FAS #162 'Addendums'

Free Appreciation Society

Issue #162

Audio and video addendums

Page 48

A&M 'live' radio promotional single (AM-1266 / May 1971)

I'll Be Creepin' (Stereo) / I'll Be Creepin' (Mono)

 

A&M 'live' retail/shop release version (AM-1266 / May 1971) 

I'll Be Creepin' / Mr Big

Retail version (above and the audio featured here) was likely withdrawn when the tour was cancelled after the group split up in Australia (just prior to the American shows). Hence, it's pretty scare. The stereo/mono promo isn't too hard to find for sale. Mixes here are unavailable elsewhere and were done by Chris Blackwell and Brian Humphries, not Andy Johns.

 

Page 52

Hallmark 'Top Of The Pops' compilation (1971) features 'no original artist' versions of all the hits of the day!! Possibly some of the worst cover versions ever recorded. 'My Brother Jake' below. Hit play at your own risk!! Please return the LP to aunties radiogram when you have finished or she'll know you've been messing with her stuff.

Page 55

Wilson Pickett goes above and beyond with his version of 'Fire And Water', Below are the LP version (the single edit fades slightly earlier), a concert performance from his 'Live In Japan' 2LP set, and a live TV appearance from 'Soul Train' on March 25, 1972. Groovy!

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Free Appreciation Society Magazine - Issue #162

Free Appreciation Society

Magazine Issue #162

April 2022

Free Appreciation Society Magazine - Issue #162

Okay, sorry for the delay with this one. There was a printing error and it had to be re-printed... But now it's here... AND it's just gone into the post if you subscribe!

Still dealing with the first half of 1971, part four of our current pentalogy opens with an introduction from Simon Kirke, written especially for this issue. We now start dealing with the fall-out from the group splitting up after the final show in Australia and go through the initial progress towards the release of 'Free Live!', the reviews, press and so on. This includes initial details of the 'solo' projects and final interviews, including a 2-page feature with Andy Fraser from 'The Sounds Talk-In', which appeared in June 1971, and a fantastic rarely seen double colour spread from 'Bravo' magazine in Germany. We also have the first dealings towards the forming of 'KKTR' and the initial letters from Alan Merrill and Tetsu in Japan about working on Merrill's second solo album. Free may have been 'over' for a while, but there really was a lot going on.

Towards the back of the issue we take a look at the world releases of the final single, 'My Brother Jake' (UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Greece, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, USA etc!), also the 'live' American promo release of 'I'll Be Creepin' and the Japanese 'live' single version of 'All Right Now'. We even sneak in a quick look at the BBC transcription LPs featuring material from the final BBC sessions, along with Wilson Pickett's version of 'Fire And Water'. All very comprehensive and packed with new information, images of all the labels and sleeves, and all the variations available from all over the globe.

This issue checks in at 56 pages and covers quite a bit of stuff we've never included before. There are three addendums in this new issue, and they will be coming here, to the FAS 'blogspot' in a couple of days. So be sure to come back and check them out when you reach them in the text.

A hugely comprehensive issue. Enjoy!

56 pages absolutely packed with FREE!!

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BC Book Withdrawn

The 'Bad Company - A Visual Biography' (see below) by Martin Popoff, has been withdrawn from sale by the publishers. Wymer have told me that anyone who may have paid will be fully refunded shortly.