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giovedì 30 aprile 2026

FREE - 1972-04-30 - Tampa, FL (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

04.30.72 - Tampa, FL
Source: Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL. April 30th 1972
Sound Quality: A-
Time: 57:47

Lineage:
Soundboard>Unknown Transfer>Flac

01 - The Hunter (6:05)
02 - Fire And Water (4:14)
03 - Ride On A Pony (5:13)
04 - Be My Friend (8:13)
05 - Catch A Train (3:52)
06 - Hold On (6:34)
07 - Little Bit Of Love (4:31)
08 - Mr - Big (7:55)
09 - All Right Now (6:11)
10 - Travellin' Man (4:55)

Free - 1972-04-30 - Tampa, FL (SBD/FLAC)



(Soundboard FLAC)

The Metallized Blues

01 - The Hunter
02 - Fire And Water
03 - Ride On Pony
04 - Be My Friend
05 - Catch A Train
06 - Hold On
07 - Little Bit Of Love
08 - Mr Big
09 - Allright Now
10 - Travelling Man

artwork included(although artwork states an 11th track from 19,1,73 this is NOT present here,sorry)

martedì 7 aprile 2026

Free - 1969-04-07 - Paris, FR (FM/FLAC)


(FM broadcast FLAC)

FREE
@Golf-Drouot, Paris, France
April 7th 1969

Lineage: CDR > EAC > FLAC

Broadcast recording (01:25:16)
Paul Rodgers - vocals
Paul Kossoff - guitar
Andy Fraser - bass
Simon Kirke - drums

SET1 [41:23]
01 - Born Under A Bad Sign 05:43
02 - Mean Old World 06:24
03 - Sugar For Mr Morrison 04:40
04 - Free Me 05:19
05 - Let Me Love You 05:56
06 - Over The Green Hills  - 04:52
07 - Hoochie Coochie Man 08:26

SET2 [43:53]
08 - I'm A Mover 03:44
09 - Rock Me Baby 06:01
10 - The Worm  - 04:30
11 - The Night Time  - 05:05
12 - Moonshine 04:33
13 - Walk In MY Shadow 05:14
14 - Songs Of Yesterday  - 03:56
15 - Cross Road Blues  - 04:27
16 - Waiting On You  - 06:19

giovedì 26 febbraio 2026

Free - 1971-02-26 - Sheffield, UK (AUD/FLAC)


(Audience FLAC)

Free
City Hall,
Sheffield, England
02/26/71

Paul Rodgers-vox
Andy Fraser-Bass, piano
Paul Kossoff-guitar
Simon Kirke-drums

Source- re-seed of good audience recording on unknown equipment> TLH for Torrent creation

01 - The Stealer
02 - Ride On A Pony
03 - Be My Friend
04 - I'm A Mover
05 - Don't Say You Love Me
06 - Heavy Load
07 - The Highway Song
08 - My Brother Jake
09 - Soon I Will Be Gone
10 - All Right Now
11 - Mr. Big

Being put up again now in March, 2015 to mark the passing of the great Andy Fraser, a big inspiration to me as a then budding bassist during Free's heyday. I chose this show because it's a bit different from the Santa Monica show from about a month earlier. This show heavily leans on the Highway album, which remains my alltime favorite Free release. This show also includes the great Heavy Load from Fire and Water, and both My Brother Jake and Soon I Will be Gone, which were the 2 studio tracks that made it on to the Free Live album in the US. A few of these tracks feature Andy on piano, which he seemed to be getting more interested in at this point, even though he was such an outstanding bassist for that pre-Jaco and Stanley bass world.

venerdì 20 febbraio 2026

Free - 1972-02-20 - Stoke-on-Trent, UK (AUD/FLAC)



(Audience FLAC)

Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, England

Liberated Heartbreakers bootleg 'Free - Stoke 1972' (HB-929-1/2)

Audience recording
Silvers > EAC (secure mode) > WAV > Flac Frontend > FLAC (L8)

Paul Rodgers - vocals
Paul Kossoff - guitar
Andy Fraser - bass, piano
Simon Kirke - drums

CD1
01 - Ride on a Pony [5:34]
02 - Fire and Water [4:26]
03 - Soldier Boy [3:11]
04 - Be My Friend [6:18]
05 - Little Bit of Love [3:34]
06 - The Highway Song [5:10]
07 - Hold on [6:01]
08 - My Brother Jake [3:08]

CD2
01 - Lady [4:27]
02 - Heart Breaker [2:24] (fade out)
03 - Mr - Big [7:05]
04 - I'm a Mover [4:12]
05 - All Right Now [6:13]
06 - Travellin' Man [5:12]
07 - The Hunter [8:12]
08 - Crossroads [6:37]

mercoledì 4 febbraio 2026

Free - 1972-02-04 - York, UK (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Central Hall, University of York

lineage:
unknown gen cassette > wav > flac

01. Travellin' Man (4:30)
02. Ride On A Pony (4:42)
03. Lady (4:03)
04. Be My Friend (6:26)
05. Fire And Water [cut] (2:23)
06. Songs Of Yesterday (5:58)
07. The Highway Song (5:32)
08. Hold On (5:20)
09. Heavy Load (5:41)
10. My Brother Jake (3:03)
11. Mr. Big (6:30)
12. Catch A Train (3:50)
13. The Hunter (5:19)
14. All Right Now (4:46)
15. I'm A Mover (3:47)

Time: 71:55

giovedì 22 gennaio 2026

Free - 1971-01-22 - Santa Monica, CA (FM/FLAC)




(FM broadcast FLAC)

FREE
Santa Monica Civic Center
Santa Monica CA. 
January 22nd, 1971
KUSC FM Broadcast 
Master to Dat @ 16/48
From the Krw_co Collection

LINEAGE 
KUSC 91.5 FM BROADCAST ANALOG MASTER RECORDING TO DAT (16/48khz) >SONY PCM R-500 DAT> FIBER OPTIC>CREATIVE SOUNDBLASTER X-FI HD MODEL #SB1240 WAV (16/48KHZ)>MAGIX AUDIO CLEANING LAB FOR KRW TRACK MARKS EDITS AND VOLUME ADJUSTMENT>WAV 16/48>TRADERS LITTLE HELPER FLAC LEVEL 8 

Paul Rodgers lead vocals keyboards
Paul Kossoff guitar 
Andy Fraser bass 
Simon Kirke drums

01 Intro / Tune up
02 Be My Friend
03 The Stealer
04 Woman
05 Ride On Pony
06 Don't Say You Love Me
07 All Right Now
08 Fire And Water
09 Heavy Load
10 The Highway Song (tape flip edit in song at 00:46:04:16) 
11 KUSC DJ Elliot Mass/ My Brother Jake
12 Soon I'll Be Gone
13 I'm A Mover
14 Mr. Big with bass solo
15 The Hunter
16 Rock Me Baby

venerdì 16 gennaio 2026

Free - 1971-01-16 - San Francisco, CA (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Fillmore West

[This may fill in a couple of gaps from the debate around the "Syndrome" seed a couple of days back].

01. Songs of Yesterda
02. All Right Now
03. Stealer
04. Heavy Load
05. My Brother Jake
06. The Highway Song

giovedì 1 gennaio 2026

Free - 1970-01-01 - Sunderland, UK (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)
 
FREE
January 1st 1970
at The Locarno Ballroom
Sunderland, UK

The Third Eye US-1007 (MOONSHAVE)
(Silver bootleg CD - USA 1995)

Ex SBD (6tr unrealeased officially)

Lineage: CDR > EAC > FLAC

Paul Rodgers - vocals, Piano
Paul Kossoff - Electric Guitar
Andy Fraser - Bass
Simon Kirke - Drums

01 - I'm A Mover 04:03
02 - Be My Friend 06:14
03 - Fire & Water 04:07
04 - Ride On Pony 04:50
05 - Mr - Big 07:11
06 - The Hunter 05:36

Beat Club 58 (1970.09.05)
07 - All Right Now  - 04:50
08 - Fire & Water 03:52

Beat Club 51 (1970.01.31)
09 - Mr. Big . 05:33

Total duration . 46:20

Notes:
(2 shows) 5 tracks were released on the 'Free live LP' and 8 more on the 5CDs compilation 'Songs Of Yesterday' Last tracks from German TV (Bremen)

venerdì 12 dicembre 2025

Free - 1970-12-12 - Stockholm, SWE (FM/FLAC)




(FM broadcast FLAC)

Broadcast January 2, 1971

"Midnight Hour", Radiohuset, Stockholm, Sweden
(EX FM - from Liberated Bootleg "Radio Free" (Remastered Edition))

Paul Rodgers - lead vocals
Paul Kossoff - guitar
Simon Kirke - drums
Andy Fraser - bass, piano

Taper: Swedish radio
Taping Gear: unknown
Source: The Eternal Records "Radio Free" boot CD (Remastered Edition)
Lineage: "Radio Free" boot silver CD> Sony CPD-XA20ES CD playback> TASCAM CDRW-700> Trade CD-R> (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Quality: ex SBD
Length: 48:53 minutes
Artwork: included (JAJ's scans from 2000).

01 - The Stealer
02 - Fire And Water
03 - Ride On A Pony
04 - Heavy Load
05 - Woman
06 - Love You So
07 - All Right Now
08 - Be My Friend
09 - Mr - Big

Comments:
This great sounding radio show comes from a well packaged boot entitled "Radio Free". It also contained four BBC tracks as outtakes, but I have chosen not to include them, as at least one is officially released, and the other three may be studio outtakes instead of BBC stuff. You obviously can't trust anything you read on a boot as gospel. These guys even went to the extent of having the disc look like the pink Island label, with the customary bootleg "Not for sale - radio broadcast only" on the disc.

martedì 14 ottobre 2025

Free - 1972-10-14 - Berkshire, UK (SBD/FLAC)



(Soundboard FLAC)

A great recording with the Heartbreaker (the last Free album) lineup, a show that Kossof did not miss due to his drug problems, unlike some others from this tour.
This has been circulating with the name "Revenge of the Heartbreaker".

Title: Berkshire 1972 Remastered
Date: October 14th, 1972
Venue: Bracknell Sports Center
Location: Berkshire, England
Source: SBD

Lineage: 
Master Sony C-90HF tape>Maxell XLII-80 CDR>FLAC Level 6>WAV>Cool Edit Pro v1.2>FLAC Level 6

01 - Heartbreaker
02 - I'm on the Run
03 - Soldier Boy
04 - Child
05 - Every Day I have the Blues
06 - Come Together in the Morning
07 - Wishing Well
08 - Seven Angels
09 - Fire and Water
10 - All Right Now
11 - The Hunter

domenica 12 ottobre 2025

Free - 1972-10-12 - Coatham, UK (SBD/FLAC)


(Soundboard FLAC)

The Redcar Jazz Club

lineage
CD -> FLAC via Nero 

Paul Rodgers - vocals, guitar 
Paul Kossoff - guitar 
Simon Kirke - drums 
Tetsu Yamauchi - bass 
John "Rabbit" Bundrick - keyboards. 

01. I'm On The Run (6:51) 
02. Heartbreaker (7:09) 
03. Soldier Boy (4:00) 
04. Come Together In The Morning (5:27) 
05. Everyday I Have The Blues (6:11) 
06. Child (5:25) 
07. Wishing Well (5:08) 
08. Seven Angels (6:28) 
09. Fire And Water (4:02) 
10. All Right Now (6:46) 

domenica 14 settembre 2025

Free - 1972-09-14 - Edinburgh, Scotland (SBD/FLAC)


(Soundboard FLAC)

Empire Theatre

Paul Rodgers - lead vocals
Paul Kossoff - guitar
Simon Kirke - drums
Tetsu - bass
Rabbit Bundrick - keyboards, piano

Taper, & Taping Gear: ??unknown??
Source: "SBD" aka "AUD" - from Liberated Bootleg "Scotland 1972"; Heart Breakers label #HB-936
Lineage: "Scotland 1972" boot silver CD> (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Quality: vg+
Length: 13 tracks = 67:10 minutes

01 - Heartbreaker
02 - I'm On The Run
03 - Lady
04 - (My Life) Like A Water
05 - Child
06 - Unseen Love
07 - Ride A Pony
08 - Everday I Have The Blues (cut)
09 - Wishing Well
10 - Fire And Water
11 - "Happy Birthday, Koss"
12 - All Right Now
13 - Crossroads

Notes:
a - Paul Kossoff's 22nd birthday (My/JAJ's 9th).
b - Years ago this used to trade an an "AUD" source, but this may (not confirmed) be a "SBD" source.

venerdì 29 agosto 2025

Free - 1970 - Isle Of Wight and Stockholm (SBD/FLAC)


(Soundboard FLAC)

Liberated Midas Touch bootleg
Excellent quality

lineage
pinkrobert>hd>tlh>addmd5>torrent>prlb

CD1 - ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL, August 29, 1970
01. Introduction
02. Ride On A Pony
03. Woman
04. The Stealer
05. Be My Friend
06. Mr. Big
07. Fire And Water
08. I'm A Mover
09. The Hunter
10. All Right Now
11. Crossroads

CD2 - STOCKHOLM, December 12, 1970
01. The Stealer
02. Fire And Water
03. Ride On A Pony
04. Heavy Load
05. Woman
06. Love You So
07. All Right Now
08. Be My Friend
09. Mr. Big

lunedì 28 luglio 2025

Free - 1969-07-28 - Boston, MA (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboad FLAC)

Free
1969-07-28
Boston Tea Party, Boston, MA

lineage
Soundboard > unknown > FLAC

01. Fire And Water
02. All Right Now
03. Walk In My Shadow
04. Moonshine
05. Song Of Yesterday
06. Woman

giovedì 24 luglio 2025

Free - 1969-07-24 - Boston, MA (SBD/FLAC)


(Soundboard FLAC)

Free .... July 24, 1969 (aka 1968-07-27)
Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Taper, & Taping Gear: ??unknown??
Source: "SBD"
Lineage: "SBD" Cass> CDWave> DBPoweramp> Flac6> 2006 Downloaded, burned (Nero) to CDR> (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Quality: vg+/ex-
Total offer = 7 tracks; 29:07 minutes

Paul Rodgers - lead vocals, piano
Paul Kossoff - guitar
Andy Fraser - bass, piano
Simon Kirke - drums

1 (slight cut in) Fire And Water
2 All Right Now
-------------------
(3 Boston tracks = 16:34 minutes)
3 (cuts in) Walk In My Shadow
4 Moonshine
5 Song Of Yesterday
-------------------
6 Drumfill (0:19m)
7 Woman (3:40m)

martedì 22 luglio 2025

Free - 1972-07-22 - Tokyo, JP (DVDfull pro-shot)



(DVDfull pro-shot)

1972-07-22, Tokyo, Japan 
Kourakuen Stadium Tokyo, Japan 
July 22nd, 1972

Lineage: 
Tv > Low Gen VHS > ? Transfer? > ? Author > DVD 

G-Spot Tango:DVD "VOB" format
MPEG-2 Program Stream << { 1 vid, 1 aud }
Sys Bitrate: 10080 kb/s VBR
Audio: AC3 CBR 0xbd[0x80]:48000Hz 256 kb/s tot , stereo (2/0) 
Video: Frames/s 29.970 kbps 8542 Prog NTSC 720x480 4:3

Paul Rodgers - Vocals, Guitar
Simon Kirke - Drums
Tetsu Yamauchi - Bass
John "Rabbit" Bundrick - Keyboards, Vocals

01. Intro
02. Seven Angels 
03. Unseen Love 
04. Fire And Water 
05. Heartbreaker 
06. Honky Tonk Women

Run Time: 27:17






martedì 15 luglio 2025

Free - 1968-07-15 - London, UK (FM/FLAC)


(FM broadcast FLAC)

Top Gear, BBC, Studio 1, London

broadcast on Tope Gear with John Peel on July 21st 1968

lineage:
broadcast > unknown gen > wav > flac

Paul Rogers - Vocals
Paul Kossoff - Guitar
Andy Fraser - Bass
Simon Kirke - Drums

00 - Waiting on You (omitted)
01 - Walk in My Shadow
02 - Moonshine
03 - Free Me (early version)

This is the earliest known recorded FREE live performance ever. On July 15th 1968, even before they recorded "Tons of Sobs" (October 1968), FREE did a session / audition for BBC radio. In the end, the result seemed to be ok for BBC and so it got broadcast a few days later on Top Gear with John Peel. The band recorded four songs, but "Waiting on You" has been released officially, so I had to omit it. Most of you would know it anyway. But these remaining three tracks have not been around too much I think, so here they are. Free Me stands out the most, if not only for it being an early version of the song, much faster and with a different arrangement.

mercoledì 2 luglio 2025

Free - 1970-07-02 - London, UK (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Free
1970-07-02
Mother Beeb - BBC In Concert 1970, John Peel Sunday Concert, England

lineage
BBC > Unknown > FLAC

Paul Rodgers - vocals
Paul Kossoff - guitar
Andy Fraser - bass
Simon Kirke - drums

01. Fire And Water
02. Woman
03. Be My Friend
04. Ride On Pony
05. Mr. Big
06. Don't Say You Love Me
07. All Right Now

Rare broadcast in very good quality

venerdì 19 aprile 2024

Various Artists - Totally British (2xDVDfull pro-shot)

(2xDVDfull pro-shot)

Various
Totally British: 70's Rock 'n' Roll Pt. 1 - 1970-1974
A BBC TV Archive compilation (part 1 of 2)
Broadcast on BBCFour - Friday 8th March 2013

BBCFour (DVB-C - Virgin Tivo)>Philips stand alone DVD recorder>PC>Fully authored using MMEP.

Chapters:
01 - Titles & Intro
02 - Come And Get It - Badfinger - 1970
03 - All Right Now - Free - 1970
04 - Bad 'n Ruin - The Faces - 1971
05 - Big Jim Salter - Stone The Crows - 1971
06 - Wild Country Wine - The Roy Young Band - 1971
07 - In My Own Time - Family - 1971
08 - Honky Tonk Woman - Humble Pie - 1972
09 - Black Dog - Babe Ruth - 1972
10 - Shouting In A Bucket Blues - Kevin Ayers - 1973
11 - Ain't Their Fight - Man - 1973
12 - Faith Healer - Sensational Alex Harvey Band - 1973
13 - Caroline - Status Quo - 1973
14 - The Rocker - Thin Lizzy - 1973
15 - Hanging On - The Heavy Metal Kids - 1974
16 - Singapore Silk Tornado - Pretty Things - 1974
17 - Silver Dollar Forger - Nazareth - 1974
18 - The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll - Mott The Hoople - 1974

Run time:- 00:59:28

Some words from the BBC:
Trawled from the depths of the BBC Archive and classic BBC shows of the day - Old Grey Whistle Test, Top of the Pops and Full House - a collection of performance gems from a totally rock 'n' roll early 1970s. 
This was a golden era for British Rock 'n' Roll as everyone moved on from the whimsical 60s and looked around for something with a bit more oomph! In a pre- heavy metal world bands were experimenting with influences that dated back to 50s rock 'n' roll whilst taking their groove from old school rhythm and blues. It was also a time when men grew their hair long! 
In a celebration of this era we kick off with an early 1970s Badfinger number direct from the BBC library and continue the groove from the BBC vaults with classic rock 'n' roll heroes like Free, Status Quo, the Faces, Humble Pie and Mott the Hoople. Plus from deep within the BBC archives we dig out some rarities from the likes of Babe Ruth, Stone The Crows, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Man, Heavy Metal Kids and original rockers Thin Lizzy... to name but a few.
Sit back and enjoy a 60 minute non-stop ride of unadulterated Totally British 70s Rock 'n' Roll!

GSpot Says:
DVD VOB format
MPEG-2Program Stream << (1 vid, 1 aud)
Sys Bitrate 10080 kb/s VBR 8611 kbps I/L TFF
PAL 16:9
AC3 0xbd(0x80):48000Hz 384 kb/s tot.
Stereo (2/0)

***************

Various
Totally British: 70's Rock 'n' Roll Pt. 2 - 1975-1979
A BBC TV Archive compilation (part 2 of 2)
Broadcast on BBCFour - Friday 15th March 2013


BBCFour (DVB-C - Virgin Tivo)>Philips stand alone DVD recorder>Fully authored using MMEP.

Chapters:
01 - Titles & Intro
02 - Keep It Out Of Sight - Dr. Feelgood - 1975
03 - Coast To Coast - Ducks Deluxe - 1975
04 - I'm A Man - ACE - 1975
05 - Anniversary - Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance - 1975
06 - Little Does She Know - Kursaal Flyers - 1976
07 - Get Out Of Denver - Eddie & the Hotrods - 1976
08 - Heat Treatment - Graham Parker & The Rumour - 1977
09 - Young Lords - The Tyla Gang - 1977
10 - Tulane - The Steve Gibbons Band - 1977
11 - This Could Be The Town - Meal Ticket - 1977
12 - I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock and Roll) - Dave Edmunds - 1977
13 - (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes - Elvis Costello & the Attractions - 1977
14 - Dancing The Night Away - The Motors - 1978
15 - Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits - 1978
16 - Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe - 1979
17 - Stop Your Sobbing - The Pretenders - 1979
19 - The Walk - The Inmates - 1979
19 - Don't Ask Me Questions - Graham Parker & the Rumour - 1978

Run time:- 00:58:37

Some words from the BBC:
A romp through the BBC archive library from 1975 to 1979 has unearthed some seldom seen performances of the rarely-explored genre of pub rock and other late 70s rock 'n' roll gems from classic music programmes like the Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops. Before the DIY culture of punk took hold there was a whole breed of real musicians who honed their craft in the backrooms of pubs. And towards the end of the 70s men's hair was starting to get shorter too.
This compilation has uncovered rarely-seen footage from the likes of Canvey Island's Dr Feelgood, original pub rockers Ducks DeLuxe, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Elvis Costello, Meal Ticket, Steve Gibbons Band, Dave Edmunds and chum Nick Lowe, a pre-Mike & the Mechanics' Paul Carrack in his first band Ace, a post-Faces Ronnie Lane, the Motors, the first TV performance from Dire Straits, Graham Parker and the Rumour and many more. 

GSpot Says:
DVD VOB format
MPEG-2Program Stream << (1 vid, 1 aud)
Sys Bitrate 10080 kb/s VBR 8836 kbps I/L TFF
PAL 16:9
AC3 0xbd(0x80):48000Hz 384 kb/s tot.
Stereo (2/0)