Product Description
Rare Early Japanese Pressing Still In Wonderful Condition!! Heavy Grade Gatefold Cover Includes Inner Sleeves, Plus Colour Booklet, Labels Are Clean. Fantastic Compilation, Covering The Best Of Free Plus Some Previously Unreleased Gems! Features “All Right Now”, “The Hunter”, “Mr. Big”, “Fire And Water”, “The Stealer”, Rare Cuts & More.
Condition — Vinyl: NEAR MINT! Plays beautifully!
Condition — Cover: EXCELLENT!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their beautiful packaging and premium sound quality (which explains why American audiophile label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab chose to have their highly regarded pressings manufactured in Japan). Near Mint condition original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer — therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
I’m A Mover
I’ll Be Creepin’
Mourning Sad Morning
All Right Now
Heavy Load
Side 2:
Fire And Water
Be My Friend
The Stealer
Soon I Will Be Gone
Mr. Big
Side 3:
The Hunter
Get Where I Belong
Travelling Man
Just For The Box (From scarce ‘Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu & Rabbit’ album)
Lady (Previously unreleased)
Side 4:
My Brother Jake (Previously only available on single version)
Little Bit Of Love
Sail On
Heartbreaker (Previously unreleased. Recorded live at Portsmouth Guildhall, October 7th, 1972)
Come Together In The Morning
AMG –
Free left a legacy of enduring music, which became a role model for much of which followed...The Free Story is testament to that heritage Although record sales never went along with it, Free were British rock at its pinnacle. Their studio albums were superb through and through, while the one live release perhaps represented the band at their peak. This best-of features the cream of Free's releases up to 1973. Extending past the easily accessible rock tracks into the realms of the bands quieter acoustic moments, as well as the more experimental areas of Free's material, The Free Story gives the whole picture of what Rogers, Kirke, Fraser, and Kossoff were about. The track selection well shows off the bands musical ability, from Paul Kossoff's vibrato-laden guitar to Andy Fraser's captivating bass playing. Indeed, few bands come close to the overall musicianship of Free. "Free left a legacy of enduring music, which became a role model for much of which followed...The Free Story is testament to that heritage," declares the album notes. Few would disagree with that statement.