A Whiter Shade Of Pale is released. A Fisher instrumental, Repent Walpurgis , gets the thumbs up instead, thus securing him a deserved royalty for life. However, under pressure from the tabloid press, he later claims to have co-written AWSoP and most of Bach's music. With a strong B-side supporting it, AWSoP sells by the bucket load. Is Love before finally succumbing.
Media attention is intense.
Their management are extremely supportive, almost as if Procol are their only clients. Guy Stevens introduces them to David Bowie, although at the time he is just a young mime artist. The next single is pencilled in as Homburg , until Gary comes up with a rather fruity orchestral arrangement for a song called Conquistador . The single, backed by a simple arrangement of a song called Pandora's Box , is released in early September. The Press love it, it shoots to No 1 all over the place, although some feel that Box could do with a few years' more thought and a cow-bell.