Whiter Shade of Pale

~ Recording by The Box Tops

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5Whiter Shade of Pale4:32The Box TopsThe Letter / Neon RainbowThe Box TopsAlbum
Bell Records (50s-70s US/UK pop, later became Arista)6011-S
1.4Whiter Shade of Pale4:27The Box TopsSuper HitsThe Box TopsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1968-10-04
Bell Records (50s-70s US/UK pop, later became Arista)6025
1.14Whiter Shade of Pale4:31The Box TopsThe Ultimate Box TopsThe Box TopsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products9 27611-2
1.6Whiter Shade of Pale4:32The Box TopsThe LetterThe Box TopsAlbum + Compilation
Ariola Express295 591-201
1.6Whiter Shade of Pale4:34The Box TopsThe Box Tops - I grandi del rockThe Box TopsAlbum + Compilation
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)74321-13523-2
1.5Whiter Shade of Pale4:32The Box TopsBest of the Box TopsThe Box TopsAlbum + Compilation
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)74321 26929 2
1.5A Whiter Shade of Pale4:35The Box TopsThe Letter / Neon RainbowThe Box TopsAlbum
  • -2000
Sundazed Music, Inc.SC 6158
1.10Whiter Shade of Pale4:32The Box TopsThe LetterThe Box TopsAlbum + Compilation
1.5A Whiter Shade of Pale4:35The Box TopsThe Letter / Neon RainbowThe Box TopsAlbum
  • XW2008-07-08
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.5Whiter Shade of Pale4:34The Box TopsThe Original Albums 1967-1969The Box TopsAlbum + Compilation
Raven Records (Australian mainly reissue)RVCD-385
1.5Whiter Shade Of Pale4:31The Box TopsFour Albums On Two DiscsThe Box TopsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2020-02-01
Beat Goes On Records (BGO Records)BGOCD1400
(unknown)
1.5A Whiter Shade of Pale4:35The Box TopsThe Letter / Neon RainbowThe Box TopsAlbum
2000 FruitGum (bootleg label)

Relationships

recording of:A Whiter Shade of Pale (cover)

A Whiter Shade of Pale

lyricist:Keith Reid
composer:Gary Brooker
Matthew Fisher (UK organist for Procol Harum/Prairie Madness, engineer)
publisher:Belsize Music Ltd.
Essex Music International Ltd.
Onward Music Ltd.
The Richmond Organization Éditions Essex (TRO)
Westminster Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 (TRO Essex Japan, A-Division)
later translated versions:Esse amor que eu não queria
Fahler als nur fahl
Les Orgues d’antan
Merisairaat kasvot
Senza luce (Italian version)
青い影
later versions:Mijn gedachten
is based on:Kantate, BWV 156 “Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe”: I. Sinfonia
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air on the G string)
arrangements:A Whiter Shade of Pale