Customer Reviews
Urgent for re-release - Twice removed from yesteday - By: KayJay S, 07 Apr 2009 
It is criminal that Twice removed from Yesterday is no longer available. with the re-release of Bridge of Sighs (re-mastered twice with different bonus tracks)this album has been left outin the cold. The other early albums are stil available. Of course if you wish to pay silly money for itin the Marketplace (Most expensive is a mad £160!!) I have copied my vinyl onto CD for convenience. But many others are missing out on a classic debut. Robin is still playing tracks from this albumin his current live show. The title track, I can't wait much longer, Daydream & Hannah are all classics. So come on BGO, bring it out again separately from Bridge of Sighs.
Bridge of Sighs!!!!!!!! - By: Roxy, 05 Mar 2007 Worth buying this cd for the title track of "Bridge of Sighs' alone, which contains some of if not the greatest guitar work of all time, an absoloutely incredible song, & At times overshadowed by "Bridge of Sighs" "Twice Removed from Yesterday" is an equally important release, containing some absolutely incredible songs & guitar work.
Classic Album - By: P. Thompson, 18 Sep 2006 Classic album is a term often usedin the music industry, but just what defines a classic album? Is it reaching certain sales figures? Is it decided by respected music critics or is it just plain old public opinion. If it is the latter, thenin the humble opinion of this member of the public Bridge of Sighs is a classic album, certainly as far as the blues/rock genre is concerned. It contains only eight songs, which was about par for the course backin the early seventies, but each one is a gem & where I'm tempted to skip tracks on some CDs, I have to listen to all the tracks on this one.
It opens with the energetic Day of the Eagle & there's more energy with The Fool & Me & Little Bit of Sympathy. Balance this with the beautiful slow ballads In This Place & About To Begin, add the catchy Lady Love, the rumbling Too Rolling Stoned & the haunting title track & you have all the necessary ingredients for a classic album.
This package also includes the Robin Trower bands debut album Twice Removed From Yesterday. This contains a couple of weaker tracks, notably Ballerina, but also contains a couple of classics,in I Can't Wait Much Longer & Daydream, a personal favourite.
What more can I say! Well, after sampling the virtuoso guitar playing of one of Britain finest, have another listen, to someone who had one of the best voicesin music, the late great James Dewar. You'll love it!
RobinTrower Twice Removed from Yesterday & Bridge of Sighs - By: Paul S. Blakey, 12 Jun 2005 Well talk about double wammies! This is more than a feast it is a banquet to relish. I can't imagine anyone not having either one or the other of these albums but if that is you, go for this package. This quality of tune-writing happens oncein lifetime. The production/sound & lyrics may not be brill but this is outweighed by the unique style of music. Yes, unique-I absolutely hate it when any one compares his music to Hendrix. Inspired maybe but they are worlds apart.
Two classic prog-rock LPs on one CD. - By: richard.harrison@bushinternet.com, 04 Mar 2001 He didn't manage to make it on to Channel 4's top 10 progressive rockers, but the Southend songsmith produced two of the grooviest albums ever to be conveniently combined on one Compact Disc. Twice Removed from Yesterday was recorded on vinylin 1973 by Robin & his merry band, Reg Isadore on drums & Jim Dewar, bass & vocals. The Procul Harum possee was still intact with Mathew Fisher bringing up the rear on production. I don't know if he remembered 1973 but the themes encompassed herein are love, love, love with a capital lurve. But it's lovein a very seventies way, i.e. it's mostly about space & drugs, man, with a bit of romance thrown in. Trower described the lyrics to one of his songs as "nonsense" & to be fair he's more interestedin the tunes than the libretto. Reg the drummer dropped out of the band at an early stage, & as percussionists go he was pretty laid back. This didn't help the overall sound & both albums come across as quite underproduced & a little sparse by today's high standards. However, our rock hero is notoriously modest & this isin keeping with his cardinal characteristic. As ever, Trower's songs are either fast or slow --- there's no in- between. This can be a problem if you don't like fast or slow tunes --- On Twice Removed the first two tunes are slow; I can't Wait Much Longer & Daydream, which are well loved favourites for Trower afficianados. The theme song is a slowie too & very much produced to the well known specification, that it should be very slow & replete with soulful vocals from the ex-Sly Stone singer. Of course it should go without saying that Robin's Hendrix inspired guitar is right at the top of the mix ----- itis his band after all. So if you don't like the electric guitar then this combo may not be for you. It's interesting to note that both albums have artwork by Funky Paul showing Daliesque waves & planetary sysytems. It's difficult to believe now, but this played an important partin how the music was listened to. There is a deliberate fundamentalism about Trower who clearly believedin a general form of mysticism. He informs these points of reference with regard to aesthetic considerationsin that his output always hits a major artery; His music is either fast or slow, simple or complex, with a straightforward rhythm section overlaid by his own ornate six-string. Later, when a new drummer was recruited & the configuration changed, success faded. Bridge of Sighs is even more lyrically obtuse but was the album which established Trower as a succesful niche artist. If Twice Removed comprises classic rock ballads then Bridge of Sighs holds many of the best fast rock songs such as Day of the Eagle, The Fool & Me, Too Rolling Stoned, Lady Love & a Little Bit of Sympathy. There are some incredible songs on this collection, beautifully produced & a testament to the enigmatic genius of this dino-rocker.
