Following hot on the heels of last year’s A Tale Untold: The Chrysalis Years 1973-1976 (Robin Trower’s first anthology of the albums produced for Chrysalis Records), comes the companion collection, Farther On Up The Road: The Chrysalis Years 1977-1983.
Featuring a further six whole albums, this second volume collects together the remaining releases Robin recorded for the label, including two LP made with Cream’s legendary bassist and vocalist, Jack Bruce. This 3CD set kicks off with 1977’s In City Dreams, which now features the 7” single edit of Bluebird, available on CD for the first time, followed by Caravan to Midnight from 1978. Next up is 1979’s Victims of the Fury, which now includes the rare b-side ‘One In A Million’. B.L.T., the first of two albums to feature Jack Bruce, was released in 1981, which was swiftly followed the following year by the album Truce.
The set is completed by Back It Up, the sixth album on this release (as well as his eleventh and last LP for Chrysalis) was originally released in 1983, and sees the return of Robin’s long term collaborator Jimmy Dewar, on bass and vocals.
Disc One
1977 - In City Dreams
01. Somebody Calling (4:58)
02. Sweet Wine of Love (2:57)
03. Bluebird (5:32)
04. Falling Star (2:48)
05. Farther On Up the Road (2:35)
06. Smile (4:49)
07. Little Girl (4:54)
08. Love's Gonna Bring You Round (4:41)
09. In City Dreams (5:16)
10. Bluebird (7" Edit) (3:22)
1978 - Caravan To Midnight
11. My Love (Burning Love) (3:18)
12. Caravan to Midnight (5:01)
13. I'm Out to Get You (5:26)
14. Lost in Love (4:29)
15. Fool (3:46)
16. It's for You (4:38)
17. Birthday Boy (3:50)
18. King of the Dance (3:10)
19. Sail On (4:01)
Disc Two
1979 - Victims Of The Fury
01. Jack and Jill (2:46)
02. Roads to Freedom (3:55)
03. Victims of the Fury (3:47)
04. The Ring (3:15)
05. Only Time (3:59)
06. Into the Flame (3:28)
07. The Shout (2:35)
08. Mad House (2:49)
09. Ready for the Taking (3:04)
10. Fly Low (3:07)
11. One in a Million (2:47)
1981 - B.L.T. - featuring Jack Bruce
12. Into Money (2:56)
13. What It Is (3:25)
14. Won't Let You Down (4:24)
15. No Island Lost (3:52)
16. It's Too Late (3:40)
17. Life On Earth (3:41)
18. Once the Bird Has Flown (4:00)
19. Carmen (3:39)
20. Feel the Heat (2:50)
21. End Game (5:11)
Disc Three
1982 - Truce - featuring Jack Bruce
01. Gonna Shut You Down (3:04)
02. Gone Too Far (3:50)
03. Thin Ice (3:41)
04. Last Train to the Stars (3:23)
05. Take Good Care of Yourself (4:48)
06. Fall in Love (2:41)
07. Fat Gut (3:23)
08. Shadows Touching (4:30)
09. Little Boy Lost (3:36)
1983 - Back It Up
10. Back It Up (3:55)
11. River (3:51)
12. Black to Red (2:57)
13. Benny Dancer (8:52)
14. Time Is Short (3:41)
15. Islands (4:08)
16. None But the Brave (2:38)
17. Captain Midnight (3:10)
18. Settling the Score (5:19)
