Robin Trower, once an essential element of Procol Harum for 5 albums, eventually split from that band to go solo after a failed attempt in another band. Formed in 1973, Robin Trower released “Twice Removed From Yesterday“. But it was his “Bridge Of Sighs” album that hit the gold standard when it released in 1974. The album didn’t yield a hit single but more than half the album ended up being popular staples of the great FM Radio experience of the day. 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of “Bridge of Sighs“, and so…
On May 17th, Chrysalis will help celebrate that 50th Anniversary of “Bridge of Sighs” with a brand new Stereo Mix and Remaster of the album, and coupling it with outtakes and rarities never heard before, and a CD of a live US show in its entirety from the period. Additionally, a Blu-ray will be packed into the box with 5.1 Surround Mix, Atmos mix, and a collection of outtakes, and instrumental tracks.
Procol Harum’s Robin Trower released his second solo album, “Bridge of Sighs”, in 1974 to critical and commercial acclaim. The album features Trower on guitar with James Dewar (bass, vocals) and Reg Isidore (drums). Robin’s former bandmate Matthew Fisher produces with former Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick taking on control room duties.
The 3CD+blu-ray set features both a remastered version of the original mix of the album (CD 1), a brand new 2024 stereo remix of “Bridge of Sighs” which contains longer versions of the songs, since it was discovered during the remixing process that they had been edited back in the day, most likely to ensure the album fitted comfortably on vinyl. For example, ‘In This Place’ is 4.29 on the original album but 6.17 on the stereo remix, while ‘Little Bit of Sympathy’ is also almost two minutes longer. Every track is different in this way. Added to CD 2 is a very generous selection of outtakes and rarities, all previously unreleased, including rehearsals, early versions and the like.
The third CD offers live audio available in its entirety for the first time and newly remastered from the original tape transfers. The blu-ray includes a Dolby Atmos Mix (by Richard Whittaker), a 5.1 Mix, the remastered stereo version, the remixed stereo version, a slightly different selection of stereo outtakes (extra ones!), the live tracks in stereo and an exclusive instrumental stereo mix.
“Bridge of Sighs” will be released on 17 May 2024, via Chrysalis.
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