Editing Procol Harum (section)

=== Follow-up albums and break-up (1968–1977) ===
The band's follow-up album, ''[[Shine on Brightly]]'' was released the following year and saw a greater excursion into [[progressive rock]] stylings. It reached number 24 in the US but failed to chart in the UK. Finding themselves labelled as [[one-hit wonder]]s in their home country, while in the US their reputation as a live act only continued to improve, for the next several years Procol Harum spent most of their time touring America.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Shine on Brightly |last=Welch |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Welch |others=Procol Harum |date=1997 |pages=3-4 |type=Liner Notes |publisher=[[Repertoire Records]]}}</ref><ref name=C71/>

Their third album, ''[[A Salty Dog]]'' (1969), was popular among fans and their first album to sell well in the UK. The title track in particular gained a good deal of US [[FM radio]] [[airplay]], and the album is now considered a rock classic, appealing to fans of [[The Beatles]], [[The Moody Blues]] and [[Pink Floyd]]. Procol Harum were asked to perform at the [[Woodstock|Woodstock Festival]] in August 1969, but were unable after Trower's wife was expecting a baby and needed to return to England.<ref name=MN70>{{cite web|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/an-interview-with-keith-reid-|title=An Interview with Keith Reid|first=Tony|last=Norman|work=Music Now|date=13 June 1970|via=[[Rock's Backpages]]|access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref>

Later in 1969, Fisher left the band and was replaced by [[Chris Copping]], another former member of The Paramounts, who played organ and bass.<ref name=MN70/> The group appeared at the [[Isle of Wight Festival 1970|1970 Isle of Wight Festival]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Tobler |first=John |year=1992 |title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years |edition=1st |publisher=Reed International Books Ltd |location=London |page=215 |id=CN 5585}}</ref>

By 1971, the disparities in style had become too great and, after the release of their fifth album ''[[Broken Barricades]]'', Trower left to form his own [[power trio]]. He was replaced by [[Dave Ball (musician)|Dave Ball]],<ref name="Strong"/> while [[Alan Cartwright]] (a former bandmate of Wilson's in [[Freddie Mack]]'s band) took over bass from Copping, who remained on organ.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Freedland |first=Nat |title=From the Music Capitals of the World: Los Angeles |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=83 |issue=32 |publication-date=7 August 1971 |location=New York City, New York |publisher=Billboard Publications |page=23 |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/70s/1971/Billboard%201971-08-07-OCR-Page-0023.pdf |access-date=8 August 2019 }}</ref>

In mid-1971, Procol Harum severed ties with Glotzer and Lyons and legally fought an accounting dispute which was settled out of court.<ref name=RS71/> The band went on to sign with [[Chrysalis Records]] and completed a successful UK tour opening for [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]].<ref name=C71>{{cite web|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-problematic-career-of-procol-harum|title=The Problematic Career of Procol Harum|first=Danny|last=Goldberg|date=August 1971|work=Circus|via=[[Rock's Backpages]]|access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref>

During the band's 1971 tour, Procol Harum recorded their show on 18 November in [[Edmonton, Alberta]] with the [[Edmonton Symphony Orchestra]] and a choir for a live album. Released in April 1972, ''[[Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra]]'' was met with commercial success when it peaked at No.&nbsp;5 in the US, where it was certified gold for selling 500,000 copies. In the UK, it peaked at No. 48. The live rendition of "[[Conquistador (Procol Harum song)|Conquistador]]" from their debut album reached No.&nbsp;16 in the US and No. 22 in the UK.

After Dave Ball left, Mick Grabham was the group's guitarist from 1972 until 1977.

The band continued with their new [[symphonic rock]] sound on their follow-up, ''[[Grand Hotel (album)|Grand Hotel]]''. Released in March 1973, the album reached No.&nbsp;21 in the US.<ref name="Strong"/> It did not chart in the UK, but it was certified silver for selling over 60,000 copies there.

The band returned to its hard rock roots with their seventh studio album ''[[Exotic Birds and Fruit]]'', released in April 1974. Reid said the group made a conscious attempt to "dispel that symphonic image" that they had been attached to and has a similar sound to their debut. The album's sleeve was absent of lyrics in the liner notes.<ref name=SR77/>

In 1975 Procol Harum played the final night at the [[Rainbow Theatre (Finsbury Park)|Rainbow Theatre]] in London before its refurbishment.<ref name="Roberts">{{cite book |first=David |last=Roberts |year=1998 |title=Guinness Rockopedia |edition=1st |publisher=Guinness Publishing Ltd. |location=London |pages=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessrockoped0000unse/page/337 337–338] |isbn=0-85112-072-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessrockoped0000unse/page/337 }}</ref>

The personnel changes contributed to declining sales in the later part of the 1970s, with "Pandora's Box" being the final UK [[Top 20]] hit in 1975.<ref name="Strong"/> Its parent album ''[[Procol's Ninth]]'' saw a re-connection with [[Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller|Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]], who both produced and wrote with the band.

In 1976 the band regrouped to record their final album of the 1970s, ''[[Something Magic]]''. This marked the departure of Cartwright, after Brooker thought Copping was a better bassist which led to the arrival of newcomer [[Pete Solley]] on keyboards. The album's producers were not impressed with the group's material, which took the form of "The Worm and the Tree", an extended track that originated from a theme of Brooker's that the band had attempted some years before, but the group "made it up as we went along" in the studio.{{sfn|Johansen|2000|pp=160–161}}

''Something Magic'' was released in March 1977 and peaked at No.&nbsp;147 in the US.<ref name="Roberts"/> During the subsequent tour, the band celebrated their tenth anniversary with a concert at the [[Palladium (New York City)|Palladium Theatre]] in New York City in May.<ref name=SR77>{{cite web|url=https://procolharum.com/99/super-rock77.htm|title=Procol Harum: A Whiter Shade of Pale and Beyond|work=Super Rock|date=October 1977}}</ref>

In April 1977, during the promotional tour for ''Something Magic'', Copping joined [[Frankie Miller]]'s band and was replaced in Procol Harum by [[Elton John]]'s former bassist [[Dee Murray]].<ref name="irvine">{{harvnb|Scott-Irvine|2012|pp=[https://books.google.com/books?id=0DMDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT237 237–241]}}</ref> The tour ended in May, and the following month Grabham announced that he had left the band, claiming that he had been "generally dissatisfied with my role ... for some months".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Grabham: 'I've quit Procols' |magazine=[[NME]] |publication-date=11 June 1977 |location=London, England |publisher=[[TI Media|IPC Magazines]] |url=https://procolharum.com/y/nme_40r2yc_1977.htm |access-date=8 August 2019 }}</ref> The band played one final show in October when "A Whiter Shade of Pale" co-won the [[Brit Award for British Single of the Year|Single of the Year]] award at the [[1977 Brit Awards]], with Brooker, Wilson and returning members Cartwright and Copping joined by guitarist [[Tim Renwick]].<ref name="irvine"/>