Southern Freeez (album)

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Southern Freeez [1]
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Studio album by
Released Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1981
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1981
Flag of Germany.svg 1981
Genre Jazz-funk, post-disco
Label Beggars Banquet
Producer John Rocca
Freeez chronology
Southern Freeez [2]
(1981)
Gonna Get You
(1983)

Southern Freeez is the debut album by the British jazz-funk band Freeez, first released in 1981 by John Rocca on his Pink Rhythm record label and then signed to Beggars Banquet.

Contents

In 2020, Beggars Banquet released a remastered version of the album as part of a double album titled Southern Freez/Variations on a Theem, the second part of which contains new recordings by Rocca, including a new version of the track "Southern Freez" itself. [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Freeez except where noted.

  1. "Mariposa" - 5:40
  2. "Caribbean Winter" - 5:15
  3. "Easy On The Onions" - 2:37
  4. "Sunset" - 4:38
  5. "Flying High" (Peter Maas) - 5:30
  6. "Southern Freeez" (Andy Stennett, John Rocca, Peter Maas) - 5:40
  7. "Roller Chase" - 5:07
  8. "First Love" - 4:22
  9. "Finale" - 1:59

Producer

Personnel

Freeez

Additional musicians

Engineers

Special

Album information

Charts

TitleRelease
date
Chart positions
UK Albums
"Southern Freeez"February 1981#17

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References

  1. Information about album "Southern Freeez" Archived 7 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine by Freeez on Discogs.com
  2. Information about album "Southern Freeez" Archived 7 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine by Freeez on Discogs.com
  3. "The Arkive". Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

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