ROBIN TROWER Twice Removed From Yesterday 1973 UK CHRYSALIS 1st PRESSING
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May 18, 2016
Sold Date
May 13, 2016
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£ 12
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ROBIN TROWER Twice Removed From Yesterday 1973 UK CHRYSALIS 1st PRESSING
ROBIN TROWERTwice Removed From Yesterday
UK CHRYSALIS (CHR 1039) FIRST PRESSING (March 1973) OF ROBIN TROWER’S DEBUT SOLO LP
FIRST ISSUE GREEN CHRYSALIS LABELS
MATRIX: CHR 1039 A-1U / CHR 1039 B-1U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/R and 1/G
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE “Printed in England by Robor Limited”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE
Robin Trower's debut solo album was the first evidence that the Fender Stratocaster sound of Jimi Hendrix could be effectively replicated. And like Hendrix, Trower had paid his dues as a more-or-less backup musician. His former band Procol Harum having emphasised stately organ and piano rather than guitar.
After leaving PH, Trower experimented with different musicians and ideas for several years, which paid off when he finally released Twice Removed From Yesterday, a record that displayed the characteristics that would make him a guitar hero and stadium attraction of the mid-'70s.
He played down the Hendrix fuzz, feedback, and distortion, and let the reverb from his Strat become his dominant tonal device.
He wasn't as flamboyant as Hendrix, as earthy as Eric Clapton, or as unpredictable as Jeff Beck, but he played cleanly, emphasising singular, effective notes, and he brought a melodicism and creativity to the electric blues.
His style is best suited for the slow, somber blues of songs like "Daydream" and "I Can't Wait Much Longer," where his solos are both carefully structured and melodic. The most intriguing tune on the album is the title track, a nugget of '70s-style psychedelic rock that showed Trower to be a pretty good songwriter. The best aspects of Twice Removed would come to full flowering on his next album, Bridge of Sighs, but this debut showed Trower to be an effective interpreter of the Hendrix sound, and not just what numerous others who came in his wake would prove to be: mere imitators
Side 1:
I Can't Wait Much Longer (5:17)
Daydream (6:19)
Hannah (5:21)
Man Of The World (2:37)
Side 2:
I Can't Stand It (3:36)
Rock Me Baby Right (4:15)
Twice Removed From Yesterday (3:50)
Sinner's Song (5:15)
Ballerina (3:40)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with barely a spindle trace
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new with nothing but a couple of harmless light brush marks
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT (‘Ballerina’)
Plays beautifully throughout and, apart from some light (non continuous) ticks on the final quiet track “Ballerina”, is flawless
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Light storage rub to the surfaces otherwise crisp and sharp with all text on the pinched spine clear and bold
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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