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Free is the second studio album by English rock band Free, recorded and released in 1969. It saw the burgeoning of the songwriting partnership between Paul Rodgers and 16-year-old bassist Andy Fraser ; eight of the nine songs are credited to the two.
Free broke up in 1971 due to tensions between members of the band. [1] In September, the group's first live album Free Live! was released, reaching number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and number 89 on the Billboard 200. [3] [6] The non-album single "My Brother Jake", released the same year, peaked at number 4 in the UK. [4]
In 2016, after Glenn Frey died, Don Henley decided that the band would not play again. [2] However, Henley reversed his decision and announced in March 2017 that the Eagles would perform in two festivals organized by their manager Irving Azoff that featured classic rock bands, starting with The Classic West festival held at Dodger Stadium in July that year. [3]
The album was reasonably successful, peaking at No. 9 in the UK Albums Chart making it their most successful UK studio album since Fire and Water (1970). The single release "Little Bit of Love" reached No. 13; despite failing to enter the top ten it was their third best selling single release at the time (it would be beaten by "Wishing Well" the following year).
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" is based on a sample of a 1965 orchestral version of the Rolling Stones song "The Last Time" by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra. [4] The group was overseen by Andrew Loog Oldham, an early producer and manager of the Rolling Stones, who enlisted musicians to create symphonic versions of Rolling Stones songs. [5]
Bittersweet is a studio album by American singer Carmen McRae, released in 1964 on producer Mort Feghi's independent label Focus Records and distributed by Atlantic Records. The album received critical acclaim.
Powder Burns is the fourth album by Greg Dulli's The Twilight Singers (not counting Dulli's solo album Amber Headlights).It was released on May 15, 2006 via One Little Indian Records on CD and double 12" vinyl.
Heartbreaker is the sixth and final studio album by the English rock band Free, that provided them with one of their most successful singles, "Wishing Well".It was recorded in late 1972 after bassist Andy Fraser had left the band and while guitarist Paul Kossoff was ailing from an addiction to Mandrax (Quaalude) and features a different line up from previous albums.