Artist: Freedom
Title: Through the Years
File: Blues/Rock/Pop
London-born Bobby Harrison was a founder member of Procol Harum before leaving to form his first own band Freedom in 1968 with Procol Harum guitarist Ray Royer.
A pop/psych start, including a debut release in the band’s original soundtrack to Dino de Laurentis’ film ‘Nero Su Bianco (Black On White’) was to see the band take a harder edge with a line-up review as a power trio made up of Harrison (drums/vocals), Roger Saunders (guitars/keyboards) and Walt Monaghan (guitars/keyboards),
Its consequent output was characterised by a winning meld of hard rock and r ‘n b harnessed to tight three-part harmonising that won audiences on the live circuit and tours with Black Sabbath, Curved Air and Jethro Tull.
On ‘Through the Years’, their fourth album and originally released for the Vertigo label in 1971, the band keep up the pace, now with longer tracks and the foregoing of blues and rock covers in favour of original material.
Freedom recorded a total of five albums.
Harrison went on to form SNAFU in 1973 with future-Whitesnake guitarist Mickey Moody, scoring a further three acclaimed releases.
Tracks:
- Freestone
- Through The Years
- Get Yourself Together
- London City
- Thanks
- Toe Grabber