THE BEST SIDE OF HARUMWIN

In a very 1981 article on the musical and societal developments of 1967, with the Record of Rock, sociomusicologist Simon Frith described "A Whiter Shade of Pale" as the yr's "most distinctive one", by its combination of "white soul vocal as well as a Bach organ workout" and enigmatic lyrics that "hinted at a significant solution open only to men a