Overkill packaging as usual with tracking via USPS media for $4.00 and yes, I do combine. Since I have had a series of questions concerning shipping charges on combined orders I will try to be more explicit. Generally up to three lps ship as one, but shipping charges are based on weight not records. So gatefolds or double LPs or 180 gram vinyl all have an affect differently. Suffice to say, I don't try to make money on shipping charges and I am fair, so enjoy the auctions. Open records are cleaned with Ultrasonic cleaning system and in new 3 mil inner and outer plastic sleeves.


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, 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. That Free and Zeppelin were cut from the same cloth is immediately apparent, even before you start comparing the versions of "The Hunter" that highlight 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 rocky contemporaries sound like flyweights by comparison. The 2002 remaster of the album only amplifies the fledgling Free's achievements. With remastered sound that drives the record straight back to the studio master tapes, the sheer versatility of the players, and the unbridled imagination of producer Guy Stevens, rings crystal clear. Even without their visionary seer, however, Free impresses -- three bonus tracks drawn from period BBC sessions are as loose as they are dynamic, and certainly make a case for a full Free-at-the-Beeb type collection. Of the other bonuses, two offer alternate versions of familiar album tracks, while "Guy Stevens Jam" is reprised from the Songs of Yesterday box set to further illustrate the band's improvisational abilities. As if they needed it.

Free ?– Tons Of Sobs

Label: A&M Records ?– SP 4198 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US Released: 1969 Genre: Rock, Blues Style: Blues Rock, Electric Blues, Classic Rock

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Over The Green Hills Pt. I Written-By – Rodgers* 1:01 A2 Worry Written-By – Rodgers* 3:25 A3 Walk In My Shadow Written-By – Rodgers* 3:20 A4 Wild Indian Woman Written-By – Fraser*, Rodgers* 3:19 A5 Goin' Down Slow Written-By – Oden* 8:08 B1 I'm A Mover Written-By – Fraser*, Rodgers* 2:49 B2 The Hunter Written-By – Jackson*, Jones*, Wells*, Dunn*, Cropper* 4:11 B3 Moonshine Written-By – Kossoff*, Rodgers* 5:01 B4 Sweet Tooth Written-By – Rodgers* 4:43 B5 Over The Green Hills Pt. II Written-By – Rodgers* 1:53

Credits

• Bass Guitar – Andy Fraser
• Drums – Simon Kirke
• Lead Guitar – Paul Kossoff
• Photography [Cover Spread] – Mike Sida
• Photography [Inner Spread] – Richard Bennett Zeff
• Piano – Steve Miller (3)
• Producer – Guy Stevens
• Recorded By, Engineer – Andrew Johns*
• Vocals – Paul Rodgers