Procol Harum - Broken Barricades (1971)
48800:00 - 05:48 01 A1 Simple Sister
05:48 - 09:01 02 A2 Broken Barricades
09:01 - 12:49 03 A3 Memorial Drive
12:49 - 16:34 04 A4 Luskus Delph
16:34 - 21:06 05 B1 Power Failure
21:06 - 26:46 06 B2 Song for a Dreamer
26:46 - 31:51 07 B3 Playmate of the Mouth
31:51 - 34:59 08 B4 Poor Mohammed
Bass, Organ – Chris Copping
Design [Album], Artwork – C.C.S. Associates*
Drums – B.J. Wilson
Engineer – John Punter
Lead Guitar – Robin Trower
Other [Comic Relief] – Chris Michie
Photography By – Pete Sanders*
Producer – Chris Thomas
Voice, Piano – Gary Brooker
Words By – Keith Reid
Written-By – Gary Brooker (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3), Keith Reid, Robin Trower (tracks: A3, B2, B4)
"Song for a Dreamer" is a tribute to late Jimi Hendrix from Trower, who was stunned by Hendrix's death in September 1970 at the age of 27.
This was probably the first Procol Harum record I came across years ago and it also marks a transition from the last of their more classic blues/rock albums to a more progressive sound, they changed to a symphonic/progressive style for the next albums Grand Hotel and Exotic Birds and Fruit which are both great. Also the last album Robin Trower did with them (until Prodigal Stranger in 1991) before he started his solo career with The Robin Trower Band which debuted the album Twice Removed from Yesterday in 1973.