Music from Free Creek is an album from a series of 1969 "super session" recordings by Free Creek, a group composed of a number of internationally renowned musical artists of the time, including Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Keith Emerson, Buzz Feiten, Mitch Mitchell and Linda Ronstadt. Joe Viglione from www.allmusic.com has stated that "Music from Free Creek is a super session album, where the musicians are playing for the fun of it, and that comes across. The material doesn't get bogged down in 'names'; it just flows."

History

The recordings, made in 1969, were released in 1973 in England as CADS 101 by Charisma Records and in the U.S. by Buddah Records, as a two-record set. The material was re-released by Charisma in 1976, as Summit Meeting. It was released on CD by Lake Eerie Records in 2002, and re-released by the same company in 2006.

Track Listing and Personnel

Source:

The Eric Clapton ("King Cool") Session

Source:

1. No One Knows (lyrics by Tom Cosgrove and Stu Woods, music by Moogy Klingman)
2. Road Song (Klingman)
3. Getting Back To Molly (Klingman)

The Jeff Beck ("A.N. Other") Session

Source: 4. Cissy Strut (A. Neville, L. Nocentelli, G. Porter, Jr. and J. Modeliste) 5. Big City Woman (Klingman) 6. Cherrypicker (Jeff Beck, Moogy Klingman, Stu Woods and Roy Markowitz) 7. Working in a Coalmine (Written by Allen Toussaint)

The Keith Emerson Session

8. Freedom Jazz Dance (Eddie Harris)
9. On the Rebound (Floyd Cramer)
10. Mother Nature's Son (Lennon and McCartney)

The Harvey Mandel Session

11. Sympathy for the Devil (Jagger/Richards)
12. Earl's Shuffle (Harvey Mandel and Earle Doud)
13. The Girl from Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim and Norman Gimbel)

Odds & Sods

14. Hey Jude (Lennon and McCartney)
15. Lay Lady Lay (Dylan)
16. Kilpatrick's Defeat (Moogy Klingman and Mike Gayle)

The Linda Ronstadt Session

17. Living Like a Fool (Maxwell and Crutchfield)
18. He Darked the Sun (Bernie Leadon and Gene Clark) The Free Creek Horns are: The Free Creek Singers are:

Other Credits and Particulars

Music from Free Creek was recorded and mixed in New York City at The Record Plant, June, July & August, 1969 Produced by Earle Doud and Tom Flye Executive Producer and Musical Director: Moogy Klingman Engineers: Tony Bongiovi and Jack Hunt Additional mixes: Keith Emerson and Neil Slaven Album cover painting by Ronchetti and Day Album cover design: Hipgnosis

Track listing

The UK release of the double LP arranges the tracks in the following order: LP 1, side A (ADS1A, stated running time 17:52) LP1, side B (ADS1B, stated running time 15:50) LP2, side A (ADS2A, stated running time 17:21) LP2, side B (ADS2B, stated running time 15:42) The 2006 Lake Eerie single CD Free Creek LER 43014 has the same 18 tracks in the same order from LP1 side A through to LP2 side B, with some minor variations in track titles and musician credits.