Robin Trower - Live St. Louis, Missouri 1980

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Originally posted November 8, 2014 and April 22, 2020

Robin Trower - Live at Kiel Opera House

St. Louis, Missouri

March 26, 1980

Victims Of The Fury Tour

"The Source" NBC Radio Network Pre-FM Double LP Transcription Set

Excellent pre-FM stereo soundboard @320

Set List:

01. Lady Love

02. The Ring

03. Day Of The Eagle

04. Bridge Of Sighs

05. Jack And Jill

06. Too Rolling Stoned

07. The Shout/Hannah

08. Daydream

09. Victims Of The Fury

10. Madhouse

11. Little Bit Of Sympathy

12. Messin’ The Blues

13. Rock Me Baby

 

Lineup:

Robin Trower – guitar

James Dewar – bass, vocals

Bill Lordan – drums

 

 

Comments Appreciated! 

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Bryan Ferry & Robin Trower

St. Louis '80

Robin Trower – Alternate In City Dreams - Recording Sessions at Criteria Studios , Miami ,Fl , 1977

 

Robin Trower – Alternate In City Dreams

 Recording Sessions at criteria Studios , Miami ,Fl , 1977

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Robin Trower / NBC The Source 1980 (Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO, April 9, 1980)

Robin Trower 
NBC The Source 
Broadcast: May 23-24-25, 1980 

Recorded at:
Kiel Opera House, 
St. Louis, Missouri
April 9, 1980 (see below)

01 Robin Trower - Lady Love
02 Robin Trower - The Ring
03 Robin Trower - Day Of The Eagle
04 Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
05 Robin Trower - Jack and Jill
06 Robin Trower - Too Rolling Stoned
07 Robin Trower - The Shout
08 Robin Trower - Daydream
09 Robin Trower - Victims of the Fury
10 Robin Trower - Mad House
11 Robin Trower - Little Bit of Sympathy
12 Robin Trower - Messin' The Blues
13 Robin Trower - Rock Me Baby

14 Announcer - NBC The Source Outro

Another recording from the Sam Elliot's Mustache collection, and another disputed recording date.

Discogs says, "Recorded Live at the Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, Missouri, March 26, 1980 - "Victims Of The Fury" Tour"

The "Shout In Madhouse" bootleg says March 26.

A Guitars 101 post says March 26.

Setlist.fm has March 26.

But Concert Archives has April 9.

Which is it?  Four sources say March 26, one says April 9.

So, I checked the St. Louis Post Dispatch and found six print ads for April 9 and 10.  It was originally advertised as just April 9. The March 16th ad says "NOW TWO NIGHTS."  There are no ads for March 26.

That's the first line of argument: there are ads confirming April 9, and no ads for March 26. 

There's a second argument against March 26 based on the supposed tour itinerary.

Setlist.fm lists has the tour running:
March 22 New Orleans
March 23 Houston
March 26 St. Louis
March 27 Santa Monica

The run from New Orleans through St. Louis is plausible.  You can do those drives in a single day. So, yes, they could play Houston and drive 800 miles to St. Louis, bypassing Dallas, Memphis, Tulsa and other cities that you'd probably play first. I doubt that it happened, but it is physically possible to do it.

Thanks to Gman for
supplying this great ticket scan!

But the jump from St. Louis to California is impossible.  That's an 1,800 mile drive. At 60 miles per hour, that's 30 hours.  You can't break down the equipment, drive it to the Pacific coast, and set up the equipment in time. It can't be done.  Yes, maybe they packed everything on to an airplane in the morning and flew, but that's not how touring is usually handled.

I'm going with the April date.

I also included a trade ad for The Source from the month prior to this show that documents that in April 1980 there were "over 100 Source affiliates representing 70 markets."  That gives us an idea of how many of these shows were pressed.

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Robin Trower - Live Atlanta, GA. 1973

Robin Trower - Richard's Niteclub
Atlanta, Georgia
November 2, 1973
FM Source @320

Set List:

1. The Fool And Me

2. Twice Removed From Yesterday

3. Lady Love

4. Daydream

5. Another Day Another Night (Day Of The Eagle)

6. I Can't Wait Much Longer

7. Man Of This World

8. Sinner's Song

9. Little Bit Of Sympathy

10. Rock Me Baby (cuts off)

Robin Trower - Guitar

James Dewar - Bass, Vocals

Reg Isadore - Drums

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flac version
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Robin Trower - Harum Scarum @224kbps

REPOST BY REQUEST


Not much to say about this. I do think this guy is still putting out some of the best music today. Lot of working on songs here.  Finding studio outtakes from this guy is almost impossible. Fidelity leaves a bit to be desired but I've tried to clean it up. With James Dewar and Reg Isidore.  No Covers.

Songs
1-2. Lady Seldom Seen
3. With This Song
4. Hold Back The Sands Of Time
5. Start All Over Again
6. Let Me Be The One
7. No Man Is An Island
8. One In A Million
9. Feel Thing
10. Bless The Boy
11. Messin The Blues
12. Father Of The Dance (King Of)
13. Further On Up The Road
14. To Know You Is To Love You
15. Hold Me
16. Only Time
17. Jack And Jill
18. Madhouse
19. Roads To Freedom
20. Into The Flame
21. Bless The Boy

A GYPSY SINGS OF BIRDS WITH BROKEN WINGS

Robin Trower - Live Milwaukee Summerfest 1985

Robin Trower - Live Milwaukee Summerfest

WQFM Rock Stage
June 28, 1985

Milwaukee, WI
FM Source @flac

Lineage: WQFM live broadcast>Sansui TU 217 tuner>Nakamichi BX-100 recorder (Dolby off)>
Maxell UDXL-I 90 min. (first 88 minutes) & TDK SA 90 (last 10 minutes)
Transfer: master tapes>Harmon Kardon TD 302 heads aligned to each tape side>
CDRDA-RW>EAC>edited & tracked with wavepad>
flac level 8 and checksum creation with traderslittlehelper
original recording, transfer & all mastering by arfarf
Transfer completed 2011-01-21

--Disc 1--
 -44:10-
        -Tape 1, side A-
01 -tuning & intro-  :46
02 Too Rolling Stoned  6:48
03 Into Money  4:20
04 Keeping A Secret  5:48
05 Day Of The Eagle>  4:23
06 Bridge Of Sighs  11:08
07 The Ring  5:18
08 Beyond The Mist  5:40

--Disc 2--
 -53:56-
        -Tape 1, side B-
01 -song intro-  :17
02 Daydream  13:07
03 The Last Time  5:58
04 Rock Me Baby  8:25
05 Lady Love  3:49
06 The Voice  5:23
07 Little Bit Of Sympathy  6:28
       
-Encore-
        -Tape 2, side A-
08 Time Is Short  5:16
09 Islands  5:10

Note: 3 large dropouts between 5:04 and 5:07 of disc 2 track 7

Thanks to arfarf!!

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Robin Trower - Live Boston April 24th 2016 @224kbps

Ok folks time to play MY favorite game, Jobe's rewrites, wherein I take a popular song and rewrite it the way it should be. Today's classic is that one that set music back 100 years, that's right "IT'S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME" sung to the tune of the same name

"What's amatter with the songs I'm writing?"
"Can't you tell that their all the same?"
"I sang a song with the great McCartney"
"For the last twenty years he's lame"

"I've made enough to buy an airline"
"Even though I have a receding hairline"

"Everybody's saying how my tune-smiths ugly"
"But it's still shit music to me"

"I wrote the great We didn't start the fire"
"What the hell were you thinking then?'
"I summarized the way the world was turning"
"Thinking you were Khalil Gibran"

"If Dylan met you he'd slap you silly"
"Thinking your something cause your name is Billy"

"Everybody's waiting on my words of wisdom"
"But it's still crappy music to me".............THANK YOU

Pretty good audience recording here of a man who NEVER EVER wastes a note. This guy is writing some of the best music he's ever done at 71 years old. His last four albums are better than 90% of anything else OUT THERE. I only wish, that he could drop the songs that he has to play and would be able to substitute those out for stuff from "20th Century Blues", "Something's About to Change", "Victims Of The Fury", "Back It Up",  "The Playful Heart", hell it endless.  The man is an icon, Too bad all this great music he's been giving us for the last 20 years will seldom be heard. Hope he sells millions of copies of his latest..oh wait nope...nope...Taylor Smith is going to release a new album sometime in the next 12 years and all forms of media had better concentrate on that instead of Mr. Trower...Well you have been warned!!!! From Guitars 101

Songs
1.Too Rolling Stoned
2.See My Life
3.Not Inside Outside
4.Where You Are Going To
5.Somebody Calling
6.Day Of The Eagle
7.Bridge Of Sighs
8.The Turning
9.I'm Holding On To You
10.Confessin Midnight
11.Daydream
12.Little Bit Of Sympathy
13.Rise Up Like The Sun
14.For Earth Below

AND EACH TEARS A SOUL, FOR EARTH BELOW

Robin Trower - Live San Rafael, CA. 1988

Robin Trower - Live New George's
San Rafael, CA
January 27, 1988

KRQR FM Broadcast @ flac

Disc 1
1 Too Rolling Stoned
2 Love Attack
3 Day of the Eagle
4 Bridge of Sighs
5 Second Time
6 No Time

Disc 2
1 Take What You Need
2 Rock Me Baby
3 Tear It Up
4 Little Bit of Sympathy
5 Lady Love
6 Into the Flame

Thanks to DC++

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Robin Trower - Live Cincinnati, Ohio 1974

Robin Trower - Live Fifth Street Studios

November 24, 1974

Cincinnati, Ohio

FM Broadcast Source @192

Set List:
1. Twice Removed From Yesterday
2. Bridge Of Sighs
3. Alethea
4. Lady Luck
5. Day Dream
6. Too Rolling Stoned
7. I Can't Wait Much Longer
8. Day Of The Eagle
9. A Little Bit Of Sympathy




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Cincinnati '74

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Robin Trower - Live Bataclan, Paris 1973

Robin Trower - Live Bataclan, Paris 

June 25, 1973

French TV Broadcast Source

1 DVD ripped Video File and MP3's @128

ROBIN TROWER - Guitar,Vocals
JAMES DEWAR- Bass,Vocals
REG ISIDORE - Drums

Set List:
01. Day of the Eagle
02. Daydream
03. Man of the World
04. Rock Me Baby
05. I Can't Stand It
06. Little Bit Of Sympathy



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Paris '73


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Playboy Miss May 1973 - Anulka Dziubinska

Robin Trower - Live Philadelphia, PA. 1974

Robin Trower - Live Tower Theatre

Philadelphia, PA.

November 21, 1974

aka - The Tower Of Philadelphia

FM Source @320

Set List:
01. Twice Removed From Yesterday   (03:26)
02. Bridge Of Sighs   (06:11)
03. Althea   (04:47)
04. Lady Love   (03:11)
05. Daydream   (07:32)
06. Too Rolling Stoned   (05:42)
07. I Can't Wait Much Longer   (06:32)
08. Day Of The Eagle   (03:51)
09. Little Bit Of Sympathy   (03:01)

Thanks to bootlegtunzworld.blogspot.com



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Tower Theatre '74

Robin Trower - Live My Father's Place 1986 {Repost}

As requested...

Robin Trower - My Father's Place
Old Roslyn, NY.
November 7, 1986

Excellent Audience Recording @320

SOURCE: AUDIENCE
GRADE: A-/B+
ORIGINAL UPLOADER: STEVIEBONE
TAPER : JOEBEACON (NAK 300 MICS > SONY D5)
REQUESTED BY: BJNOORD
RETRACKED w/: GOLDWAVE
REMASTERED w/: DC-ART 32 (SPEED CORRECTION &
                SOUND ENHANCEMENT)


*Included Notes*
after posting that i this show needed speed corrected, i
noticed that bjnoord had asked for it to be reseeded w/
the corrections -- it is a great sounding show for an
audience recording (as are most audiences from 'my father's
place') -- would like to thank joe beacon & steviebone for
getting this one into our hands -- for you techies the
files were processed in a straight line curve at
negative-3.34% - i think you will agree - this now sounds
about right -- have a good show!

enjoy, share & take care
jimbo

**My Note**
I am NOT the person that turned these into MP3 files


DISC 1
01-TOO ROLLING STONED
02-SECRET DOORS
03-DAY OF THE EAGLE >
04-BRIDGE OF SIGHS
05-PASSION
06-NO TIME

DISC 2
01-DAYDREAM
02-BAD TIME
03-ROCK ME BABY
04-WON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT YOU
05-LITTLE BIT OF SYMPATHY
   ENCORES :
06-LADY LOVE
07 INTO THE FLAME
08-NIGHT

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My Father's Place '86

Robin Trower Live At BB King Blues Club 2006

Hey Anon! You want some Trower? This is one the Boss posted a long time ago too. And this bitch kicks ass. Great soundboard recording. @320 No covers
Tracks are
1.Twice Removed From Yesterday
2.Hannah
3.Roads To Freedom
4.What's Your Name
5.The Past Untied
6.Day Of The Eagle
7.Bridge Of Sighs
8.20th Century Blues
9.Victims Of The Fury
10.Too Rolling Stoned
11.Go My Way
12.Another Time Another Place
13.Little Bit Of Sympathy
14.Lady Love
15.Day Dream

I'M A MAN OF STONE SO DON"T GO STEPPIN IN MY WAY

Robin Trower - Live Winterland `75

 Robin Trower - Winterland Ballroom  
San Francisco,CA  
1975-03-15 

Ain`t he playing a candy cane guitar?

This is the Youtube video of the show,but there´s the complete   show,too. It´s 18 min. longer and the quality is a bit different.

The video link`s down below, if you like the show.

James Dewar b,voc

Bill Lordan dr

 Robin Trower g

Setlist:

Day Of The Eagle

Bridge Of Sighs

Gonna Be More Suspicious

Fine Day

Lady Love

Daydream

Too Rolling Stoned

I Can`t Wait Much Longer

Alethea

Little Bit Of Sympathy

Confessin` Midnight

Rock Me Baby

The Fool And Me

Trower Winterland

Robin Trower - 2005-04-22 - The Brook - Portswood - Southampton,UK

Robin Trower
2005-04-22
The Brook
Portswood
Southhampton,UK






Keep on rocking!





There are some Robin Trower events in Europe the next months. Maybe you have the time to visit...



2012 (UK/Europe)

March
Day City Venue Info Status
15 Arnhem Holland Luxor Live - C
16 Hamburg Germany Downtown - C
17 Offenbach Germany KJK - C
18 Nurnburg Germany Hirsch - C
19 Augsburg Germany Spectrum - C
20 TBD TBD - C
21 Slatzgitter Braunschweig Kultuscheune - C
22 Twist Germany Heimathaus - C
23 Koblenz Germany Café Hahn - C
24 Freudenburg Germany Ducsaal - C
25 Bonn Germany Harmonie - C

June
Day City Venue Info Status
23 Durham UK Durham Festival, Dunelm House - C
24 Cleethorpes UK Cleethorpes Blues Festival Pleasure Island - C


Status
•U - Unconfirmed
•C - Confirmed
•X - Cancelled
•S - Sold Out
•P - Postponed/Rescheduled


The Brook
Southampton, UK
April 22nd, 2005
Very Good Audience Recording

01. Intro 0:38
02. Too Rolling Stoned 8:29
03. Sweet Angel 4:03
04. What's Your Name 3:06
05. Rise Up Like The Sun 3:36
06. Daydream 12:37
07. Living Out Of Time 3:41
08. Breathless 3:59
09. Day Of The Eagle 4:08
10. Bridge Of Sighs 12:36
11. Close Every Door 4:06
12. I Want You To Love Me 5:33
13. Please Tell Me 4:14
14. Another Time Another Place 4:46
15. Little Bit Of Sympathy 6:27
16. Come To Me 4:11?
or
17. Secret Place 4:11?

256kbit/s

Very good audience recording!

Thanks to the original source!

Enjoy!

https://rapidshare.com/files/3152225403/Robin_Trower_-_Live_Southampton_UK_2005.rar

Robin Trower - New George's, San Rafael, CA KRQR-FM Jan. 27, 1988

Robin Trower

New George's, San Rafael, CA

January 27, 1988

KRQR-FM

Master copy of TDK SA-X 90 > Audacity > EAC > wav > flac

01 Introduction

02 Too Rolling Stoned

03 Love Attack

04 Day Of The Eagle

05 Bridge Of Sighs

06 Second Time

07 No Time

01 Take What You Need

02 Rock Me Baby

03 Tear It Up

04 Little Bit Of Sympathy

05 Lady Love

06 Into The Flame  

Brought to you by the Collective For Live Music

My original notes from 2011:

"This is not the currently circulating version posted at QualityBootz or Guitars 101.

This is an entirely new transfer of my master tape done in April 2011. I compared it with the QualityBootz version and I think this sounds better – there’s more bass and the treble has better definition. I recorded the original broadcast on TDK SA-X high bias tape, and used AudioQuest cables from the tape deck to the computer. My master tape has never been digitized before this transfer.

I banged together a cover for it, and included the original advertisement for the show from the San Francisco Chronicle’s entertainment section.

Also: the community spells their name with the Spanish spelling: Rafael, not Raphael...and the locals pronounce it as "Rah-FELL."

The show is great: Trower is playing in front of an enthusiastic small club audience and he really tears it up with his lead work. Trower is on tour in the United States right now and will be hitting England and Europe later in the year. Check this out, and if you like it, go check out his website and see if he’s coming to a town near you!"

I've added some additional ads from the SF Chronicle, taken from newspapers.com

And here in 2026, versions of this are still circulating with the city's name misspelled.  So I've now included a map for your reference.

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Robin Trower - Live Southampton UK 2005

Robin Trower - Portswood
Southampton, Hampshire, UK
April 22, 2005
Very Good to Excellent Audience Recording @256

Track List:
101 - Introduction
102 - Too Rolling Stoned
103 - Sweet Angel
104 - What's Your Name
105 - Rise Up Like The Sun
106 - Daydream
107 - Living Out Of Time
108 - Breathless
109 - Day Of The Eagle
110 - Bridge Of Sighs
111 - Close Every Door
201 - I Want You To Love Me
203 - Another Time Another Place
204 - Little Bit Of Sympathy
205 - Come To Me
206 - Secret Place

Southampton pt1

Southampton pt2

Robin Trower - Caley Cinema, Edinburgh, Scotland, February 9, 1975

I KNOW that H*P*D* has an issue with this set; he claims it's not soundboard.  Well, I think it is--at least, the drums are soundboard!  As far as Robin and James Dewar...well...they must have been playing next door, 'cause the sound on THEIR mix sure ain't as good.

Robin Trower

Caley Cinema

Edinburgh, Scotland

February 9, 1975

Soundboard

Robin Trower w/James Dewar on bass & vocals, and Bill Lordan on drums.

Original notes and claim-to-fame:  Here is a mint, excellent-quality soundboard from the UK during the For Earth Below Tour in February 1975. Early Trower soundboards are very rare.

1. Day of the Eagle
2. Bridge of Sighs
3. Gonna Be More Suspicious
4. Fine Day
5. Lady Love
6. Spellbound
7. Too Rolling Stoned
8. I Can't Wait Much Longer   
9. Alethea (1 sec. overload distortion @ approx. 44:00) includes Lordan drum solo
10. Little Bit of Sympathy



192kbps/mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/401830504/ROTRO.rar

Robin Trower - "Spellbound" London 1980

As much as I love Stevie Ray and his legacy, Robin Trower will always be the FIRST guy I heard who could really capture Jimi's sound.
It's the Univibe phase shifter and its effects.

This is from the London 1980 show; it's got some great close-ups of Robin's technique and fretboard work, plus that unmistakable saturating sound. You can also see how Robin got into the song; he's just self-hypnotized by what he's doing--and rightfully so (or soul).
Guess this answers the question about why some artists switch from a Les Paul to a Fender.

http://rapidshare.com/files/336734841/robotrowe.rar (mp3 & wmv)

Robin Trower - Hammond Civic Center 1980

Robin Trower - Hammond Civic Center - Hammond - IL 1980-04-11

Type: Bootleg
Format: MP3@320 ripped from flacs
source: Audience recording
Quality 9/10

Robin Leonard Trower (born March 9, 1945 in Catford, South East London, England) is a preeminent English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960's, and then again as the leader of his own Hendrixesque power trio.

In 1977, feeling he had already proven himself as a performer, Trower ventured into new musical realms, as demonstrated by the release of the In City Dreams album. The 1978 release of Caravan to Midnight was in a different style from the rest of his earlier work, symbolising a change in direction for him. "I am spending much more time and energy and effort on writing and arranging the material," he said at the time, adding "I think music today is suffering greatly from a cleanness. It's too set, too pat, too clever, there's not enough spontaneity."

In the early 1980's, Trower teamed up with former Cream bassist Jack Bruce and his previous drummer Lordan for two incarnations, BLT and Truce respectively.

My notes: This is an audience recording with some electrifying guitar by Robin. It is an excellent
recording from 1980. There is some audience background noise but it never over takes the music.

Track list:
01.Lady Love
02.The Ring
03.Day Of The Eagle
04.Bridge Of Sighs
05.Jack And Jill
06.Too Rolling Stoned
07.The Shout
08.Hannah
09.Daydream
10.Victims Of The Fury
11.Madhouse
12.Little Bit Of Sympathy
13.Messin' The Blues
14.Rock Me Baby

Enjoy or not!

http://rapidshare.com/files/276432771/RT-1980-04-11.rar