''The Free Story'' is the second greatest hits
album by
Free
Free may refer to:
Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procur ...
, and the first which was released outside of the US. It was released on 31 December 1973 by
Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...
. The album reached number 2 in the
UK Albums Chart and stayed in the charts for 6 weeks. On 22 July 2013, the album was awarded a silver certification by the
BPI,
for UK album sales of over 60,000 units.
The album covers the entire studio album collection of Free from their debut album ''
Tons of Sobs
''Tons of Sobs'' is the debut studio album by the English rock band Free, released in the UK on 14 March 1969. While the album failed to chart in the UK, it reached number 197 in the US. Free are cited as one of the definitive bands of the Brit ...
'' through to their final studio album ''
Heartbreaker
Heartbreaker(s) or The Heart Breaker(s) may refer to:
Film and television
*''The Heart Breakers'', a 1916 film starring Andrew Arbuckle
*''The Heart Breaker'', a 1925 film directed by Benjamin Stoloff
* ''Heartbreaker'' (1983 film), an American f ...
'' and includes their biggest hit single "
All Right Now".
It also has two non-Free tracks - ''Just For The Box'', from the album Kossoff Kirke Tetsu Rabbit, and the song ''Lady'', from Rodgers' post-Free group, Peace, which included bassist Stewart McDonald and drummer Mick Underwood. The original intention was to include the version of Travelling Man by Andy Fraser's 1971 group Toby, but (probably at the insistence of Fraser) this track was removed and replaced by Free's version. Some German copies of the album have the Toby version.
Initial copies of the album in the UK had an individual serial number on the front in the manner of
The Beatles'
''The Beatles'' ("The White Album").
Track listing
References
Free (band) compilation albums
1973 greatest hits albums
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