| |
| 1964 |
| February. Paramounts:
"Little Bitty Pretty One" / "A Certain Girl " [no
action]. |
| June. Paramounts: "I'm
the One Who Loves You" / "It Won't Be Long" [no action] |
| November. Paramounts:
"Bad Blood" / "Do I" [no action]. |
| |
| 1965 |
| March. Parmounts: "Blue
Ribbons" / "Cuttin' In" [no action]. |
| October. Paramounts:
"You've Never Had It So Good" / "Don't Ya Like Ma Love"
[no action] |
| |
| 1966 |
| September. Paramounts
fold (Copping goes to college). |
| Brooker and Keith Reid decide
to form a songwriting team and place ads in Melody Maker for musicians
to record their songs. They form the first version of Procol Harum which
includes Matthew Fisher on organ (formerly with Screaming Lord Sutch and
who briefly studied at the Guildhall School of Music), Bobby Harrison,
Ray Royer, and Dave Knights. Their model was Bob Dylan's the Band, with piano,organ, guitar, bass, and drums. |
| [Although they often
referred to themselves as the "purple horrors," their press releases usually
played a Latin interpretation. Literally the name in Latin means procul (at a distance) + harum (women); thus, "beyond these women." However,
the band seems to have had "beyond these things" in mind, (procul+horum).] |
| The band signs with Decca Deram and Denny Cordell (who also produced early Move recordings) as a
producer. |
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| |
| 1967 |
