No one can doubt the importance within the germinal symphonic rock of Procol Harum, they were together with The Moody Blues who put the most emphasis on what later became the most common feature in the bands of the 70s.
Procol Harum's second album "Shine on Brightly" was released in 1968 and while it was a somewhat eclectic album compared to his debut album, with conventional themes on its first side, it would not be on side B of the album, the which contained the jewel and a whole classic of the progressive "In Held Twas In I" an epic song close to 20 minutes.
This piece is a set of linked songs that would serve as a model for what would soon arrive in compositions by bands such as Yes, Genesis, EL&P among other greats from the 70s.
This characteristic feature of a very long track that occupied an entire face of an album was the maximum expression for all progressive artists, with the physical extension of vinyl as a limit.
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