GARY BROOKER: A SALTY DOG, ( FEAT. ORCHESTRA), MUNICH, GERMANY, 1980
In grateful memory to Gary Brooker (1945 2022) Gary Brooker and the Munich Chamber Opera Orchestra conducted by Eberhard Schoener at the Circus Krone building in Munich. Recorded from a six hours live transmission on German TV on 12 Nov. 1980 Line up: Gary Brooker voc, piano Ian Bairnson guitar John Gibblin bass Hermann Weindorf organ B. J. Wilson drums Morris Pert perc Originally released on Procols third album with the same mame (1969). Eberhard Schoener (who had toured with Procol Harum, his Munich Chamber Opera Orchestra and the Toelzer Boys Choir in Germany, Austria and Switzerland 1972) invited Gary for his first CLASSICAL ROCK NIGHT in Munich. The mammooth concert was transmitted on TV in 16 countries, full length, six hours. Other guests were Mike Batt, Esther Ofarim, Andy Mackay, Mel Collins, Jon Anderson, Darryl Way. There has never been a retransmission of this event and private VHS recorders at that time were rare, br, br,
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