Topic: New Chords Postings
"The Free Electric Band" comes from Albert Hammond's 1973 album of the same name (pictured at right). The song was apparently a pretty big hit back in '73, reaching #48 in the US and #19 in the UK. But I've never heard it played on the radio myself, not back then or any time since, so I guess it didn't get airplay around here.
However, I discovered the tune due to its inclusion on a K-Tel record (also from 1973) I had called Fantastic. K-Tel records will always be part of music nostalgia for people of my generation. Remember the TV commercials? "A great new album from K-Tel!" Here's the TV spot for Fantastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl8zT2T7yX0 K-Tel albums were full of Top 40 singles, most of which had been edited to ribbons to fit as many songs as possible on the disc. "The Free Electric Band" was no exception, having its third verse trimmed, so that the song went from the Bridge/Chorus directly to the Outro. But having discovered the song that way, I've liked it ever since.The chord chart:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/hammond-freeelectricband.txt
The audio track of this TV performance is the studio recording of the song:
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Updated: Friday, October 12, 2012 4:19 AM EDT
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