FREE, Free Live [Island palm tree] UK 1st pressing Excellent- LP All Right Now

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Free – Free Live Label: Island Records – ILPS 9160, Island Records – ILPS-9160, Island Records– IL PS 9160 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Envelope Country: UK Released: 1971 Genre: Rock Style: Classic Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 All Right Now A2 I'm A Mover A3 Be My Friend A4 Fire And Water B1 Ride On Pony B2 Mr Big B3 The Hunter Written-By – Jackson*, Jones*, Wells*, Dunn*, Cropper* Written-By – Jackson*, Jones*, Wells*, Dunn*, Cropper* B4 Get Where I Belong Companies, etc. Mastered At – Sterling Sound Published By – Blue Mountain Music Ltd. Printed By – E.J. Day Group Credits Bass [Uncredited] – Andy Fraser Design – Camm Ashbrooke Associates, Mick Brownfield Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Ann Sullivan (2) Drums [Uncredited] – Simon Kirke Engineer – Andy Johns, Brian Humphries Guitar [Uncredited] – Paul Kossoff Mastered By – LH* Producer – Andy Johns, Free Vocals [Uncredited] – Paul Rodgers Written-By – Fraser*, Kossoff* (tracks: B2), Rodgers*, Kirke* (tracks: B2) Notes Released with pink rim label design and envelope-style cover.  The "stamp" portraits on the cover are pasted on, not printed.  On Side One All Right Now was recorded live at Sunderland. I'm A Mover / Be My Friend / Fire And Water live at Croydon. On Side Two Ride On Pony / Mr Big were recorded live at Croydon, The Hunter was recorded live at Sunderland. Get Where I Belong is an Island Studio recording (March 71).  Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford.  ℗ 1971  "Mr Big" appears on sleeve; "Mr. Big" appears on label.  Title on cover: Free Live!  Title on labels: Free ' Live '  Catalog # on front of sleeve: ILPS 9160  Catalog # on spine & back of sleeve: IL PS 9160  Catalog # on labels: ILPS-9160  

UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM ON PALM TREE LABEL IN REAR FLAP ENVELOPE SLEEVE AND FRONT PASTED ON STAMPS WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: ILPS 9160 A - 1u STERLING LH /  SIDE B: ILPS 9160 B - 1u STERLING LH.

MOTHER / STAMPER:  SIDE A:  1 / O.  SIDE B: 1 / RA .

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST SOME HAIRLINES AND A FEW FINGERPRINTS. THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER COPIES OF THIS OVERLOOKED FREE CLASSIC WE HAVE SEEN FOR SOME TIME. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are clearer, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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