Robin Trower - Go My Way

Size: 117.7 MB
Time: 50:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Art: Full

01. Go My Way (9:05)
02. Breathless (3:31)
03. Into Dust (5:03)
04. Run With The Wolves (5:07)
05. Too Much Joy (4:21)
06. Blue For Soul (4:50)
07. This Old World (3:23)
08. On Your Own (3:17)
09. Take This River (4:03)
10. Long Hard Game (3:16)
11. In My Dream (4:14)

Robin Trower's first rock, as opposed to blues, studio album in five years, returns the guitarist to the fluid, Hendrix-infused trio sound of his salad days. While the songwriting isn't quite up to the quality of his '70s work, Trower's snaky, echoed, languid guitar and his powerful duo's sympathetic backing make this a welcome addition to his extensive catalog. While the smooth, soulful whisky-soaked vocals of original singer Jimmy Dewer are sorely missed (Trower, who handles some of the singing here is at best adequate), the songs still shimmer with the uniquely silvery quality fans have come to expect from the guitarist. Tunes like "Into Dusk," "Run With the Wolves," and, especially, the nine-minute opening title track with their "Little Wing"-"Third Stone From the Sun" grooves, would have been right at home on Bridge of Sighs. The snappy mid-tempo rocker "Too Much Joy" shoehorns Trower's distinctive guitar solo into a three-minute pop tune, but the similarly inclined chunky "This Old World" doesn't rise above its blues-rock clichés. Trower excels on ballads and slightly funky, slowly simmering psychedelic rockers like "Take This River" where his lava lamp guitar flourishes intricately weave between the dreamy words and construct musical visions uniquely his own. Likely difficult to find because of its indie label release, Go My Way is a welcome return from Robin Trower. Those unfamiliar with his work are advised to first hunt down his '70s classics, but longtime fans will be delighted with this solid, uncompromising album. ~Hal Horowitz

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Robin Trower - 20th Century Blues

Size: 116,1 MB - 337 MB
Time: 50:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s - Flac
Released: 1994
Styles: Blues, blues-rock
Art: Front

1. 20th Century Blues (3:13)
2. Prisoner of Love (3:43)
3. Precious Gift (4:03)
4. Whisper Up a Storm (4:02)
5. Extermination Blues (4:51)
6. Step Into the Dark (6:08)
7. Rise Up Like the Sun (3:05)
8. Secret Place (4:34)
9. Chase the Bone (3:20)
10. Promise You the Stars (3:28)
11. Don't Lose Faith in Tomorrow (5:40)
12. Reconsider Baby (4:29)

There's a lot to be said for time and place, let alone context. And perhaps back in 1994 Robin Trower had already caught wind of a new blues revival in the UK to resurrect his solo career on the bluesier side of a hitherto power rock-blues style. But if '20th Century Blues' was a successful comeback, then 2005's 'Another Days Blues' was slightly more disappointing, with a different line-up struggling to make its mark as the undoubted elements of taste, poise and feel are dissipated by a lack of passion and spark. By the time of 2009's 'What Lies Beneath' the cat is out the bag and Trower's gradual step into the direction of laid back introspection is channelled into exploratory guitar tones, earnest lyrics and shared vocals with long time accomplice Davy Pattison. 20th Century Blues (Repertoire REP 5245) marked an impressive shift back into the rock/blues market for Robin Trower, after 4 years in a short lived return to the ranks of Procol Harum and an unlikely 3 album dalliance with Bryan Ferry. The album features the excellent line-up of bass/keyboard player and vocalist Livingstone Brown (who later produced 'What Lies Beneath') and the solid Clive Mayuyu on drums. Recorded 20 years after the best selling 'Bridge of Sighs' album, Trower gets off to an incendiary start impressing on the wah wah inflected, funky groove of 'Prisoner of Love' and the beautifully voiced tone colours of 'Precious Gift'.

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Robin Trower, Maxi Priest, Livingstone Brown - United State Of Mind

Size: 90,6 MB
Time: 39:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. United State Of Mind (3:38)
02. Are We Just People (5:06)
03. On Fire Like Zsa Zsa (3:21)
04. Walking Wounded (4:14)
05. Sunrise Revolution (5:26)
06. Hands To The Sky (4:20)
07. Bring It All Back To You (4:26)
08. Good Day (4:16)
09. Where Our Love Came From (4:18)

Robin Trower is hailed as one of the finest guitarists in rock history; his career has spanned more than four decades. His mastery of the guitar is not so much technical as emotional. His solos are not pyrotechnic displays of speed and precision, rather he uses his guitar to draw out the hidden emotions that lie closest to the heart.

Maxi Priest has earned his place among other greats such as Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Toots & The Maytals and Dennis Brown in spreading the Reggae gospel far and wide. Despite the pressures of stardom, he’s remained true to his core UK audience from the beginning.

Here we have two of the UKs music legends. Musically Worlds apart I hear you say? But after a chance meeting in the studios of Livingstone Brown in Godalming UK Surrey, this unlikely duo hit it off. The early musical influences for both of them were directly from soul & gospel music.

Both were born in South London, just two miles apart! Robin in Catford and Maxi in Lewisham. From these humble beginnings, both went on to enjoy glittering careers at home and in the USA. Maxi, probably best known for 1990 hit Close to You from the album Bonafide, reached number 1 in the U.S Billboard 100, and Trower’s album Bridge Of Sighs went Gold in 1974, selling millions of albums, and influencing so many young people to pick up a guitars and learn to play.

So when you're a multi-million selling award winning artist who's been there and very much done it, what’s left to do? So when, during that meeting, producer Livingstone Brown (Tina Turner, Bryan Ferry) half-jokingly suggested “why don’t you two write a song together”, Robin & Maxi looked at each other and said “why not”.

Robin and Maxi went even further, striking up a very productive joint songwriting partnership that quickly developed over a dozen new songs. Each song showcased Maxi's silky soulful vocal tone, and of course Trower's distinctive deft and precise guitar fretwork.

With bass-playing producer Livingstone Brown at the helm, this creative coalition went into the studios and the album United State of Mind was born.

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Robin Trower - Coming Closer To The Day

Size: 116,7 MB
Time: 49:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Diving Bell (3:10)
02. Truth Or Lies (3:51)
03. Coming Closer To The Day (4:35)
04. Ghosts (5:38)
05. Tide Of Confusion (3:47)
06. The Perfect Wrong (3:11)
07. Little Girl Blue (4:44)
08. Someone Of Great Renown (3:17)
09. Lonesome Road (5:37)
10. Tell Me (4:03)
11. Don't Ever Change (3:34)
12. Take Me With You (4:15)

It’s rare to find a ’60s legend still on trailblazing form in their eighth decade. The 73-year-old guitarist finds himself in a golden late-bloom of creativity. In recent years, his solo output has been championed by both press and public, with the impact of 2014’s ‘Something’s About To Change’, 2016’s ‘Where You Are Going To’ and 2017’s ‘Time & Emotion’ setting up some of his best-attended US dates since he conquered that continent with ‘Bridge Of Sighs’ in the mid-’70s.

The bluesman’s back pages leave no doubt of his towering contribution. Follow the thread back to ’50s Southend, where the teenage Trower lived and breathed a vinyl collection that left an indelible mark on him. Making his first mark in R&B hopefuls The Paramounts, he then forged his reputation over a five-album tenure with Procol Harum. His solo career exploded in 1974 with ‘Bridge Of Sighs’, the gold-selling masterpiece. Suddenly, Trower was a mainstream draw in the States, booming from prime-time radio, taking the stage at stadiums. That wave of popularity carried Trower into a series of celebrated collaborations with Jack Bruce that began with B.L.T. (1981), and even saw him guesting on tracks for Bryan Ferry’s acclaimed Taxi (1993).

With ‘Coming Closer To The Day’, his songcraft and soulful performances have never sounded more alive – even on an album whose title track acknowledges that life is short and time precious. “I’m saying that I’m nearer the end than the beginning,” he explains. “But that doesn’t scare me. Not at all. If I went tomorrow, I’d feel like I’d been blessed with being able to achieve an incredible amount as a musician.”

The album was recorded at Studio 91 in Newbury, with engineer Sam Winfield. “’Diving Bell’ is probably my favourite track on the album,” he says. “‘Truth Or Lies’, that one was quite hard to pull off. I love the song, but I recorded it once and wasn’t happy with it, so I started from scratch again. It’s got quite a strong early R&B flavour to it. That song is not really about me. I’m writing from the viewpoint of a guy whose loved one has been messing around. ‘Someone Of Great Renown’, again, that song isn’t about me, but it’s maybe someone that I’d like to be.”

“’Lonesome Road’,” he continues, “that’s about me touring and asking how long I can go on with it. That’s definitely coming from my heart and head. ‘Ghosts’ is about things from the past where you didn’t do right in your personal life. ‘Don’t Ever Change’ is an out-and-out love song: a very nice, easy vibe, but still quite soulful.”

The calibre of the songwriting on ‘Coming Closer To The Day’ is matched by Trower’s performances, with the bandleader handling all instruments except the drums. His basslines are supple and rhythmic, his vocals growl and and the lead guitar work only adds to his reputation as an all-time-great soloist.

For Robin Trower, the next great song is always right there at his fingertips. For five decades, the iconic British bluesman has written the same way. The valves glow in his Marshall amplifier. Those fabled hands roam the neck of his Fender Stratocaster. Then the music starts to flow: raw and real, played with fire and skill, untainted by commercial aspirations, accompanied by lyrics that get to the guts of the matter.

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Robin Trower - Let There Be A Blues

Size: 161,9 MB
Time: 69:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. The Thrill Is Gone (5:30)
02. Once The Spell Is Broken (5:08)
03. Something's About To Change (4:28)
04. Dreams That Shone Like Diamonds (4:31)
05. Dressed In Gold (3:36)
06. Secret Place (4:33)
07. Strange Love (6:26)
08. Snakes And Ladders (4:42)
09. Till I Reach Home (6:10)
10. Jigsaw (3:20)
11. We Will Be Together Someday (5:00)
12. Make Up Your Mind (5:36)
13. Returned In Kind (7:19)
14. Delusion Sweet Delusion (3:33)

Throughout his long and winding solo career, guitarist Robin Trower has had to endure countless comparisons to Jimi Hendrix due to his uncanny ability to channel Hendrix's bluesy/psychedelic, Fender Strat-fueled playing style. Born on March 9, 1945 in Catford, England, Trower spent the early '60s playing guitar in various London-based outfits, the most successful being the R&B group the Paramounts, who specialized mostly in covers, but managed to issue several singles between 1963 and 1965. It wasn't until 1967 that Trower received his big break, however, when he joined Procol Harum. The group had just scored a worldwide smash hit with "A Whiter Shade of Pale," but the only problem was that the band's leader, singer/pianist Gary Brooker, didn't have a proper band to back him. Brooker was previously a bandmate of Trower's in the Paramounts, and offered the guitar slot in his new fast-rising project to his old friend. As a result, Trower appeared on such Procol Harum classics as 1967's Procol Harum, 1968's Shine on Brightly, 1969's A Salty Dog, 1970's Home (which spawned the popular Trower tune "Whiskey Train"), and 1971's Broken Barricades.

While Procol Harum helped launch Trower's career, the guitarist realized there was limited space for his guitar work and eventually left for a solo career. Enlisting singer/bassist James Dewar and drummer Reg Isidore (who was soon replaced by Bill Lordan) as a backing band, Trower issued his solo debut, Twice Removed from Yesterday, in 1973. The album barely made a dent in the U.S. charts, but that would change soon enough with his next release, 1974's Bridge of Sighs. With rock fans still reeling from Hendrix's death a few years earlier, the album sounded eerily similar to the late guitarist's work with the Jimi Hendrix Experience (especially his 1968 release, Electric Ladyland), and as a result, the album skyrocketed into the U.S. Top Ten, peaking at number seven.

Although Bridge of Sighs was to be his most popular solo release, Trower's stock continued to rise throughout the mid-'70s, as he became an arena headliner on the strength of such hit albums as 1975's For Earth Below, 1976's Robin Trower Live!, and Long Misty Days, plus 1977's In City Dreams. Further releases followed, yet by the dawn of the '80s, it became quite obvious that Trower's star was rapidly fading, as each album sold less than its predecessor. A brief union with ex-Cream bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce spawned a pair of releases, 1981's B.L.T. and 1982's Truce, before Trower returned to his solo career.

The '80s saw Trower make efforts to expand his audience with several releases that attempted to update his blues-rock style (such as 1987's slickly produced Passion), but none returned the guitarist back to the top of the charts. During the early '90s, Trower returned to Procol Harum for a brief reunion (1991's Prodigal Stranger), before backing ex-Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry on a few releases (1993's Taxi and 1994's Mamouna, the latter of which featured a Trower co-producer credit). Trower continued to issue solo albums at the dawn of the 21st century (2000's Go My Way), and a steady stream of live sets and compilations also appeared. Trower returned to work with Ferry once more on 2002's Frantic (again earning a production credit). Reassembling most of his late-'80s band, Trower released Living Out of Time in 2004 and returned with Another Days Blues in late 2005. What Lies Beneath appeared in 2009 from V-12 Records. Over the next several years, Trower recorded steadily, issuing albums every few years: The Playful Heart appeared in 2010, followed by Roots and Branches in 2013, Something's About to Change in 2015, and Where You Are Going To in 2016. Trower's prolific run continued in 2017 with Time and Emotion which debuted at number two on Billboard's blues chart. ~by Greg Prato

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Robin Trower - Time And Emotion

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:57
Size: 118.9 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:23] 1. The Land Of Plenty
[5:01] 2. What Was I Really Worth To You
[2:50] 3. I'm Gone
[3:50] 4. Bitten By The Snake
[7:16] 5. Returned In Kind
[7:03] 6. If You Believe In Me
[3:41] 7. You're The One
[3:34] 8. Can't Turn Back The Clock
[5:34] 9. Make Up Your Mind
[5:26] 10. Try Love
[3:12] 11. Time And Emotion

Robin Trower – Guitar, vocals, bass; Chris Taggarrt - Drums; Livingstone Brown - Bass, Keyboards.

He did it. Again. After decades of making music, Robin Trower’s lastest Album, Time And Emotion, was released to the public today. Celebrate the blues! From the first strong notes of “The Land Of Plenty” to the final cut and the title track, “Time And Emotion”, this album is authentic Trower. His writing, singing, and playing abilities have been steadily growing and, even at 72 years old, are still maturing. Over the course of his last several albums, starting with Roots and Branches, released in 2013 and culminating with this latest release, Robin has become a truly stripped down musician, playing exactly what he is feeling. In a 2015 interview I did with Robin he told me:

“More than anything really, I think I determined that the music I’ve made over the last, sort-of, four or five years would be just to suit myself. In other words, I was making tracks just to please myself and I wasn’t thinking about anyone else. It’s something I made a conscious decision to do.” “I just felt I was going to get it right by my own standards.”

He expresses this foremost with his powerful, soulful guitar playing. A sound that is uniquely his - honed over the 55 years – read that again – 55 years – since forming The Paramounts in 1962. And his vocals are a perfect fit with his music. The first time I really took note of his singing was on his 2014 release of Something’s About To Change. On this album he really pushed himself and his singing and it showed. Now I look forward to his vocals nearly as much as the music.

Robin Trower has roughly 50 albums to his credit, both studio recordings with and without Procol Harum, and live albums, not counting compilations or bootleg LPs. Since 1967, the year of his first album with Procol Harum, he has released new music, on average, about every 15 months.

Time and Emotion feels like the third or fourth album in a box set. During the 2015 interview he said to me, “After Roots and Branches I just felt I was moving into a new phase musically and as a player.” Time And Emotion is another album where Robin sings every song, with a voice in total sync with the guitar. He also played the bass guitar on this album along with Livingstone Brown. His trio for this album is rounded out with Chris Taggart on Drums, a well-regarded studio musician having recorded on projects ranging from Saturday Night Fever and Jesus Christ Superstar to artists as varied as Maxi Priest and Sheila Ferguson. ~Steve Hefter

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Robin Trower - Where You Are Going To

Released: 2016
Size: 92.8 MB
Time: 40:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

1. When Will The Next Blow Fall [3:56]
2. Where You Are Going To [5:51]
3. Back Where You Belong [3:43]
4. Jigsaw [3:21]
5. The Fruits Of Your Desire [3:30]
6. We Will Be Together Someday [4:59]
7. Ain't No Use To Worry [3:18]
8. In Too Deep [3:17]
9. I'm Holding On To You [4:49]
10. Delusion Sweet Delusion [3:34]

Solid album. Not a weak song in the bunch. Trower's voice is strong and his playing is... well, he's freaking Robin Trower isn't he? No one else has that touch, his tone or mastery of the style he's created. While the tone of this album starts off a little darker than his last couple of albums, the track selection unfolds nicely with plenty of that wonderful Trower funk/blues/rock thing he does better than anyone. One of those albums where the second listen is better than the first.

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Jack Bruce & Robin Trower - Songs From The Road

Size: 178,2 MB
Time: 77:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Seven Moons (5:24)
02. Lives Of Clay (5:36)
03. Distant Places Of The Heart (6:07)
04. Sunshine Of Your Love (8:09)
05. Carmen (4:55)
06. So Far To Yesterday (3:49)
07. Just Another Day (6:49)
08. Perfect Place (4:28)
09. Bad Case Of Celebrity (5:27)
10. The Last Door (5:22)
11. Come To Me (6:46)
12. White Room (7:16)
13. Politician (6:53)

The news of Jack Bruce and Robin Trower performing live for the first time spread like wildfire. For more than 40 years the legendary Cream bassist and singer and the immensely talented guitarist of Procol Harum made history in the Rock ‘n’ Roll business.

It was in the early 80s when they first collaborated, releasing two remarkable records (B.L.T. 1981 and Truce 1982). Then, 26 years later, Seven Moons was released (2008).
Together with drummer Gary Husband (Level 42, Gary Moore, John McLaughlin) they had formed a power trio that recorded only own material: Finest blues rock painted in psychedelic colours und wonderful sounds – Seven Moons became their masterpiece.

A few months later a fansite announced: “Bruce, Trower & Husband to take ‘Seven Moons’ into orbit! For a few nights only, Robin and Jack will get to play live together for the first time ever in late February 2009.”

After two gigs in Karlsruhe and Cologne the trio was ready to play the Dutch city of Nijmegen, where the concert was recorded. And indeed, this night was very special. Not because of the camera crew and the recording, but because Trower, Bruce and Husband had already formed a whole. They knew, they belonged here.

It´s 08:45 pm. The place: The old, majestic Concertgebouw De Vereeniging. Jack Bruce welcomes the audience and the band kicks off with the title track of Seven Moons. Four minutes later we hear Trower’s first solo. One can see that Bruce is elated by it. The next song is the bluesy “Lives Of Clay”. Bruce comments: “Now we are beginning to get somewhere.”

They play almost the complete Seven Moons album and also the track “Carmen” of their 1981 record B.L.T. And of course songs of Bruce’s famous catalogue from his time with Cream that cannot be left out: “Sunshine Of Your Love”, the song with the legendary bass riff, “White Room” that shows why Trower is called the “white Hendrix” in the States and the bonus track “Politician.”

The pleasure the guys had on stage makes this CD/DVD set a unique piece of rock music. Jack Bruce who died last autumn but had already suffered several strokes of fate at the time of the recording said during the show: “It is fantastic to be here. For me personally, it is fantastic to be anywhere, actually…”

In December 2015 this legendary concert will be re-released as a CD/DVD set as part of the Songs From The Road series.

Songs From The Road

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Robin Trower - Compendium 1987-2013

Size: 178,1+183,4 MB
Time: 76:19+78:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Inside Out (2:50)
02. Freefall (3:05)
03. Too Much Joy (4:19)
04. Seven Moons (4:37)
05. The Playful Heart (4:02)
06. Please Tell Me (3:59)
07. The Turning (6:18)
08. Tear It Up (4:19)
09. Passion (3:58)
10. The Last Door (5:05)
11. The Thrill Is Gone (5:28)
12. If Forever (4:44)
13. Not Inside - Outside (3:23)
14. Looking For A True Love (3:55)
15. Crossroads (3:25)
16. Prisoner Of Love (3:39)
17. Go My Way (9:04)

CD 2:
01. Dressed In Gold (3:33)
02. Breathless (3:31)
03. Prince Of Shattered Dreams (6:07)
04. Another Time Another Place (4:38)
05. 20Th Century Blues (3:09)
06. Living Out Of Time (3:31)
07. So Far To Yesterday (3:31)
08. Blue For Soul (4:48)
09. Don't Lose Faith In Tomorrow (5:36)
10. Next In Line (3:34)
11. Sleeping On The Moon (3:31)
12. Once The Spell Is Broken (5:05)
13. See My Life (5:15)
14. Sea Of Love (4:00)
15. Wish You Were Mine (4:02)
16. Secret Place (4:31)
17. Just Another Day (5:31)
18. No Time (4:31)

“I’m happy in what I’m doing, because I’m making the music I want to make, and that’s where all the satisfaction really comes from.” (Robin Trower, 2013)

Robin Trower may seem a modest and quiet man, but his achievements are great. Over the decades since he formed his own band back in 1973, he has conceived many fine solo albums that showcase his exceptional talents as a guitarist, singer and composer.

Here’s a truly outstanding new collection of some of the finest recordings by one of rock’s most admired guitar heroes. This double CD set comprises 35 tracks gathered from a range of original recordings released between 1987-2013, now all together for the first time on one album. Our compilation runs from his first studio album after leaving Chrysalis Records, 1987’s ‘Passion’, to the latest highly regarded ‘Roots And Branches’, an album of covers and retro-inspired originals that pays homage to Trower’s blues roots.

The track listing is the most comprehensive yet offered by any label. It was selected in collaboration with Robin himself to perfectly represent the second half of his stellar career, that still continues both ‘live’ and on record. Like all the great bluesmen, Trower gets better with age!

Some tracks included here are hard or impossible to find, due to label changes in Robin’s latter career. The 35 tracks represented give a fully detailed picture of his development as a guitarist and musician over the past 26 years. And there’s more to come…

A very high standard of musicianship is maintained throughout and, above it all, soars Trower’s magically emotive guitar playing that has remained on top form for more than 5 decades.

Expertly remastered. Superb sound - top quality reproduction. The best in the business!

Compendium 1987-2013 CD 1
Compendium 1987-2013 CD 2

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