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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 formed Back Street Crawler and 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.
Rolling Stone has referred to the band as "British hard rock pioneers". The magazine ranked Rodgers No. 55 in its list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time", while Kossoff was ranked No. 51 in its list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
"Songs of Yesterday" features five discs worth of Free tracks originally recorded between 1968 and 1972. This contains a wealth of unreleased material. Very few of the tracks are actual album tracks, most are alternate mixes or alternate versions, plus there are a lot of live tracks in the mix, as well. Included in hese 80 tracks are alternate takes and mixes, singles masters, stereo mixes, unreleased recordings, live recordings not used for the album 'Free Live', associated recordings from Paul Rodgers & The Maytals, Peace, Sharks, Kossoff/Kirke/Tetsu/Rabbit, John Martyn and rabbit (John Bundrick).
Tracklist:
CD 1
01. Over The Green Hills [A New Stereo Mix]
02. Walk In My Shadow [Alternative Stereo Mix]
03. Wild Indian Woman [A New Stereo Mix]
04. Guy Stevens Blues [Previously Unreleased]
05. Visions Of Hell [Previously Unreleased]
06. I’m A Mover [Unused 7′ Mono Mix]
07. Moonshine [Alternative Stereo Mix]
08. Woman By The Sea [Perviously Unreleased]
09. Free Me [Previously Unreleased]
10. Long Tall Sally [Previously Unreleased]
11. Broad Daylight [Original 7′ Mono Mix]
12. The Worm [Original 7′ B-side]
13. Trouble On Double Time [Previously Unreleased]
14. Spring Dawn [Previously Unreleased]
15. I’ll Be Creepin’ [Previously Unreleased]
16. Sugar For Mr. Morrison [A New Stereo Mix]
17. Songs Of Yesterday [Previously Unreleased]
18. Woman [Previously Unreleased]
19. Mourning Sad Morning [Alternative Stereo Mix]
20. Fire And Water [Alternative Stereo Mix]
CD 2
01. All Right Now [Previously Unreleased]
02. Oh I Wept [A New Stereo Mix]
03. Remember [A New Stereo Mix]
04. Don’t Say You Love Me [A New Stereo Mix]
05. The Stealer [Full Version]
06. The Highway Song [Alternative Stereo Mix]
07. On My Way [Alternative Stereo Mix]
08. Sunny Day [A New Stereo Mix With Different Vocals]
09. Ride On A Pony [Alternative Stereo Mix]
10. Love You So [A New Stereo Mix With Alternative Vocals]
11. Soon I Will Be Gone [Previously Unreleased]
12. My Brother Jake [A New Stereo Mix]
13. Makin’ Love (Only My Soul) [Previously Unreleased]
14. Rain [Previously Unreleased]
15. Get Where I Belong [Previously Unreleased]
16. Only My Soul [Original 7′ B-Side]
17. Travellin’ Man [Alternative Stereo Mix]
18. Molten Gold [Previously Unissued]
CD 3
01. Little Bit Of Love [Alternative Mix]
02. Soldier Boy [Alternative Mix]
03. Sail On [Previously Unreleased]
04. Guardian Of The Universe [Previously Unreleased]
05. Child [Alternative Mix]
06. Honky Tonk Women [Previously Unreleased]
07. Lady [Previously Unreleased]
08. Muddy Water [Previously Unreleased]
09. Heartbreaker [Live Portsmouth ’72]
10. Wishing Well [Previously Unreleased]
11. Let Me Show You [Previously Unreleased Jam]
12. Let Me Show You [Original B-Side]
13. Muddy Water [Alternative Mix]
14. Common Mortal Man [Alternative Mix]
15. Heartbreaker [Alternative Mix]
16. Seven Angels [Alternative Mix]
CD 4
01. Ride On A Pony [Croydon (2nd Show) 8.45pm 13-9 70]
02. Be My Friend [Croydon (2nd Show) 8.45pm 13-9 70]
03. Fire And Water [Croydon (2nd Show) 8.45pm 13-9 70]
04. The Stealer [Croydon (1st Show) 6pm 13-9 70]
05. Don’t Say You Love Me [Croydon (2nd Show) 8.45pm 13-9 70]
06. Mr Big [Croydon (2nd Show) 8.45pm 13-9 70]
07. I’ll Be Creepin’ [Sunderland 1 70]
08. Free Me [Sunderland 1 70]
09. Woman [Sunderland 1 70]
10. I’m A Mover [Sunderland 1 70]
11. Walk In My Shadow [Sunderland 1 70]
12. Songs Of Yesterday [Sunderland 1 70]
13. All Right Now [Sunderland 1 70]
14. Crossroads [Sunderland 1 70]
CD 5
01. (I Just Wanna) See You Smile
02. Zero BC
03. Like Water
04. Ol’ Jelly Roll
05. Follow Me
06. Fool’s Life
07. I’m On The Run
08. Sammy’s Alright
09. Hold On
10. Tuesday Williamsburg
11. Unseen Love
12. Time Spent (Time Away)
Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.99
MPEG-1 layer 3
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