The Free Story is the second greatest hits album by Free, and the first which was released outside of the USA. It was released on 31 December 1973 by Island Records. The album reached number 2 in the UK Albums Chart and stayed in the charts for 6 weeks.[1] On 22 July 2013, the album was awarded a silver certification by the BPI,[2] for UK album sales of over 60,000 units.[3]
The album covers the entire studio album collection of Free from their debut album Tons of Sobs through to their final studio album Heartbreaker and includes their biggest hit single "All Right Now".
It also has one non-Free track - the song Lady, from Rodgers' post-Free group, Peace, which included bassist Stewart McDonald and drummer Mick Underwood.
Track listing
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1. | "Fire and Water" | Fraser, Rodgers | from Fire and Water | 3:40 |
2. | "Be My Friend" | Fraser, Rodgers | from Highway | 5:30 |
3. | "The Stealer" | Fraser, Rodgers, Paul Kossoff | from Highway | 3:00 |
4. | "Soon I Will Be Gone" | Fraser, Rodgers | from Highway | 2:45 |
5. | "Mr Big" | Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Simon Kirke | from Free Live! | 6:00 |
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1. | "The Hunter" | Booker T. Jones, Carl Wells, Donald Dunn, Al Jackson, Jr., Steve Cropper | from Free Live! | 5:00 |
2. | "Get Where I Belong" | Fraser, Rodgers | from Free Live! | 4:08 |
3. | "Travelling Man" | Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Kirke | from Free at Last | 3:25 |
4. | "Just for the Box" | Kossoff | from Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit | 3:20 |
5. | "Lady" | Rodgers | previously unreleased | 4:25 |
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1. | "My Brother Jake" | Fraser, Rodgers | single release only | 2:55 |
2. | "Little Bit of Love" | Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Kirke | from Free at Last | 2:32 |
3. | "Sail On" | Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Kirke | from Free at Last | 3:00 |
4. | "Heartbreaker" | Rodgers | previously unreleased 'live' soundboard recording omitted from CD versions. | 5:00 |
5. | "Come Together in the Morning" | Rodgers | from Heartbreaker | 4:20 |
References
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Studio albums | |
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Live albums | |
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Compilation albums | |
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Singles |
- Walk in My Shadow
- Broad Daylight
- I'll Be Creepin'
- Fire and Water
- "All Right Now"
- The Stealer
- Ride On a Pony
- The Highway Song
- "My Brother Jake"
- Little Bit of Love
- Wishing Well
- Travellin' in Style
- The Hunter
- Free (EP)
- Wishing Well (Remix)
- All Right Now (Remix)
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