Happy Birthday to the good folks at ProcolHarum.com! 10 years of daily Procol Harum news, photos and uploads. And during this birthday week only, T-shirts are half-price.

Sure, the party was months ago, but the photos keep coming in of Procol Harum’s 40th Anniversary celebration.

I try to be neutral here, but honestly, is there a more vibrant, consistently updated and comprehensive prog-band website as Beyond the Pale? None come to mind at the moment.

The BBC has reviewed the upcoming Procol Harum compilation, The Secrets of the Hive, slated for release August 27th.

Always the victims of the ‘too much, too soon’ curse, Procol Harum, to many, represent one thing alone: A Whiter Shade of Pale. As majestic and unequivocally fantastic as that single from 1967 remains, maybe this compilation, marking their 40th year in existence, will let a few more people into their best-kept secret. For they were for many years afterwards responsible for some astoundingly good music.

Read the full review here.

ProcolHarum.com will be giving away a copy of the new A Whiter Shade of Pale re-issue (vinyl or CD) to the lucky winner of their T-shirt Photo drawing.

“…we’re asking all our readers to send in photographs of people wearing Procol Harum tee-shirts. Each person depicted will have their name entered in a prize draw whose prizes are copies of the vinyl and the CD re-releases of the Reid/Fisher song, A Whiter Shade of Pale.

Sounds like fun. Enter to win here.