marc Almond?! Wank! I am glad I was born when I was and I heard what i heard and it wasn't bloody Soft Cell trying to cover a real song!

[cinedores]

astonishing - i'd only heard marc almond's version

[Rbloom659]

Very nice...note Robin Trower strumming chords on his Les Paul!

[tad449]

@Rbloom659 Robin w/ a Less Paul???!!! wow

[Rbloom659]

@tad449 Yep, the strats came later

[klbrist]

My favorite song by these guys

[speedy45rpm]

@klbrist Mine too. Don't know why it wasn't a bigger hit; I sure know plenty of people who loved it. Wonderful Procol Harum melodrama!

[spacepatrolman]

@speedy45rpm Live with the edmonton symphony was their only album to go gold its hard to find a copy thats not worn out

[highballguru]

@speedy45rpm Because their music ahead of time, when I hear that in the 70's I can digest it.

[regmark]

@speedy45rpm FYI It was a huge cut on Progressive, album rock radio, or whatever you call those stations back in the day that didn't just play the hit single--there once was a bunch of them (sigh) :{

[HarryHaller1963]

The only thing greater than B.J. Wilson's drumming on this cut is Gary Brooker's expressive vocals...and, oh yeah, Keith Reid's lyrics!

[albertop952]

@HarryHaller1963 Yes, Harry, Gary Brooker's expressive vocals !

[eurocharter]

This was their 4th single - unfortunaltely it peaked at #44 in the UK

At least it bettered their 3rd single - Quite Rightly So which peaked at #50

[filsgreen]

Fantastic, thanks for posting.

[bliefting]

Faved! Wonderful song. Thanks!

[flaviafranceschini]

beautiful video

[Smythcycle]

always nice to see what accounted for camera special effects back then...thanks for posting this