Rockpolitrix: 'Broken Barricades' - Der Versuch Robin Trowers, seinen Einfluß auf Procol Harum zu vergrößern

... Danach verließ er die Band. Trowers und Brookers Standpunkte waren zu verschieden!

Die 1971er Procol Harum ist nichts für Leute, die auf sogenannte Mainstream-Musik stehen. Broken Barricades besticht diesmal durch etwas härtere Töne, beinhaltet aber auch die betont melancholische Linie.

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Die drei Trower-Kompositionen "Memorial Drive", "Song For A Dreamer" und "Poor Mohammed" sind erwartungsgemäß besonders gitarrenlastig geraten. Bei "Poor Mohammed" agiert Trower auch als Sänger. "Song For A Dreamer" ist Jimi Hendrix gewidmet, Trowers Idol.

Auch in den restlichen (Gary Brookers) Songs kracht es teilweise ungewohnt heftig für Procol-Harum-Verhältnisse.

Insgesamt ist Broken Barricades eher Blues-Rock als Art-Rock.

"Simple Sister" live

Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red Records hat eine 3-CD-Reissue des historischen Werks vorgelegt! 8 Tracks sind die des original Albums. Dazu kommen verschiedene "raw" oder "alternative versions" von ein Paar Lieder.

DISC ONE
BROKEN BARRICADES
THE ORIGINAL ALBUM
RE-MASTERED

1. SIMPLE SISTER
2. BROKEN BARRICADES
3. MEMORIAL DRIVE
4. LUSKUS DELPH
5. POWER FAILURE
6. SONG FOR A DREAMER
7. PLAYMATE OF THE MOUTH
8. POOR MOHAMMED
BONUS TRACKS
9. SIMPLE SISTER (RAW TRACK) (BONUS)
10. BROKEN BARRICADES (LONG FADE) (RAW TRACK) (BONUS)
11. MEMORIAL DRIVE (ALTERNATE MIX) (BONUS) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
12. MEMORIAL JAM (BONUS) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
13. LUSCIOUS DELPH (“LUSKUS DELPH” EARLY VERSION) (BONUS) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
14. POWER FAILURE (ALTERNATE VERSION) (BONUS) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
15. SONG FOR A DREAMER (KING JIMI) (BACKING TRACK)
16. PLAYMATE OF THE MOUTH (THE BOYARD’S BALL) (RAW TRACK) (BONUS) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
17. POOR MOHAMMED (BACKING TRACK) (BONUS)

DISC TWO
LIVE – WPLJ FM NEW YORK CITY
12th APRIL 1971:

1. MEMORIAL DRIVE (LIVE WPLJ 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
2. STILL THERE’LL BE MORE (LIVE WPLJ 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
3. NOTHING THAT I DIDN’T KNOW(LIVE WPLJ 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
4. SIMPLE SISTER (LIVE WPLJ 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
5. LUSKUS DELPH (LIVE WPLJ 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
6. SHINE ON BRIGHTLY (LIVE WPLJ 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
7. WHALING STORIES (LIVE WPLJ 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
8. BROKEN BARRICADES (LIVE WPLJ 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
9. JUICY JOHN PINK (LIVE WPLJ 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
10. A SALTY DOG (LIVE WPLJ 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
11. WHISKY TRAIN (LIVE WPLJ 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
12. POWER FAILURE (LIVE WPLJ 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)

BBC RADIO ONE “SOUNDS OF THE 70S” –
6th OCTOBER 1971:
13. SIMPLE SISTER (BBC SESSION 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
14. QUITE RIGHTLY SO (BBC SESSION 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
15. BROKEN BARRICADES (BBC SESSION 1971)
16. POWER FAILURE (BBC SESSION 1971)

DISC THREE
LIVE – SWEDISH RADIO
FOLKETS HUS, STOCKHOLM
16th OCTOBER 1971

1. IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS OF SIXPENCE (LIVE – STOCKHOLM 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
2. STILL THERE’LL BE MORE (LIVE – STOCKHOLM 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
3. ALL THIS AND MORE (LIVE – STOCKHOLM 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
4. QUITE RIGHTLY SO (LIVE – STOCKHOLM 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
5. POWER FAILURE (LIVE – STOCKHOLM 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
6. PILGRIMS PROGRESS (LIVE – STOCKHOLM 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
7. SIMPLE SISTER (LIVE – STOCKHOLM 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
8. MAGDALENE (MY REGAL ZONOPHONE) (LIVE – STOCKHOLM 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
9. A SALTY DOG (LIVE – STOCKHOLM 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
10. REPENT WALPURGIS (LIVE – STOCKHOLM 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
11. IN THE AUTUMN OF MY MADNESS LOOK TO YOUR SOUL GRAND FINALE (LIVE – STOCKHOLM 1971) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)