Monday, 6 February 2023

Procession "I" 1968

Procession relocated to London where they became a regular attraction at the Marquee during early to mid-1969. They signed to Philips/Mercury and released a second eponymous album, which was produced by Mike Hugg (of Manfred Mann), which attracted positive reviews but poor sales.[1] McFarlane felt the album was, "a sophisticated collection of jazz-tinged psychedelic pop material." In the United States it appeared on Mercury's subsidiary label, Smash. The two singles from the album, "Every American Citizen" (October 1968) and a re-recorded version of "Anthem" re-titled as "One Day Every Week" (December), also flopped...
...In March 1969 Collinge left to join Manfred Mann Chapter Three and former Cat Stevens sideman, Chris Hunt (born 15 November 1945 in Hillingdon, England) joined on drums. In the following month Peacock asked his friend from Melbourne, singer-songwriter, Ross Wilson, formerly of the Pink Finks and the Party Machine. Wilson took over from Rogers as lead singer and also provided harmonica, although the move was resented by both Rogers and Hunt.
In late May or early June the group recorded new tracks at Olympic Studios, including Rogers' "Surrey" and Wilson's "Papa's in the Vice Squad" and "I Wanna Be Loved", but they were never released. They reportedly also featured another of Wilson's new compositions, "Make Your Stash", in their set-list, but never recorded it. According to Wilson, his song – which was based on a melody from Gustav Holst's The Planets – in turn became the basis for the abortive 1973 Manfred Mann's Earth Band album, Masque (which was abandoned when the group was unable to secure the rights to use Holst's music from the trustees of his estate).
Although the band was now nearing its end, Wilson's brief stint with Procession provided an unexpected side-benefit – it was during this period that he read a British newspaper article about the history of "juke joints" in the American south, and the accompanying photo, which showed dancers performing "The Eagle Rock and the Pigeon Wing" provided an inspiration for Wilson's breakthrough hit with his next band. Procession's final engagement was a month-long student cruise from London to New York. By this time David Joseph had lost interest in the band and was concentrating on the New Seekers. Procession officially disbanded in September 1969. - wiki
trax:
01 Simon Says 02 Gently Does It 03 Essentially Susan 04 Signature Tune 05 Adelaide, Adelaide 06 You-Me 07 One Day In Every Week (UK Single Version) 08 Sweet Simplicity 09 Automobile 10 Wigwam City (Festival 45) 11 Mind Magician 12 Every American Citizen
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5 comments:

RYP said...

Procession "I"
…served by Gaius…
gitit! no pw
https://www.mediafire.com/file/4rhoemu09qnyxtg/ProcProcI.rar/file

lemonflag said...

Thanks

Rhodb said...

Thanks RYP for the Procession shares. I remember seeing them on TV too young to go to concerts. Mick Rogers was a very good guitarist.

Regards

Masters 6672 said...

Thanks so much

zipper said...

Thanks Gaius & RYP.