It's only because of my recent nerding experience selling records at Kops combined with seeing Paul Rodgers playing his Free Spirit set last night that has prompted this. I could be wrong but it seemed to me that the 50/50 split of Free/Bad Company tunes was for the North American audience as I don't think Free made it that big over here, even with 'All Right Now', that albatross of a blockbuster single.
So I embarked on a forensic investigation of the two shows... and do note this post is a contemporaneous post in which I will first show last night's set list and then compare it to the UK tour setlist. Then we'll know and I'll be either right or wrong.
Last night's setlist first:
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(Free song)
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(Bad Company song)
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(Free song)
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(Bad Company song)
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(Free song)
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(Free song)
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(Bad Company song)
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(Free song)
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(Free song)
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(Bad Company song)
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(Bad Company song)
- Encore:
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(Robert Johnson cover)
(Free song)
Apologies for the lack of being able to correct the margins, but as can be seen of the 14 tunes, 7 were Free tunes although it should be correctly noted that Free used to play Crossroads regularly as part of their live act and in the same arrangement as last night. At a stretch then this means 8 Free tunes and 6 Bad Company tunes.
No 'Bad Company' surprisingly and no 'Hunter' sadly either.
And now from the UK tour at the Royal Albert Hall:
Aaaaaaaaaagggggghhhh! 16 songs, all Free classics! What a show that would have been. Rather than feeling sad about it though, remember there is always You Tube and the wonderful collection that can be found there.
Start here with 'Songs of Yesterday' and continue...
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