Free — Tons Of Sobs (USED)

Used unknown repress date - large A&M label design that was used between 1973-1975. This may be a an overseas pressing, most copies are available in the EU. Alternate album cover. / Originally pressed in 1969. / Media is Very Good ++ with only the slightest of inner sleeve blemishes. / Artwork is Near Mint very crisp and clean. / Ultrasonic cleaned before shipping.

Although Free was never destined to scrape the same skies as Led Zeppelin, when they first burst out of the traps in 1968, close to a year ahead of Jimmy Page and company, they set the world of British blues-rock firmly on its head. The band was a blistering combination of youth, ambition, and, despite those tender years, experience that across the course of their debut album, did indeed lay the groundwork for all that Zeppelin would embrace. The fact that Free and Zeppelin were cut from the same cloth is immediately apparent, even before you start comparing the versions of "The Hunter" included on both bands' debut albums. Where Free streaks ahead, however, is in their refusal to compromise their own vision of the blues. Even at its most commercial ("I'm a Mover" and "Worry"), Tons of Sobs has a density that makes Zeppelin and the rest of the era's rock contemporaries sound like flyweights by comparison. - Allmusic