Ten Years After – Rock 'n' Roll Music To The World (1972 UK, remastered) | Plain & Fancy

Ten Years After – Rock 'n' Roll Music To The World (1972 UK,  remastered)

 Alvin Lee, lead guitarist and singer with Woodstock luminaries, Ten Years After died on 6 March 2013 aged just 68. Like so many heavy rock heroes, he emerged from the industrial English midlands (from the Nottingham-Mansfield area rather than the Black Country of Sabbath et al) and played on a world stage unimaginable to most. Owners of the triple vinyl Woodstock soundtrack will be familiar with Ten Years After's blistering performance of I'm Going Home. Their history dates back to the early 60s but the Ten Years After name and line up were consolidated in Nottingham 1966, and the band were nationally active from 1967-1974, then got back together from 1988 onwards. Their name comes from their homage to Elvis Presley's peak year of 1956 and its relationship to their 1966 formation.

This HDCD features 9 tracks put together as an album by Alvin in 1972 for the Chrysalis division of Columbia. Lacking the vinyl original, all comments apply to the HDCD. The sound is lively, dynamic and nuanced. This album finds them maturing musically, which makes this an ideal audiophile outing. Audio Fidelity have been reviewed positively on TNT-audio before. Their limited edition CD's, HDCD's and SACD's often sell out soon. With International Record Shop Day just behind us, it is encouraging to be reminded that physical formats still have a place in music dissemination. Holding these 24kt gold discs is a delight. 

Tracks

1. You Give Me Loving - 6:31

2. Convention Prevention - 4:25

3. Turned Off T.V. Blues - 5:12

4. Standing At The Station - 7:07

5. You Can't Win Them All - 4:05

6. Religion - 5:44

7. Choo Choo Moma - 4:00

8. Tomorrow I'll Be Out Of Town - 4:26

9. Rock 'n' Roll Music To The World - 3:40

All songs by Alvin Lee

Ten Years After

*Alvin Lee - Guitar, Vocals

*Leo Lyons - Bass

*Ric Lee - Drums

*Chick Churchill - Organ, Piano, Synthesizer

Hands up anyone who saw him in the early festivals who thought he was American and not from the Black Country (Midlands of the UK!)

 

Alvin and Ten Years After Live at The Marquee - I’m Going Home 1983

In 1983, 16 years after the release of their first album, Ten Years After reunited to play for the twentieth anniversary of the Marquee Club, as well as the U.K.'s Reading Festival. Six years later the band recorded the new album About Time. In 1997 they regrouped again to play a few festival shows here and there, including some in Scandinavia in 1997 and a few smaller club dates in 1998. The band went their separate ways again after the tour ended. In 2001 EMI and Decca began to digitally re-master and re-release the entire Ten Years After catalog. Keyboardist Lyons became inspired after finding some unreleased recordings, and wanted to regroup the band and tour in support of the re-released albums, but Lee was not interested.

Lee died on 6 March 2013 in Spain. He died from "unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure" to correct an atrial arrhythmia.

 The full Marquee gig here . . . . . . . 

Love Like a Man  00:00

I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always  05:17

Good Morning Little School Girl  11:31

Help Me  18:03

Woodchopper's Ball  28:53

Slow Blues in 'C'  33:27

I'm Going Home 40:07