{"product_id":"851851","title":"James Roger - Riding Free (Expanded Edition) [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.'Riding Free' receives a first time reissue since original release on Chapter One in 1973, with 13 bonus tracks..Roger James' sole LP, produced by Mark Wirtz, is a beguiling mix of 70's soft country-rock combined with the Wirtz flair for the epic.  .It includes the theme song to the cult movie Psychomania, which also gave this 1973, recorded in 1971, LP its front cover image (Nicky Henson riding free off a bridge) and title..At times the sound and style is Glen Campbell\/Jimmy Webb, BJ Thomas, country with filmic orchestration, reverb drum sound (courtesy of Pentangle's Terry Cox), picked guitar..Bonus tracks bookend the album; 1974 Roger James Group tracks from the compilation LP 'Up Country' (sounding almost Byrdsian (Gene Parsons\/Skip Battin era)), the 1970-72 non LP Chapter One label singles, the 1968\/9 NEMS label singles (Roger's excellent big brassy pop period pieces)..Roger James' extraordinary career leading up to this LP started when he was a guitar sideman touring with rockers Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, Joe Brown and Marty Wilde. In the mid-sixties, after being part of the Reg Calvert stable, he fronted beat group The Roger James Four. Then he played sessions for producers Norrie Paramor, Les Reed, Joe Meek, Johnny Worth, Tim Rice and Mark Wirtz. He then became a songwriter in residence for Ardmore \u0026amp; Beechwood and production libraries. And he played guitar on the film Girl on a Motorcycle, appeared in TV's Z Cars. In short - a legend!\u003cp\u003eIT TOOK SOMEONE LIKE YOU\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIF YOU SAY SO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'M SURE THAT I'M SURE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRAINDROPS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE END \/ SOMETHING WONDERFUL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHIGH INTO THE SKY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE RETURN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE REASON WHY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUNSHINE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRIDING FREE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHE'S LEAVING ME AGAIN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI WONDER IF SHE'LL SOMETIMES THINK OF ME\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOUT OF MY MIND OVER YOU\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIT TOOK SOMEONE LIKE YOU\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGOLD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLAURETTA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWHISTLING JACK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIF YOU SAY SO (FIRST MIX DEMO)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE RETURN (FIRST MIX DEMO)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFACES \u0026amp; PLACES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIF YOU TRY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIF I DIDN'T HAVE YOU\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI KNOW IT'S LOVE\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55141664752001,"sku":"851851","price":5.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/41ZTfndZQQL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767610175","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/851851","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}