Free & Paul Rodgers - "Guardian of the Universe" - rehearsal by Paul Rodgers
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- Paul Rodgers (audio only) from the band 'Free', rehearsing alone in the studio during a Free recording session, plays the Free song "Guardian of the Universe". PR wrote this for his then un-born son. Merely a practice run-through of the song, he coughs and clears his throat, and plays it fairly low-key in parts without putting maximum effort into it. Such an effort would probably be deleted by most engineers, but they recognised that his voice here is simply stunning and they very sensibly kept it.
Here he accompanies himself on the keyboards (organ), and none of the other band members are evident. At the end he tells the engineer " I fluffed it in a few places". It seems that the engineer (off microphone) says something like "Do you want to try it again", or "Do you want to wait for the others", because he then says "Well they'll be back again in a minute so we may as well ... (wait?)".
The band version of this song appears on their final album "Free At Last", and is played on piano, in lieu of the organ here, plus lead guitar and a slightly upbeat drum and bass accompaniement.
This version is from the Free 5 CD box set "Free: Songs of Yesterday". The box set includes a few other such oddities, such as Paul Rodgers on holiday in Jamaica, in May 1972 just after Free had re-formed, playing a superb reggae song (written by Paul), "(I Just Wanna) See You Smile", recorded with the legendary reggae band 'The Maytals'.
I compiled the video myself utilising footage downloaded from UA-cam, occasionally with some of my own added effects and filters.
My plan here is to make available a few of my favourite recordings not easily available elsewhere.
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His unborn Child Steve is now 49 ! Blessings to him!
I was in love with this man for his voice in 1970 - still am!
Me too
Seen free in early 70s in sydney aust
Love Paul Rodgers voice then An still do
His voice is so distinct
THE VOICE.....Say no more
Paul Rodgers is awesome in everything he does ❤
this was a very personal song for pauls then unborn child....which i quess is what makes it so special.....i wish someone wrote a song for me:-))
Such a beautiful & smooth voice..full of emotion..& still as such today 🙂🙂☮☮✌✌💕💕
god this mans voice just makes me cry!!........incredible every time i listen to it
the most enduring voice from the 70s era, Rodgers is still going strong today at 63. Long may he continue to rock and roll for us loyal fans.
Janis, Singapore
11 yrs ago
What a blessing to your unborn child. Your prayers are heard. Peace.
Paul Rodgers. That is all you need to say. I had the privilege of , being introduced to the man after a show , through his wife and manager .What a honer it was to meet this legendary artist,
One of the most influential musicians in the history of music ,I gotta tell you it was a moment to remember .he was the nicest guy very willing to take the time for a life long fan .there's a presence in his music that takes on its own powerful and yet peaceful path and if your lucky enough to feel it in your soul it will take you on a journey to a place for away .your the best Mr Paul Rodgers thanks
Yes
His voice takes my soul away to a peaceful place
His voice an music has helped me on many occasions especially in the early 70s
Seen free in early 70s in sydney aust
Deep purple were the main act
But it was free I really wanted to see an they certainly should of been the main act.
You are a very lucky person to meet such an amazing talented man!
You certainly are blessed to have such a memory
what a great reherasal by paul.i am glad this exist. what a magic performance.
Such a beautiful voice, even when rehearsal
PAUL ROGERS IS A WORKHORSE BEHIND THAT MIKE, NON-STOP, CAN CARRY A TUNE, HAS AGED WELL, I COULD GO ON ALL NITE , CAN,T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS GREAT MAN, HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUSIC, ROCK N ROLL, ETC. ,, MANY THANKS TO HIM FOR THE ENJOYMENT HE HAS BROUGHT TO MILLIONS,, NEVER STOP PAUL,, "YOU THE MAN"!!
Such an authentic tone and delivery. Such an underrated singer and lyricist.
This is beautiful--best voice in the universe
I wonder what keeps this blues rock legend striving on and on, He just keeps on going, like a last candle, that a family has in its last desperate attempt to survive the darkness of winter.
what a great rehersal of this classic song.
Thank you so muUch for that video!!! ✌ Thank you,,☮ can't believe i never herd it until recent! THANK"S People ,,,,,adam
This is superb. I just bought Free at Last to hear the original!
ROCKS TOP MAN, BEAUTIFUL VOICE FROM A BEAUTIFUL GUY, FROM THE VERY START, GO FIGURE !!!
This is beautiful...Happy Easter 🐣
WHAT CAN YOU SAY WORD S ARNT ENOUGH BEAUTIFULL
awesome performance rehersal performance by paul rodgers, credit to the person who put this up, nice to see this exists. and paul coughs in this cause he was a smoker at the time.
Beautiful lyrics, has anyone ever considered that is what some of us are, and the rest just don't care!
so very sweet, thanx for the upload
PEACE!
Wow!
Paul Rodgers, what else can I say? The video is awsome, thanks for the upload, I never heard this b4.
Seek the publication Heavy Load by
David Clayton & Todd K Smith published
by Moonstone Publications Ltd UK. I think it is $40 in the US. Complete History of Free and all its personnel
I pre ordered 3 copies of that to help get it off the ground, never read it
Thank you ...MWAH!!!!
very good music . god blessed
Thank you so muUch for that video!!! ✌ Thank you,,☮
Thank you so much :-)
AMAZING!!!!
This was one of many gems on the 'Songs of Yesterday' box set.He has one of those voices where virtually anything he does is worth a listen,even demos like this-particularly from the Free days.There must be a few more demos hiding away from this period that would be well worth hearing.I recently bought a couple of Sandy Denny box sets (my all time favourite female vocalist) and many of the home demos on there are simply breathtaking-far superior to many of her album versions which tended to be overproduced.Makes me wonder what is else is hiding in the vaults from other artists from that era such as Free and Paul Rodgers/Bad Company.
lovely
Paul's mmmmms would later be used in She Brings Me Love on Bad Company's Desolation Angels.
best bands are not reconised till 30-40 years later ? Why is that . His voice is simply the best
Noah - I love you so much. Pop
"SON OF SUN"!
Paul says he fluffed it in a few places but he'll be back. What some singers wouldn't do to fluff it like this.
Good job...
La voz caracteristica de Paul free now and forever from Villa Rica Pasco Peru Evolucion sadgeorge
i second that professoricon :-))
I think I love his speaking voice even more than his singing voice. His accent is hot should never be masked.
His spoken voice is still true it's roots from his hometown of Middlesbrough.
He sounds so much like Stevie Wonder when you hear Paul's smooth soulful voice ;)
he really does!!
Ja,das sind unverwechselbar FREE...eine der eindruckvollsten Bands der Rock Geschichte....
Aber FREE ohne Andy Fraser und Paul Kosoff geht ebensowenig wie
Led ZEPPELIN ohne John Bonham.
Jedes Mitglied dieser Kult Bands ist für das Klangbild der Band unersetzlich !!!
Die Musik aber bleibt auf Unendlich
hoerbar für uns,aber auch unerstzlich....Free Zeppelin,fliege um die Welt und erfreue die Millionen Eurer Fans...
Dr.Ilja Lasaroff.Bulgarien.
He's my twin