1968 W L Promo FREE TONS OF SOBS - Hard BLUES psych

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Super rare White label Promo ~ 1968 vinyl !

                     FREE

               TONS OF SOBS

...USA - White Label PROMOTIONAL A&M Records SP 4198

Super Rare 1968 advance release WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL  original VINYL by the mighty FREE ~ one not to miss!

White label promotional albums are the first to be pressed from the freshly cut masters, therefore having the best sound quality...limited quantity pressed and sent to select radio stations & magazines for review...these white label albums are top level collectibles so many years later.

Although Free was never destined to scrape the same skies as Led Zeppelin, when they first burst out of the traps in 1968, close to a year ahead of Jimmy Page and company, they set the world of British blues-rock firmly on its head, a blistering combination of youth and ambition. The decending four note acoustic lick that accompanies the mighty Paul Rodgers at the very start of 'Tons Of Sobs' sets the down 'n' dirty tone of one of the greatest debut albums ever made. 'Over The Green Hills' begins and ends this awesome album, a quiet, pensive yet restless paean to the open road. But after only one verse something mega happens: the most crude yet spine-tingling guitar fade-in in the history of rock 'n' roll. And this ain't no ordinary guitar. This is THE KOSS. The song is called 'Worry' and is heavy, heavy, HEAVY in the best, traditional "file under progressive" sense of the word. Wonder at the tightest rhythm section of all time, with bass licks so fluid they run the risk of oozing out of your speakers and staining your carpet. Wonder at the vocal dexterity of the (amazingly) still-teenage Rodgers, who sounds as if he's been sneaking class and smoking weed since his mum left him at the kindergarten gates. But wonder most of all at the wondrous Les Paul of THE KOSS, whose god-given fingers seem incapable of playing a note more than six frets down from the uppermost limits of that mighty instrument, and whose strings must need tuning or changing after every song, such is the level of bend abuse applied. The song is tense to the point of breakdown, and the distortion in the master tape seems to accentuate the agony. Delicious.

Barely has 'Worry' faded out before a Koss feedback wail takes us into the three-chord bordello that is 'Walk In My Shadow', the first of several Rodgers compositions that tell of sexual fever so extreme that you fear for his women's safety. Three chords it may be, but atop that hackneyed blues structure is one of the catchiest riffs in the western world. And, of course, THE KOSS doing his thang. 'Wild Indian Woman' and 'Sweet Tooth' are more of the same. 'Goin' Down Slow' and 'Moonshine' are two deadly slow blues burners with the best guitar and vocal interplay on the album. Listen to the gorgeous, precisely controlled feedback that backs the vocal in the latter's verses, then marvel at the dynamic build up that follows. A word here for producer Guy Stevens, the legend, who captures the sound just right and knows exactly where to apply the volume to the best effect. Which leaves 'I'm A Mover' and 'The Hunter', perhaps the record's most celebrated tracks as staples of Free's live set throughout their all-too-brief existence. 'Im A Mover' has another of those perfect, octave-based riffs that risk terminal St Vitus Dance on the listener, and, in common with most of the album's songs, loud searing choruses that give Kossoff his chance to glow. 'The Hunter' is a cover that Rodgers made entirely his own. I hate the expression 'classic rock', but if such a beast exists, this might as well be it. The album ends as it begun, with 'Over The Green Hills Part 2': in fact the second half of the same song.

'Tons Of Sobs'is filled with out-and-out GUTS -- this is the sound of a bunch of cocksure, precocious teenagers getting their rocks off.

        Over The Green Hills (Part 1)

Worry

Walk In My Shadow

Wild Indian Woman

Goin' Down Slow

I'm A Mover

Hunter, The

Moonshine

Sweet Tooth

Over The Green Hills (Part 2)

CONDITION: The cover is stiff and very clean, M- > no problems! Solid!

The vinyl is all glossy very smooth, between "M-" and "EX" -- TOP level playback.

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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