As if we needed any reminders, I am re-reading Henry Scott-Irvine’s excellent book “Procol Harum: The Ghosts of A Whiter Shade of Pale” and how Gary Brooker played such a central role in Procol Harum and beyond, in his solo works and collaborations. I could not make the tribute concert on 4 th  December, 2023 but managed to get hold of a programme and, finally, the music from that night has been released in a clamshell boxed set of Blu Ray and CDs. Gary played with many illus

This is a limited hardback book forensically examining the phenomenon that was Emerson, Lake and Palmer through over 400 fans memories and pictures with many by photographer Neal Preston. It goes right up to the High Voltage Festival in London in 2010. (I was there and put in the difficult position of Marillion’s set still going on when E.L.P. started theirs. While I’m on the subject I look up at the book shelf only to see a copy of “Endless Enigma” on Open Court Books sent t