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Kiki Dee - Loving And Free (1973) [2008, Remastered with Bonus Tracks]

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Date: 5 Nov 2022 17:55:01
Kiki Dee - Loving And Free (1973) [2008, Remastered with Bonus Tracks]

Kiki Dee - Loving And Free (1973) [2008, Remastered with Bonus Tracks]
Pop/Rock, Vocal, Ballad | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 47:23 | 631,40 Mb
Label: EMI Records Ltd. (EU) | Cat.# 00946 3 63113 2 6 | Released: 2008-06-02 (1973-11-27)
Kiki Dee - Loving And Free (1973) [2008, Remastered with Bonus Tracks]
"Loving and Free" is the 3rd album by English singer Kiki Dee released in 1973 on The Rocket Record Company label. It was recorded at the AIR Studios and Nova Studios in London between April 28 and June 22, 1973. "Loving and Free" has masterful production by Elton John and Clive Franks, and if anything, it is as lovingly produced as it is performed. One of four strong Kiki Dee originals is the title track, which opens up this soulful album, reflected so beautifully in the cover photo of young Dee on a bicycle with flowers in a field. It's reminiscent of Lesley Duncan's "Love Song," and lo and behold, Duncan shows up on backing vocals on the very next song, "If It Rains." Elton John plays keyboards on seven of the ten tracks, including the short gospel piece "If It Rains," written by Dee, and the Bernie Taupin/Elton John number "Lonnie and Josie." Both these tracks could be outtakes from Tumbleweed Connection, and with covers of Jackson Browne and Stealers Wheel's Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty, you know the direction here is not going to be the all-out assault which landed in the Top 15 the very next year, "I Got the Music in Me." Dee, performing the band Free's "Travellin' in Style," adds blues/pop to the disc, the tune moving harder than most of the tracks on side one. Egan and Rafferty's "You Put Something Better Inside Me" plays with more heart than what Stealers Wheel did on their own, and fits this country-flavored pop record just perfectly. Another Elton John/Bernie Taupin composition opens side two, and "Supercool" gets the nod as the hardest-rocking track on this otherwise low-key and beautifully mellow disc. It isn't as raucous as "I Got the Music in Me," but it still feels a little out of place on this set; still, how can one resist any contribution from John and Taupin? "Rest My Head" is the singer showing she can write, and like many of the tracks on Loving & Free, performed with members of Elton John's band from this era behind her. "Amoureuse," written by Véronique Sanson and Gary Osborne, is unique in that it brings one of John's other songwriting partners into the mix. Jackson Browne's "Song for Adam" and the song which Elton John performed and put on the flip of one of his singles, "Sugar on the Floor," conclude this album and make the sequel to Tumbleweed Connection so valid. That was one of Elton John's most heartfelt and non-commercial discs, and he gets to reprise it here. Loving & Free is an underrated, under-valued, ambitious, and completely forgotten work which shows Kiki Dee to be an extremely valuable artist who deserved all the support she got from her friends in the industry. It is too bad the public didn't embrace such important music, which got the sincere blessing of Elton John.
~Review by Joe Viglione

Kiki Dee - Loving And Free (1973) [2008, Remastered with Bonus Tracks]

Kiki Dee - Loving And Free (1973) [2008, Remastered with Bonus Tracks]




Release of the album: 1973, November, 27 [LP The Rocket Record Company, Cat.# PIGL5, UK]
Release of this CD: 2008, June, 2 [CD EMI Records Ltd. (EU), Cat.# 00946 3 63113 2 6 / UPC: 0094636311326]
Digital Remaster ℗ 2008.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Spellbound Recordings under exclusive licence to EMI Records Limited.
℗ 2008 The copyright in this compilation is owned by EMI Records Ltd.
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd.
Marketed and Distributed by EMI.
Printed/Made in the EU

Kiki Dee - Loving And Free (1973) [2008, Remastered with Bonus Tracks]

Credits:

Acoustic Guitar – Jim Ryun (tracks: 8)
Arranged By [Orchestra] – John Barnham (tracks: 1, 8)
Artwork By – David Costa
Backing Vocals – Doreen Chanter (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11), Elton John (tracks: 7), Irene Chanter (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11), Kay Garner (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11), Lesley Duncan (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 9, 10), Liza Strike (tracks: 10)
Bass Guitar – Dee Murray (tracks: 1 to 11)
Drums – Dave Mattacks (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8), Gerry Conway (tracks: 2, 9, 10), Nigel Olssen (tracks: 3, 6, 11)
Electric Piano – Elton John (tracks: 2, 7, 10)
Engineer – Clive Franks
Engineer [Assistant] – Denny Bridges, Judy Szekely
Engineer [Orchestral] – Richard Dodd
Guitar – Davey Johnstone (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 10, 11), Paul Keogh (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 9)
Mellotron – Elton John (tracks: 3, 5, 10)
Organ – Elton John (tracks: 7), Jimmy Hall (tracks: 1, 9)
Photography – Steve Brown
Piano – Elton John (tracks: 3, 6, 11), Jimmy Hall (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7, 10), Ronnie Leahy (tracks: 8)
Producer – Clive Franks, Elton John
Saxophone – Roger Ball (tracks: 4)
Steel Guitar – B. J. Cole (tracks: 7, 10)
Vocals – Kiki Dee

Tracklist:

01. Loving And Free (04:22)
02. If It Rains (02:47)
03. Lonnie And Josie (04:27)
04. Travellin' In Style (03:07)
05. You Put Something Better Inside Of Me (04:35)
06. Supercool (03:25)
07. Rest My Head (03:18)
08. Amoureuse (04:09)
09. Song For Adam (05:22)
10. Sugar On The Floor (04:17)
Bonus Tracks:
11. Last Good Man In My Life (04:29)
12. Six Days On The Road (Previously Unreleased) (03:06)

Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016

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Analyzed: Kiki Dee / Loving And Free
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.17 dB -10.75 dB 4:22 01-Loving And Free
DR8 -0.17 dB -10.63 dB 2:47 02-If It Rains
DR9 -0.17 dB -10.43 dB 4:27 03-Lonnie And Josie
DR8 -0.17 dB -9.54 dB 3:07 04-Travellin' In Style
DR8 -0.17 dB -10.64 dB 4:35 05-You Put Something Better Inside Of Me
DR7 -0.17 dB -8.50 dB 3:25 06-Supercool
DR8 -0.17 dB -9.83 dB 3:18 07-Rest My Head
DR8 -0.17 dB -11.52 dB 4:09 08-Amoureuse
DR8 -0.17 dB -10.16 dB 5:22 09-Song For Adam
DR8 -0.17 dB -11.61 dB 4:17 10-Sugar On The Floor
DR8 -0.17 dB -9.54 dB 4:29 11-Last Good Man In My Life (Bonus Track)
DR8 -0.17 dB -9.37 dB 3:06 12-Six Days On The Road (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
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Official DR value: DR8

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Channels: 2
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Bitrate: 940 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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