Rock On! Wednesday, 12 November 2025 – The Beatles, Procol Harum, George Harrison & Pink Floyd

Psychedelic, heavy, prog and more innovating sounds spanning the late 60s and the early 70s – Dan’s pick of the week: The Beatles, (White Album), Procol Harum (A Whiter Shade Of Pale), George Harrison (All Things Must Pass), Pink Floyd (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn).

The Beatles – zegt Wikipedia – was een rock- en popgroep uit de Engelse stad Liverpool. De groep was actief van 1960 tot 1970 en wordt algemeen beschouwd als de invloedrijkste band uit de geschiedenis van de popmuziek. Ik zal ze niet tegenspreken…

Dennis Davis Vinyl Reviews: “The record was originally released housed in an all-white gatefold cover with “The Beatles,” the name of the album, embossed (in white) on the front. It album immediately became known as TheWhite Album and the name stuck. The 2LP set itself was released with the then-new Apple labels, but was recorded and owned by EMI and, in every other way, a Parlophone release. It largely remains a collection of individual Beatle solo recordings rather than a group effort, and the beginning of the end for the band as all four strong personalities started heading off in different directions. (…)

Mono or stereo, the 30-track TheWhite Album teems with music that, at times, sounds achingly beautiful, with stunning guitar work and artistically imaginative writing. George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” features Eric Clapton on lead guitar and cements Harrison’s legacy as a composer. McCartney’s “Honey Pie,” like “When I’m Sixty-Four,” embraces his debt to his father who encouraged his fascination with cabaret, night club, and dance music. But what really puts a unique stamp on the set are the handful of silly songs like “Rocky Raccoon,” “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road,” “Piggies,” “Glass Onion,” and “Happiness Is a Warm Gun.” Decades of Beatles research shows how Lennon and McCartney could toss off nonsense lyrics with abandon, but in 1968, even the least-fanatical Beatles enthusiast listened to them seeking meaning they were convinced lurked there.”

Wednesday, 12 November 2025 12:00 noon CET Brussels – 11 a.m. GMT London. Repeated: 16:00 & 20:00 hrs CET Brussels, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. GMT London
Ends: 12 midnight CET Brussels, 11 p.m. GMT London.