Pop-bändin kunnianhimoinen teema-albumi, amerikkalainen tupla 1969. Cut out -reikä.

The Rascals – Freedom Suite

Label:

Atlantic – SD 2-901

Format:

2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, PR - Presswell Press

Country:

Released:

1969

Genre:

Rock, Funk / Soul

Style:

Prog Rock, Soul, Pop Rock

Freedom SuiteA1America The Beautiful2:50A2Me And My Friends2:42A3Any Dance'll Do2:19A4Look Around3:01A5Ray Of Hope3:40B1Island Of Love2:23B2Of Course2:40B3Love Was So Easy To Give2:42B4People Got To Be Free2:57B5Baby I'm Blue2:47B6Heaven3:22Music MusicC1Adrian's Birthday4:46C2Boom13:34D1Cute15:10

Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Pressed By – Presswell
Published By – Slacsar
Mastered At – Longwear Plating
Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios

Arranged By [Effects] – Charles Morrow (tracks: A4)
Arranged By [Horn] – Charles Morrow (tracks: A5)
Artwork [Black Ink Drawing] – Eddie Brigati
Artwork [El Greco's Christ] – Dino Danelli
Artwork [Inside Right Gaterfold Cover] – David Brigati
Artwork [Red & Blue Line Drawing] – Gene Cornish
Backing Vocals – David Brigati
Bass – Chuck Rainey, Gerald Jemmott*, Richard Davis (2)
Congas, Tambourine – Eddie Brigati (tracks: D1)
Drums – Dino Danelli
Engineer [Recording] – Adrian Barber, Don Casale (tracks: A2), Tom Dowd (tracks: A2, B6)
Guitar – Gene Cornish
Lacquer Cut By – RG*
Organ, Piano – Felix Cavaliere
Photography By – Ira Mazur*
Producer – The Rascals
Saxophone [Tenor, Solo] – David Newman* (tracks: C1)
Vocals – Eddie* (tracks: A3, B1), Felix* (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B2, B4 to B6), Gene* (tracks: A2, B3)
Written-By – Dino Danelli (tracks: C1, C2, D1), Eddie Brigati(tracks: A3, A4 to B2, B4, D1), Felix Cavaliere (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B1, B2, B4 to B6, C1, D1), Gene Cornish (tracks: A2, B3, C1, D1)

Gatefold. Foil cover.
Issued with custom inner sleeves: Red sleeve with lyrics for Record 1, blank yellow sleeve for Record 2.
Also included sealed package of art prints.

Presswell pressing denoted by PR plant codes in label matrices.

Deadwax Notes:
The LW etching is actually an L above a W, offset 90 degrees from the rest of the etchings.

© 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Printed in U.S.A.

Freedom Suite was an ambitious effort and something of a concept album. Packaging included a shiny silver gatefold album cover, with a photograph of the band pasted on the front, colored sleeves with the song lyrics printed on them, and illustrations drawn by members of the group. The latter varied from idealistic visions of trumpeting angels to Eastern-influenced sketchings to drummer Dino Danelli's faithful homage to El Greco's Christ. The inclusion of three instrumentals comprising one complete album of the two-record set—one polished track ("Adrian's Birthday," named in honor of recording engineer Adrian Barber), one jam session ("Cute"), and a Danelli drum solo ("Boom")—seemed to reviewer and critic Richie Unterbergeras an effort by The Rascals to establish themselves as an "album" group rather than a "singles" group.[1]

The first LP of the set contained conventional songs, while the second contained the instrumentals. Various session musicians, including bassist Chuck Rainey and saxophonists King Curtis and David "Fathead" Newman, augmented the band's normal line-up on several selections.

The album's content was packaged differently based on format and territory. In North America, the full Freedom Suite album, including the instrumentals, was available in a double album package on LP