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Shine On Brightly

REGAL ZONOPHONE 1968

Despite the haste with which it was recorded, Procol Harum’s second album shows that they had a sense of the direction they wanted to take, and had the songs to take them there. Set and the title track – are fine examples of the kind of organdriven rock that Traffic were also playing at the time, while eerily predates Bowie’s . But it’s dominated by the 18-minute epic, , with its musical twists and turns and lyrics that veer from incandescent to impenetrable.