The Free Story was released on 31 December 1973 by Island Records. It reached number 2 in the UK Albums Chart and stayed in the charts for 6 weeks. On 22 July (my birthday) 2013, the album was awarded a silver certification by the BPI, for UK album sales of over 60,000 units a mere 40 years after release. The album covers the entire studio album collection of Free from their debut album Tons of Sobs through to their final studio album Heartbreaker and includes their biggest hit single "All Right Now"