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Free Highway (1970)

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Free - Highway
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Artist...............: Free
Album................: Highway (re-issue w/bonus tracks)
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: NMR
Year.................: 1970
Ripper...............: NMR
Codec................: LAME
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........:

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Tracklisting
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1. (00:04:18) Free - The Highway Song
2. (00:03:18) Free - The Stealer
3. (00:04:03) Free - On My Way
4. (00:05:49) Free - Be My Friend
5. (00:03:10) Free - Sunny Day
6. (00:04:20) Free - Ride On A Pony
7. (00:04:56) Free - Love You So
8. (00:03:07) Free - Bodie
9. (00:03:11) Free - Soon I Will Be Gone
10. (00:02:52) Free - My Brother Jake (Single)
11. (00:02:30) Free - Only My Soul (Single B Side)
12. (00:04:31) Free - Ride On A Pony (BBC Session)
13. (00:05:37) Free - Be My Friend (BBC Session)
14. (00:03:57) Free - Rain (Alternative Version)
15. (00:03:23) Free - The Stealer (Single Version)

Playing Time.........: 00:59:00
Total Size...........: 135.06 MB

NFO generated on.....: 6/26/2008 4:40:54 PM


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Highway is the fourth studio album by English rock band Free. It was
recorded extremely quickly in September 1970 following the band's success at
the Isle of Wight Festival but with an attitude of relaxation, having achieved
worldwide success with their previous album Fire and Water and the single
"All Right Now". It is a low-key and introspective album compared with its
predecessors.

From a writing point of view Highway continued in the same vein as previous
albums, with Paul Rodgers and Andy Fraser collaborating on seven of the
nine songs. For the most part it was the easiest of their albums to record as
they had achieved their desire to have a hit single and returned to the studio
with renewed confidence. Paul Kossoff however found sudden fame more
difficult to deal with, and remembered the aftermath of 'All Right Now' as
being "a great increase in pressure from every angle" (quoted in Phil
Sutcliffe's liner notes). He preferred the more serious, weighty songs on the
album such as "Be My Friend", which he saw as an antidote to the "frivolity"
of "All Right Now".

It was their last album to be recorded in a position of success and security, as
its failure contributed to the emotionally-insecure Kossoff's growing drug
addiction and the band's temporary split, from which it never truly recovered.
Some, including Simon Kirke, also cite the death of Kossoff's idol Jimi Hendrix
(which occurred during the sessions for this album), as an important factor in
his eventual breakdown.
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