Review: Robin Trower, "For Earth Below: 50th Anniversary Edition" - The Second Disc

Robin Trower Looks Back on His Rich Legacy With For Earth Below 50th Anniversary Edition 180g 2LP Set, Then Explores the Present With New Come and Find Me LP

Rise Up Like the Sun: Robin Trower riffs, rocks, and emotes bigtime during his incendiary live performance at Asbury Hall inside Babeville in Buffalo, New York, on July 2, 2025. Photo by the author. Robin Trower is an unabashed guitar master. After he left British proto-prog rockers Procol Harum in 1971, he quickly established himself as an axeslinger/songwriter to be reckoned with via early albums like March 1973’s template setting Twice Remov…

Review: Robin Trower, "For Earth Below: 50th Anniversary Edition" - The Second Disc

1975's For Earth Below proved a turning point for Robin Trower.  The ex-Procol Harum guitarist's third solo set, it introduced drummer Bill Lordan to Trower's power trio which also included singer-bassist James Dewar.  Building on the success of its predecessor, Bridge of Sighs, the album became Trower's most successful in the United States and solidified […]