Описание
Free- WALK IN MY SHADOW: AN INTRODUCTION TO FREE- CD- 03.11.1998-
- Island Records Ltd./PolyGram Company- 731452455529- 400 grn
ISLAND MASTERS Series.
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. The band was 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. The fact that Free and Zeppelin were cut from the same cloth is immediately apparent, even before you start comparing the versions of "The Hunter" included on 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 Free has a density that makes Zeppelin and the rest of the era's rock contemporaries sound like flyweights by comparison. Free emerged from the British blues boom with a tight, muscular style that framed Paul Rodgers' throaty voice. Guitarist Paul Kossoff provides the perfect foil with incisive, measured solos. This transformed the group from club to festival status. Free's unhurried, careful intensity is captured perfectly on the songs charged with emotion. Where many contemporaries tended towards excess, Free implied a resonant power, particularly through Andy Fraser's liquid bass work, which weaves between the melody lines, rather than asserting them. Free is a high spot in heavy rock. Rather than merely asserting masculine qualities, they also shows a rare vulnerability. The album is a mere 14 tracks long. While the track listing is by no means dire, it offers nothing new over the many other Free best of's available and it will delight those not familiar with the bands various styles. Overall, however, Island's The Free Story or the five-CD compilation Songs Of Yesterday are far wiser purchases than WALK IN MY SHADOW: AN INTRODUCTION TO FREE.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Clear Tray Includes 12-Page Booklet.
Made In Germany.
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