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Free broke up in 1971 due to tensions between members of the band. [1] In September, the group's first live album Free Live! was released, reaching number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and number 89 on the Billboard 200. [3] [6] The non-album single "My Brother Jake", released the same year, peaked at number 4 in the UK. [4]
Free recorded one more album, Heartbreaker, before disbanding in 1973; Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke went on to co-form the more successful rock supergroup Bad Company. [8] Paul Kossoff formed Back Street Crawler in 1973, but died from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 25 in 1976. [ 9 ]
Free Live! is the first live album by English rock band Free.It was rush-released by Island Records to commemorate the band, who had broken up in April 1971. Possibly because of the publicity caused by their breakup (which had also earned them a successful parting single "My Brother Jake" that same month) the album was a hit, reaching No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart. [2]
Free is the second studio album by English rock band Free, recorded and released in 1969. It saw the burgeoning of the songwriting partnership between Paul Rodgers and 16-year-old bassist Andy Fraser; eight of the nine songs are credited to the two. The album performed poorly, failing to chart in the UK and in the US. [2]
This is a list of all songs performed by the English rock band Free. Songs recorded by Free. Title Year Release Songwriter(s) Notes "All Right Now" 1970
Fire and Water is the third studio album by English rock band Free, released in 1970.It became the band's breakthrough album, achieving widespread commercial success as the band's first two studio albums were not successful.
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Heartbreaker is the sixth and final studio album by the English rock band Free, that provided them with one of their most successful singles, "Wishing Well".It was recorded in late 1972 after bassist Andy Fraser had left the band and while guitarist Paul Kossoff was ailing from an addiction to Mandrax (Quaalude) and features a different line up from previous albums.