Procol Harum discography

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Procol Harum discography
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Procol Harum at the turn of the century.
Studio albums12
Live albums11
Compilation albums23
Video albums5
EPs3
Singles34

This article presents the discography of English rock band Procol Harum.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
DEN
[4]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9] [10]
US
[11]
Procol Harum 302047
Shine On Brightly
  • Released: September 1968
  • Label: Regal Zonophone, A&M
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, reel-to-reel
2624
A Salty Dog
  • Released: April 1969
  • Label: Regal Zonophone, A&M
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, reel-to-reel
272581932
Home
  • Released: 5 June 1970
  • Label: Regal Zonophone, A&M
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
492413634
Broken Barricades
  • Released: April 1971
  • Label: Chrysalis, A&M
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
42275461432
Grand Hotel
  • Released: March 1973
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track, reel-to-reel
2818462498521
Exotic Birds and Fruit
  • Released: April 1974
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track, reel-to-reel
829163812986
Procol's Ninth
  • Released: 1 August 1975
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
416211952
Something Magic
  • Released: 25 February 1977
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC
841320161923147
The Prodigal Stranger
The Well's on Fire
  • Released: 4 March 2003
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: CD, MC
Novum 82122
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
DEN
[4]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[11]
Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
  • Released: April 1972
  • Label: Chrysalis, A&M
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
48127530223135
BBC Live in Concert
Pilgrim's Progress
  • Released: December 1995
  • Label: MasterTone
  • Formats: CD+VCD
  • Germany-only release
Live at the Union Chapel
One More Time – Live in Utrecht 1992
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Gazza, Friday Music
  • Formats: CD
One Eye to the Future – Live in Italy 2007
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Strongman Productions
  • Formats: digital download
Procol Harum – In Concert with the Danish National Concert Orchestra and Choir
  • Released: 17 November 2008
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Spirit of Nøkken
  • Released: February 2010
  • Label: Salvo/BMG
  • Formats: digital download
MMX
  • Released: July 2012
  • Label: Salvo/BMG
  • Formats: digital download
Some Long Road
  • Released: 5 May 2014
  • Label: Salvo/BMG
  • Formats: digital download
Easter Island: New York Broadcasts 1969
  • Released: 1 November 2019
  • Label: Unicorn, Parachutes
  • Formats: CD,LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title [upper-alpha 1] Album detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
CAN
[3]
US
[11]
Flyback 4: The Best of Procol Harum
  • Released: March 1971
  • Label: Fly
  • Formats: LP, 8-track
A Whiter Shade of Pale / A Salty Dog
  • Released: April 1972
  • Label: Fly
  • Formats: 2xLP
26
The Best of Procol Harum
  • Released: October 1973
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • North America and Australasia-only release
71131
Rock Roots
  • Released: March 1976
  • Label: Cube
  • Formats: LP, MC
Greatest Hits Vol. 1
  • Released: June 1978
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
Off the Record with Procol Harum
  • Released: November
  • Label: Sierra
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC
The Collection
Classics Volume 17
  • Released: October 1987
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
Night Riding
  • Released: July 1988
  • Label: Knight
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Portfolio
  • Released: May 1988
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP
The Chrysalis Years 1973–1977
  • Released: April 1989
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • North America-only release
Whiter Shade of Pale
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Castle Communications
  • Formats: CD, MC
30th Anniversary Anthology
  • Released: November 1997
  • Label: Westside
  • Formats: 3xCD
Classic Tracks & Rarities – An Anthology
  • Released: 11 February 2002
  • Label: Metro Doubles
  • Formats: 2xCD
A & B – The Singles
  • Released: 20 September 2002
  • Label: Repertoire
  • Formats: 3xCD
The First Four
  • Released: June 2003
  • Label: Metro Doubles
  • Formats: 2xCD
The Essential Collection 1967–1991
  • Released: 11 August 2003
  • Label: Repertoire
  • Formats: CD
Secrets of the Hive: The Best of Procol Harum
  • Released: 27 August 2007
  • Label: Salvo
  • Formats: 2xCD
All This and More…
  • Released: 28 September 2009
  • Label: Salvo
  • Formats: 3xCD+DVD
Then & Now – The Best of Procol Harum
  • Released: 7 February 2011
  • Label: Salvo
  • Formats: CD
Insideoutside – The Very Best of Live & in the Studio
  • Released: 7 April 2014
  • Label: Metro Select
  • Formats: 2xCD
Still There'll Be More – An Anthology 1967–2017
Hits'n'Flips 1967–1970
  • Released: 3 May 2019
  • Label: Fly
  • Formats: digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
The Best of Musikladen Live
  • Released: 27 July 1999
  • Label: Pioneer Artists
  • Formats: DVD, VHS
  • US-only release
Live
  • Released: 30 July 2002
  • Label: Classic Pictures Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD
Special Edition EP
  • Released: May 2003
  • Label: Classic Pictures Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD
Live at the Union Chapel
Procol Harum – In Concert with the Danish National Concert Orchestra & Choir
  • Released: 26 May 2009
  • Label: Eagle Vision
  • Formats: DVD

EPs

TitleEP details
Homburg
  • Released: 18 April 2015
  • Label: Esoteric Recordings/Fly
  • Formats: 7"
A Whiter Shade of Pale 50th Anniversary EP
  • Released: 22 April 2017
  • Label: Fly
  • Formats: 12"
The One & Only One
  • Released: 24 November 2017
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: 10"

Singles

Title
(A-side / B-side)
YearPeak chart positionsA-side UK Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[13] [2]
BEL (WA)
[14]
CAN
[15]
GER
[6]
IRE
[16]
JPN
[17]
NL
[18]
NZ
[19]
US
[20] [21]
"A Whiter Shade of Pale"
b/w "Lime Street Blues"
196711111147115Non-album single [upper-alpha 2]
"Homburg"
b/w "Good Captain Clack"
65615154861434Non-album single [upper-alpha 3]
"Conquistador" (Australasia-only release)
b/w "She Wandered Through the Garden Fence"
31Procol Harum
"Quite Rightly So"
b/w "In the Wee Small Hours of Sixpence"
19685033 [upper-alpha 4] Shine On Brightly
"Il tuo diamante" (Italy-only release) [upper-alpha 5]
b/w "Fortuna"
Non-album single [upper-alpha 6]
"Repent Walpurgis" (France-only release)
b/w "Conquistador"
Procol Harum
"A Salty Dog"
b/w "Long Gone Geek"
19694482 [upper-alpha 7] 3A Salty Dog
"Boredom" (US-only release)
b/w "The Devil Came from Kansas"
"Skip Softly (My Moonbeams)" (Japan-only release)
b/w "Rambling On"
197083Shine On Brightly
"The Dead Man's Dream" (Netherlands-only release)
b/w "About to Die"
Home
"Whiskey Train" (North America-only release)
b/w "About to Die"
"About to Die" (Italy-only release)
b/w "Piggy Pig Pig"
"Broken Barricades" (North America and Australia-only release)
b/w "Power Failure"
1971Broken Barricades
"Simple Sister" (US, Japan, Portugal and Spain-only release)
b/w "Song for a Dreamer"
"A Whiter Shade of Pale"
b/w "A Salty Dog"/"Homburg"
19721318121A Whiter Shade of Pale / A Salty Dog
"Conquistador" (live)
b/w "Luskus Delph" (UK); "A Salty Dog" (US)
2243379316Procol Harum Live
"Robert's Box"
b/w "A Rum Tale"
1973Grand Hotel
"Bringing Home the Bacon" (North America-only release)
b/w "Toujours L'Amour"
"Grand Hotel" (North America, Australasia and Continental Europe-only release)
b/w "Fires (Which Burnt Brightly)"
20117
"Souvenir of London"
b/w "Toujours L'Amour"
42
"Nothing but the Truth"
b/w "Drunk Again"
1974Exotic Birds and Fruit
"Beyond the Pale" (Netherlands and Germany-only release)
b/w "Fresh Fruit"
"Pandora's Box"
b/w "The Piper's Tune"
19751620Procol's Ninth
"The Final Thrust"
b/w "Taking the Time"
"As Strong as Samson (When You're Being Held to Ransom)"
b/w "The Unquiet Zone"
1976Exotic Birds and Fruit
"The Adagio di Albinoni" (France-only release)
b/w "The Blue Danube"
Non-album single
"Wizard Man"
b/w "Backgammon" (UK); "Something Magic" (US)
1977Something Magic
"Something Magic" (Netherlands-only release)
b/w "Fools Gold"
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Japan-only reissue)
b/w "Homburg"
198888Non-album single
"(You Can't) Turn Back the Page" (Continental Europe-only release)
b/w "One More Time"/"Perpetual Motion"
1991The Prodigal Stranger
"All Our Dreams Are Sold" (promo-only release)95 [upper-alpha 8]
"The Truth Won't Fade Away" (US and Germany-only release)
b/w "Learn to Fly"
"Sunday Morning"2017Novum
"Missing Persons (Alive Forever)"
b/w "War Is Not Healthy"/"Missing Persons (Alive Forever)" (Radio Edit)
2021Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

See also

Notes

  1. This is a list of compilations released in the UK and/or US. Numerous other compilations have been released in other territories.
  2. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was included on the North American release of Procol Harum.
  3. "Homburg" was included on the European release of Procol Harum.
  4. "Quite Rightly So" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 20, but did peak at number 24 on the Dutch Top 40. [22]
  5. "Il tuo diamante" is an Italian-language version of "Shine On Brightly", whilst "Fortuna" is the Italian-language title of the instrumental "Repent Walpurgis".
  6. Although the English-language version was included on Shine On Brightly, the Italian-language version was included on the Italian release of Procol Harum.
  7. Chart position in 1972
  8. "All Our Dreams Are Sold" peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

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