Robin Trower Live

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Robin Trower Live
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Live album by
ReleasedMarch 1976
Recorded3 February 1975
Genre Blues, rock
Length41:02
Label Chrysalis
Robin Trower chronology
For Earth Below
(1975)
Robin Trower Live
(1976)
Long Misty Days
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Robin Trower Live is a live album by Robin Trower. Recorded at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Sweden on 3 February 1975 for the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, it was released on vinyl in 1976, and re-released on CD in 1990, 2000, and 2004. [2] The album peaked at #10 the US Billboard 200. [3] [4] In an interview with Guitar Player in May 2006, Trower explained that the band was not aware the show was being taped, thinking they were playing for a radio broadcast only. Hence, he says, "We were loose and uninhibited, and we played one of our best shows." [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Robin Trower; except where indicated

Side one

  1. "Too Rolling Stoned" – 6:25
  2. "Daydream" (James Dewar, Robin Trower) – 7:50
  3. "Rock Me Baby" (B.B. King, Joe Josea) – 5:48

Side two

  1. "Lady Love" (Dewar, Trower) – 3:01
  2. "I Can't Wait Much Longer" (Frankie Miller, Trower) – 6:46
  3. "Alethea" – 4:00
  4. "Little Bit of Sympathy" – 5:38

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] 73
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)15
United States (Billboard 200) [7] 10

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