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Conquistador (Procol Harum song)

"Conquistador"
Song by Procol Harum
from the album Procol Harum
Released September 1967
Recorded June 1967
Olympic Studios, London
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 2:42
Label Regal Zonophone (UK)
Deram (US)
Songwriter(s) Gary Brooker, Keith Reid
Producer(s) Denny Cordell
Procol Harum track listing
  1. "Conquistador"
  2. "She Wandered Through the Garden Fence"
  3. "Something Following Me"
  4. "Mabel"
  5. "Cerdes (Outside the Gates Of)"
  6. "A Christmas Camel"
  7. "Kaleidoscope"
  8. "Salad Days (Are Here Again)"
  9. "Good Captain Clack"
  10. "Repent Walpurgis"
"Conquistador"
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Single by Procol Harum
from the album Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Released 1972
Format 7" single
Recorded November 18, 1971 at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton
Genre Psychedelic rock, symphonic rock
Length 5:02
4:16 (single edit)
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s) Gary Brooker, Keith Reid
Producer(s) Chris Thomas
Procol Harum singles chronology
"A Salty Dog"
(1969)
"Conquistador"
(1972)
"Grand Hotel"
(1973)
"A Salty Dog"
(1969)
"Conquistador"
(1972)
"Grand Hotel"
(1973)

"Conquistador" is a song by the British psychedelic rock band Procol Harum. Written by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid, it originally appeared on the band's 1967 self-titled debut album. It was later released as a single from the band's 1972 live album Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. It is one of the band's most famous and popular songs and their third Top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (after 1967's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and "Homburg"), peaking at number 16.

The song's lyrics were written by Keith Reid and its music was written by Gary Brooker, who also sang. It was featured on the band's 1967 album, Procol Harum. The song is unusual in that the music was written before the lyrics; according to Reid, "99 out of 100 of those Procol Harum songs were written the words first, and then were set to music." He explained that Brooker had written a piece of Spanish-flavored music before the band had officially formed, and Reid decided to write lyrics about a conquistador. In August 1971, Procol Harum was invited to perform with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in Edmonton, Alberta. "Conquistador" was added to the set with little time to spare, and the orchestra had no time to rehearse. Nonetheless, they began the concert with the song, and the concert was captured on the album Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, of which "Conquistador" was the lead single.


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