FREE 2 S/T 1969 ORIG UK LP VG++ PAUL RODGERS KOSSOFF Pink Island ILPS-9104

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SELF TITLED  2ND LP
1st Pressing

1969 ORIGINAL UK Island Recs ILPS-9104
GATEFOLD JACKET/COVER
Pink Island Labels

UK FIRST PRESSING PINK ISLAND LABEL VINYL LP IN EJ DAY GATEFOLD SLEEVE. Increasingly hard to come by in decent condition, this copy is a worthy addition to any collection, and a superb album as well, the matrix numbers indicate a true very first UK pressing from the original USA mastered tapes. Early Free and Cat Stevens LPs were mastered on the West Coast in the USA and released with similar stamper/mother numbers as the A&M brown label issues, they sound almost identical, the only variation is in the quality of the actual vinyl to our ears, the pink Island's having the edge in that department.

MATRIX NUMBERS IN RUN-OFF GROOVES:

SIDE A: BELL SOUND SF  SP#4307-1 1A  (see pic4)/ SIDE B: BELL SOUND SF  SP #4308-1 1B  (pic5)

Legendary Rock Band
HEAVY BLUES PIONEERS

PAUL KOSSOFF
PAUL RODGERS
ANDY FRASER
SIMON KIRKE


Cover, Vinyl & Labels Are VG++ to EX



Comes with Protective Poly Outer Sleeve

WHY BUY CHEAP SCRATCHY RECORDS ?

FOR A ONLY FEW DOLLARS MORE YOU CAN GET A CLEAN PLAYING VINYL LIKE THIS ONE!

Youtube Of "I'll Be Creepin'"

Track List:

Side A

1. I'll Be Creepin' 3:15
2. Songs Of Yesterday 3:31
3. Lying In The Sunshine 4:02
4. Trouble On Double Time 3:34
5. Mouthful Of Grass 3:36

Side B
1. Woman 3:45
2. Free Me 5:37
3. Broad Daylight 3:33
4. Mourning Sad Morning 5:03

Free was an English rock band, formed in London in 1968, best known for their 1970 signature song "All Right Now". They disbanded in 1973 and lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become a frontman of the band Bad Company along with Simon Kirke on drums; lead guitarist Paul Kossoff died from a drug-induced heart failure at the age of 25 in 1976, bassist Andy Fraser formed Sharks.

The band was famed for its sensational live shows and nonstop touring. However, early studio albums did not sell very well – until the release of Fire and Water which featured the massive hit "All Right Now". The song helped secure them a place at the huge Isle of Wight Festival 1970 where they played to 600,000 people.

By the early 1970s, Free was one of the biggest-selling British blues-rock groups; by the time the band dissolved in 1973, they had sold more than 20 million albums around the world and had played more than 700 arena and festival concerts. "All Right Now," remains a rock staple, and had been entered into ASCAP's "One Million" airplay singles club.[1][2]

Most remarkable about the birth of Free was the young age of the band members who first came together to rehearse and play their first gig, that same evening, at the Nag's Head pub in Battersea, London, on 19 April 1968. Bass player Andy Fraser was 15 years old, lead guitarist Paul Kossoff was 17, and both lead singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke were 18. By November of that year, having been given the name Free by Alexis Korner, they had recorded their first album Tons Of Sobs for Island Records and, although it was not released until the following year, the album documents their first six months together and contains studio renditions of much of their early live set.

Paul Kossoff and Simon Kirke first became friends in the R&B band Black Cat Bones but they wanted to move on. Paul Kossoff saw vocalist Paul Rodgers singing with Brown Sugar while visiting the Fickle Pickle, an R&B club in London's Finsbury Park. He was immediately impressed, and asked if he could jam with Rodgers onstage. Along with Kirke, they would go on to form Free with the addition of Andy Fraser, who at the age of 15 had already been playing with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers.

Unlike their previous albums Tons of Sobs and Free, Fire and Water - released in 1970 - was a huge success, largely due to the album containing the hit single "All Right Now", which reached #1 on the UK rock music charts, #2 on the UK singles chart and #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[5] The album reached #2 in the UK charts and #17 on the U.S charts making it the most successful Free album. Highway was their fourth studio album, recorded extremely quickly in September 1970. Though widely considered[by whom?] to be an excellent follow-up to Fire and Water, Highway performed poorly in the charts, reaching #41 in the UK and #190 in the US.

In April 1971, due to differences between singer Paul Rodgers and bassist Andy Fraser, the drug problems of guitarist Paul Kossoff, and inconsistent record sales, the band broke up. This led to the release of the live album in 1971 called Free Live!. Early in 1972 the band set aside their differences and reformed in an effort to save Kossoff from his growing drug addiction, and in June of the same year released Free at Last.

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MY RATINGS SYSTEM = BASED ON VISUAL AND PLAYING RECORD!

1) VG      = OBVIOUS WEAR OR SCRATCHES, MAY CAUSE SURFACE NOISE OR OCCASIONAL POPS AND TICKS, RESERVED FOR RARE OR COLLECTABLE RECORDS
2) VG+    = SOME SCRATCHES BUT PLAYS WELL - MAY HAVE LOW LEVEL SURFACE NOISE DURING QUIET PASSAGES & OCCASIONAL POP NOISE.
3) VG++  = SOME SCRATCHES BUT PLAYS WITH VERY LITTLE  NOISE.
3) EX       = MINOR SCRATCHES BUT PLAYS CLEAN.
4) NM      = (Near Mint) = NO SCRATCHES, ALMOST MINT.
5) MINT  = SEALED

COVERS WILL ONLY BE RATED VG = HEAVY WEAR, VG+ = LIGHT WEAR OR EX = VERY LITTLE WEAR.
OCCASIONALLY I WILL DESCRIBE BOTH VINYL AND COVER: NM




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