{"id":29014,"date":"2024-03-14T00:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T00:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/robin-trower-to-celebrate-50th-anniversary-of-bridge-of-sighs\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T00:02:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T00:02:46","slug":"robin-trower-to-celebrate-50th-anniversary-of-bridge-of-sighs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/robin-trower-to-celebrate-50th-anniversary-of-bridge-of-sighs\/","title":{"rendered":"Robin Trower to celebrate 50th anniversary of &#8216;Bridge of Sighs&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-03-13\/M_TrowerBridgeofSighs_031324.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Chrysalis Records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Former <strong>Procol Harum<\/strong> guitarist <strong>Robin Trower<\/strong> is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his sophomore solo album,\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Bridge of Sighs<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, with a new reissue of the album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The reissue\u00a0will be released May 17 on double-LP and as a three-CD set. In addition to a newly mixed album from the original tapes, the CD set will include a 2024 stereo mix with never-before-heard outtakes and rarities. There will also be a disc featuring a recording of Trower and his band performing at The Record Plant in Sausalito, California, during the tour for the album, the first time the entire performance has been available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The album will also be released on Blu-ray, featuring the CD set, as well as a Dolby Atmos 5.1, Stereo album with instrumentals and additional outtakes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The sets also come with a 24-page booklet with new liner notes, and interviews with Trower and the album&#8217;s producer,\u00a0his former\u00a0Procul Harum bandmate <strong>Matthew Fisher<\/strong>, along with testimonials from the likes of <strong>Bryan Ferry<\/strong>, <strong>Robert Fripp<\/strong>, <strong>Steve Lukather<\/strong> and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Released in 1974, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Bridge of Sighs<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> was\u00a0Trower&#8217;s second record after leaving Procul Harum and the follow-up to his 1973 solo debut,\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Twice Removed From Yesterday.<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> It was recorded at Olympic and Air studios in London, with new bandmates <strong>James Dewar<\/strong> on vocal and bass, and <strong>Reg Isidore<\/strong> on drums. The album\u00a0was considered a commercial breakthrough for Trower, hitting\u00a0to #7 in the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The reissue is\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/robintrower.lnk.to\/BridgeOfSighs2024PR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>available for preorder<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chrysalis Records Former Procol Harum guitarist Robin Trower is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his sophomore solo album,\u00a0Bridge of Sighs, with a new reissue of the album. The reissue\u00a0will be released May 17 on double-LP and as a three-CD set. In addition to a newly mixed album from the original<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/robin-trower-to-celebrate-50th-anniversary-of-bridge-of-sighs\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29014"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}