Free - Live!

Contents

Introduction
Live recordings
Documentaries
References

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1. Introduction

The following is a listing of recorded live performances by the original Free - the classic English rock band - comprising Paul Rodgers (vocals), Paul Kossoff (guitar), Andy Fraser (bass) and Simon Kirke (drums). The band played its first gig on 19 April 1968 at the Nag's Head Pub, Battersea, England, and their last performance was at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, 9 May 1971. They later reformed in 1972 for a brief period. However, due to his worsening drug addiction, Kossoff found it difficult to perform live and by the end of that year he and Fraser were no longer part of Free. They were replaced by Tetsu on bass and Rabbit on keyboards, and recorded and performed through to 1973. Also included below are links to their studio recordings, including remastered material, and various documentaries on aspects of the band history and its individual members, along with some pre-Free blues rock material from Kossoff's Black Cat Bones. Some 68 different studio and live songs by Free between 1968-73 have been officially released, according to a Wikipedia listing, though a number of bootlegs are also available with additional, unlisted tracks.

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2. Chronology of live recordings

The following includes links to, and information on, live audio and video recordings by Free, both official and bootleg. As a result, quality varies significantly. Mimed television performances and promotional material is also included. Dates of some gigs are also listed, taken from the Free Official Website listing.

1967

* Paul Kossoff & Black Cat Bones, 1967. YouTube, 16 December 2010, duration: 9.48 minutes. Live rehearsal recording by Paul Kossoff (guitar), Stuart Brooks (bass) and Frank Perry III (drums).

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1968

* Black Cat Bones, The Marquee, London, 1968. YouTube, duration: 77.31 minutes. Band members included: Paul Kossoff - lead guitar, Simon Kirke - drums, Paul Tiller - vocals, harmonica, Stuart Brooks - bass, Derek Brooks - guitar. Tracks: 1. I want to know, 2. Full-time Lover, 3. Killing Floor, 4. I ain't superstitious 4.18, 5. Rock Me Baby 7.24, 6. Don't start me talkin', 7. The Hunter, 8. I got a mind to give up living, 9. Train time, 10. You don't have to go. Other tracks available include: 11. I Want to Right 4.20, For Cry Love 7.59, Unknown title 1 6.31, Unknown title 2 5.18, and Unknown title 3 4.37.

* 19 April 1968 - Nag's Head Pub, Battersea, UK. This was Free's first live gig.

* 22 April 1968, Roll On, Champion Jack Dupree, YouTube, duration: 4.21 minutes. Supported by Black Cat Bones.

* 21 June 1968 – Marquee Club, London, England.

* 23 June 1968 – Parapluie des Vedettes, Huy, Belgium.

* 15 July 1968 - BBC Top Gear program, London. YouTube, 13 October 2015, duration: 11.51 minutes. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. Walk in My Shadow, 2. Moonshine, 3. Free Me, 4. Waiting on You 2.22.

* 1968-71, Free Live at the BBC, 2015. YouTube, 10 July 2022, duration: 126.53 minutes. Live radio sessions.

* 10 October 1968 - Jimmy's, Steine Street, Brighton.

* 14 October 1968 – Marquee Club, London, England. Thereafter for a period has a Monday night residency.

* October - December 1968 - Free record Tons of Sobs at Morgan Studios, London. It is released on 4 March 1969. The remastered version includes the original 10 tracks plus 8 unreleased and bonus tracks. Tracks: 1. Over the Green Hills (Pt. 1) – 0:49; 2. Worry – 3:26; 3. Walk in My Shadow – 3:29; 4. Wild Indian Woman – 3:39; 5. Goin' Down Slow – 8:20; 6. I'm a Mover – 2:56; 7. The Hunter – 4:13; 8. Moonshine – 5:04; 9. Sweet Tooth – 4:54; 10. Over the Green Hills (Pt. 2) – 1:58; 11. I'm a Mover (BBC session) – 3:04; 12. Waitin' on You (BBC session) – 2:15; 13. Guy Stevens Blues – 4:39; 14. Moonshine (Alternative vocal) – 5:09; 15. Sweet Tooth (Early take and alternative vocal) – 4:53; 16. Visions of Hell – 3:46; 17. Woman by the Sea – 3:30; 18. Over the Green Hills (BBC session) – 3:51.

* 15 November 1968 - World Service Rhythm and Blues, BBC. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. Sugar for Mr Morrison 3.41.

* 9 December 1968 - Marquee Club, London, England.

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1969

* 3 January - 6 June 1969 - Free record the Free album in the studio. Released October 1969. The remastered version includes 9 LP tracks plus 9 unreleased and bonus. Tracks: 1. I'll Be Creepin' – 3:27; 2. Songs of Yesterday – 3:33; 3. Lying in the Sunshine – 3:51; 4. Trouble on Double Time – 3:23; 5. Mouthful of Grass – 3:36; 6. Woman – 3:50; 7. Free Me – 5:24; 8. Broad Daylight – 3:15; 9. Mourning Sad Morning – 5:04; 10. The Worm; 11. I'll Be Creepin'; 12. Sugar for Mr. Morrison; 13. Mouthful of Grass; 14. Woman; 15. Trouble on Double Time; 16. Morning Sad Morning.

* 13 January 1969 - Bay Hotel, Sunderland, England.

* 22 February 1969 - University of Leeds, Leeds, England.

* 17 March 1969 - Peel Session, Top Gear, BBC, London. YouTube, 16 October 2015, duration: 13.21 minutes. Live BBC radio session. Tracks: 1. Broad Daylight 0.07, 2. I'm A Mover 3.23, 3. Songs of Yesterday 6.27, 4. Over the Green Hills 9.33.

* 5-7 April 1969 - Hoochie Coochie Man, Golf Drouot, Paris, France. YouTube, duration: 8.47 minutes. See also: Mean Ole World, 5.55 and Walk in My Shadow 4.38. Audience bootleg.

* 12 April 1969 - Colour Me Pop, BBC2, London, England. Tracks: 1. Moonshine, 4.44, 2. I'm A Mover, 2.39, 3. Songs of Yesterday, 2.50, 4. Morning Sad Morning, 4.11. Live vocal on all four, and some live backing.

* 15 May 1969 - Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, England.

* 16 June 1969 - New Friarage Hall, Aylesbury, England.

* 27 June 1969 - Bay Hotel, Sunderland, England.

* June-July 1969, Winterland, San Francisco. YouTube, duration: minutes. Crowd bootleg audio. Tracks: 1. The Hunter, 2. Trouble On Double Time, 3. I'm a Mover, 4. Lying In The Sunshine, 5. Songs Of Yesterday.

* 1 July 1969 - Winterland, San Francisco, California, US.

* 12 July 1969 - Winterland, Madison Square Garden, New York, US.

* 17-21 July 1969 - Ungano's, New York, US.

* 24 & 26 July 1969 - Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, US.

* 27 July 1969 - Boston Tea Party, Boston. YouTube, duration: 17.25 minutes. Live in concert. Tracks: 1. Walk in my Shadow, 2. Moonshine, 3. Songs of Yesterday. Mono and stereo soundboard recording.

* 15 August 1969 - The Forum, Inglewood, California, US.

* 16 August 1969 - Santa Barbara, California, US.

* 30 August 1969 - Isle of Wight Festival. YouTube, duration: 13.47 minutes. Crowd bootleg audio. Tracks: 1. The Hunter, 2. Trouble in Double Time, 3. Songs of Yesterday. Two videos, the second with some silent film of the gig.

* 12 September 1969 - Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, England.

* 13 September 1969 - Rugby Rag Blues Festival, Rugby, England.

* 17 September 1969 - Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, England.

* 27 September 1969 - Van Dike Club, Plymouth, England.

* 29 September 1969 - New Friarage Hall, Aylesbur, England.

* 9 October 1969 - Internationales Essener Pop & Blues Festival, Grugahalle Essen, Germany. YouTube, 26 September 2021, duration: 36.49 minutes. Crowd recorded bootleg audio. Tracks: 1. The Hunter, 2. Woman, 3. Mean Ole World, 4. Free Me, 5. Trouble On Double Time, 6. I'm A Mover, 7. Songs of Yesterday.. Also a brief clip from a documentary of some live footage with voice over.

* 11 October 1969 - Stadhaus, Antwerp, Belgium.

* 12 October 1969 - Olympia, Paris. Photographs by Christian Rose (Facebook).

* 9 November 1969 - Cloud Nine Club, Peterborough, England.

* 21 November 1969 - Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, England.

* 22 November 1969 - University of Leeds, Leeds, England.

* 30 November 1969 - Roundhouse, London, England.

* 2 December 1969 - Stuart Henry Show, BBC. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. Woman 4.21.

* 8 December 1969 - Top Gear, BBC. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. I'm a Mover 3.03, 2. I'll Be Creepin', 3. Trouble on Double Time 3.49, 4. Mouthful of Glass 4.41.

* 26 December 1969, Van Dike Club, Plymouth, England.

* 1969 - All Right Now, GTK, Australia. YouTube, duration: 4.03 minutes. Live in the studio video.

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1970

* January - June 1970 - Free record the LP Fire and Water at Trident Studios, London and released on 26 June 1970. YouTube, 13 December 2018, duration: minutes. Tracks: 1. Fire And Water, 2. Oh I Wept, 3. Remember, 4. Heavy Load, 5. Mr. Big, 6. Don't Say You Love Me, 7. All Right Now (Long Version).

* 9 January 1970 - Country Club, London, England.

* 15 January 1970 - John Peel Sunday Concert, BBC. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. The Hunter 5.22, 2. Woman 4.25, 3. Free Me 7.22, 4. Remember 4.46, 5. Mr Big. YouTube, 18 July 2019, duration: 22 minutes.

* 22 January 1970 - The Syndrome, Chicago, Illinois. Audience bootleg. Tracks: 01. Be My Friend, 02. The Stealer, 03. Woman, 04. Ride On A Pony, 05. Don't Say You Love Me, 06. All Right Now, 07. Fire & Water, 08. Heavy Load, 09. The Highway Song, 10. My Brother Jake

* 23 January 1970 - Coliseum, Chicago, US.

* 29 January 1970 - Beat Club, Germany, TV program. A number of clips are available, including: 1. Fire and Water, 2. Mr Big, 3. Mr Big, 4. Free Me, 7.38, 5. Be My Friend, 5.24. Video: Fire and Water, Beat Club, Germany. YouTube, duration: 3.53 minutes. Live in the studio.

* 29 January 1970 - Mr. Big (version 1), Beat Club, Germany. YouTube, duration: 5.53 minutes. Live in the studio.

* 29 January 1970 Mr. Big (version 2), Beat Club, Germany. YouTube, 12 February 2019, duration: 5.46 minutes. Live in the studio.

* 29 January 1970 - Free Me, Beat Club, Germany. YouTube, 7 January 2019, duration: 7.38 minutes. Live in the studio.

* 30 January 1970 - Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, England.

* 4 February 1970 - The Castle, London, England.

* 6 February 1970 - Crossroads, Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland. YouTube, duration: 6.00 minutes. Tracks: 1. All Right Now, 7. The Hunter, 11. Moonshine, 12. Trouble on Double Time, 13. Mr Big. On Japanese Free Live! CD.

* 13 February 1970 - Oh I Wept, Blackbird, Geneva, Switzerland. YouTube, 6 December 2015, duration: 5.50 minutes.

* 12 February 1970 - K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark. YouTube, duration: minutes. Low quality crowd bootleg audio. Tracks: 6. Fire And Water, 7. I'm a Mover, 8. Ride On Pony, 9. Be My Friend, 10. Heavy Load, 11. Mr. Big, 12. The Stealer, 13. All Right Now.

* 21 February 1970 - Imperial College, London, England.

* 23 February 1970 - Romford, Essex, England.

* 26 February 1970 - Jimmy's, Brighton, England.

* 2 March 1970 – Borough Polytechnic, London, England.

* 13 March 1970 – Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England.

* 15 March 1970 – Surrey Rooms OVAL, London, England.

* 19 March 1970 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle, England.

* 20 March 1970 – Loughton College, Essex, England.

* 21 March 1970 – Van Dike Club, Plymouth, England.

* 22 March 1970 – The Greyhound, Croydon, England.

* 27 April 1970 - Sportsplast, Berlin. YouTube, duration: 42.42 minutes. Low grade audience bootleg recording. Tracks: 1. The Hunter,2. Woman, 3. Songs Of Yesterday, 4. Free Me, 5. I'll Be Creeping, 6. I'm A Mover, 7. Fire And Water, 8. Crossroads, 9. Rock Me Baby.

* 13 June 1970 - Disco 2, BBC2, TV program. Tracks: 1. Fire and Water, 2. Mr Big. Off air bootleg recording.

* 23 June 1970 - Sounds of the Seventies, BBC. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. All Right Now 5.27, 2. Fire and Water 3.03.

* 2 June 1970, All Right Now, Top of the Pops, BBC Television. YouTube, duration: 4.13 minutes. Mimed by band, apart from live vocal.

* 2 July 1970 - John Peel Sunday Concert, BBC. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. Fire and Water 3.57. 2. Be My Friend 5.59, 3. Ride on a Pony 4.33, 4. Mr Big 6.34, 5. Don't Say You Live Me 4.16, 6. Woman 4.16, 7. All Right Now 5.10.

* 24 July 1970 - Doing their thing - Free, Granada TV, Manchester, England. YouTube, duration: 25.46 minutes. Live in the studio. Tracks: 1. Ride on a Pony, 2. Mr Big, 3. Song of Yesterday, 4. I'll be Creepin', 5. All Right Now.

* 30 August 1970 - Free - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival. YouTube, 19 April 2021, duration: 35.05 minutes. Live in concert. Tracks: 1. Ride On A Pony 4:36; 2. Woman 4:27; 3. The Stealer 4:08; 4. Be My Friend 5:03; 5. Mr. Big 5:47; 6. Fire And Water 3:46; 7. I'm A Mover 3:40; 8. The Hunter 5:19; 9. All Right Now 5:12; 10. Cross Road Blues 5:32. Video tracks 4 - 9. All tracks available here.

* 13 September 1970 - Fairfield Hall, Croydon. Tracks: 2. I'm a Mover, 3. Be My Friend, 4. Fire and Water, 5. Ride on a Pony, 6. Mr Big 6.21, 9. Woman, 10. Walk in My Shadow 4.15, 14. All Right Now.

* September 1970 - Free record the LP Highway at the Island Studios, London. It is released in December 1970. The remastered version includes the original 9 tracks plus 6 bonus tracks. Tracks: 1. The Highway Song 4:14; 2. The Stealer 3:14; 3. On My Way 4:04; 4. Be My Friend 5:45; 5. Sunny Day 3:07; 6. Ride on a Pony 4:17; 7. Love You So 4:54; 8. Bodie 3:05; 9. Soon I Will Be Gone 3:01; 10. My Brother Jake 2:49; 11. Only My Soul 2:27; 12. Ride on a Pony (BBC Session) 4:27; 13. Be My Friend (BBC Session) 5:34; 14. Rain (Alternate version) 3:54; 15. The Stealer (Single mix) 3:21.

* circa November 1970 - The Stealer, 1970, YouTube, 28 February 2009, duration: 4.32 minutes. Unreleased live in the studio version, with guitar overdubs.

* 21 November 1970 - Free - Live in Vienna, Konzerthaus, Vienna. YouTube, 16 February 2016, duration: 46.35 minutes. Tracks: 1. The Hunter, 2. Fire And Water, 3. I'm A Mover, 4. Ride On A Pony, 5. Be My Friend, 6. Mr Big, 7. Songs Of Yesterday, 8. Heavy Load, 9. All Right Now.

* December 1970 - The Stealer, YouTube, 24 May 2009, duration: 4.03 minutes. Live promotional clip. No guitar overdubs.

* 10 December 1970 - The Stealer, Hits A Go Go, Switzerland. YouTube, 16 January 2024, duration: 4.40 minutes. Live television studio performance plus interview. Version with no overlaid text or interview and better sound here.

* 12 December 1970 - Radiohuset, Stockholm, Sweden. YouTube, duration: 74.02 minutes. Live radio concert. Tracks: 1. The Stealer 4.11, 2. Fire and Water 4.26, 3. Ride on Pony 5.12, 4. Heavy Load 6.17, 5. Woman 4.50, 6. I Love You So 5.50, 7. Be My Friend 6.12, 8. Mr Big 7.13, 9. All Right Now 4.56.

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1971

* 22 January 1971 - Santa Monica Stadium, California. YouTube, 25 October 2021, duration: 77.05 minutes. Live in concert soundboard recording. Tracks: 1. Be My Friend, 2. The Stealer, 3. Woman, 4. Ride On Pony, 5.3 Don't Say You Love Me, 6. All Right Now, 7. Fire And Water, 8. Heavy Load, 9. The Highway Song, 10. My Brother Jake, 11. Soon I'll Be Gone, 12. I'm A Mover, 13. Mr. Big, 14. The Hunter, 15. Rock Me Baby.

* 5 February 1971 - Victoria Hall, Stoke on Trent, England. Island Records tour with The Amazing Blondel. 5 February - 7 March 1971.

* 6 February 1971 - Liverpool Stadium, England.

* 7 February 1971 - Fairfield Hall, Croydon, England.

* 8 February 1971 - Town Hall, Oxford, England.

* 11 February 1971 - Guild Hall, Plymouth, England.

* 13 February 1971 - City Hall, Hull, England.

* 14 February 1971 - Empire Theatre, Sunderland, England.

* 18 February 1971 - Guild Hall, Portsmouth, England.

* 19 February 1971 - Colston Hall, Bristol, England.

* 20 February 1971 - Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, England.

* 21 February 1971 - Civic Hall, Guilford, England.

* 22 February 1971 - Regent Theatre, Brighton, England.

* 23 February 1971 - De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England.

* 24 February 1971 - Town Hall, Birmingham, England.

* 26 February 1971 - The Stealer, Sheffield City Hall, England. YouTube, duration: 5.50 minutes. See also: I'm a Mover, The Highway Song, All Right Now, Mr. Big, My Brother Jake, Ride on a Pony.

* 27 February 1971 - City Hall, Newcastle, England.

* 1 March 1971 - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

* 2 March 1971 - Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England.

* 7 March 1971 - Lyceum, Strand, London, England.

* 19 April 1971 - Sounds of the Seventies, BBC. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. Be My Friend (Take 1) 6.06, 2. Be My Friend (Take 2), 3. Ride on a Pony (Take 1) 0.08, 4. Ride on a Pony (Take 2) 4.30, 5. Ride on a Pony (Take 3) 1.22, 6. Ride on a Pony (Take 4) 0.23, 7. Ride on a Pony (Take 5) 4.28, 8. Get Where I Belong 3.25.

* June 1971 - Free Live, LP, Island Records, 1971. Recorded at Sunderland (January 1970) and Croydon (September 1970) and released in June 1971. YouTube, 8 March 2022, duration: 40.37 minutes. The remastered version included 8 tracks plus 7 bonus tracks. Tracks: 1. All Right Now – 6:24; 2. I'm a Mover – 3:46; 3. Be My Friend – 5:56; 4. Fire and Water – 3:56; 5. Ride on Pony – 4:30; 6. Mr. Big (Andy Fraser, Simon Kirke, Paul Kossoff, Paul Rodgers) – 6:13; 7. The Hunter – 5:29; 8. Get Where I Belong – 4:19; 9. "Woman" – 4:32; 10. "Walk in My Shadow" – 4:15; 11. "Moonshine" – 9:08; 12. "Trouble on Double Time" – 3:57; 13. "Mr Big" (Alternative Take) – 5:26; 14. "All Right Now" (Alternative Take) – 4:43; 15. "Get Where I Belong" (Alternative Take) – 4:22.

* 1 May 1971 - Live at Sankei Hall, Tokyo. YouTube, duration: 61.29 minutes. Crowd sourced bootleg audio. Tracks: 1 - Fire And Water, 2 - Ride A Pony, 3 - I'm A Mover, 4 - Be My Friend, 5 - The Stealer, 6 - Heavy Load, 7 - The Highway Song, 8 - My Brother Jake, 9 - Soon I Will Be Gone, 10 - All Right Now, 11 - Mr. Big, 12 - The Hunter.

* 6 May 1971 - Live at Beatty Park Aquatic Centre, Perth, Australia. YouTube, 8 March 2023, duration: 24.33 minutes. Tracks: Fire & Water, Ride on a Pony, I Wanna Be Your Baby, Be My Friend, I'm A Mover, All Right Now.

* 9 May 1971 - Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia. Live concert audience bootleg recording. Final concert by the original band prior to their temporary reformation during 1972 and eventual departure of Andy Fraser and Paul Kossoff by the end of that year.

* 13 May 1971 - My Brother Jake, Top of the Pops, BBC Television. YouTube, duration: 3.57 minutes. Mimed by the band; plus extended version with the two different clips and interview, duration: 7.10 minutes.

The following is a Guitar World description of the song and video by Neville Marten: My Brother Jake (Released 23rd April 1971) deserves a place on any ‘greatest pop/rock songs ever’ list. Penned by Fraser and Rodgers, it gave the former a chance to show off his excellent piano chops. Kossoff plays delightful rhythm throughout the song, which Fraser set in the home key of E. Kossoff often used unusual chord shapes - most likely gleaned from his six years of classical guitar training - like a full C-shaped barre chord B/E at the 11th fret, or a 9th-fret F#m7 over Fraser’s B bass to create a gospel style B11. It’s so measured and ‘right’ against Fraser’s beautiful piano work and again shows four musicians in perfect harmony. Rodgers’ vocal is, as always, sublime. There’s no solo as such but Kossoff’s Strat (it was a Strat in the available film footage) delivers tasty, clean neck-pickup fills during the early verses, switching to Hendrix-style licks and runs for the bridge to perfectly compliment what Fraser is doing on piano and bass. Towards the finish the clean guitars give way to typical top-of-the neck bends drenched in distortion and reverb. Fabulous stuff! My Brother Jake is unlike anything else Free recorded. Yet it’s clearly a band performance with probably the rhythm track played live and overdubs added later. But, you know, a song like this is almost too good for a mere music journo to unpick. So why not sit back and listen, marvelling at what these four guys, all between 18 and 21 years of age, pulled out of the hat more than half a century ago.

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1972

* 1 January 1972 - Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, England.

* 1 February 1972 - Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, England.

* 3 February 1972 - Sheffield City Hall, England. YouTube, duration: 157.26 minutes.

* 4 February 1972 - Central Hall, University of York, England.

* 10 February 1972 - Royal Albert Hall, London, England.

* 18 February 1972 - The LCR, Norwich, England.

* 20 February 1972 - Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-Upon-Trent. YouTube, 15 February 2017, duration: 81.53 minutes. Tracks: 1. Ride on a Pony 5:34, 2. Fire and Water 4:26, 3. Soldier Boy 3:11, 4. Be My Friend 6:18, 5. Little Bit of Love 3:34, 6. The Highway Song 5:10, 7. Hold on 6:01, 8. My Brother Jake 3:08, 9. Lady 4:27, 10. Heart Breaker 2:24 (fade out), 11. Mr. Big 7:05, 12. I'm a Mover 4:12, 13. All Right Now 6:13, 14. Travellin' Man 5:12, 15. The Hunter 8:12, 16. Crossroads 6:37. Crowd sourced bootleg.

* 24 February 1972 - Green's Playhouse, Glasgow, Scotland.

* 22 April 1972 - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, California, US.

* 25 April 1972 - Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama, US.

* 30 April 1972 - Tampa Stadium, Florida. YouTube, Part 1 - duration: 27.38 minutes; Part 2 - duration: 30.09 minutes. Live in concert. Tracks: 1. The Hunter. 2. Fire and Water. 3. Ride on a Pony, 4. Be My Friend, 5. Catch a Train, 6. Hold On, 7. Little Bit of Love. 8. Mr. Big. 9. All Right Now. 10. Travellin' Man.

* 6 May 1972 - Academy of Music, New York, US.

* 12 May 1972 - Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Tennesee, US.

* 13 May 1972 - Greensboro Coliseum, NC, US.

* 14 May 1972 - Greenville Memorial Auditorium, SC, New York, US.

* 22 July 1972 - Kourakuen Kyuujou, Tokyo, Japan.

* 24 July 1972 - Koushien Kyuujou, Nishinomiya, Japan.

* 29 & 30 July 1972 - Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary. No Kossoff.

* 14 September 1972 - Empire Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland.

* 15 September 1972 - Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle, England.

* 4 October 1972 - Kossoff collapses at the Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle gig. The gig is rescheduled for the 20th. He returns to the tour at Durham on 4 October.

* 12 October 1972 - The Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, England.

* 14 October 1972 - Bracknell Sports Centre, Berkshire, England, YouTube, duration: 62.46 minutes. Live in concert as part of the Heartbreaker Tour. Personnel include Rogers, Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu (bass) and Rabbit (piano). Tracks: 1. Heartbreaker 6.22; 2. I'm on the Run 5.37; 3. Soldier Boy 3.10; 4. Child 6.23; 5. Everyday I Have the Blues 8.36; 6. Come Together in the Morning 5.46; 7. Wishing Well 5.41; 8. Seven Angels 4.55; 9. Fire and Water 4.28; 10. All Right Now 6.01; 11. The Hunter 5.03.

* 17 October 1972 - Heartbreaker, Portsmouth Guild Hall, England. YouTube, duration: 5.49 minutes.

* 20 October 1972, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle. This was Free's last UK gig with Paul Kossoff. A number of photographs by Ian Dickson are known.

* 23 October - November 1972 - Free record the LP Heartbreaker at the Island Studios, London. It is released in January 1973. The remastered version include the original 8 tracks plus 6 bonus tracks. Tracks: 1. "Wishing Well" Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Tetsu Yamauchi, Paul Kossoff, John Bundrick 3:43; 2. "Come Together in the Morning" Rodgers 4:38; 3. "Travellin' in Style" Rodgers, Kirke, Yamauchi, Kossoff, Bundrick 4:01; 4. "Heartbreaker" Rodgers 6:12; 5. "Muddy Water" Bundrick 4:15; 6. "Common Mortal Man" Bundrick 4:06; 7. "Easy on My Soul" Rodgers 3:44; 8. "Seven Angels" Rodgers 5:03; "Wishing Well" (US mix) – 3:39 (includes additional guitar overdubs by Walden); 9. "Let Me Show You" (Single 'B' side) (Rodgers, Kirke, Yamauchi, Bundrick) – 3:01; 10. "Muddy Water" (Alternative vocals) – 4:15; 11. "Hand Me Down/Turn Me Round" (Prospective album track) (Bundrick) – 3:19; 12. "Heartbreaker" (Rehearsal version) – 5:40; 14. "Easy on My Soul" (Rehearsal version) – 8:42.

One of the last Free songs to feature Paul Kossoff was the alternate edit of Heartbreaker, likely from the October - November studio session 1972, though the band had been playing the song live as early as February of that year and the recording may date from that period when Free at Last was being recorded.

* 1972 - Heartbreaker, alternate mix, 1972. YouTube, 9 November 2019, duration: 6.31 minutes.

* 10 December 1972 - The Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham, England. YouTube. duration: 57.31 minutes. Tracks: 01. I'm On The Run, 02. Heartbreaker, 03. Soldier Boy, 04. Come Together In The Morning, 05. Everyday I Have The Blues, 06. Child, 07. Wishing Well, 08. Seven Angels, 09. Fire And Water, 10. Allright Now.

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3. Documentaries

* Chris Gormlie (dir.), Free: The true story behind the iconic rock band, 2003, YouTube, 28 September 2024, duration: 59.02 minutes. Documentary history of Free.

* Free Forever, YouTube, 3 March 2015, duration: 55.30 minutes. Documentary history of Free.

* Inside Free, Classic Rock Productions, parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. YouTube, duration: 60 minutes.

* Late Great Paul - David Kossoff on his son Paul, YouTube, 30 October 2020, duration: 53.56 minutes. Recording of the live theatre performance on the life of Paul Kossoff by his actor father David Kossoff.

* Simon Kirke, YouTube, 12 March 2021, duration: 73.05 minutes. Interview.

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3. References

Clayton, David, and Todd K. Smith, Heavy Load: The Story of Free, Moonshine Publishing, 2003, 300p.

Free Remasters 1969-73, Dereksmusicblog [blog], 5 January 2017.

James, J.P., Paul Kossoff : All Right Now - The Guitars, The Gear, The Music, Troubadour Publishing, 2017, 424p.

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