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Product Identifiers

Record LabelEsot, ESOTERIC

UPC5013929473348

eBay Product ID (ePID)20046039075

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2018

GenreRock

ArtistProcol Harum

Release TitleExotic Birds & Fruit

Dimensions

Item Height0.95 in

Item Weight0.43 lb

Item Length5.58 in

Item Width5.02 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks35

Number of Discs3

Tracks1.1 Nothing But the Truth 1.2 Beyond the Pale 1.3 As Strong As Samson 1.4 The Idol 1.5 The Thin End of the Wedge 1.6 Monsieur Armand 1.7 Fresh Fruit 1.8 Butterfly Boys 1.9 New Lamps for Old 1.10 Drunk Again 1.11 As Strong As Samson (Alternative Mix in DB) 2.1 Conquistador 2.2 Bringing Home the Bacon 2.3 Whaling Stories 2.4 New Lamps for Old 2.5 Beyond the Pale 2.6 As Strong As Samson 2.7 Simple Sister 2.8 The Idol 2.9 Grand Hotel 2.10 Butterfly Boys 2.11 Nothing But the Truth 3.1 Conquistador 3.2 Bringing Home the Bacon 3.3 Long Gone Geek 3.4 Homburg 3.5 Cerdes (Outside the Gates of) 3.6 Beyond the Pale 3.7 Power Failure 3.8 As Strong As Samson 3.9 The Idol 3.10 Butterfly Boys 3.11 Mabel 3.12 Nothing But the Truth 3.13 New Lamps for Old

NotesDigitally remastered and expanded three CD edition of the acclaimed Procol Harum album Exotic Birds And Fruit. Released in April 1974, the album was the product of a series of recording sessions beset by power cuts, the result of industrial strife during the winter of 1973. Despite having to work around these difficult conditions, Exotic Birds and Fruit would prove to be another fine collection of material written by Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid, featuring such classic tracks as 'Nothing But The Truth', 'As Strong As Samson', 'Beyond The Pale', 'Butterfly Boys' and 'The Idol'. The album would reveal the line-up of Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham and B. J. Wilson to be in fine, inspired form. This expanded three CD edition of Exotic Birds And Fruit includes the original album (with two bonus tracks), along with two additional discs featuring the band's entire performance for BBC Radio One's In Concert show from March 1974 and a previously unreleased 65 minute live set recorded at January Sound Studios in Dallas on July 5th 1974 for KZEW FM. The release also includes a lavishly illustrated booklet featuring material from Gary Brooker's personal archive and an essay by Procol Harum authority Roland Clare featuring comments from Gary Brooker.