While his idol was the American Jewish songwriter and Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan, his lyrics relied more on a superficial surrealism, perhaps inspired by his love of French avant-garde films and the art of Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali. Still, the group released a half-dozen albums, which is on a par with the output of such likeminded groups as Yes, Genesis and the Moody Blues. A few songs came close, including “Conquistador,” which, even if you think you don’t know it, you would recognize if you heard it (or at least I did). In its original incarnation, the band stayed together for 10 years, never duplicating the success of its initial hit. “Her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale” - were the product of the band’s co-founder and poet-in-residence, Keith Reid, one of only a handful of nonperforming members of rock bands. The trippy lyrics - “We skipped the light fandango…. The song’s most innovative feature is its unique pairing of musical source material from Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach and from soul singer Percy Sledge’s hit, “When A Man Loves A Woman.” The music was originally credited to bandleader Gary Brooker, although decades later, keyboardist Matthew Fisher would be added officially as a co-composer for his signature organ solo. a staple of classic-rock radio, and one of only a few dozen singles to sell over 10 million copies worldwide. 1 in the United Kingdom and hit the top 10 in the United States, casting the mold somewhat for “progressive rock” on its way to becoming one of the enduring classics of the 1960s and of the entire rock era - the most-played song ever in public in the U.K. We cannot control Customs delays in such countries, the luxurious seasonal vacation schedules of government functionaries, nor the proudly announced preference of Australian postal authorities to spend a week shipping even "Priority" packages across the continent from Sydney to Perth by truck - camels apparently not being consistently available.Fifty years ago this spring, a then unknown British rock group called Procol Harum released its very first single, “A Whiter Shade Of Pale.” The distinctive recording went to No. In our experience, deliveries to France, Italy and Western Australia can take from three to 13 weeks, regardless of shipping method. MISSING SHIPMENTS: Missing shipments are uncommon, but be aware USPS tracking numbers are "archived" after 60 days (making them far less useful) and purged entirely after about five months (not six months, as advertised.) If you believe a domestic shipment has gone missing, please let us know within 60 days. Failing that, should no adult signer be available when the mailman calls, buyers should be on the lookout for a "notice of attempt to deliver." If such a notice is ignored, USPS will generally return our package to us after about 13 days. In the case of shipments valued over $90, this will usually mean a post office box, a business address, or some other location where a responsible adult is likely to be present during business hours to sign for our package. Customers are responsible to provide a secure shipping address. HOWEVER (SIGNATURE REQUIRED): Since today's mail carriers have been known to dump even insured parcels on front porches or on office hallway floors, or to leave them wedged in screen doors, whereupon the postal authorities have DECLINED to pay our insurance claim when such a parcel goes missing, sneering that such parcels were "delivered as addressed," we now ship all parcels valued at $90 or more "signature required," at our expense. To keep our basic shipping rate competitive, we do not routinely pay out of pocket to insure books valued under $50. Media mail is the default setting you may choose "Priority," which costs more but carries some automatic insurance protection, if you wish. "SHIPPING RATE" is a small pull-down menu at ABE. Please make sure your e-mail program will accept such an inquiry from an ABE Books address.
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