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For Earth Below/Live | 
| Artist: Robin Trower
Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
Category: Music
Buy New: $18.98
Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 4473
Format: Import, Live, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 766482809929
EAN: 5017261203472
ASIN: B0000011P5
Release Date: June 18, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | Shame The Devil | | • | It's Only Money | | • | Confessin' Midnight | | • | Fine Day | | • | Alethea | | • | A Tale Untold | | • | I Can't Wait Much Longer | | • | Alethea | | • | A Little Bit Of Sympathy | | • | Gonna Be More Suspicious | | • | For Earth Below | | • | Too Rolling Stoned | | • | Daydream | | • | Rock Me Baby | | • | Lady Love |
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Album Description
Two-on-one reissue from BGO featuring two of Trower's Chrysalis albums remastered from the original master tapes &on one CD, 1975's 'For Earth Below' and 1976's 'Live'. Also features faithfully restored artwork and extensive sleeve notes. 15 tracks total, including 'Shame The Devil', 'It's Only Money', 'For Earth Below', 'Too Rolling Stoned', 'Daydream' and 'A Little Bit Of Sympathy'. 1997 release.
Album Details
Digitally Remastered Two LPs on a Single CD of the Albums that Followed Up Trower's Watershed Tour De Force 'bridge of Sighs'. 'for Earth Below' was a Bit Darker Than Its Predecessor, but Served the Purpose of Supporting the Trower Band While They Toured the World, Exciting Audiences at his Hendrix-liek Guitar Prowess. The Sum of that Tour was Captured on 'live', which Has Magnificent Performances of 'too Rolling Stoned', 'little Bit of Sympathy' and 'alethea'.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 Great Band Bad Singer September 12, 2008
Chris C. Stevenson
Robin Trower's albums reflect two things: great band but the singer Jimmy Dewar is VERY one dimensional and this gives that SAMENESS that plagued all their records and eventually destroyed them in the end. Instrumentally, the band is terrific - if you listen to them when Jimmy is NOT singing, well, it's fantastic. But - I don't know what it is - but he has this "voice wrapped in cotton" sound that never varies. Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, Steve Tyler,Sting, Jimi Hendrix, even Eric Clapton have a singing voice that gives them added dimensions, i.e. falsetto, low to high range, tenderness, agressiveness, etc. that gives the overall effect a great listening experience. Soulful singing is fine but without a melody you just have "soulful" and that's it - and that is boring. I do believe it may be the way he was recorded - close miked or something that did it. If you listen to their "live" album you get more variation with him but in the studio, it is a muffled soul voice that really goes nowhere and actually annoys me. Robin was at his best with Procol Harum. VERY emotional and well placed solos. You know - sometimes if you are a great guitar player - well, that's what you are. Like Mick Taylor. Leave it at that and don't pretend you are a band leader and a songwriter. This wrecked both of them. They should have both stayed where they were. Am I wrong? I mean - am I? Where did they wind up? In clubs? They both went from stadiums to--clubs. That's not progress. So - there you are.
 R. Trower: For Earth Below / Live April 28, 2008
AbbysK
I really rate "For Earth" at 5 but "Live" disappoints me. "Bridge of Sighs" one of the great albums and "For Earth" is a continuation of a very good thing.
Above The Rest December 17, 2007
PHILIP S WOLF (SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA. USA)
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
By 1975 after the Success of his first two Albums, Robin Trower was either Loved or Dissed. If you were Lucky enough to attend one of his Shows, there is no way you could admit that anyone on the Planet was going to play with more emotion and fire than this Man with the bangs, that always dressed in white. If you were Thick, you would write-off the Amazing Talents of this Artist as an: "Hendrix Clone".
I was in attendence in San Francisco at the Winterland Arena when Bill Graham made a Blunder. He placed Robin Trower, second on the Bill to Fifties Parody Rockers: Sha Na Na. Robin's Set lasted well over an hour, and almost all of the contents of: "Twice Removed From Yesterday" and "Bridge Of Sighs" were Performed. With Jaws dropped and still Gasping, over half the Audience left and headed Home. It was the Greatest Guitar playing, I have ever witnessed on any Stage, nobody had a Right to Headline over Robin Trower in 1974...Nobody.
How do you Top, "Bridge Of Sighs"? Only Robin, himself could answer that Question. He simply continued writing Music and Playing Guitar, and in 1975, He released his Third Album: "For Earth Below". It is a worthy successor to the Greatness of his First Two Recordings. Except for the addition of a New Drummer; Bill Lordan, this is what we were all expecting from Robin, more Great Songs and more of his Incredible Playing.
"Shame The Devil" sets the tone as a solid Rock/Funk Opener. "It's Only Money", is slow and spacey, and Robin uses his Effect Pedals to fly over you to find Notes that exist only out in those Galaxies that he is able to soar to. James Dewar with that gruff Voice is a counterpoint to Robin's Guitar, he has never been given his Due as a Great Vocalist, he gives each Number on: "For Earth Below", 150 Per Cent of his Talents. And the New Man; Bill Lordan, does an execellent Job as well with his Solid Playing and accents to everything featured here.
Faster Numbers: "Gonna Be Suspicous" and "Alethea" melt together with the Slower Tunes: "Fine Day" and the dreamlike Title Track to make this a Well-Rounded Record. "For Earth Below" does not Top: "Bridge Of Sighs", but it is that Record's Equal, in every way.
"Live" was brought out in 1976 and DOES show what Robin's music becomes when he Plays Live. It is my Favorite of his 70's Records. To hear "Daydream" alone will leave you Gasping, It is a Wonder to hear Robin and what he plays here is Haunting, and it is so full of Fury at the same time. When he held that One Note, {For Days} everybody at the Concert, I attended, was right there with him for the Journey and we could not believe this was happening. "Too Rolling Stoned" goes so much beyond it's Studio Cousin, as does "I Can't Wait Much Longer", that had Grown Wings since it's first appearance in 1973. The Studio Recordings are Fine, but they only HINT at what Robin plays in Concert. "Live" is a Must-Own, for anyone who likes Rock and Rock Guitar. And when you think about what is not included, it is indeed a Shame that the Full Concert has never been brought forth.
This BGO Two-Fer Disc, is a Bargain. This is One, not to be Missed!
Collectible Trower September 29, 2007
Steve Monroe
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Reissued double set with post Bridge of Sighs studio album For Earth Below and unforgettable Robin Trower Live, now out of print with the exception of this double set. The CD format is not standard for the USA and would not play in my car's CD player. The set can be duped with Windows Media Player and you can burn a custom CD with only the songs you want to hear, which has become my preferred method for music on the go.
The showstopper here is "Rock Me Baby" on the Live album. As good as Trowers original songs are, it's always a treat to hear the blues played full force with inspiring tone and authority. Having heard most if not all of Robin's material, including the concert clips from Youtube, this ranks as my all time favorite Trower cut. It's a rare event when a performance like this is captured on tape. It was one of those nights when everything came together in spectacular fashion.
for earth below/ live November 10, 2006
Jeffrey S. Williams (south korea)
robin trower for earth below. its a good, if not above average robin trower recording. a very even effort building upon the foundation laid on twice removed from yesterday and adding new guitar textures to a good blues rock sound all in all a very good record!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! robin trower live! this is the one that put robin in heavy rotation on the a.o.r. f.m. radio. a great quick shot of robins live set up until the mid 70's. i wish they could find complete concerts from this era of robins career because he was on fire during this time.
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