Kossoff - Slesser / Buckton 'Band Plays On' gigs in November

Weds 1st November 2017
Tribeca, Manchester
50 Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3WF
Tel: 0330 111 5002
Tickets: £16.00 in advance  £20.00 on the door

Thursday 2nd November 2017
The Iron Road, Evesham
140 High Street, Evesham WR11 4EJ
Tel: 01386 422582

Friday 3rd November 2017
The Musician, Leicester
Clyde Street, Leicester LE1 2DE
Tel: 0116 283 5533
Tickets: £15.00 in advance  £18.00 on the door

We are very pleased to announce that the author of the new book, "Paul Kossoff: All Right Now", J.P. James will be attending the "Kossoff...The Band Plays On" gig at The Musician, Leicester, Friday Nov 3rd. 

This limited edition book will be available at a discounted price of £40 (rrp £49.99) and the author will be more than happy to sign copies. 

Arthur Ramm Sells Kossoff Les Paul

Congratulations Kris on your purchase of Paul Kossoff's Les Paul.
Its a beautiful guitar and I hope it brings you much pleasure.


Details here:

My-New-New-Burst-Day-Story

Right:
Kossoff's original guitar case.

ALL RIGHT NOW goes Sci-Fi on UK Channel 4

Yes it does sound a little strange but if you have been watching the 'Electric Dreams' series on Channel 4 (Sundays 9pm) then last night was a bit of a treat. During the episode, called  'Real Life', you were indulged with 'All Right Now' being featured not once, but twice!  The song plays in the background of two separate diner scenes and may seem an odd choice but with its instantly recognisable 'hook' in the chorus its useful to the plot as the main character struggles to work out which of the two lives they seem to be living is actually real, and which is computer generated. The shows have been a little hit and miss in both production values and stories but this was one of the better instalments so far.

The plot is thinly based on a story called 'Exhibit Piece' by Philip K. Dick, famous of course for 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep' on which the 'Bladerunner' movie was loosely based. It deals with (and not giving too much away here) someone who is offered the chance of a 'holiday' into another life via a prototype computer reality. The dilemma is that in the end they can't work out which of the two is 'Real Life'. The show reminded me somewhat of the film 'The Thirteenth Floor', which deals with similar themes. The episode will be broadcast again this coming Friday (20th October) at 3am and is worth recording for investigation at your leisure. 

It is also available via Channel 4's 'On Demand' service. 

Free Appreciation Society Magazine - Issue #141

Free Appreciation Society

Magazine Issue #141

November 2017  

Free 1970 / 1972

Bad Company 1975

Paul Rodgers 'PBS TV Special' 2014

Simon Kirke Interview 2016

Full review of the Paul Rodgers 'Front And Center' PBS TV Special featuring the band and songs from 'The Royal Sessions' album.

Final (colour) press from Finland in 1972 with translation and Bad Company US Press from 1975 with great colour photographs and interviews. Two large BC features.

'Free Mania In the Northeast'. A look at Free's popularity in the North during the 70's including the infamous Dunelm House riot!

Simon Kirke interview about Free, Bad Company and his solo career along with a review of the Bad Company show in Nottingham 2016.

Back page features a previously unpublished photograph of Free at The Marquee by Simon Kossoff.

Great issue.

44 pages all in full colour -  Don't miss it.

Overseas issues are already in the mail. 
UK subscriber issues go out on Monday 16th October.

BAD COMPANY 'Live At Red Rocks' 2017

Slipping out exclusively at Walmart in the USA this week is a Bad Company show recorded at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado on May 15, 2016. Released on September 27th the set (pre-order price $12.96) is a double and comes with both CD and DVD versions. Limited supplies also include an autographed booklet.

Details here:

Wal Mart - Bad Company 'Red Rocks 2016'

This show, from the double head-liner tour with Joe Walsh, features Howard Leese (Heart) and Rich Robinson (Black Crowes) on guitars after Mick Ralphs pulled out from the tour. The track list indicates its the complete show and no news of any UK release is known at this time.

1. “Live For The Music”
2. “Feel Like Makin’ Love”
3. “Gone, Gone, Gone”
4. “Burnin’ Sky”
5. “Electricland”
6. “Ready For Love”
7. “Crazy Circles”
8. “Seagull”
9. “Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy”
10. “Shooting Star”
11. “Movin’ On”
12. “Can’t Get Enough”
13. “Bad Company”
14. “Rock Steady”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL KOSSOFF

My, these anniversaries come around so quickly these days. I really don't want to become a register of births, deaths and marriages but its a little different in the case of Paul Kossoff. Not least because he didn't have as many birthdays as he should have, but also because he's the reason I started the magazine in the first place. There are many great guitar players out there, past and present,

but Paul Kossoff is still my favourite.

Kossoff - Back Street Crawler Vinyl Re-issue

Kossoff - Back Street Crawler

Vinyl re-issue on August 25, 2017.

Released in 1973, Back Street Crawler is the first (only) solo album by Paul Kossoff. The record was released in the same year as Free's demise, and featured contributions from his former band-mates as well as Yes drummer Alan White, Vocalist Jess Roden and John Martyn among others.

Paul Kossoff 

Back Street Crawler 

Limited 180g Vinyl LP

Tracklist:

1. Tuesday Morning

2. I'm Ready

3. Time Away

4. Molten Gold

5. Back Street Crawler

Barcode: 0602557463941

Catalogue Number: 5746394

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