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ROIO of the Week [Recordings
of Indeterminate Origin]
Heroes
2
Uncomfortable
as guitarist for Procol Harum, Robin Trower found his calling when he
formed a Hendrix-like trio with The Robin Trower Band. Now he could stand
in the spotlight and let fly like his hero.
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Robin
Trower Band
The Record
Plant [no label, 1CD]
Live
at The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, August 11, 1973. Broadcast on KSAN-FM.
If true, it was Procol
Harum's Broken Barricades that gave Robin Trower the reason for packing
it up to form his own band. Barricades had Trower's best tune, his dedication
to Hendrix - Song For A Dreamer, performed in the style he loved - with
splendid guitar heroics. Procol Harum, however, relied more on keyboards
and epic songwriting with Gary Brooker's magisterial voice.
When he formed The
Robin Trower Band, he set out to do the two things he loved best about
Jimi Hendrix - the slow ballads like Angel and the jet-speed numbers like
Crosstown Traffic. Both types of songs are in plain sight on his first
two albums, Twice Removed From Yesterday and Bridge Of Sighs. He also
had in bassist James Dewar, a top howler and competent white soul singer.
Dewar was formerly vocalist for Stone The Crows.
For this 1973 show,
songs from both albums make up the setlist. The ballads I Can't Wait Much
Longer and Daydream from his first album and fast numbers Day Of The Eagle,
Lady Love and A Little Bit Of Sympathy from the second album.
Ultimately what makes
Trower a follower rather than a leader are James Dewar's and Trower's
own weak lyrics which Trower has admitted are "nonsense". That's how Dewar
or Trower introduce A Little Bit Of Sympathy at this concert. All the
songs for the first two albums are basically relationship songs, for want
of a better word.
Taken from pre-FM
master reel. This show was shared by Davmar77 with the last track provided
by The Lyon Tapes Collection. Artwork
by Novella1949. This recording is well-mixed with Trower's
guitar max out at the top. The way all guitar heroes should be mixed.
- Professor Red 
Click
on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality
stereo MP3s - sample rate of 192 kibit/s). As far as we can ascertain,
this recording has never been officially released.
These tracks
are no longer available for download. Kindly email us at mybigo@bigozine.com
if you want to download these tracks at a later time.
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| Track
01 |
The Fool and
Me^ (6.9MB)
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| Track
02 |
Twice
Removed From Yesterday* (5.6MB) |
| Track
03 |
Lady
Love^
(4.7MB)
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| Track
04 |
Daydream*
(9.1MB)
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| Track
05 |
Day
of the Eagle^ (5.6MB)
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| Track
06 |
I
Can't Wait Much Longer* (7.8MB)
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| Track
07 |
Man
of the World* (4.2MB) |
| Track
08 |
Sinner's
Song* (5.1MB) |
| Track
09 |
A
Little Bit of Sympathy^ (6.0MB) |
| Track
10
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I
Can't Stand It %*
(5.1MB) |
* six songs from
his debut solo album, Twiced Removed From Yesterday
^ four songs
from his second solo album, Bridge Of Sighs
%
this track is taken from Lyon Tapes Collection version. However, db.eTree.org
does not list this as part of the show.
Lineup:
Robin Trower
- guitar, vocals
James Dewar
- bass, lead vocals
Reg Isidore
- drums
Robin Trower's debut solo album was Twice Removed From Yesterday.
The power trio lineup was still popular in 1973, its year of release.
But it was to be his next album the following year, Bridge of Sighs, that
proved the more influential.
There are two reissues
of Bridge of Sighs. In 1999, Bridge of Sighs added five bonus tracks from
a radio show recorded May 29, 1974 at the Record Plant. The 2007 reissue
offered eight bonus tracks from the 1974 and 1975 John Peel Sessions.
Order the 2007 version here.
The well-to-do fan
might prefer the two-fer, both albums on 1CD as released by BGO in 1997.
It is out-of-print but still on sale here.
Robin Trower has put out some great tracks in his time and in July, you
can have all of them on one CD. It's called Day of the Eagle: The Best
of Robin Trower and promises to showcase the legendary guitarist's emotional,
blues-based style. It includes hits from 1973 to 1980 and boasts both
album tracks and live recordings. The disc hits shelves on July 8th. Head
to TrowerPower.com for more info
on Robin.
For more... email mybigo@bigozine.com
with the message, "Put me on your mailing list."
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