FREE-HIGHWAY-ISLAND 1ST PRESS PINK RIM ILPS.9138 1970

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Jun 23, 2013 Sold Date

Jun 13, 2013 Start Date

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FREE-HIGHWAY TYPE SINGLE LP -STEREO LABEL/PRESSING INFO

ISLAND PINK RIM 1ST PRESS WITH EMI MATRIX NUMBERS ILPS 9138 A-1U & ILPS 9138 B-1U

CATALOGUE NUMBER ILPS-9138 YEAR OF RELEASE 1970 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE SINGLE INSERTS/EXTRAS LINED ISLAND INNER GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s) EXCELLENT+ (NICE CLEAN RECORD with VERY LIGHT playwear and VERY LIGHT surface handling marks-PLAYS AND SOUNDS GREAT) LABELS

EXCELLENT+ ( CLEAN LABELS with NO writing rips tears stickers or removal marks VERY LIGHT spindleusage and VERY LIGHT handling and usage)

SLEEVE

Front board.Inner gatefold EX CLEAN SLEEVE with NO writing rips tears user stickers or removal marks .The the front board has light rubbing and pressure marking with some light creasing around the top. Rear board EX REAR board is clean with light storage and ageing, again with some light creasing around the top area Flipbacks N/A N/A Spine EX+ Spine is complete and uncrushed with clear writing and very light storage wear Top & bottom edge EX+ Top and bottom edges have very light wear only Opening EX+ Opening itself has VERY LIGHT wear and VERY LIGHT usage Corners EX The corners have just LIGHT wear INNER /EXTRAS

ISLAND INNER: EXCELLENT (Clean with NO rips some wear around the opening and small tape repair along bottom edge)

DETAILS

Highway was recorded just three months after Free scored the career-redefining hit "Alright Now," and while their profile was at a career-topping high, their morale was heading toward an all-time low. Guitarist Paul Kossoff was reeling from the death of friend Jimi Hendrix; a new single, "The Stealer" -- the follow-up to The Hit -- bellyflopped ignominiously; and, when the album followed suit, the band itself was not far behind.

Heavily influenced by their admiration of the Band, Highway has understandably been described as Free's answer to Music From Big Pink, sharing both the laid-back vibe and mellow looseness of that role model. Where it went awry, of course, was in the fact that Free were not cut out to be country-rock guitar-twangers, no matter how fiery their missionary zeal. Yet, the strutting rockers "The Stealer" and "Ride on a Pony" alone shatter the brave new mood, while reflective romancers like "Love You So" and "Be My Friend" could well have been composed specifically to rid the band of the shadow of "Alright Now," and prove that underneath the coolest exterior, there beat a heart of the molten gold.

Of course, Free had bathed in such waters before, and the closing "Soon I Will Be Gone" certainly bears comparison with any of their past ballads.

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