Free Free
Label : Island
Original Released : October 1969
Format : Mp3@320
>Free Free
Label : Island
Original Released : October 1969
Format : Mp3@320
Free's second album was recorded with the band itself in considerable turmoil as principle songwriters Paul Rodgers and Andy Fraser demanded strict discipline from their bandmates, and guitarist Paul Kossoff, in particular, equally demanded the spontaneity and freedom that had characterized the group's debut. It was an awkward period that saw both Kossoff and drummer Simon Kirke come close to quitting, an eventuality that only the intervention of label chief Chris Blackwell seems to have prevented. Few of these tensions are evident on the finished album -- tribute, again, to Blackwell's powers of diplomacy. He replaced original producer Guy Stevens early into the sessions and, having reminded both warring parties where the band's strengths lie, proceeded to coax out an album that stands alongside its predecessor as a benchmark of British blues at the turn of the 1960s. ~ Dave Thompson
UK reissue of the British hard rock act's 1969 album, digitally remastered at Abbey Road with ten bonus tracks (Tracks 10-19)
Tracklist :
1. "I'll Be Creepin'" – 3:27
2. "Songs of Yesterday" – 3:33
3. "Lying in the Sunshine" – 3:51
4. "Trouble on Double Time" – 3:23
5. "Mouthful of Grass" – 3:36
6. "Woman" – 3:50
7. "Free Me" – 5:24
8. "Broad Daylight" – 3:15
9. "Mourning Sad Morning" – 5:04
10. "Broad Daylight" – 3.09 (Single Version)
11. "The Worm" – 3.03 (B-side to "Broad Daylight".)
12. "I'll Be Creeping" – 2.47 ( Single Version )
13. "Sugar for Mr. Morrison" – 3.01 (B-side to "I'll Be Creeping")
14. "Broad Daylight" – 3.21 ( BBC Session Recorded on 17 March 1969.)
15. "Songs of Yesterday" – 3.11 (BBC Session Recorded on 17 March 1969.)
16. "Mouthful of Grass" – 3.33 (Early Version)
17. "Woman" – 4.00 (Alternate Version)
18. "Trouble on Double Time" – 2.37 (Early Version)
19. "Mourning Sad Morning" – 5.10 Alternate Version)
Personnel :
Paul Rodgers – vocals
Paul Kossoff – lead guitar
Andy Fraser – bass guitar
Simon Kirke – drums