Robin Trower Live is a live album by

Robin Trower Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum throughout 1967–1971 and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio known as the Robin Trower Band. Biography Robin Trower ...

. Recorded at the

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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. The album peaked at #10 the US

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. 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."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Robin Trower; except where indicated

Personnel

*Robin Trower –

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Bill Lordan Bill Lordan (born May 22, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), is an American rock music drummer who has been in a number of bands, such as The Mystics (band), The Mystics, Gypsy (band), Gypsy, The Robin Trower Band and Sly & The Family Stone. He be ...

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*Trevor Kay – cover *Brian Cooke, Jim Marshall – photography *

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and Robin Trower – remix at Air Studios

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1976 live albums Robin Trower albums Chrysalis Records live albums