Origin: London, England
Freedom was a London prog-psych band that was formed in the second half of 1967 by Bobby Harrison (drums, vocals) and Ray Royer (guitar) soon after Gary Brooker of Procol Harum kicked them both out of that band due to creative differences. Other original members included Steve Shirley (vocals, bass) and Tony Marsh (keyboards), the latter of whom was almost immediately replaced by Mike Lease (keyboards). In late '67, the band was asked to write and record the soundtrack to the Dino De Laurentiis produced Italian film Nerosubianco , which was released in early 1968. This obscure and underrated L…