On the Road to Freedom
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| On the Road to Freedom | ||||
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| Studio album by Alvin Lee and Mylon LeFevre | ||||
| Released | 2 November 1973 | |||
| Recorded | August 1973 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 38:30 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Producer | Alvin Lee | |||
| Alvin Lee and Mylon LeFevre chronology | ||||
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| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
On the Road to Freedom is a 1973 album by Alvin Lee and Mylon LeFevre. Guest musicians include George Harrison, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Mick Fleetwood and Ron Wood. It was recorded at Lee's Space Studio in August 1973, apart from the song "So Sad", sessions for which took place at Harrison's Friar Park studio in nearby Henley-on-Thames.[3] The other standout tracks are "On the Road to Freedom", "Funny", "Carry My Load" and "Rockin' 'Til the Sun Goes Down".
Lee released a sequel to the album in 2012, titled Still on the Road to Freedom. Reviewing the latter release, Glide Magazine described the 1973 Lee-LeFevre collaboration as a "landmark" album.[4]
Track listing
- "On the Road to Freedom" (Alvin Lee) – 4:13
- "The World is Changing (I Got a Woman Back in Georgia)" (Lee, Mylon LeFevre) – 2:45
- "So Sad (No Love of His Own)" (George Harrison) – 4:34
- "Fallen Angel" (Lee) – 3:20
- "Funny" (Lee) – 2:48
- "We Will Shine" (LeFevre) – 2:37
- "Carry My Load" (Lee) – 2:58
- "Lay Me Back" (LeFevre) – 2:53
- "Let 'Em Say What They Will" (Ron Wood) – 2:52
- "I Can't Take It" (LeFevre) – 2:51
- "Riffin'" (Lee, LeFevre) – 3:31
- "Rockin' 'Til the Sun Goes Down" (Lee, LeFevre) – 3:08
Personnel
- Alvin Lee – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, sitar
- Mylon LeFevre – vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, backing vocals
- George Harrison – dobro, acoustic guitar, bass, backing vocals (credited on the album as Hari Georgeson)
- Ron Wood – 12-string acoustic guitar, bass, drums
- Steve Winwood – piano
- Tim Hinkley – piano, organ, backing vocals
- Boz Burrell – bass, backing vocals
- Bob Black – steel guitar
- Andy Stein – fiddle
- Jim Capaldi – drums
- Reebop Kwaku Baah – congas
- Mick Fleetwood – drums
- Ian Wallace – drums
- Mike Patto – percussion, backing vocals
Production
- Producer: Alvin Lee
- Recording engineer: Harold Burgon, Andy Jaworski
- Mixing: Alvin Lee
- Photography: Andy Jaworski, Roger Lowe
- Liner notes: Chris Welch
References
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- ↑ Harry Castleman & Walter J. Podrazik, All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975, Ballantine Books (New York, NY, 1976), p. 129.
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