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

Shop around for the best price.

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 !!

Tuesday, 11 July 2017

THE BAND PLAYS ON - Kossoff Tribute September 2017 Gigs

Kossoff... The Band Plays On

Featuring the music of Paul Kossoff & Back Street Crawler Terry Slesser, John Buckton and friends continue their tribute with a set of seven gigs announced for September in venues across the country, from Glasgow to London.

Get out and see them if you can.





Sunday, 18 June 2017

PAUL KOSSOFF - All Right Now. The Guitars, The Gear, The Music. COMING SOON

Paul Kossoff
All Right Now
The Guitars, The Gear, The Music.
By J. P James.


If you already subscribe to the Free Appreciation Society magazine then you know about this and hopefully you've registered your interest for the STRICTLY LIMITED EDITION signed copy only available from the FAS. The book will be signed by the author, by Paul's bother Simon, who wrote the forward to the book and by David Clayton, who wrote the introduction. So this limited edition will be signed by all three. If you are an FAS subscriber and have already 'signed up' for a copy, you need do no more. You'll be contacted shortly.

To order this signed edition you need to be a subscriber to the FAS magazine. If you aren't then that's the first thing you need to sort out but be quick as details for the pre-orders for this edition will be out in a couple of weeks. For subscription details you can email fasarticle@aol.com. Just be sure to let me know what country you
are in so I can send the correct information.

Press Release below.

Affectionately known as 'Koss', Paul Kossoff's playing touched people. It still does today, more than forty years after his sad and untimely death at the age of twenty-five. This authorised biography pays fitting tribute to a much-loved and widely admired musician whose influence and inspiration is still very evident. It's all here: Kossoff's musical childhood, his formative years with Black Cat Bones, forming Free at seventeen, that group's dizzying success, breakup, reforming and dissolution, the solo years, Back Street Crawler - the sessions, the tours and big concerts, the triumphs, the tragedies and the heartbreak - J.P. James takes the reader right there. Over four distinct sections, Kossoff's many guitars and the equipment he used to make them sing are fully documented; a brand-new detailed analysis of Kossoff's distinctive playing style and technique is presented for the first time; a broad overview of Kossoff's creative life draws on the voices of family, friends and fellow musicians; and finally, Kossoff's musical influences, approach to playing and his wider musical interests, hopes and dreams are explored - all drawn from his own words. Cramming so much into his short years, Paul Kossoff left a rich musical legacy, and he is indeed All Right Now. Thoroughly researched and sensitively written, given often in Kossoff's own words and packed with anecdotes from those who were there, musicians and fans alike will enjoy this authoritative and comprehensive biography.

·  Hardcover: 424 pages fully illustrated - many pages in colour
·  Publisher: Matador (28 September 2017)
·  Language: English
·  ISBN-10: 1785898817
·  ISBN-13: 978-1785898815

Thursday, 18 May 2017

Free Appreciation Society Magazine - Issue #139


Free Appreciation Society
Magazine Issue #139
June 2017  
Now Available...

'Run With The Pack'
And Other Stories... 1976


Full review of the deluxe expanded editions of 'Run With The Pack' and 'Burnin' Sky' with analysis of all the bonus tracks.

As #138 dealt with 1977 and the 'Burnin' Sky' album this issue (#139) deals with 'Run With The Pack' has a 21 page feature on the album, the year it was issued and all the collectors stuff in the way of label variations and singles. 

There's also plenty of period press and an exclusive interview with the designer of the 'RWTP' cover, John Kosh. Lots of colour pictures, lots of information. Plenty to read.



For subscribers this will be in the post on Monday May 22nd. If you don't subscribe you can get a copy via the email on this site (See the 'Welcome' section in the right margin). Just let me know which issue you want, where you are and I'll send a Paypal invoice.

This issue can also be found on Ebay along with some older ones where they can be purchased from anywhere in the world.

44 pages all in full colour -  Don't miss it.
Superb magazine. Essential reading for Rock fans.
You are buying a brand new copy; this is not previously owned or read. It comes straight from the FAS. If you enjoy it why not ask about a subscription.

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