Friday, 25 August 2017

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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Friday, 18 August 2017

Free - 'Mr. Big' at the movies...

As promised in FAS #140 here is the trailer from the 2015 film 'Demolition', starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts. This is not available on DVD in the UK at the present time. 'Mr. Big' is actually featured in the movie more than once. On this trailer it kicks in at around 45 seconds and it sounds AMAZING! There are shorter trailers but I believe this one gives a bit more of the feel of the film rather than just Gyllenhaal grooving away. 

Reviews have been very mixed and while some critics have panned it (Tim Robey -  The Telegraph April 29, 2016 / Wendy Ide -  The Guardian May 1, 2016)) paying punters have been much kinder and it generally gets a 7/10. I particularly liked what Simon Hall commented under the later critique on-line;
'Ignore this bobbins review. Brilliant performance from Jake Gyllenhall. It's not imperative for a film to be complex / complicated. This paints a viscera picture of what it feels inside when someone's gone. And it's very funny....'

Synopsis:
Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful investment banker, struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from his father-in-law, Phil (Chris Cooper), to pull it together, Davis continues to unravel. What starts as a complaint letter to a vending machine company turns into a series of letters revealing startling personal admissions. Davis' letters catch the attention of customer service rep, Karen (Naomi Watts), and, amidst emotional and financial burdens of her own, the two form an unlikely connection. With the help of Karen and her son Chris (Judah Lewis), Davis starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew.

Turn UP your volume!
This is sweeeeeet!! 


Monday, 14 August 2017

Free Appreciation Society Magazine - Issue #140 OUT TODAY!


Free Appreciation Society
Magazine Issue #140
August 2017  
Now Available...

Paul Rodgers
'Free Spirit' Tour 2017


Fan reviews of six shows with great photographs (some full page) by Mark Ellis of ShootTheGroove fame.  Also three full performance concert bootlegs reviewed (Newcastle / Bristol / Sheffield).

Free In Finland 1972. 15 Page feature article including rare press and reviews from the time along with 20 previously unpublished photographs from one of the shows. 
Awesome stuff.

This issue also includes information on Free 'TV, Movie & Sill Life' appearances. Did you know Free appear in the film 'A Clockwork Orange' by Stanley Kubrick?  Read more inside along with a look at some of the weirder cover versions of Free songs available and a final uncovering of the inspiration behind the John Kosh image featured on the front sleeve of the 'Run With The Pack' album.

Great issue.

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

Tuesday, 1 August 2017

COMING SOON.... FAS #140



FAS #140 went into production today and hopefully will be out to subscribers in a couple of weeks.


All looking good with some excellent full page Paul Rodgers shots and reviews from the 'Free Spirit' tour, plus previously unseen Free photographs from March 1972.

Sweeeeeet !!