FREE Tons Of Sobs LP ISLAND 1968 UK reissue ILPS-9089 PAUL KOSSOFF-PAUL RODGERS
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PAUL RODGERS, SIMON KIRKE, PAUL KOSSOFF, ANDY FRASER
Survivors of the late-'60s British blues boom who carved a niche with rootsy rock,
metal, and melodic pop styles, hitting it big with "All Right Now."
"TONS OF SOBS"
<reissue, originally published in 1968>
Produced by Guy Stevens
LP ISLAND RECORDS ILPS 9089 STEREO
MADE IN ENGLAND MID/LATE-70s REPRESSING
[Palm Tree label with blue rim]
UNLAMINATED SINGLE COVER + COMPANY BLACK INNER
Barcode and Other Identifiers
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LABEL: ISLAND - PALM TREE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) ILPS 9089 (rear) ILPS 9089 (800 481-928, sticker)
Catalog on labels: IILPS 9089-A) / ILPS 9089-B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): ILPS 9089 A-3U (Etched): PORKY
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): ILPS 9089 B-5U (Etched): GD
On labels: rim text reads "All rights.........prohibited"
Produced By Guy Stevens
Rights Society / Publishing: Blue Mountain Music, Lupus Music, Leeds Music, Tee Pee Music
On back cover: Piano thumping: Steve Miller
Produced By Guy Stevens
1968 Island Records Ltd *Warner Bros. Music
Manufactured and distributed by EMI Records Ltd
tracklisting
Side A: OVER THE GREEN HILLS Pt. 1 - WORRY - WALK IN MY SHADOW
WILD INDIAN WOMAN - GOIN' DOWN SLOW
Side B: I'M A MOVER - THE HUNTER* - MOONSHINE
SWEET TOOTH - OVER THE GREEN HILLS Pt. II
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
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, ambition, and, despite those tender years, experience that, across the course of their debut album,
did indeed lay the groundwork for all that Zeppelin would embrace.
That Free and Zeppelin were cut from the same cloth is immediately apparent, even before
you start comparing the versions of "The Hunter" that highlight both bands' debut albums.
Where Free streaks ahead, however, is in their refusal to compromise their own vision of the blues,
even at its most commercial ("I'm a Mover" and "Worry"), Tons of Sobs has a density that makes
Zeppelin and the rest of the era's rocky contemporaries sound like flyweights by comparison...(AllMusic)
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