Have we succeeded? We think so. Before long we shall have covered with our narratives an enormous period of time; between the "Comtesse de Salisbury' and the "Comte de Monte Christo" five centuries and a half are compresed. Well, we assert that we have taught France as much history about those five centuries and a half as any historian. This passage is from The Companions of Jehu which was written by Alexandre Dumas pere.
Shut up about comparing Free with Zep all the time. Ive got all the free albums and all the led Zep albums. The don't sound anything like each other. The only thing that they have in common is They both played blues and both were a four piece. You seem to take it personnel Like it matters.. You like what you like and thats it.
Bassist Andy Fraser was only 17 and key songwriter in Free! Wow what an extraordinary bunch of talent! Paul Rodgers and Kossoff... what an extraordinary era !
Booooooooo!!!!!!! It is your opinion, but the thing is, you're completely fuckin wrong. Apples and oranges. And if you want to go through life with that kind of narrow view on things, have a great time. Wouldn't want to be you, though.
@sunburnedgoat Whatever. I just want to say that I didn't check this video out to hate on Free. i came because I was interested in hearing them play in a festival I admire, and I thought they had a similar sound to Zep. However, I also thought they were inferior to said band. So I commented as such. I realize it may have been harsh, particularly for a Free fan to read, but even so, don't be an prick and make assumptions about the openness of my mind. I'm just not moved by this one band. Deal?
@MushiePuppet17 Free was a great funky bluesy band that carved a lot of soul out there,,,on mono radio with no tv coverage they influenced a lot of early hard rock , and many people like me were extremely grateful to have them around. They donthave the extremities of Zep, but they got magic brother BIG TIME
@MushiePuppet17 ...it is not,FREE is always up there with the best,if only kossoff had lived until today and they had stayed together as a band,They would be unstoppable,kossoff is surely up there with the best and andy what can you say,simply amazing..kirke is the most conservative in the band and rodgers is a legend.
Simon Kirke... Solid, dependable and always in the pocket! What more do you need in a drummer! Add to the mix Paul Kossoff, Andy Fraser and Paul Rogers and you have pure magic!
@SouthernPride76 Yeah, first time I heard this song was at age 11 and I thought, woo damn cool bass ... today still the same ... fucking great bass line.
Dear Semanray, the reason they use two guitars is to have a guitar stereo effect on live performances most vocalist prefer that method. ie;Coverdale,Lynnot and many other vocalist use it to duplicate the same sound as on the record.
Kossoff was the best blues player ever from England, he dad such deep feeling for his music,such a sad loss, mind Rodgers posturing looks a bit suspect now. best band in the world
@MegaBilly52 I think Peter Green myself, but its all swings and roundabouts when comparing musicians, love them both in different ways, but equally for their feel, tone, love of music and dedication, (dedication, dedication, as Roy Castle used to say) Remember that?
@lesburst Peter Green, now there is another great blues player, very differant style to Koss but just as effective for feel. late 60s early 70s was a great time for guitarists, Keep the faith lesburst
Man this is amazing both songs all though the second one is amazing. and the recording is studio worthy. but this is definatly not isle of wight lol this is inside for sure
don't look much like the isle of wight . i was at this festival in 1970 and 1968 &1969 was it really 39 years ago? feels like it was yesterday still live here and going to the modern i. of w. festivals, you can't beat good music.
All of the bands back then grew up playing the Blues, so their songs were all Blues based and that's why such absolutely fantastic and memorable music was written. Today, most musicians don't know jack about the Blues and it shows. What a tragedy. Thank God I experienced that era.
@renegademax And today's youth needs to know the Blues must be LIVED. It's not a style to cop, it's not a lick, or the clothes one wears, and it sure as heck can't be "downloaded." It's raw soul in a single note, the miracle of a birth, the grief of loss, the magic and pain of love, luscious pleasure, the burn of suffering, consummate in the gratitude to be alive and sung & played for the Universe to hear.
@pactater Back then, most of us were either employed in some shitty dead end job or unemployed, with no way out except though the arts - music being the most predominant. Many US Blues musicians toured and that's what influenced the music scene the most, resulting in the amazing music.
Pain is always personal, predicated on ones own subjective interpretation. Whilst a lot of us didn't go through what Blacks did, most of us did come from our own personal hell. I know I did. Long live the Blues.
@renegademax well said I totally agree I grew up in this era too and feel we got the best variety music wise and just love this blues based music and use it as a benchmark against all others, will admit do not listen to much these days of modern music , this was more heart felt. and raw, still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up when listened to.
@peterm3964 Long Live Paul Kossoff. All due respect to the up loader of this but, It's sad the tags on here have to reflect towards Bad Company only, to find this great video. I don't disagree with that, but It gets me how vague up-loaders are with their descriptions.This band is so much hotter than BC and needs all the PR an up loader can give. Just for the reason of the young shredders who think today is original if nothing else.
"GEE! I didn't realize that Paul Rodgers was the Whole Band?"
@peterm3964 'I do not like the reappearance of The Jesuits ... If ever there was a body of men who merited damnation on earth and in hell, it is this society of Loyola's. Nevertheless, we are compelled by our system of religous toleration to offer them an asylum.' John Adams, 2nd President of the U.S.A
It's maybe cool and better for a rocker that he has long hair but there are a lot of great rockers that don't have long hair!!! I listen to music, I don't watch to how the rockers look like! It's all about the music!
purpleandzeppelin..it's paul KOSSOFF....i know it must be hard for you to understand his last name comeing from a mentally retarded mind like your's but it's ok you'll get it soon enough.
Paul Kossoff is my guitar idol.He had a very soulful technique. Using pauses and space not fast flashy shit everyone else at the time was doing, and a fantastic vibrato! He wrote some great bluesy riffs too. Crazy to think he was only my age when he recorded Fire and Water.
PS. You guys really know your bass players! I would agree with many of you. Andy Fraser, Jack Bruce, John Entwistle....God, so may great musicians to choose from. :-))))))
Hi NotAnIssue. It's not very complicated. In those days (the Olden Days! hehehe) there was a mic for the P.A. (out front, audience) and another one for the recording (film or whatever).
Can someone explain to me why there were often 2 microphones taped together in these days? Was one for recording the live shows? Or some reverb effect or what?
Just for increased volume on the lead vocal. PA systems were pretty ptimitive, and the instruments were way loud relative to the vocals. This is actually a very good mix for a live show.
I would have to agree with you. Jack Bruce is probable my favorite basses. I also really like Andy Fraziers style. Only change I would be is to add John Entwistle, of the Who, to the list of great basses. Again just an opinion...........
Can anyone tell me how he fingers the 3 chords at 0:24. A book I have says: A5, Am, Dsus4,but I can't figure how he plays them. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jack is very important musician and compozer,but after Rodgers performances all singers from sixties almost stopped to sing.Actually there are lots of similarities between Cream and Free,good and bad ones.
have ye actually HEARD Jack play bass....he changed the way bass was played- first bassist to make the bass STAND OUT and come centre stage! Ever seen SUPERSHOW '69 by any chance? heard his 1st three solo LP's? ANdy's frickin brill as well , i must admit!Dead funky...specially on Ride a Pony
Nope. Jack Bruce was just another blues bassist. The person who changed the way bass was played, by being the first to do cool stuff and make it stand out was jack CASADY. Make no mistake good sir.
that's not a bad idea, but jack bruce wasn't "just another blues bassist", he was classically trained, and i think badge shows that. that aside i do sort of agree =P casady is a lot more.. dynamic.
Extremely underrated in my opinion. I can't understand why Free don't get more credit for what they did. Just look at their age, compared to their talent. None to match em... If you ask me. :)
It was before the accountants took over music...anything went in those days..including the overlooking of great talents like Free....c'est la vie, mon ami...
just been listening for about 45 minutes .. to free videos and songs i didn't know where avaialable.
and yes some of you are right. videos claiming to be live do not have original live audio. it's been put on very slightly out of sync, shame really. but better than loosing al trace of
the best british band that didn't quite make it.
EXCEPT THEY DID but not in the the same way as those other bands of the time.
do other old bands still get to you in the way this band does STILL
Spot on. The radio has never done this band justice. Thnx for posting this.
Such an incredible band and powerful unit. I love Bad Company too, but this is uninhibited blues rock at it's best. It didn't get any better than this. This kind of inspiring music could have only come out during the late 60's early 70's.
i've only discovered the music from the late 60's/end 70's THIS year -out of them all (CREAM/HUMBLE PIE/FREE/"old" FLEETWOOD MAC/ZEP(well i knew bout THEM...but hadnt really "listened")) hands down winner IMO is CREAM - I am addicted.i had no idea WHAT I was missin'....
I'm 52 now, but saw FREE live in my younger days playing at Manchester Students Union Hall in the UK. They will always be my favourite rock band. Amazing! AND glad to hear that Paul Rodgers is still doing the music scene in America. We really need more of this NOW in the UK.
This is not Isle of Wight. But I love this group so that alright. I think Kossoff is one of the best guitarists I have ever heard. I have many of Frees albums and I think they were one of the best and most influential rock groups ever.
It's not the Isle Of Wight, per se (however, my guess is that the poster has either the original "Best Of Free" video or the new "Free Forever" DVD . . . both these releases featured, in addition to the clips playing here, 3 performances from Free's Isle Of Wight show in 1970). The clips playing here are "The Stealer" and a live performance of "Ride On A Pony" from Free's televised Granda tv show (aired July 24th, 1970), respectively.
These were the days of rock music. Just look at all the guitar wankers out there now (Vai, Satriani, all the shredders). Where is the FEELING with that? Thanks for posting!
I don't know where it was filmed, but it was great! but the audience look like some sort of goof-ass convention. THEY'RE NOT WORTHY...THEY'RE NOT WORTHY.
free é do caralhooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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uriahheep108 4 months ago
Shut up about comparing Free with Zep all the time. Ive got all the free albums and all the led Zep albums. The don't sound anything like each other. The only thing that they have in common is They both played blues and both were a four piece. You seem to take it personnel Like it matters.. You like what you like and thats it.
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blindboybenton 5 months ago
Bassist Andy Fraser was only 17 and key songwriter in Free! Wow what an extraordinary bunch of talent! Paul Rodgers and Kossoff... what an extraordinary era !
eisenyeo 5 months ago
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MrKinyras 6 months ago
Paul Kossoff was epic
susanneconway 6 months ago
That bassist is a good looking young chap - is he still around these days?
mattdb1983 6 months ago in playlist 2011
@mattdb1983 yep living in usa writing music.. singing in his own sort of reggae band. His also Gay and HIV.
There is a few videos on the net . Andy fraser is the name
blindboybenton 5 months ago
@blindboybenton next youre gonna tell us the world is round. oh my, now what are u gonna do
jody24ful 1 month ago
Paul Rodgers beard sprang up fast!
mattdb1983 6 months ago
@mattdb1983 @ 3.03
mattdb1983 6 months ago
Free-- the poor man's Led Zeppelin.
MushiePuppet17 7 months ago
@MushiePuppet17 that's a fucked up thing to say!
mattdb1983 6 months ago
@mattdb1983 I suppose it is, but that's my opinion.
MushiePuppet17 6 months ago
@MushiePuppet17 fair enough ;)
mattdb1983 6 months ago
@MushiePuppet17
Booooooooo!!!!!!! It is your opinion, but the thing is, you're completely fuckin wrong. Apples and oranges. And if you want to go through life with that kind of narrow view on things, have a great time. Wouldn't want to be you, though.
sunburnedgoat 6 months ago
@sunburnedgoat Whatever. I just want to say that I didn't check this video out to hate on Free. i came because I was interested in hearing them play in a festival I admire, and I thought they had a similar sound to Zep. However, I also thought they were inferior to said band. So I commented as such. I realize it may have been harsh, particularly for a Free fan to read, but even so, don't be an prick and make assumptions about the openness of my mind. I'm just not moved by this one band. Deal?
MushiePuppet17 6 months ago
@MushiePuppet17 Free was a great funky bluesy band that carved a lot of soul out there,,,on mono radio with no tv coverage they influenced a lot of early hard rock , and many people like me were extremely grateful to have them around. They donthave the extremities of Zep, but they got magic brother BIG TIME
stormcats2 6 months ago
@MushiePuppet17 ...it is not,FREE is always up there with the best,if only kossoff had lived until today and they had stayed together as a band,They would be unstoppable,kossoff is surely up there with the best and andy what can you say,simply amazing..kirke is the most conservative in the band and rodgers is a legend.
FORESTDONS 6 months ago
This is not the Isle Of White Festival.
chooseyourblues 7 months ago
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Absolute class - There just isn't a single weakness to be found in Free.
AdzGrim 9 months ago
Absolute class - There just isn't a single weakness to be found in Free.
AdzGrim 9 months ago
fuck john mayer , he couldn't hold paul kossoff's coat ....
19161952 9 months ago
Stoners with butt load of talet,
Never be an era like 68-78
chippy783 9 months ago
Funk before it was cool for white boys to be funky. Listen to those bass lines + feel that groove... True talent, friends... True talent.
MaineManTodd 10 months ago 2
this amazing concert proves that "FREE" was ahead of their time!..great LEGENDARY Musicians! =0]
tornmask 10 months ago 2
this aint the isle of wight, i was there in 1970 and still live there. the modern festivals , although good aint a patch on the raw sounds back then.
omcboamn 11 months ago 2
Wow. One of my favorite bands of all time. This is the first live footage Ive ever seen of them. Thanks for posting!
HugeGene 11 months ago 2
FREE/BAD COMPANY = DELIGHTFULL TRUE ROCK N ROLL
ROCKKERFAT 1 year ago 2
Kossoff has gone virtually unnoticed for decades
while J Mayer and other mediocres get touted
like
they taught eveyone how to play
That's why the dude is always doing free gigs
cause no on (aside from media hyped fans)
will pay to see him
yourunclehank1 1 year ago
That shit is tight!
ElectricHellfire001 1 year ago
sorry , it's definitiv not "Isle Of Wight "1970 .
Stoned1959 1 year ago
Thats music.
Suzep1 1 year ago
Simon Kirke... Solid, dependable and always in the pocket! What more do you need in a drummer! Add to the mix Paul Kossoff, Andy Fraser and Paul Rogers and you have pure magic!
DrKremmen 1 year ago 3
There's a lot I like about this. For instance the open voicing of the A13 chord @ 2:13.
kengemmer 1 year ago
This is the baddest shit i've ever heard..i got a buzz just hearin' the bass line
SouthernPride76 1 year ago 4
@SouthernPride76 Yeah, first time I heard this song was at age 11 and I thought, woo damn cool bass ... today still the same ... fucking great bass line.
immerrocknroll 1 year ago
definately not the i of w, i saw their set in 1970. the music stands the test of time, still sounds good now after all these years.
omcboamn 1 year ago
Dear Semanray, the reason they use two guitars is to have a guitar stereo effect on live performances most vocalist prefer that method. ie;Coverdale,Lynnot and many other vocalist use it to duplicate the same sound as on the record.
Eguie101 1 year ago
i have paul´s live dvd in glasgow,but this original version sounds better,why did they needed two guitars for the show???
semanray 1 year ago
Musicality and control..I say it again.Amazing.
groovei 1 year ago
love Kirkes hayman kit- I had a similar.
drumsanddrumming 1 year ago
Kossoff was the best blues player ever from England, he dad such deep feeling for his music,such a sad loss, mind Rodgers posturing looks a bit suspect now. best band in the world
MegaBilly52 1 year ago 3
@MegaBilly52 I think Peter Green myself, but its all swings and roundabouts when comparing musicians, love them both in different ways, but equally for their feel, tone, love of music and dedication, (dedication, dedication, as Roy Castle used to say) Remember that?
Best wishes, MegaBilly52
lesburst 1 year ago
@lesburst Peter Green, now there is another great blues player, very differant style to Koss but just as effective for feel. late 60s early 70s was a great time for guitarists, Keep the faith lesburst
MegaBilly52 1 year ago 2
so powerfull in every way! yet quite simple really and oh so soulfull!
bigcoolviking 2 years ago
First song: "The Stealer," second song: "Ride on a Pony." Both are on the album/CD "Highway."
theREALonekev 2 years ago
songs name please
chrisfr93 2 years ago
Man this is amazing both songs all though the second one is amazing. and the recording is studio worthy. but this is definatly not isle of wight lol this is inside for sure
toffelinator 2 years ago
FREE FOREVER
TheDanielBarbosa 2 years ago 2
Sik tune for real- dig it beatch!
Shwarzkogler 2 years ago
No this is not the Isle of Wight- the sound is studio sound and also paul rodgers had a beard at the Isle of Wight festival
Mrbiggerjobs1000 2 years ago 2
don't look much like the isle of wight . i was at this festival in 1970 and 1968 &1969 was it really 39 years ago? feels like it was yesterday still live here and going to the modern i. of w. festivals, you can't beat good music.
omcboamn 2 years ago
I think the first tune was a promo vid shot whilst the band were touring Aus. There
is another vid All right now, shot at the same time which is labelled Free rare........ this purports to be done in Australia
emperorsdragon 2 years ago
You'r right the twin mics are there too !
express49 2 years ago
Wow!
wildukthing 2 years ago
MY FAV VERSION
bcancun123 2 years ago
All of the bands back then grew up playing the Blues, so their songs were all Blues based and that's why such absolutely fantastic and memorable music was written. Today, most musicians don't know jack about the Blues and it shows. What a tragedy. Thank God I experienced that era.
renegademax 2 years ago 47
@renegademax And today's youth needs to know the Blues must be LIVED. It's not a style to cop, it's not a lick, or the clothes one wears, and it sure as heck can't be "downloaded." It's raw soul in a single note, the miracle of a birth, the grief of loss, the magic and pain of love, luscious pleasure, the burn of suffering, consummate in the gratitude to be alive and sung & played for the Universe to hear.
pactater 1 year ago 2
@pactater Back then, most of us were either employed in some shitty dead end job or unemployed, with no way out except though the arts - music being the most predominant. Many US Blues musicians toured and that's what influenced the music scene the most, resulting in the amazing music.
Pain is always personal, predicated on ones own subjective interpretation. Whilst a lot of us didn't go through what Blacks did, most of us did come from our own personal hell. I know I did. Long live the Blues.
renegademax 1 year ago
@pactater Well said. I am clearly on the right page here.
blakedawg76 1 year ago
@renegademax well said I totally agree I grew up in this era too and feel we got the best variety music wise and just love this blues based music and use it as a benchmark against all others, will admit do not listen to much these days of modern music , this was more heart felt. and raw, still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up when listened to.
kew4612 1 year ago
@renegademax Truth.
MaineManTodd 10 months ago
@renegademax DITTO
jody24ful 1 month ago
god I love Free! the stealer was always a good tune by them!
Jakebag88 2 years ago 2
I turn on the radio and it makes me wonder what the hell is wrong with my generation.
This is music.
phillipislbj 2 years ago 8
i couldnt have said it better myself.
jk800 2 years ago
amen peterm3964!! it seems like everyony who plays is a 12 year old who learns how to shred....theres no soul anymore.
TheFamousWaffle 2 years ago
This is NOT at the Isle of Wight festival. A great version, never the less...
RedStarHaifa 2 years ago 2
Yeah, its an awesomee song, but defo not the Isle of Wight.
ledzeppelin992 2 years ago
I was thinking I sear they played in liked mid afternoon :P
specialness16 2 years ago
and Paul Rodgers had a beard, Im sure he couldn't grow one in just a few hours :P or maybe he could...? :P
specialness16 2 years ago
Listen up kiddies ... THATS good guitar tone ... forget your shredders this is the REAL SHIT .
peterm3964 2 years ago 84
Agreed :D :D GO mr kossoff (RIP)!!!
Haza54 2 years ago 7
Amen man--he didn't have to rely on miles of effects to enhance his tone. Just a Les Paul and a Marshall..
recordhead59 2 years ago 6
@peterm3964 I totally agree, thoses years were the best years, too bad i was born in 76, my hair a hangin' long and the spirit lives on
Morgaelin 1 year ago
@peterm3964 Hell yeah man! couldn't agree with you more. The Koss is the boss!
yellowbluebus33 1 year ago
@peterm3964 Long Live Paul Kossoff. All due respect to the up loader of this but, It's sad the tags on here have to reflect towards Bad Company only, to find this great video. I don't disagree with that, but It gets me how vague up-loaders are with their descriptions.This band is so much hotter than BC and needs all the PR an up loader can give. Just for the reason of the young shredders who think today is original if nothing else.
"GEE! I didn't realize that Paul Rodgers was the Whole Band?"
MarsAttacksLeader 9 months ago
@peterm3964 All hail!
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@peterm3964 Great holistic bands are---Melting Euphoria, Ozric Tentacles, Gong, Mother Gong, Acid Mother's Gong, Magma, Aphrodities Child, Jade Warrior, Steve Tibbetts, Patrick Bernard, Lost at Last, Larry Coryell, Shakti, Oregon, Kazumi Watanabe, Toninho Horta, Egberto Gismonti, Eat Static, System 7, Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance, Magma, Sphongle, Bill Laswell, Stomu Yamashta, Here and Now band, Steve Hillage.
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@peterm3964 'I do not like the reappearance of The Jesuits ... If ever there was a body of men who merited damnation on earth and in hell, it is this society of Loyola's. Nevertheless, we are compelled by our system of religous toleration to offer them an asylum.' John Adams, 2nd President of the U.S.A
uriahheep108 4 months ago
This is taken from a show they did for Granada with some extra mixes - What a band
563421094 2 years ago
This is so far from Isle of Wight, as New York to Yerusalahim...
varpeter01 2 years ago
this isnt IOW. is it perhaps TOTP?
thnx
r.d
rpdbluevideo 2 years ago
a rocker MUST have long hair
davidcandelas 2 years ago
@davidcandelas
That's bullshit,
It's maybe cool and better for a rocker that he has long hair but there are a lot of great rockers that don't have long hair!!! I listen to music, I don't watch to how the rockers look like! It's all about the music!
(hope you understand my english)
redsan2 2 years ago
thats your opinion but for me rock is music and a way of being, i mean, you have to play rock and act like that
davidcandelas 2 years ago
Lol. Someone tell this to Mr Satriani too:D
Konczlev 2 years ago
satriani can play the guitar but he doesn't rock for shit
dangerousness 2 years ago
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watch awesome tibetan guitarist (from switzerland?!), he will blow you away! just look for "purtag" (his name)
surementill 2 years ago
that's not isle of wight
PFLOYD33 2 years ago
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Oh! Paul Kocainoff.
PurpleAndZeppelin 2 years ago
purpleandzeppelin..it's paul KOSSOFF....i know it must be hard for you to understand his last name comeing from a mentally retarded mind like your's but it's ok you'll get it soon enough.
punkhayhay88 2 years ago
dreamy,,, just dreamy...greetings from argentina...
La7uky 2 years ago
i remember juicy lucy my friend had one of their lp's and as i recall i liked it
beefheart67 2 years ago
Awesome ! fantastic ! greetings from Brazil
leibeldaniel 2 years ago 2
Paul Kossoff is my guitar idol.He had a very soulful technique. Using pauses and space not fast flashy shit everyone else at the time was doing, and a fantastic vibrato! He wrote some great bluesy riffs too. Crazy to think he was only my age when he recorded Fire and Water.
montecore18 2 years ago 6
LOL @ the singer's arm groove (5:40).
Definetly gonna have to check out more stuff fom this band! Thanks for the post.
stumay21 3 years ago
JUICY LUCY - A BAND FROM THE 70S
LEEDSPETER001 3 years ago
please what is the song's name thanks
melkichou 3 years ago
Hi, it's called The Stealer.
husaberger1 3 years ago
the steeler its on allright now album
jacklb09 3 years ago
who or what is juicy lucy 3:44
nickkalisz 3 years ago
PS. You guys really know your bass players! I would agree with many of you. Andy Fraser, Jack Bruce, John Entwistle....God, so may great musicians to choose from. :-))))))
Britishguy999 3 years ago
Hi NotAnIssue. It's not very complicated. In those days (the Olden Days! hehehe) there was a mic for the P.A. (out front, audience) and another one for the recording (film or whatever).
Britishguy999 3 years ago
Can someone explain to me why there were often 2 microphones taped together in these days? Was one for recording the live shows? Or some reverb effect or what?
NotAnIssue 3 years ago
Just for increased volume on the lead vocal. PA systems were pretty ptimitive, and the instruments were way loud relative to the vocals. This is actually a very good mix for a live show.
pretorious700 3 years ago
for me jack bruce was the best bass player ever, but thats just my opinion...
listen to the live version of crossroads and youll know what im talking about...
flaviolima91 3 years ago
I would have to agree with you. Jack Bruce is probable my favorite basses. I also really like Andy Fraziers style. Only change I would be is to add John Entwistle, of the Who, to the list of great basses. Again just an opinion...........
staxsrecords 3 years ago
Fraser is a genius.
Discospaz 3 years ago 2
A great band with great guitar work
jipes 3 years ago
A great classic Rock song w/Great guitar Riff by Kossoff.
Oldskoolmusiclvr62 3 years ago 3
Paul Rodgers kicks ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gooneyandpajean 3 years ago 3
This is from a television studio performance.
cutis1000 3 years ago
This is not from the Isle of Wight.
cutis1000 3 years ago 6
yea and if you notice Paul Rodgers must have shaved between this video and the video of "Be My Friend" as he has less hair and no facial hair at all
johnnyjohn58 3 years ago
Brilliant,was at this festival pregnent with my lad whose now in his 30s,woh thanks for posting,Fantastic.
Riding on a pony in the middle of the night.
So many great memories.THANKYOU rcrav.
umjustefra 3 years ago
How cool, an Orange mixer.
wesselvdkroef 3 years ago
LOL first thing i noticed. I bet that thing sounds GREAT
Darthloadie 3 years ago
it does, listen to it!
ukraineintherain 3 years ago
Ladies and gents: The Perfect Band
guiltyparty 3 years ago
The audience is so polite..
recordhead59 3 years ago
Ah, that makes sense. :)
Mattiasgbg 3 years ago
am i the only one thinking this isnt isle of white? =/
Zeno931 3 years ago 4
im thinking it too
at least its not 1970!
fuefedahoidda 3 years ago
Free - 1970-08-30 - Isle of Wight
well if u want this boot of free
u can compare..just ask
panda606 3 years ago
Can anyone tell me how he fingers the 3 chords at 0:24. A book I have says: A5, Am, Dsus4,but I can't figure how he plays them. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
leftystrat62 3 years ago
mess around with the chord shapes...really listen to the song!!! You'll get it, trust me!!!!
MusicDude86 3 years ago
I know some chord shapes but not the ones he's playing-any help?
leftystrat62 3 years ago
He plays them in different spots going down the neck.
CoC350 3 years ago
これマジワイト？
jaaittainanigatukae 3 years ago
Jack is very important musician and compozer,but after Rodgers performances all singers from sixties almost stopped to sing.Actually there are lots of similarities between Cream and Free,good and bad ones.
batalion666 3 years ago
after FREE people like Jack Bruce were just bass players
batalion666 3 years ago
have ye actually HEARD Jack play bass....he changed the way bass was played- first bassist to make the bass STAND OUT and come centre stage! Ever seen SUPERSHOW '69 by any chance? heard his 1st three solo LP's? ANdy's frickin brill as well , i must admit!Dead funky...specially on Ride a Pony
janeythebrit 3 years ago
Nope. Jack Bruce was just another blues bassist. The person who changed the way bass was played, by being the first to do cool stuff and make it stand out was jack CASADY. Make no mistake good sir.
crownofcreation68 3 years ago 3
that's not a bad idea, but jack bruce wasn't "just another blues bassist", he was classically trained, and i think badge shows that. that aside i do sort of agree =P casady is a lot more.. dynamic.
ajk1989 3 years ago 4
Thats a very true statement man,good job
atthewhiskey 3 years ago
I would beg to differ. James Jamerson changed forever the way bass was played
jmwhitaker1955 3 years ago 5
Apples & oranges. Jamerson was a brilliant studio player and tremendously creative, but Jack really cranked it up to a different level live.
pretorious700 3 years ago
"superb"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dieneshugi 3 years ago
Dear God, this is fantastic. Best band, all genres imho. And that comes from someone with 350 cd's and 70GB music. :)
Rock on, I should have been born 47 instead of 77, would have walked to the moon (don't ask med how, hehe) to see them live.
Mattiasgbg 4 years ago 4
I was born in 49..and they were the best rock outfit I heard in the 70's...I call it white blues..there's nothing like it apart from Little Feat
kevinherbert 3 years ago 2
Extremely underrated in my opinion. I can't understand why Free don't get more credit for what they did. Just look at their age, compared to their talent. None to match em... If you ask me. :)
Mattiasgbg 3 years ago 2
It was before the accountants took over music...anything went in those days..including the overlooking of great talents like Free....c'est la vie, mon ami...
kevinherbert 3 years ago 2
just been listening for about 45 minutes .. to free videos and songs i didn't know where avaialable.
and yes some of you are right. videos claiming to be live do not have original live audio. it's been put on very slightly out of sync, shame really. but better than loosing al trace of
the best british band that didn't quite make it.
EXCEPT THEY DID but not in the the same way as those other bands of the time.
do other old bands still get to you in the way this band does STILL
johninoxton 4 years ago
I don't know if the performance audio is live but it doesn't match the video is many places - at least in the first 3 minutes.
austinbeat 4 years ago
Spot on. The radio has never done this band justice. Thnx for posting this.
Such an incredible band and powerful unit. I love Bad Company too, but this is uninhibited blues rock at it's best. It didn't get any better than this. This kind of inspiring music could have only come out during the late 60's early 70's.
Upyrazz 4 years ago 4
it's funny how this really doesnt look live.
SurfaceToday 4 years ago
The radio does this band no justice.
GOTMULE1138 4 years ago 2
you won't get better than these 4...timeless
drumyard 4 years ago
Paul's voice is AMAZING .......
WHo are the rest of the guys ...they're a tight band
janeythebrit 4 years ago
Just in case you're not kiddin'.........
Andy Fraser - bass
Simon Kirke - drums
Paul Kossoff- guitar
SabuPtolemy 4 years ago
LOL-I wasn't kiddin'...!!
i've only discovered the music from the late 60's/end 70's THIS year -out of them all (CREAM/HUMBLE PIE/FREE/"old" FLEETWOOD MAC/ZEP(well i knew bout THEM...but hadnt really "listened")) hands down winner IMO is CREAM - I am addicted.i had no idea WHAT I was missin'....
janeythebrit 4 years ago
check out jimi hendrix and robin trower for the true downright winners..
turdslinger 4 years ago
I'm 52 now, but saw FREE live in my younger days playing at Manchester Students Union Hall in the UK. They will always be my favourite rock band. Amazing! AND glad to hear that Paul Rodgers is still doing the music scene in America. We really need more of this NOW in the UK.
LETONEIN 4 years ago
music is free
キラッキラーズ is culture
beicunyangping 4 years ago
will they ever be in the Rock HOF?
GrandFunker69 4 years ago 2
yeahh the 60s era was the best but well this was in 1970 but what a shit peace and love and happines
njherer 4 years ago
oNE DRUMMER ONE GUITAR ONE BASS AND THE BADDDDEST SINGER EVER ........ MAGIC
peterm3964 4 years ago 3
Great video but can i just say this one thing..
The most underrated band ever anyone agree??
peanutsavage 4 years ago
yes! its scary how some fellow bluesers/rockers havnt hear of them!
90dan 4 years ago
One of the most, definitely
therussian91 4 years ago
that would be CREAM.......FREE magic tho'...
janeythebrit 4 years ago
This is not Isle of Wight. But I love this group so that alright. I think Kossoff is one of the best guitarists I have ever heard. I have many of Frees albums and I think they were one of the best and most influential rock groups ever.
markbrad999 4 years ago
fuuk off old cool55 you call yourself cool when u r talkin shit mate
theyre not worhty shut up they were the right listeners at the time
so shut the fuk up and go to hell u wanker
arse202 4 years ago
yea the isle of wight concert by FREE was during the day... good video tho
vlasyvlasyhar 4 years ago
It's not the Isle Of Wight, per se (however, my guess is that the poster has either the original "Best Of Free" video or the new "Free Forever" DVD . . . both these releases featured, in addition to the clips playing here, 3 performances from Free's Isle Of Wight show in 1970). The clips playing here are "The Stealer" and a live performance of "Ride On A Pony" from Free's televised Granda tv show (aired July 24th, 1970), respectively.
theholmes 4 years ago
These were the days of rock music. Just look at all the guitar wankers out there now (Vai, Satriani, all the shredders). Where is the FEELING with that? Thanks for posting!
bozo1959 4 years ago
this aint isle of wight
frozenfish91 4 years ago
great bass line.
danelectroman70 5 years ago
The guitar has great vibrato.
martinofm 5 years ago
I don't know where it was filmed, but it was great! but the audience look like some sort of goof-ass convention. THEY'RE NOT WORTHY...THEY'RE NOT WORTHY.
oldcoot55 5 years ago
doesnt get any better than this those were the days of great music.
mrmetalxxx 5 years ago
Uh this isnt the isle of wight festival, in fact no one on the planet knows where this was filmed
yappy1 5 years ago
I know, because I was there. I'm not telling, though. (Great clip - thanks for posting it!
jimmyeightysix 5 years ago
I was kidding or course.
About the being there part, not the great clip part.
jimmyeightysix 5 years ago
and to take it one step further neither of the 2 clips are at