Free:Forever

my review of disc 1: highly recommended! you get 8 performances,all live,no lipsynching. actually there are 9, with the included appearance from the Top of the Pops tv show. The first 3 performances are from the German tv show Beat Club. Free do Mr. Big, Fire and Water and All Right Now, however, this last one is obscured by someone's bright idea of plastering pics of the band OVER them performing! But the first two songs are essential viewing. After a few excellent interviews with the surviving members we are wisked back to a British tv show called "Doin Their Thing" with that nights guests Free. This is what sealed it for me. Free are in massive form with Ride On Pony, Mr. Big, Songs of Yesterday, I'll Be Creepin and All Right Now. There is no shortage of plentiful viewing as the camera lingers on Paul Kossoff's fingers sliding over his fret board, Andy Frasier bopping to and fro as he travels up and down his bass and Simon Kirk holding the foundation, steady and powerful with flashes of feathery accents at just the right moments. Paul Rogers, of course, is front and center and if you are a Paul Rogers fan, you've come to the right place. The rest of the disc included a silent film of Free performing and some home movies. But these 8...9 performances between the Beat Club, Doin' Their Thing and Top Of The Pops are NOT to be missed by not only Free fans but anyone who can dig superb guitar playing, inventive bass playing, expressive drumming and Paul Rogers vocals on top of it all. Queue up disc 1. don't even think about it!      7/4/09