Robin Trower: "for Earth Below" Rehearsals And Jams - Flac - Guitars101

ruby101 · 05-11-2007, 07:24 AM

OK, it's time to give something back to this wonderful place. Just got this in a trade. Hope you like it :

ROBIN TROWER:
"FOR EARTH BELOW" (THIRD ALBUM) REHEARSALS AND JAMS)
OLD VICTORIAN CHURCH, LONDON, ENGLAND
SEPTEMBER 1974
2CD FLAC FILES
As requested by taper, please do not encode into MP3. Thank you.
************************************************** **************************
INFO:
After Robin Trower finished up his UK dates in mid-August 1974, in support of "Bridge of Sighs," he fired drummer Reg Isidore. Trower and bassist/vocalist James Dewar then flew to Los Angeles to audition new drummers. Trower had decided he wanted an American drummer with a distinctively American feel. After auditioning several drummers, Trower got a call from Bill Lordan, formerly of Sly Stone's band. Trower later told an interviewer that Lordan phoned him up and boasted that he was the best man for the job and to look no further. Lordan more than backed up this bold claim during his audition and immediately clinched the gig.
In September 1974, Trower, Dewar, Lordan, and producer Matthew Fisher (keyboardist in Trower's old band, Procol Harum) assembled in London and rented a church to rehearse in and jam. The London rehearsals were designed to work out a new sound for the band, to help the new lineup gel, and to firm up ideas for their third album, FOR EARTH BELOW, which Fisher was producing.
In a very informative interview posted at Steve's Place
(http://members.shaw.ca/stevesplace/BLinterview.htm), an excellent Trower website, Trower drummer Bill Lordan recalls: "I went to England in September of 1974 to start rehearsals . . . [for the third album] FOR EARTH
BELOW, the rehearsals were in an old Victorian Church in London. It wasn't an abandoned church, but it wasn't being used for services. It had a great acoustical sound for us. After rehearsing for a few weeks, we returned to Los Angeles to start recording FOR EARTH BELOW at The Record Plant [Hollywood], with Matthew Fisher producing. We cut the album and it seems like we went right on tour and I remember that the first gig was in Rochester, NY, November 4th, 1974." FOR EARTH BELOW was released in February 1975.
All of the material here comes from those September 1974, jams and rehearsal sessions at the old Victorian church in London. NONE of these are studio outtakes or different mixes from the album. All of the numbers here are jams and rehearsals. They were recorded on a portable machine in the rehearsal room, and are not professional studio tracks. These numbers have a rough, jam feel to them similar to the Led Zep III and Stairway Sessions rehearsals and jams. This material is very special because it shows us a view of the Trower band that few have ever seen. Included are great jazz-rock fusion jams. These present a very unusual side of Trower. Matthew Fisher even joins in and plays keyboards on several of these wonderful jazz-rock and jazz-blues jams.
In this material, we get the treat of listening to the band's creative process, as they work out ideas and experiment, doing some old numbers from the first two albums and working out new ideas for their third album.
This is a rare opportunity to hear this superb, newly formed lineup having fun and letting go in a rehearsal room.
Trower's guitar work is fabulous.
NONE of these jams have been released anywhere, in any form. The quality is EX, similar to the Led
Zep III Rehearsals or Stairway Sessions, and typical of a portable tape deck in the rehearsal room, which is what
this band used to record their ideas in progress. This material comes from a very clean, low-gen tape of those
jams. The two samples provided are: Disc 1-Tr.1 and Disc 2-Tr. 18.

NEVER SELL THIS!
Please actively support Robin Trower and buy his releases, including his great new CD and DVD.

Lineup:
Robin Trower-guitar,
Bill Lordan-drums,
James Dewar-voice and bass,
Matthew Fisher-keyboards

Lineage: Low-gen tapes>cd-r>cd-r>Bias Peak Pro 5(song

indexing)>XACT>flac=============================== ====================================

===
Disc One Setlist: (75:16)
1. Jazz-Rock Fusion Instrumental (with Matthew Fisher on keyboards)
2. Slow Keyboard Blues-Jazz Instrumental (also w. Fisher on keyboards)
3. Fast Tempo Guitar Jam Instrumental
4. Lady Love Instrumental Jam
5. I Can't Wait Much Longer Instrumental Jam
6. Bass-Drum Instrumental Workout
7. Hendrix-styled Slow Instrumental
8. Guitar-Drum Instrumental Workout
9. Twice Removed From Yesterday Instrumental Jam

Disc Two Setlist: (74:04)
1. Gonna Be Suspicious Intro Instrumental
2. Gonna Be Suspicious Early Version Instrumental Jam
3. Hendrix-styled Wah-Wah Slow Mood Instrumental
4. Guitar Shuffle Instrumental
5. Slow, Moody Jazzy Guitar Instrumental
6. Slow Univibe Mood Instrumental #1
7. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #1
8. Funk-Rhythm Instrumental Workout
9. Funky Guitar Tempo Instrumental Workout #1
10. Funky Guitar Tempo Instrumental Workout #2
11.Slow Univibe Mood Instrumental #2
12. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #2
13. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #3
14. R&B Instrumental #1
15. R&B Instrumental #1
16. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #4
17. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #5
18. Fine Day Early Rough Vocal Run Through

LINKS:
cd1:
track 101
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
track 102
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
tracks 103 - 109
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
cd2:
tracks 201-217 + 218
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
tracks 208-217
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service

greenbill · 05-12-2007, 06:09 AM

This is very cool !

Thanks !!

greenbill · 05-12-2007, 08:19 AM

By the way, it seems like the links for 103 - 109 & 208-217 are the same.

Could you please correct the link for tracks 103 - 109 ?

Thanks !!

PE_35 · 05-12-2007, 10:49 AM

yeah like GREENBILL told, these are the same, it's now 2 days i try to download 103-109.

i hope that you can reload this one.

thanks very much

Barnestormer · 05-13-2007, 12:43 AM

If possible pls supply the missing link.
The rest sound so great,one of the best stuff I've ever heard from Robin T.
Thx so much for your posting.
Best wishes
Barnestormer

ruby101 · 05-13-2007, 08:36 PM

Hi guys,
thanks for letting me know about the problem.
I'll be glad to reupload but what's missing 103-109 or 208-217?

R

PE_35 · 05-14-2007, 11:47 AM

hi ruby101,

the missing part is 103-109.

thanks

Barnestormer · 05-20-2007, 01:58 PM

Hi ruby101.

This is just a message to bring this thread up-front.
It would be really great if you can upload the missing parts of these fantastic files.

Thanx so much in advance

Barnestormer

serge zéni · 05-28-2007, 02:51 PM

Hi! I'd really love to listen to these posts, but as a Mac user I always have problems with FLAC files. Could you post them in MP3 format? Thanks--Serge.

PE_35 · 05-28-2007, 05:36 PM

hi serge,

you have to download the program call ''flac frontend'' , it's very easy to make the conversion (decode) to mp3 with that.

after that you can delete the flac files and burn a cd if you want.

serge zéni · 05-29-2007, 05:20 AM

Hi and thanks for your advice. I've tried this application and it works just fine. These Trower's performances are phenomenal --- and more pleasure to hear Matthew playing with him. Thanks, buddy!

ruby101 · 05-30-2007, 03:01 PM

For all who asked for reupload of tracks 103 - 109:
I have good news:
tracks 103 - 105 reuploaded. here is the link:
Download links - Sharebee.com, the one and only online file upload distribution service.

Here's the bad news: tracks 106-109 seem to be corrupt and I can't upload them.

I need to contact my source.
sorry

Quote:

Originally Posted by ruby101

OK, it's time to give something back to this wonderful place. Just got this in a trade. Hope you like it :

ROBIN TROWER:
"FOR EARTH BELOW" (THIRD ALBUM) REHEARSALS AND JAMS)
OLD VICTORIAN CHURCH, LONDON, ENGLAND
SEPTEMBER 1974
2CD FLAC FILES
As requested by taper, please do not encode into MP3. Thank you.
************************************************** **************************
INFO:
After Robin Trower finished up his UK dates in mid-August 1974, in support of "Bridge of Sighs," he fired drummer Reg Isidore. Trower and bassist/vocalist James Dewar then flew to Los Angeles to audition new drummers. Trower had decided he wanted an American drummer with a distinctively American feel. After auditioning several drummers, Trower got a call from Bill Lordan, formerly of Sly Stone's band. Trower later told an interviewer that Lordan phoned him up and boasted that he was the best man for the job and to look no further. Lordan more than backed up this bold claim during his audition and immediately clinched the gig.
In September 1974, Trower, Dewar, Lordan, and producer Matthew Fisher (keyboardist in Trower's old band, Procol Harum) assembled in London and rented a church to rehearse in and jam. The London rehearsals were designed to work out a new sound for the band, to help the new lineup gel, and to firm up ideas for their third album, FOR EARTH BELOW, which Fisher was producing.
In a very informative interview posted at Steve's Place
(http://members.shaw.ca/stevesplace/BLinterview.htm), an excellent Trower website, Trower drummer Bill Lordan recalls: "I went to England in September of 1974 to start rehearsals . . . [for the third album] FOR EARTH
BELOW, the rehearsals were in an old Victorian Church in London. It wasn't an abandoned church, but it wasn't being used for services. It had a great acoustical sound for us. After rehearsing for a few weeks, we returned to Los Angeles to start recording FOR EARTH BELOW at The Record Plant [Hollywood], with Matthew Fisher producing. We cut the album and it seems like we went right on tour and I remember that the first gig was in Rochester, NY, November 4th, 1974." FOR EARTH BELOW was released in February 1975.
All of the material here comes from those September 1974, jams and rehearsal sessions at the old Victorian church in London. NONE of these are studio outtakes or different mixes from the album. All of the numbers here are jams and rehearsals. They were recorded on a portable machine in the rehearsal room, and are not professional studio tracks. These numbers have a rough, jam feel to them similar to the Led Zep III and Stairway Sessions rehearsals and jams. This material is very special because it shows us a view of the Trower band that few have ever seen. Included are great jazz-rock fusion jams. These present a very unusual side of Trower. Matthew Fisher even joins in and plays keyboards on several of these wonderful jazz-rock and jazz-blues jams.
In this material, we get the treat of listening to the band's creative process, as they work out ideas and experiment, doing some old numbers from the first two albums and working out new ideas for their third album.
This is a rare opportunity to hear this superb, newly formed lineup having fun and letting go in a rehearsal room.
Trower's guitar work is fabulous.
NONE of these jams have been released anywhere, in any form. The quality is EX, similar to the Led
Zep III Rehearsals or Stairway Sessions, and typical of a portable tape deck in the rehearsal room, which is what
this band used to record their ideas in progress. This material comes from a very clean, low-gen tape of those
jams. The two samples provided are: Disc 1-Tr.1 and Disc 2-Tr. 18.

NEVER SELL THIS!
Please actively support Robin Trower and buy his releases, including his great new CD and DVD.

Lineup:
Robin Trower-guitar,
Bill Lordan-drums,
James Dewar-voice and bass,
Matthew Fisher-keyboards

Lineage: Low-gen tapes>cd-r>cd-r>Bias Peak Pro 5(song

indexing)>XACT>flac=============================== ====================================

===
Disc One Setlist: (75:16)
1. Jazz-Rock Fusion Instrumental (with Matthew Fisher on keyboards)
2. Slow Keyboard Blues-Jazz Instrumental (also w. Fisher on keyboards)
3. Fast Tempo Guitar Jam Instrumental
4. Lady Love Instrumental Jam
5. I Can't Wait Much Longer Instrumental Jam
6. Bass-Drum Instrumental Workout
7. Hendrix-styled Slow Instrumental
8. Guitar-Drum Instrumental Workout
9. Twice Removed From Yesterday Instrumental Jam

Disc Two Setlist: (74:04)
1. Gonna Be Suspicious Intro Instrumental
2. Gonna Be Suspicious Early Version Instrumental Jam
3. Hendrix-styled Wah-Wah Slow Mood Instrumental
4. Guitar Shuffle Instrumental
5. Slow, Moody Jazzy Guitar Instrumental
6. Slow Univibe Mood Instrumental #1
7. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #1
8. Funk-Rhythm Instrumental Workout
9. Funky Guitar Tempo Instrumental Workout #1
10. Funky Guitar Tempo Instrumental Workout #2
11.Slow Univibe Mood Instrumental #2
12. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #2
13. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #3
14. R&B Instrumental #1
15. R&B Instrumental #1
16. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #4
17. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #5
18. Fine Day Early Rough Vocal Run Through

LINKS:
cd1:
track 101
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
track 102
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
tracks 103 - 109
see top message

cd2:
tracks 201-217 + 218
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
tracks 208-217
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service

Bozo D. Klown · 05-31-2007, 05:27 AM

I just now discovered the link to files 103-109 actually lead to 208-217. I am curious why for cd 2 you have those tracks at all, as you have posted a link that appears to include them (201-217 +218).

What is with the 218? Why is it not listed as "201-218"?

Thanks so much for upping this. I look forward to hearing it (I have yet to complete downloading it of course lol).

Bozo D. Klown · 05-31-2007, 05:44 AM

And now I have found that the file 201-217 + 218 is "temporarily unavailable" according to the Megaupload page.

binky2 · 07-09-2007, 12:44 AM

Thanks for the partial fill. Bummer 'bout the corruption, but it does happen from time to time. Hopefully you'll be able to get 106-109 soon. Great post either way!

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05-11-2007, 07:24 AM	#1
ruby101 Famous Artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: nj Posts: 375	Robin Trower: "for Earth Below" Rehearsals And Jams - Flac OK, it's time to give something back to this wonderful place. Just got this in a trade. Hope you like it : ROBIN TROWER: "FOR EARTH BELOW" (THIRD ALBUM) REHEARSALS AND JAMS) OLD VICTORIAN CHURCH, LONDON, ENGLAND SEPTEMBER 1974 2CD FLAC FILES As requested by taper, please do not encode into MP3. Thank you. ************************************************ ************************ INFO: After Robin Trower finished up his UK dates in mid-August 1974, in support of "Bridge of Sighs," he fired drummer Reg Isidore. Trower and bassist/vocalist James Dewar then flew to Los Angeles to audition new drummers. Trower had decided he wanted an American drummer with a distinctively American feel. After auditioning several drummers, Trower got a call from Bill Lordan, formerly of Sly Stone's band. Trower later told an interviewer that Lordan phoned him up and boasted that he was the best man for the job and to look no further. Lordan more than backed up this bold claim during his audition and immediately clinched the gig. In September 1974, Trower, Dewar, Lordan, and producer Matthew Fisher (keyboardist in Trower's old band, Procol Harum) assembled in London and rented a church to rehearse in and jam. The London rehearsals were designed to work out a new sound for the band, to help the new lineup gel, and to firm up ideas for their third album, FOR EARTH BELOW, which Fisher was producing. In a very informative interview posted at Steve's Place (http://members.shaw.ca/stevesplace/BLinterview.htm), an excellent Trower website, Trower drummer Bill Lordan recalls: "I went to England in September of 1974 to start rehearsals . . . [for the third album] FOR EARTH BELOW, the rehearsals were in an old Victorian Church in London. It wasn't an abandoned church, but it wasn't being used for services. It had a great acoustical sound for us. After rehearsing for a few weeks, we returned to Los Angeles to start recording FOR EARTH BELOW at The Record Plant [Hollywood], with Matthew Fisher producing. We cut the album and it seems like we went right on tour and I remember that the first gig was in Rochester, NY, November 4th, 1974." FOR EARTH BELOW was released in February 1975. All of the material here comes from those September 1974, jams and rehearsal sessions at the old Victorian church in London. NONE of these are studio outtakes or different mixes from the album. All of the numbers here are jams and rehearsals. They were recorded on a portable machine in the rehearsal room, and are not professional studio tracks. These numbers have a rough, jam feel to them similar to the Led Zep III and Stairway Sessions rehearsals and jams. This material is very special because it shows us a view of the Trower band that few have ever seen. Included are great jazz-rock fusion jams. These present a very unusual side of Trower. Matthew Fisher even joins in and plays keyboards on several of these wonderful jazz-rock and jazz-blues jams. In this material, we get the treat of listening to the band's creative process, as they work out ideas and experiment, doing some old numbers from the first two albums and working out new ideas for their third album. This is a rare opportunity to hear this superb, newly formed lineup having fun and letting go in a rehearsal room. Trower's guitar work is fabulous. NONE of these jams have been released anywhere, in any form. The quality is EX, similar to the Led Zep III Rehearsals or Stairway Sessions, and typical of a portable tape deck in the rehearsal room, which is what this band used to record their ideas in progress. This material comes from a very clean, low-gen tape of those jams. The two samples provided are: Disc 1-Tr.1 and Disc 2-Tr. 18. NEVER SELL THIS! Please actively support Robin Trower and buy his releases, including his great new CD and DVD. Lineup: Robin Trower-guitar, Bill Lordan-drums, James Dewar-voice and bass, Matthew Fisher-keyboards Lineage: Low-gen tapes>cd-r>cd-r>Bias Peak Pro 5(song indexing)>XACT>flac=============================== ==================================== === Disc One Setlist: (75:16) 1. Jazz-Rock Fusion Instrumental (with Matthew Fisher on keyboards) 2. Slow Keyboard Blues-Jazz Instrumental (also w. Fisher on keyboards) 3. Fast Tempo Guitar Jam Instrumental 4. Lady Love Instrumental Jam 5. I Can't Wait Much Longer Instrumental Jam 6. Bass-Drum Instrumental Workout 7. Hendrix-styled Slow Instrumental 8. Guitar-Drum Instrumental Workout 9. Twice Removed From Yesterday Instrumental Jam Disc Two Setlist: (74:04) 1. Gonna Be Suspicious Intro Instrumental 2. Gonna Be Suspicious Early Version Instrumental Jam 3. Hendrix-styled Wah-Wah Slow Mood Instrumental 4. Guitar Shuffle Instrumental 5. Slow, Moody Jazzy Guitar Instrumental 6. Slow Univibe Mood Instrumental #1 7. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #1 8. Funk-Rhythm Instrumental Workout 9. Funky Guitar Tempo Instrumental Workout #1 10. Funky Guitar Tempo Instrumental Workout #2 11.Slow Univibe Mood Instrumental #2 12. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #2 13. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #3 14. R&B Instrumental #1 15. R&B Instrumental #1 16. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #4 17. Fine Day Instrumental Jam #5 18. Fine Day Early Rough Vocal Run Through LINKS: cd1: track 101 MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service track 102 MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service tracks 103 - 109 MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service cd2: tracks 201-217 + 218 MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service tracks 208-217 MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service

05-12-2007, 06:09 AM	#2
greenbill Backup Artist Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 136	This is very cool ! Thanks !!

05-12-2007, 08:19 AM	#3
greenbill Backup Artist Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 136	By the way, it seems like the links for 103 - 109 & 208-217 are the same. Could you please correct the link for tracks 103 - 109 ? Thanks !!

05-12-2007, 10:49 AM	#4
PE_35 Famous Artist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 233	yeah like GREENBILL told, these are the same, it's now 2 days i try to download 103-109. i hope that you can reload this one. thanks very much

05-13-2007, 12:43 AM	#5
Barnestormer Local Artist Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 50	If possible pls supply the missing link. The rest sound so great,one of the best stuff I've ever heard from Robin T. Thx so much for your posting. Best wishes Barnestormer

05-13-2007, 08:36 PM	#6
ruby101 Famous Artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: nj Posts: 375	Hi guys, thanks for letting me know about the problem. I'll be glad to reupload but what's missing 103-109 or 208-217? R

05-14-2007, 11:47 AM	#7
PE_35 Famous Artist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 233	hi ruby101, the missing part is 103-109. thanks

05-20-2007, 01:58 PM	#8
Barnestormer Local Artist Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 50	Hi ruby101. This is just a message to bring this thread up-front. It would be really great if you can upload the missing parts of these fantastic files. Thanx so much in advance Barnestormer

05-28-2007, 02:51 PM	#9
serge zéni Local Artist Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 60	Hi! I'd really love to listen to these posts, but as a Mac user I always have problems with FLAC files. Could you post them in MP3 format? Thanks--Serge.

05-28-2007, 05:36 PM	#10
PE_35 Famous Artist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 233	hi serge, you have to download the program call ''flac frontend'' , it's very easy to make the conversion (decode) to mp3 with that. after that you can delete the flac files and burn a cd if you want.

05-29-2007, 05:20 AM	#11
serge zéni Local Artist Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 60	Hi and thanks for your advice. I've tried this application and it works just fine. These Trower's performances are phenomenal --- and more pleasure to hear Matthew playing with him. Thanks, buddy!

05-31-2007, 05:27 AM	#13
Bozo D. Klown Famous Artist Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 478	I just now discovered the link to files 103-109 actually lead to 208-217. I am curious why for cd 2 you have those tracks at all, as you have posted a link that appears to include them (201-217 +218). What is with the 218? Why is it not listed as "201-218"? Thanks so much for upping this. I look forward to hearing it (I have yet to complete downloading it of course lol).

05-31-2007, 05:44 AM	#14
Bozo D. Klown Famous Artist Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 478	And now I have found that the file 201-217 + 218 is "temporarily unavailable" according to the Megaupload page.

07-09-2007, 12:44 AM	#15
binky2 101 Guru Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,794	Thanks for the partial fill. Bummer 'bout the corruption, but it does happen from time to time. Hopefully you'll be able to get 106-109 soon. Great post either way!

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