Grand Hotel (album)

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Grand Hotel is the sixth studio album by Procol Harum. Released in 1973, it signalled a change of direction for the band. Guitarist Dave Ball, who had joined the band for their live album the previous year, left shortly after the photo shoot for the proposed album's cover, to be replaced by Mick Grabham. Grabham's head was superimposed on the front and back cover of the album on Ball's body (far left on the cover). Although the band had gone through significant personnel changes in previous years, the band would enter its most stable phase with this lineup. The album reached No. 21 on the Billboard album charts. It peaked at No. 4 in Denmark, where the group was always well received. Although Grand Hotel appears on the surface to be a concept album, the "concept", according to lyricist Keith Reid, doesn't extend beyond the title tune. The single "A Souvenir of London" was banned by the BBC for the reference to venereal disease in its lyrics. Reid claimed that the song was really inspired...

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