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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. The band was 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. The fact that Free and Zeppelin were cut from the same cloth is immediately apparent, even before you start comparing the versions of "The Hunter" included on 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 rock contemporaries sound like flyweights by comparison.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Free, MainArtist - Paul Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Paul Kossoff, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 1968 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Free, MainArtist - ANDY FRASER, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Kirke, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Rodgers, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Kossoff, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 1968 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Free, MainArtist - ANDY FRASER, ComposerLyricist - Simon Kirke, ComposerLyricist - Paul Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Paul Kossoff, ComposerLyricist - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 1968 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Free, MainArtist - Andrew Fraser, ComposerLyricist - ANDY FRASER, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Kirke, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Rodgers, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Kossoff, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 1968 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Free, MainArtist - James B. Oden, ComposerLyricist - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 1968 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Free, MainArtist - Andrew Fraser, ComposerLyricist - ANDY FRASER, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Kirke, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Rodgers, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Kossoff, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 1968 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Al Jackson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Booker T. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Donald Dunn, ComposerLyricist - Steve Cropper, ComposerLyricist - Free, MainArtist - ANDY FRASER, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Kirke, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Rodgers, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Kossoff, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carson J. Wells, ComposerLyricist - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 1968 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Free, MainArtist - Andrew Fraser, ComposerLyricist - ANDY FRASER, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Kirke, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Rodgers, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Kossoff, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 1968 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Free, MainArtist - ANDY FRASER, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Kirke, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Rodgers, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Kossoff, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 1968 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Free, MainArtist - Paul Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 1968 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
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. The band was 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. The fact that Free and Zeppelin were cut from the same cloth is immediately apparent, even before you start comparing the versions of "The Hunter" included on 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 rock contemporaries sound like flyweights by comparison.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:00
- Main artists: Free
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1968 Universal-Island Records Ltd. ℗ 1968 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
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