Free - BBC Sessions, Volume 1 (1968-1970)

Next up for the BBC is the British band Free. The band's lead singer was Paul Rodgers, who went on to bigger things later, especially with the band Bad Company. Nowadays, Free isn't that well known, other than their classic hit "All Right Now." But they were a major British blue rock band, and got a lot of critical praise. 

In terms of BBC recordings, it turns out they did some studio sessions and some live sessions. They played many of the same songs live that they did in the studio. So I've created two volumes of their studio sessions and one of their live sessions. This is the first album of studio sessions.

All but two of the songs here come from an official album, called "Live at the BBC." The two exceptions are the last two songs. Those come from the German TV show "Beat Club," and are still unreleased. I've included those because a few key songs didn't happen to be done in the studio for the BBC.

All but the last two songs were recorded in 1968 or 1969, before the band hit it big with songs like "All Right Now" and "Fire and Water." At this point, the band's music was more steeped in the blues. Although their first two albums (both released in 1969) weren't as commercially successful as their later albums, they're their most critically acclaimed ones.

This album is 49 minutes long.

01 Waiting on You (Free)
02 Sugar for Mr. Morrison (Free)
03 I'm a Mover (Free)
04 Over the Green Hills (Free)
05 Songs of Yesterday (Free)
06 Broad Daylight (Free)
07 Woman (Free)
08 I'll Be Creepin' (Free)
09 Trouble on Double Time (Free)
10 Mouthful of Grass (Free)
11 Free Me (Free)
12 Mr. Big (Free)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15116097/Freee_1968-1970_BBSessionsVolume1_atse.zip.html

I don't know when or where the cover photo comes from. If anyone knows, please tell us.