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Free - Fire And Water (Remastered 200 Gram Japan) (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Fire And Water 4:02
  2. Oh I Wept 4:29
  3. Remember 4:28
  4. Heavy Load 5:20
  5. Mr. Big 5:58
  6. Don't Say You Love Me 6:06
  7. All Right Now 5:32

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If Fleetwood Mac, Humble Pie, and Foghat were never formed, Free would be considered one of the greatest post-Beatles blues-rock bands to date, and this record shows why. Conceptually fresh, with a great, roots-oriented, Band-like feel, Free distinguished itself with the public like Black Sabbath and Deep Purple did (in terms of impact, only) in 1970. A lot of people thought that they were in the same league; buttressed by the FM hit "All Right Now," the entire album and group presented itself to the world as a complete band, in every sense of the word. From Paul Kosoff's exquisite and tasteful guitar work, to Paul Rodgers' soulful vocals, this was a group that was easily worthy of the Cream, Blind Faith, or Derek and the Dominos mantle.