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=== [[Procol Harum]] provides examples of: ===
* [[Can't Get Away Withwith Nuthin']]: Disgustingly, "A Souvenir of London".
* [[Chronological Album Title]]: ''Procol's Ninth''
* [[Cover Version]]: Not common for them, but they did cover "I Keep Forgettin'" (by Chuck Jackson, written by [[Leiber and Stoller (Music)|Leiber and Stoller]]) and [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]]' "Eight Days a Week", both on ''Procol's Ninth''. There's also the [[Cover Album]] ''Ain't Nothin' to Get Excited About'', credited to the pseudonym Licorice John Death and not released until 27 years after it was recorded.
* [[Crapsack World]]: The entire ''Broken Barricades'' album is pretty much a window-jumper.
* [[Downer Ending]]: [[Downer Beginning]], middle, and ending, really...''Broken Barricades''.
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* [[Fake Band]]: Originally. Brooker and Reid recorded "Whiter Shade", and had to assemble a band when it hit.
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: Their popularity in the United Kingdom faded quickly after their first single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", and from then on they toured mostly in the United States (in the late 1960s) and continental Europe (from the 1970s onward).
* [[A Good Name for Aa Rock Band]]: According to [http://www.procolharum.com/young_cat-claude1.htm this page], the band's first manager, Guy Stevens, happened to look at a pedigree certificate for a cat named "Procul Harun", and immediately suggested it as the band's name. (The cat's owners actually called him "Claude"; "Procul Harun" was only a name chosen by the cat breeder. The "Procul" part was the breeder's registered prefix, and "Harun" is an Arabic equivalent of "Aaron".)
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: later famous as a solo artist, Robin Trower was the guitarist for the band's first several albums.
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: Mentioned in the lyrics of "Monsieur Armand" (re-recorded as "Monsieur R. Monde" - see [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]] below), with the "other" person telling the narrator that the former is Jekyll and the latter is Hyde.
* [[Koan]]:
{{quote| '''Pilgrim:''' I wish to know the meaning of life, father.<br />
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** Parodying the packet design from a well-known brand of cigarettes.
* [[Slave Brand]]: "Memorial Drive"
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: This band name gives rise to all sorts of misspellings, such as "Proul Haven", "Procyl Harom", "Parocial Harem", etc. What's more, the official spelling itself resulted from a mistake: manager Guy Stevens suggested the name "Procul Harun" to the band during a phone conversation with the band, and they misheard.
** Then there's the song "Monsieur Armand", recorded in 1967 and left unreleased, then re-recorded and released in 1975 with the title spelled "Monsieur R. Monde", [http://www.procolharum.com/tn+sq/ebaf_65_monde.htm possibly] for reasons related to publishing rights.
* [[Title Confusion]]: Their fourth album is titled ''Home''. Its front and back cover illustration has a sort of "board game" theme featuring portraits of the band members cut and pasted onto cartoon characters, including some speech balloons and [[Written Sound Effect|written sound effects]] such as "Whoosh!" and "Sploosh!". It just so happens that "Whoosh!" is printed on the front cover in a font size nearly as large as was used for the title. Because of this, [http://www.procolharum.com/whoosh.htm some] Benelux-market editions of the album state the album title as ''Whoosh'' on the center label / cassette label / sleeve spine.
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