Robin Trower For Earth Below – 50th Anniversary Edition 4 CD, Vinyl & Digital editions including previously unreleased stereo mix & LA concert Released by Chrysalis on 27th June
Album Pre-order Link: https://robintrower.lnk.to/ETB
Stream the Extended Stereo Version of ‘Shame The Devil’ here https://robintrower.lnk.to/SHT
Originally released in 1975, For Earth Below, the third studio album by British guitar hero Robin Trower brought considerable commercial success none more so than in the USwhere the LP reached Number 5 on the Billboard chart further cementing Trower’s profile as a major league solo artist.
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this classic, Chrysalis Records are proud to present the most expanded edition of the album to date featuring the album newly remastered atAIR studios, a newly unearthed extended stereo mix of the entire record, a disc of outtakes, rarities and BBC sessions with the majority previously unreleased and a newly mixed concert taped live in Los Angeles from the For Earth Below tour, never available in its entirety before. At the centre of the package is a booklet featuring newly written liner notes by acclaimed journalist David Sinclair.
For Earth Below followed hot on the heels of its impressive predecessor Bridge Of Sighs which had wowed audiences and critics upon its release in 1974. Trower was at the very top of his game as he entered the studio to make For Earth Below and with this album came a key personnel change. Following the exit of Reg Isadore, Trower recruited drummer Bill Lordan who in Trower’s own words “brought a new dimension” to proceedings. Lordan was schooled in r&b and funk, and he came to Trower after spending a year with Sly Stone appearing on the album ‘Small Talk’. When listening to ‘For Earth Below’, Lordan’s particularly fine work on tracks such as ‘Fine Day’ and ‘A Tale Untold’ completely accentuate the album, providing the perfect platform for Trower’s stunning guitar virtuosity adorned by the unmistakable vocals and bass of James Dewar.
Reflecting on For Earth Below, Trower observed, “You make albums hoping that somebody’s going to think it’s great. And I do think there’s some great tracks on it: ‘Gonna Be More Suspicious,’, ‘Shame The Devil’ and the track ‘For Earth Below’ I really love. It’s a song that I did live for many years that I used to love playing.” Bill Lordan adds “Robin, James and I had a magical chemistry instantly. It was like we had always played together and the music just flowed naturally. I always wanted to play with a blues-rock three-piece band. It gave me the opportunity to play more like a rock drummer than my previous career with R&B and soul bands. I got to play all the drum licks that I would have played with Jimi Hendrix (laughs).”With its distinctive & iconic cover art by ‘Funky’ Paul Olsen and production duties courtesy once again by ex Procol Harum Matthew Fisher, ‘For Earth Below’ is another hugely impressive canon in Trower’s recorded legacy. From the album opener ‘Shame The Devil’ to the title track which closes proceedings, this is a commanding blues rock album that now sounds even greater thanks to this stunning reissue package.
TRACKLISTING:
CD1: 2025 Remaster
1. Shame The Devil / 2. It’s Only Money / 3. Confessin’ Midnight / 4. Fine Day / 5. Alethea / 6. A Tale Untold / 7. Gonna Be More Suspicious / 8. For Earth Below
CD2: 2025 Extended Stereo Mix
1. Shame The Devil / 2. It’s Only Money / 3. Confessin’ Midnight / 4. Fine Day / 5.Alethea / 6. A Tale Untold / 7. Gonna Be More Suspicious / 8. For Earth Below
CD3: Outtakes & Rarities
1. It’s Only Money (Vocal Take 1) / 2. Fine Day (Vocal Take Jam 1) / 3. Alethea (VocalTake 2) / 4. Happy (Vocal Take 1) / 5. The Moody One (Instrumental Take 2) / BBC Radio Top of The Pops with Brian Matthew, 28th Jan 1975: 6. Interview / 7. Fine Day / 8. Interview 2 / 9. Confessin’ Midnight / 10. It’s Only Money / 11. Gonna Be More Suspicious / BBC Live in Concert, 29th Jan 1975: 12. Fine Day / 13. Alethea / 14. Gonna Be More Suspicious / 15. Rehearsal Instrumental Jam
CD4: Live at The Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall, LA, 16th March 1975
1. Day Of The Eagle / 2. Bridge Of Sighs / 3. Gonna Be More Suspicious / 4. Fine Day / 5.Lady Love / 6. Daydream / 7. Too Rolling Stoned / 8. I Can’t Wait Much Longer / 9.Alethea / 10. Little Bit Of Sympathy / 11. Confessin’ Midnight / 12. Rock Me Baby / 13. The Fool And Me
UK TOUR MAY 2025:
Wed 14 May Buxton Opera House, Buxton
Thurs 15 May Oran Moor, Glasgow
Sat 17 May Picturedrome, Holmfirth
Sun 18 May Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham
Tue 20 May Cheese and Grain, Frome
Wed 21 May O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
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