Ten Years After (Official Thread)

[Sox]

Ten Years After Official Website





Formed in 1966 ten years after the Elvis '56 sessions hence the band name. A UK based blues/rock group that would eventually storm on to the world stage. Alvin Lee (Guitar), Leo Lyons (Bass), Chick Churchill (Keys) and Rick Lee(Drums), four great musicians from the midlands area of England, they got together after moving to London and soon built up a strong reputation as a live act.

The 1967 self titled debut album ...





Side one
1."I Want to Know" (Paul Jones) - 2:11
2."I Can't Keep from Crying, Sometimes" (Kooper) - 5:24
3."Adventures of a Young Organ" (Lee, Churchill) - 2:34
4."Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) - 6:05
5."Losing the Dogs" (Lee, Dudgeon) - 3:03
Side two
1."Feel It for Me" (Lee) - 2:40
2."Love Until I Die" (Lee) - 2:06
3."Don't Want You, Woman" (Lee) - 2:37
4."Help Me" - (Bass, Dixon, Williamson) - 9:51

Help Me


Studio & Live Albums

Ten Years After 1967
Undead (live album) 1968
BBC Sessions 1967–1968
Stonedhenge 1969
Ssssh 1969
Cricklewood Green 1970
Watt 1970
A Space in Time 1971
Rock & Roll Music to the World 1972
Recorded Live (double live album) 1973
Positive Vibrations 1974
Rocket Fuel 1978 by Alvin Lee & Ten Years Later
Ride On 1979 by Alvin Lee & Ten Years Later
About Time 1989
Live at the Fillmore East 1970 (double live album) 2001
One Night Jammed (Live) 2003
Now 2004
Roadworks (double live album) 2005
Evolution 2008
Live at Fiesta City (live DVD) 2009

 

[Garrett]

Great rock band and Alvin Lee is a gifted Bluesman! His performance at Woodstock is epic!

 

[LG]

I don't have their first album but I think this band is top drawer, my older brother introduced them to me when I was about 12 years old I think....my how time flies.

 

[Beautiful Loser]

I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do, so I leave it up to you

 

[Sox]

Ten Years After played at the Windsor Jazz Festival in 1967 the performance led to a record deal with Deram part of Decca. The first band to do so without a hit single the result was the ST debut album.

I Want to Know

 

[Sox]

In May 1968 Ten Years After recorded a live show at the London jazz club Klooks Kleek the result was the live album "Undead" released in August that same year.



Spider in My Web

 

[E-Z]

My personal favourite album of theres is-

ROCK & ROLL MUSIC TO THE WORLD from 1972.

Strangely past rock reviews of this album from the 1970s never seem to rate it that highly for some strange reason and yet theres a whole host of great blues/rock & rock tracks on it??.

 

[Big Ears]

I like the live version of I'm Going Home.

Rocket Fuel by Alvin Lee and Ten Years Later is pretty good too.

 

[E-Z]

Yeah they were ok for there time and were especially BIG in the USA after there apperance at the Woodstock festival in August 1969 and there subsequent appearence in the Woodstock movie in 1970 featured playing a long'ish version of I'M GOING HOME.

CRICKLEWOOD GREEN from 1970 is probably there 'classic album' though.

Alvin Lee was quite a good musician and quite experimental as well with not only playing blues/rock but also rock & roll, blues, jazz and even early electronic music on some TYA albums.

 

[Big Ears]

I like all of their albums. Alvin Lee is an inventive, as well as lightning fast, guitarist.