Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs (50th Anniversary Edition) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs (50th Anniversary Edition) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 03:33:47 minutes | 2,53 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chrysalis Records

“Bridge Of Sighs”, Robin Trower’s second album after leaving Procol Harum, was critically acclaimed and was a commercial breakthrough, selling 3 million copies worldwide and taking Robin’s original trio concept into exciting new territory.

He was accompanied by James Dewar on soulful vocals and bass and Reg Isidore, who underpinned his psychedelic blues sound with masterful drumming. Producer and former Procol Harum bandmate Matthew Fisher and Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick took over the control room and helped put together this impressive collection of songs.

50 years later, these new mixes were overseen by Robin and feature extended versions of the original album remixed from the original master tapes.

Here you can hear the trio on a US tour of the album “Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito In May 1974”, available for the first time in its entirety and remastered from the original master tapes – the recording sounds as exhilarating as it would have been for those in attendance.

Guitarist Robin Trower’s watershed sophomore solo disc remains his most stunning, representative, and consistent collection of tunes. Mixing obvious Hendrix influences with blues and psychedelia, then adding the immensely soulful vocals of James Dewar, Trower pushed the often limited boundaries of the power trio concept into refreshing new waters. The concept gels best in the first track, “Day of the Eagle,” where the opening riff rockingly morphs into the dreamy washes of gooey guitar chords that characterize the album’s distinctive title track that follows. At his best, Trower’s gauzy sheets of oozing, wistful sound and subtle use of wah-wah combine with Dewar’s whisky-soaked soul-drenched vocals to take a song like the wistful ballad “In This Place” into orbit. “Too Rolling Stoned,” another highlight and one of the most covered tracks from this album, adds throbbing, subtle funk to the mix, changing tempos midway to a slow, forceful amble on top of which Trower lays his quicksilver guitar. One of the few Robin Trower albums without a weak cut, Bridge of Sighs holds up to repeated listenings as a timeless work, as well as the crown jewel in Trower’s extensive yet inconsistent catalog. – Hal Horowitz

Tracklist:
1-01. Robin Trower – Day of the Eagle (2024 Remaster) (05:01)
1-02. Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs (2024 Remaster) (05:01)
1-03. Robin Trower – In This Place (2024 Remaster) (04:29)
1-04. Robin Trower – The Fool and Me (2024 Remaster) (03:55)
1-05. Robin Trower – Too Rolling Stoned (2024 Remaster) (07:31)
1-06. Robin Trower – About to Begin (2024 Remaster) (03:46)
1-07. Robin Trower – Lady Love (2024 Remaster) (03:20)
1-08. Robin Trower – Little Bit of Sympathy (2024 Remaster) (04:17)
2-09. Robin Trower – Day of the Eagle [2024 Stereo Mix] [2024 Remaster] (05:37)
2-10. Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs [2024 Stereo Mix] [2024 Remaster] (05:28)
2-11. Robin Trower – In This Place [2024 Stereo Mix] [2024 Remaster] (06:16)
2-12. Robin Trower – The Fool and Me [2024 Stereo Mix] [2024 Remaster] (04:54)
2-13. Robin Trower – Too Rolling Stoned [2024 Stereo Mix] [2024 Remaster] (08:06)
2-14. Robin Trower – About to Begin [2024 Stereo Mix] [2024 Remaster] (05:05)
2-15. Robin Trower – Lady Love [2024 Stereo Mix] [2024 Remaster] (04:06)
2-16. Robin Trower – Little Bit of Sympathy [2024 Stereo Mix] [2024 Remaster] (06:07)
2-17. Robin Trower – Day of the Eagle [Single Version] [2024 Remaster] (02:57)
2-18. Robin Trower – Day of the Eagle [Instrumental Rehearsal] [2024 Remaster] (03:50)
2-19. Robin Trower – Day of the Eagle [Outtake 1] [2024 Remaster] (03:51)
2-20. Robin Trower – Day of the Eagle [Outtake 2] [2024 Remaster] (04:34)
2-21. Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs [Outtake 2] [2024 Remaster] (05:50)
2-22. Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs [Outtake 3] [2024 Remaster] (05:49)
2-23. Robin Trower – The Fool and Me [Instrumental Outtake] [2024 Remaster] (05:22)
2-24. Robin Trower – Little Bit of Sympathy [Alt. Take] [2024 Remaster] (02:02)
2-25. Robin Trower – Lady Love [Early Version] [2024 Remaster] (04:04)
2-26. Robin Trower – Lady Love [Extended Alt. Take] [2024 Remaster] (04:01)
3-27. Robin Trower – Twice Removed from Yesterday [Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, Usa, 29th May, 1974] [2024 Remaster] (03:56)
3-28. Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs [Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, Usa, 29th May, 1974] [2024 Remaster] (05:25)
3-29. Robin Trower – Alethea [Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, Usa, 29th May, 1974] [2024 Remaster] (04:24)
3-30. Robin Trower – Lady Love [Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, Usa, 29th May, 1974] [2024 Remaster] (03:15)
3-31. Robin Trower – Daydream [Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, Usa, 29th May, 1974] [2024 Remaster] (06:44)
3-32. Robin Trower – Too Rolling Stoned [Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, Usa, 29th May, 1974] [2024 Remaster] (06:18)
3-33. Robin Trower – I Can’t Wait Much Longer [Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, Usa, 29th May, 1974] [2024 Remaster] (06:19)
3-34. Robin Trower – Day of the Eagle [Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, Usa, 29th May, 1974] [2024 Remaster] (04:09)
3-35. Robin Trower – Little Bit of Sympathy [Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, Usa, 29th May, 1974] [2024 Remaster] (05:03)
3-36. Robin Trower – Rock Me Baby [Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, Usa, 29th May, 1974] [2024 Remaster] (05:01)
4-37. Robin Trower – Day of the Eagle [Stereo Instrumental] [2024 Remaster] (05:02)
4-38. Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs [Stereo Instrumental] [2024 Remaster] (05:04)
4-39. Robin Trower – In This Place [Stereo Instrumental] [2024 Remaster] (04:30)
4-40. Robin Trower – The Fool and Me [Stereo Instrumental] [2024 Remaster] (03:56)
4-41. Robin Trower – Too Rolling Stoned [Stereo Instrumental] [2024 Remaster] (07:33)
4-42. Robin Trower – About to Begin [Stereo Instrumental] [2024 Remaster] (03:48)
4-43. Robin Trower – Lady Love [Stereo Instrumental] [2024 Remaster] (03:21)
4-44. Robin Trower – Little Bit of Sympathy [Stereo Instrumental] [2024 Remaster] (04:19)

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