Saturday, 25 January 2025

FAS #176 'Addendum'

Free Appreciation Society

Issue #176 (February 2025)

Video Addendum


As mentioned on P39 from FAS #176 here is Free on the 'Top Of The Pops' chart rundown for 1973-01-25. 'Wishing Well' is sitting at at No.8. Free didn't appear to promote the single, nor was there any promotional film made at the time. I can't confirm if Pan's People 'danced' to the song at any point or not, but after seeing them jiggle about 'interpretively' to 'Little Bit Of Love' it would be an interesting proposition! This is very short, Blink and you'll miss Free. The complete chart run down is included, it's quite interesting, the variation of things in there, and I managed to fade out before Saville is featured. I always thought he was basically weird, and not unlike 'The Child Catcher' from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! Seems I was right on that one!

Addendum #1 (Page #39)

Sunday, 19 January 2025

Free Appreciation Society Magazine - Issue #176

Free Appreciation Society

Magazine Issue #176

February 2025

 

Free Appreciation Society Magazine - Issue #176

January 19th, 1973 Free move into Fort Worth for the third show on a long American tour with John Martyn and Traffic. That was 52 years ago today. Blimey!!

First issue of 2025, and even a couple of weeks early! A belated Happy New Year to everyone. Here we go, the beginning of the finale, or 'Free - The End'.

Issue #176 picks up in January 1973. Free have the 'Wishing Well' single in the shops, an album due out in a few weeks, a looming American tour - and no current guitarist! Kossoff is gone. So here we pick up with Wendell Richardson joining them JUST before they fly to the USA, and we follow the tour through January. Lots of press, reviews, photographs and reviews of tapes available from the shows. Lots of material I've never used before in this issue, as we cover the final section of Free's existence.

48 pages absolutely packed with FREE.

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Coming out to all UK FAS subscribers tomorrow, January 20th (when Free would have moving on to play in El Paso).

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