‘FOR EARTH BELOW’ 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION IS NO.1 IN THE US BLUES CHARTS THIS WEEK
“It’s the 50th anniversary of ‘For Earth Below’ and I have just learnt it is No. 1 on the blues charts in America – probably for the first time! I am delighted that fans are reappraising the album with the new deluxe Anniversary Edition Chrysalis Records have curated, thank you for all your kind comments. It has also been a real pleasure to see so many people at my live shows this year, the band and I are having a blast!â Robin Trower
Today the iconic British Blues master Robin Trower releases his new album Come and Find Me, via Provogue. To celebrate he has revealed the lyric video for the swaggering I Would Lose My Mind, which you can watch below:
Now in his eighth decade, with a lifetime of accolades and a seminal body of music behind him, Robin Trower is still chasing the biggest high he knows. It always starts the same way, with a road-scuffed Fender Stratocaster and a revved-up Marshall amplifier, those skilful fingers exploring the fretboard until a riff sticks and a new song ignites.
âSome people say Iâm driven, but I think itâs just the love of doing it,â reflects Trower of a multi-million-selling solo catalogue fast approaching thirty releases (and thatâs before you compute his collaborations with everyone from Jack Bruce to Bryan Ferry). âI play guitar every day and just through messing around, ideas happen. I can never feel the songs coming. But all of a sudden, you get a sliver of an idea and you think, âOh, whatâs thisâŠ?ââ
Always a sociable musician and generous collaborator, Trower enlisted his trusted studio band for Come And Find Me. Drummer Chris Taggart once again drives these powerful songs, with returning US bassist Glenn Letsch providing low end on Tangled Love and I Fly Straight To You (Trower played the remainder). Long-standing vocalist Richard Watts brilliantly interprets the guitaristâs highly personal lyric sheets, while guest singer Jess Hayes is a head-turning addition for Tangled Loveâs tough, choppy soul. For the fairydust, Trower turned to Studio 91âs owner Sam Winfield for the engineering and final mix â but the guitarist was intimately involved with every element. âFor me, working on a new song is a 24-hour job,â he explains. âItâs always on my mind. Iâll wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it.â
I Would Lose My Mind is the last single to be released from the album .The guitaristâs famed musicianship takes centre stage on the swampy One Go Round, which lived up to the âseize-the-dayâ lyric with its rapid birth in the studio. âThat was almost an instant finished thing. It was like a hot knife through butter. All the lead work was improvised, and itâs exactly where I live. The lyrical meaning is pretty obvious. You only get one go round, so try and make the most of it,â Trower explains.
This follows the previous single A Little Bit of Freedom, which starts in combative style with a blast of wah guitar and a bold first line (âI donât need no-one to think for meâ). âI had a strong sense that red tape and rules are really constricting things in the world,â says Trower. âToo much red tape, not enough freedom to think â itâs got to where you feel straitjacketed.â
Fiery, thoughtful and fuelled by real human emotion in a time of machine-generated music, Come And Find Me is hardly the work of a rock icon resting on his laurels. On the contrary: keenly aware of passing time, Robin Trower has made it his late-period mission to capture as many shards of magic as possible. âIn one way, I canât believe it, that Iâm still going at 80,â he says. âItâs kind of scary. You know that youâre way down the road, and you could hit a brick wall at any time. But I still love doing this. For me, thereâs nothing more rewarding than working on a new songâŠâ
Trower stands on the cusp of a whirlwind year that will see him put down heavy miles across America and the UK âIâm chomping at the bit, because I had to cancel a US tour last year due to an operationâ he says. You can pick up tickets HERE.
For Earth Below [50th Anniversary Edition]: Announced for release June 26 2025 on two formats, a 4 disc CD and a Double LP. PRE-ORDER HERE.
4-Disc 50th Anniversary Edition: Original 1975 Mix (2025 Remaster), 2025 Extended Stereo Mix, Outtakes & Rarities, Live in Los Angeles, 1975. Housed in DVD style media book with extended liner notes by David Sinclair featuring interviews with Robin Trower and Bill Lordan and rare photographs.
For Earth Below, the third studio album by British guitar legend Robin Trower was released in 1975 and is considered one of his most prominent works from his time as a solo artist after leaving Procol Harum. For Earth Below continued to build on the success of his previous album Bridge of Sighs, solidifying him as an arena touring artist in the States, reaching number 5 on the Billboard chart.
Following the exit of Reg Isadore, the exciting Bill Lordan (Sly & The Family Stone) joined the band shortly before the recording of this album, giving a new driving force to the outfit.
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 original album remastered at AIR mastering, 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 and interviews with Robin Trower and Bill Lordan.
Track Listings:
CD1: Original 1975 Mix (2025 Remaster)
Shame The Devil / 2. Itâs Only Money / 3. Confessinâ Midnight / 4. Fine Day / 5. Alethea / 6. A Tale Untold / 7. Gonna Be More Suspicious / 8. For Earth Below
CD2: 2025 Stereo Mix *
Shame The Devil / 2. Itâs Only Money / 3. Confessinâ Midnight / 4. Fine Day / 5. Alethea / 6. A Tale Untold / 7. Gonna Be More Suspicious / 8. For Earth Below
CD3: Outtakes & Rarities
Itâs Only Money (Vocal Take 1) * / 2. Fine Day (Vocal Take Jam 1) * / 3. Alethea (Vocal Take 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. Confessinâ Midnight / 10. Itâs Only Money / 11. Gonna Be More Suspicious / BBC Live in Conceert, 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 * . Day Of The Eagle / 2. Bridge Of Sighs / 3. Gonna Be More Suspicous / 4. Fine Day / 5. Lady Love / 6. Daydream / 7. Too Rolling Stoned / 8. I Canât Wait Much Longer / 9. Alethea / 10. Little Bit Of Sympathy / 11. Confessinâ Midnight / 12. Rock Me Baby / 13. The Fool And Me
For Earth Below [50th Anniversary Edition]: 180gm 2LP 50th Anniversary Edition: Original 1975 Mix (2025 Remaster) and 2025 Extended Stereo Mix cut at half-speed at AIR mastering. Housed in Gatefold reverse-board sleeve with extended liner notes by David Sinclair featuring interviews with Robin Trower and Bill Lordan and rare photographs.
For Earth Below, the third studio album by British guitar legend Robin Trower was released in 1975 and is considered one of his most prominent works from his time as a solo artist after leaving Procol Harum. For Earth Below continued to build on the success of his previous album Bridge of Sighs, solidifying him as an arena touring artist in the States, reaching number 5 on the Billboard chart.
Following the exit of Reg Isadore, the exciting Bill Lordan joined the band shortly before the recording of this album, giving a new driving force to the outfit.
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this classic, Chrysalis Records are proud to present a deluxe edition of the album featuring the original version, newly remastered and cut at half-speed at AIR mastering and a newly unearthed extended stereo mix of the entire record.
Featuring newly written liner notes by acclaimed journalist David Sinclair and interviews with Robin Trower and Bill Lordan.
Track listing:
LP1: Original 1975 Mix (2025 Remaster)
Shame The Devil / 2. Itâs Only Money / 3. Confessinâ Midnight / 4. Fine Day / 5. Alethea / 6. A Tale Untold / 7. Gonna Be More Suspicious / 8. For Earth Below
LP2: 2025 Stereo Mix
Shame The Devil / 2. Itâs Only Money / 3. Confessinâ Midnight / 4. Fine Day / 5. Alethea / 6. A Tale Untold / 7. Gonna Be More Suspicious / 8. For Earth Below
Robin has announced that blues rocker Dom Martin will be supporting him on his UK shows in May 2025. Dom Martin is a multi award winning Irish guitarist, hailed by many as the successor to the legendary Blues/Rock artists Rory Gallagher and fellow Belfast man Gary Moore. Photo: Graham Hutton
Robin’s tour in conjunction with The Gig Cartel and Planet Rock is selling fast with Glasgow already sold out.
Robin’s new single is ‘A Little Bit of Freedom’ taken from his brand new studio album ‘Come And Find Me’ on 25th April via Provogue/ Mascot. Listen here:
New single âA Little Bit of Freedomâ starts in combative style with a blast of wah-wah guitar and a bold first line: âI donât need no-one to think for meâ. The man himself commenting: âI had a strong sense that red tape and rules are really constricting things in the world,â then continued: âToo much red tape, not enough freedom to think â Itâs got to where you feel straitjacketed.â
Trower stands on the cusp of a whirlwind year that will see him put down heavy miles across America and the UK, âIâm chomping at the bit, because I had to cancel a US tour last year due to an operationâ he noted â Youâll find a full list of UK dates below, with tickets available here.
As he reaches his eighth decade, with a lifetime of accolades and a seminal body of music behind him, Robin Trower is still chasing the biggest high he knows. It always starts the same way, with a road-scuffed Fender Stratocaster and a revved-up Marshall amplifier, those skilful fingers exploring the fretboard until a riff sticks and a new song ignites. And from the cultural flashpoint of sixties London with Procol Harum, through 1974âs stadium-filling Bridge Of Sighs, right up to this yearâs Come And Find Me, itâs these addictive moments of creation that have kept the guitarist vital, relevant and contemporary while his peers trade on past glories.
Never one to let interviewers too deep into his headspace, Trower once explained that each new album is a snapshot of his situation and worldview at that moment. As such, Come And Find Me is the best way to know the guitarist better in 2025, and this new record is clearly not the work of a lofty rock star but an engaged participant in the real world, with relatable loves, hates, hopes and fears. âMusically, thereâs a strong R&B flavour behind it, but itâs obviously rock ânâ roll,â he explained. âLyrically, I think the world has become a lot darker in the last ten or twenty years. But thereâs always hope. Thereâs more good people in the world than there are bad.â
Always a sociable musician and generous collaborator, Trower enlisted his trusted studio band for Come And Find Me. Drummer Chris Taggart once again drives these powerful songs, with returning US bassist Glenn Letsch providing low end on âTangled Loveâ and âI Fly Straight To Youâ (Trower played the remainder).  Long-standing vocalist Richard Watts brilliantly interprets the guitaristâs highly personal lyric sheets, while guest singer Jess Hayes is a head-turning addition for âTangled Loveââs tough, choppy soul. For the fairy dust, Trower turned to Studio 91âs owner Sam Winfield for the engineering and final mix â but the guitarist was intimately involved with every element.
Trowerâs ambivalent stance to the times is writ large on cuts like the tremolo shudder of âThe Future Starts Right Hereâ (âWeâre becoming so tribal and taking sides, like, âOh, youâre not with me â I must hate youââ) and the stinging âWithout A Traceâ â âThat song is about all the lies in politics, mostly, and on social media. You know, this absolute out-and-out lying, to try and influence people,â Trower declared.  Elsewhere, the guitaristâs famed musicianship takes centre stage. Try the glowering angst and molten solo of âTake This Hurt Awayâ (âThat song actually started when I thought to myself one day, âI wonder what I would come up with if they asked me to write a song for a James Bond filmâŠââ). Or spin the swampy âOne Go Roundâ, that lived up to the âseize-the-dayâ lyric with its rapid birth in the studio.  Fiery, thoughtful and fuelled by real human emotion in a time of machine-generated music, Come And Find Me is hardly the work of a rock icon resting on his laurels. On the contrary: keenly aware of passing time, Robin Trower has made it his late-period mission to capture as many shards of magic as possible. âIn one way, I canât believe it, that Iâm still going at 80,â he says. âItâs kind of scary. You know that youâre way down the road, and you could hit a brick wall at any time. But I still love doing this. For me, thereâs nothing more rewarding than working on a new songâŠâ          Â
The full track listing for Come And Find Me is âA Little Bit of Freedomâ, âOne Go Roundâ, âI Would Lose My Mindâ, âCome And Find Meâ, âTake This Hurt Awayâ, âThe Future Starts Right Hereâ, â Tangled Loveâ, âCapture The Life Begunâ, âWithout A Traceâ, âI Fly Straight To Youâ and âTime Stood Stillâ â After checking out the bruised, soulful manly sexy blues of A Little Bit of Freedomâ you can order the album here.
Guitarist Robin Trower has revealed the official video for “The Razor’s Edge” and you can watch it HERE.
The song is taken from his 2022 album ‘No More Worlds To Conquer‘ which was released on Provogue / Mascot Label Group. The video was captured live in 2024 In Concert and it includes a full length interview is also bundled with the concert, which you can buy HERE.
Talking about the song at the time it was originally released he said it featured what he calls âsome of my favourite guitar work Iâve played on a recording in a long time,â âThe Razorâs Edgeâ finds the guitarist shining a light on the failure of world leaders today. ââThe Razorâs Edgeâ and âCloud Across The Sun,ââ Trower comments, âthose are definitely about my dissatisfaction with the politicians of the day – pointing the finger at the ones that donât keep their promises.â
Few would dispute that the title of Robin Trowerâs album â ‘No More Worlds To Conquer’ â is a fair summary of the thumbprint he has left on the musical universe. But as he reminds us, it should not be misinterpreted as his mission being accomplished. âI definitely feel like Iâm still reaching,â he considers. From the album he also released the videos for âBall of Fireâ and âBirdsong.â
Trower is thrilled to announce that he will be back to tour the UK in May 2025. After a brief setback with his health, the powerhouse of British blues-rock is feeling better than ever and is gearing up for an electrifying UK tour in 2025!
He will begin his UK tour on 14th May at the Opera House, Buxton, and then on to call through Glasgow (Oran Mor), Birmingham (Town Hall), Frome (Cheese & Grain) and finishing it at Londonâs Shepherdâs Bush Empire on 21st May. You can get tickets from HERE.
Talking about the tour, Robin said: “I was so delighted with the response to my shows last year, hence recording them as a live video. Following a successful operation I am delighted to be back playing shows in 2025, starting with the sold out Rock Legends Cruise from Miami in February. We have plans for two more Stateside tours, as well as UK shows in May. And of course, as ever, new material!””
Robin Trower has announced a May 2025 UK tour in conjunction with The Gig Cartel and Planet Rock Radio culminating in a London Shepherds Bush Empire show. The dates are:
Robin said: “I was so delighted with the response to my shows last year, hence recording them as a live video. Following a successful operation I am delighted to be back playing shows in 2025, starting with the sold out Rock Legends Cruise from Miami in February, and UK dates in May!”
Tickets are on general sale Wed 16 October 10am at Gig Cartel.  Planet Rock Radio are also running a pre-sale.