Freedom - Through The Years (Reissue) (1971/2004)

More routine, circa 1970, heavy rock. It differs from their previous effort (Freedom at Last) in the greater length of the songs, which hover around the five-minute mark, and the jettisoning of blues and rock covers (which had comprised a good chunk of Freedom at Last) in favor of all-original material. On "Freestone" they get close to a Jack Bruce-with-Cream mood; the opening piano tinkles of "Thanks" are just different enough from the Beatles' "Let It Be" to avoid plagiarism. Not that Lennon-McCartney would have even come close to recovering their court costs if they had sought a turnover in publishing royalties, of course. The record has been reissued as half of a double CD that also includes their 1969 album Freedom at Last.