CD 1:
01. Love Like A Man
02. Think About The Times
03. Religion
04. You're Driving Me Crazy
05. Speed Kills
06. Portable People
07. The Bluest Blues
08. Positive Vibrations
09. I'd Love To Change The World
10. Hear Me Calling
11. As The Sun Still Burns Away
12. 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain
13. Outside My Window

CD 2:
01. Bad Scene
02. Over The Hill
03. Going Back To Birmingham
04. Look Into My Life
05. Look Me Straight Into The Eyes
06. I'm Coming On
07. Sugar The Road
08. Working On The Road
09. Standing At The Station
10. Without You
11. It's Getting Harder
12. Waiting For the Judgement Day

British blues-rock quartet Ten Years After originally consisted of Alvin Lee (born December 19, 1944, died March 6, 2013), guitar and vocals; Chick Churchill (born January 2, 1949), keyboards; Leo Lyons (born November 30, 1944) bass; and Ric Lee (born October 20, 1945), drums. The group was formed in 1967 and signed to Decca in England. Their first album was not a success, but their second, the live Undead (1968) containing "I'm Going Home," a six-minute blues workout by the fleet-fingered Alvin, hit the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Stonedhenge (1969) hit the U.K. Top Ten in early 1969. Ten Years After's U.S. breakthrough came as a result of their appearance at Woodstock, at which they played a nine-minute version of "I'm Going Home." Their next album, Ssssh, reached the U.S. Top 20, and Cricklewood Green, containing the hit single "Love Like a Man," reached number four. Watt completed the group's Decca contract, after which they signed with Columbia and moved in a more mainstream pop direction, typified by the gold-selling 1971 album A Space in Time and its Top 40 single, "I'd Love to Change the World."

Subsequent efforts in that direction were less successful, however, and Ten Years After split up after the release of Positive Vibrations in 1974. They reunited in 1988 for concerts in Europe and recorded their first new album in 15 years, About Time, in 1989 before disbanding once again. In 2001, Ric Lee was preparing the back catalog for re-release when he discovered the Live at the Fillmore East 1970 tapes. He approached Alvin Lee about getting back together to promote the lost album, but Alvin declined. The rest of the band was up for it, though, and together with guitarist Joe Gooch, Ten Years After started touring again. In addition to touring the world, this new incarnation recorded its first new material in about a decade and a half and released Now in 2004, adding the live double-CD set Roadworks in 2005. Alvin Lee died on March 6, 2013 at the age of 68 due to complications from a routine surgery. Ten Years After continued to tour after Alvin's death with a lineup featuring Chick Churchill and Ric Lee plus two new members: guitarist/vocalist Marcus Bonfanti and bassist Colin Hodgkinson. This incarnation released its first studio album, A Sting in the Tale, in 2017. ---William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com

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1. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
2. I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes
3. Hobbit
4. Spoonful
5. I'm Goin' Home

Line Up:
Alvin Lee - guitar; 
Chick Churchill - organ;
Leo Lyons - bass; 
Ric Lee – drums.

Dallas International Motor Speedway, 
Lewisville, Texas, September 1, 1969

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DISC 1:
"Ssssh":
01. Bad Scene
02. Two Time Mama
03. Stoned Woman
04. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
05. If You Should Love Me
06. I Don't Know That You Don't Know My Name          play
07. The Stomp
08. I Woke Up This Morning
09. If You Should Love Me [B-side of Love Like A Man] - 'Ssssh' Bonus Recording
"Cricklewood Green":
10. Sugar The Road
11. Working On The Road
12. 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain
13. Year 3,000 Blues                                 play
14. Me And My Baby
15. Love Like A Man
16. Circles
17. As The Sun Still Burns Away

DISC 2:
01. Love Like A Man [Single A-side] - 'Cricklewood Green' Bonus Recording
"Watt":
02. I'm Coming On
03. My Baby Left Me
04. Think About The Times
05. I Say Yeah
06. The Band With No Name
07. Gonna Run
08. She Lies In The Morning
09. Sweet Little Sixteen
"A Space In Time":
10. One Of These Days
11. Here They Come
12. I'd Love To Change The World
13. Over The Hill                                     play
14. Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'N' Roll You    play
15. Once There Was A Time
16. Let The Sky Fall
17. Hard Monkeys
18. I've Been There Too
19. Uncle Jam

DISC 3:
01. I'd Love To Change The World [Single Edit] - 'A Space In Time' Bonus Recording
"Rock 'n' Roll Music To the World"
02. You Give Me Loving
03. Convention Prevention
04. Turned Off T.V. Blues                         
05. Standing At The Station                       
06. You Can't Win Them All
07. Religion                                    
08. Choo Choo Mama                              play
09. Tomorrow I'll Be Out Of Town
10. Rock & Roll Music To The World
Bonus Recordings:
11. Choo Choo Mama
12. Love Like A Man - Live [B-side]

Personnel: 
Alvin Lee (vocals, guitar, electronics); 
Chick Churchill (piano, organ, keyboards); 
Ric Lee (drums); 
Alan Black (balloons).

Nearly 40 years after its formation, Ten Years After continues to stand tall among the greatest blues-rock bands ever. The band caused a sensation at the legendary Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in 1969 thanks to their incendiary encore "I'm Going Home," and the dreamy "I'd Love To Change The World" was a huge hit single in 1971. These two songs only tell part of the story of a band whose tireless touring and recording have generated a solid body of work as any in rock 'n' roll history.

Keyboardist Chick Churchill, bass guitarist Leo Lyons, drummer Ric Lee (no relation to Alvin Lee) and new vocalist/lead guitarist Joe Gooch are showcasing their considerable talents for audiences all over the world. The quartet's double live album 'Roadworks' -- recorded at concerts in France and Germany in 2004 -- was first released in Europe in late 2005 and it's the follow-up to the studio album 'Ten Years After ...... Now' issued earlier in the year.

Ten Years After was re-energized with the addition of Gooch, a 28-year-old stick of singing and playing dynamite. "Joe was recommended to us by Tom Lyons, our bass player Leo Lyons' son. I went to see Joe and was blown away by his playing. I was not surprised that somebody so young was that talented. We were concerned about the age gap, but that proved not to be a problem," says Lee.

The Ten Years After story begins in Nottingham, England, in 1967 when already seasoned veterans Lee, Churchill, Lyons and original vocalist/lead guitarist Alvin Lee joined forces and hit the London club circuit in earnest. 1967 will always be remembered as a pivotal year in rock'n' roll, especially the "Summer Of Love." At this time -- and for the next few years -- a blues-rock movement exploded in England. American blues artists often earned greater success and respect in England than at home, and their influence was massive. The Rolling Stones, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds, Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, Free, Foghat, Savoy Brown and others carried this musical torch. Ten Years After was also such a blues-rock disciple and the band released its self-titled debut album late in 1967.

2010 three CD release featuring albums plus rare tracks all recorded during their time on Chrysalis Records. Their fourth album, Ssssh., issued in August 1969, coincided with their breakthrough appearance at the Woodstock festival, a definite highlight of the subsequent film and LP of that show. Fifth album Cricklewood Green, issued in April 1970, featured their biggest UK chart hit with 'Love Like A Man'. 1971's A Space In Time showed a change in direction, no doubt inspired by the more acoustic sounds prevalent in the States at the time. As well as producing their biggest Stateside hit with 'I'd Love To Change the World', this set is completed by Rock & Roll Music to the World from 1972, a classic mix of the blues and rock 'n' roll that made the band such a successful live draw, with lead guitarist Alvin Lee hailed as one of the fastest players in the world. This set also includes rare b-sides and single edits, appearing on CD for the first time. - amazon.com

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CD1:
1- Love Like A Man
2- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
3- Working On The Road
4- The Hobbit
5- 50.000 Miles Beneath My Brain
6- Skoobly-Oobly-Doobob

CD2:
1- Help Me
2- I'm Goin' Home
3- Sweet Little Sixteen
4- Roll Over Beethoven
5- I Woke Up This Morning
6- Spoonful

Line Up:
Alvin Lee (vocals, guitar); 
Chick Churchill (organ); 
Leo Lyons (bass); 
Ric Lee (drums).

This superbly recorded double disc (the original engineer was Eddie Kramer, best-known for his work with Hendrix) captured over a weekend worth of dates in February 1970 at the venerable New York City venue catches the Brit boogie quartet at the peak of their powers. These shows were sandwiched between their triumphant Woodstock set and the release of Cricklewood Green, generally considered the band's best work. They find the group primed through years of roadwork, as well as obviously excited to be playing in front of an appreciative N.Y.C. crowd. Kicking off with one of Bill Graham's patented individual-member intros, the group winds their way through the ominous riff of "Love Like a Man." Mixing extended and rocking versions of blues standards -- like Sonny Boy Williamson classics "Help Me" and "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl," as well as Willie Dixon's "Spoonful" -- with two Chuck Berry covers and some nuggets from their own catalog, Ten Years After burns through this show with enormous energy and infectious enthusiasm. Alvin Lee and his flying fingers stay firmly in the spotlight, but the remastered sound is so immaculate you can finally appreciate the contributions of the other, generally overlooked TYA members: Chick Churchill on keyboards and especially Leo Lyons' fluid bass work, along with Ric Lee's jazzy drums. The songs shift into overdrive on the jams -- the longest of which pushes "I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes" to 20 minutes -- and amazingly stay interesting for the majority of that time thanks to Lee's sense of flashy dynamics, as he quotes liberally from Hendrix and Cream licks. Detailed liner notes from drummer Lee describe the scene, not only in terms of Ten Years After, but also of the musical camaraderie of the time. Some of this is almost embarrassingly dated -- the drum solo-laden "The Hobbit" is particularly guilty, as are the often-interminable guitar gymnastics -- and the Chuck Berry numbers might have been live crowd-pleasers but don't add much to the originals. Still, this is the best Ten Years After concert album (of the three in the catalog), and proves just how vibrant these boogie boys could be when inspired by the crowd and each other on a perfect night. ---Hal Horowitz, Rovi

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01. Sugar The Road – 4:04
02. Working On The Road – 4:14
03. 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain – 7:35
04. Year 3,000 Blues – 2:23
05. Me And My Baby – 4:10
06. Love Like A Man – 7:36
07. Circles – 3:55
08. As The Sun Still Burns Away – 4:43

Personnel:
- Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals
- Leo Lyons - bass
- Ric Lee - drums
- Chick Churchill – organ

Cricklewood Green provides the best example of Ten Years After's recorded sound. On this album, the band and engineer Andy Johns mix studio tricks and sound effects, blues-based song structures, a driving rhythm section, and Alvin Lee's signature lightning-fast guitar licks into a unified album that flows nicely from start to finish. Cricklewood Green opens with a pair of bluesy rockers, with "Working on the Road" propelled by a guitar and organ riff that holds the listener's attention through the use of tape manipulation as the song develops. "50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain" and "Love Like a Man" are classics of TYA's jam genre, with lyrically meaningless verses setting up extended guitar workouts that build in intensity, rhythmically and sonically. The latter was an FM-radio staple in the early '70s. "Year 3000 Blues" is a country romp sprinkled with Lee's silly sci-fi lyrics, while "Me and My Baby" concisely showcases the band's jazz licks better than any other TYA studio track, and features a tasty piano solo by Chick Churchill. It has a feel similar to the extended pieces on side one of the live album Undead. "Circles" is a hippie-ish acoustic guitar piece, while "As the Sun Still Burns Away" closes the album by building on another classic guitar-organ riff and more sci-fi sound effects. ---Jim Newsom, Rovi

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01. Going To Try (Alvin Lee) - 4:51
02. I Can't Live Without Lydia (Chick Churchill) - 1:23
03. Woman Trouble (Alvin Lee) - 4:37
04. Skoobly-Oobly-Doobob (Alvin Lee) - 1:42
05. Hear Me Calling (Alvin Lee) - 5:42
06. A Sad Song (Alvin Lee) - 3:22
07. Three Blind Mice (traditional, arr.by Ric Lee) - 0:56
08. No Title (Alvin Lee) - 8:12
09. Faro (Leo Lyons) - 1:11
10. Speed Kills (Alvin Lee, Mike Vernon) - 3:39
Bonuses:
11. Hear Me Calling (single A-side) (Alvin Lee) - 3:42
12. Women Trouble (US Version) (Alvin Lee) - 4:48
13. I'm Going Home (single B-side) (Alvin Lee) - 3:34
14. Boogie On (Alvin Lee) - 14:25

Personnel:
- Alvin Lee - vocals, guitar, piano, chinese fans
- Chick Churchill - organ, piano
- Ric Lee - drums, tympani
- Leo Lyons - bass, bow-bass, string bass, percussion
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- Roy Baker - sound effects on "No Title"
- Martin Smith - train sound effects on "Speed Kills"
- Simon Stable (credited as Count Simon (Stable) de la Bedoyere) - bongos on "Going To Try"
- Mike Vernon - backing vocals on "Hear Me Calling"

"I'm Going Home" from Ten Years After's previous release put them on the charts, at least in the U.K. (the band's U.S. breakthrough was at Woodstock a year after its release), but the four-piece was already experimenting with ways to expand their basic boogie rock template. Stonedhenge was the result, as producer Mike Vernon helped steer the band into a more jazz- and blues-oriented direction. That's especially evident in the swinging "Woman Trouble," but this set is generally more prone to broadening the sound without losing TYA's basic concept. It doesn't always gel -- the four short pieces that feature each musician alone on their instrument is an interesting idea that ends up as a distraction -- yet the album boasts some terrific performances by a group that was hitting its peak. Canned Heat, who TYA supported in America and who were also trying to push their own boogie envelope, were a big influence, born out by the very Heat-sounding "Hear Me Calling." Alvin Lee keeps his fleet fingers in check, preferring to work his style into a more organic fusion. Tracks such as the creeping "A Sad Song" successfully build tension without the need for speedy guitar solos. The eight-minute "No Title" takes the basic TYA blueprint but slowly creates a moody atmosphere for three minutes until Lee cranks out a terse, loud extension on its main riff that sets the stage for Chick Churchill's eerie organ solo. The quartet and their producer also experimented with primitive panning and tape manipulation to impressive results. The closing "Speed Kills" returns TYA to its basics, perhaps as a way to let its existing fans know they can still churn out the rocking when needed. The album was remastered and expanded in 2002 by adding informative liner notes from drummer Ric Lee, four extra tracks including the tiresome, 15-minute "Boogie On," and an edited single version of "I'm Going Home," U,K, artwork (the initial U.S. edition was an embarrassing botch job) and pristine sound from the original tapes. ---Hal Horowitz, Rovi

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01. Bad Scene - 3:30
02. Two Time Mama - 1:59
03. Stoned Woman - 3:19
04. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - 7:08
05. If You Should Love Me - 5:19
06. I Don't Know That You Don't Know My Name - 2:02
07. The Stomp - 4:30
08. I Woke Up This Morning - 5:26

Personnel:
- Alvin Lee - guitars, vocals
- Leo Lyons - bass
- Chick Churchill - organ, pianos
- Ric Lee – drums

Ssssh was Ten Years After's new release at the time of their incendiary performance at the Woodstock Festival in August, 1969. As a result, it was their first hit album in the U.S., peaking at number 20 in September of that year. This recording is a primer of British blues-rock of the era, showcasing Alvin Lee's guitar pyrotechnics and the band's propulsive rhythm section. As with most of TYA's work, the lyrics were throwaways, but the music was hot. Featured is a lengthy cover of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl," with reworked lyrics leaving little doubt as to what the singer had in mind for the title character. Also included was a 12-bar blues song with the ultimate generic blues title "I Woke Up This Morning." Ssssh marked the beginning of the band's two-year run of popularity on the U.S. album charts and in the underground FM-radio scene. ---Jim Newsom, Rovi

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01. Rock Your Mama (bonus) (Alvin Lee) - 3:46
02. Spoonful (bonus) (Dixon) - 6:23
03. I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always (Churchill/A.Lee/R.Lee/Lyons) - 9:49
04. Summertime (George Gershwin) / Shantung Cabbage (Ric Lee) - 5:44
05. Spider In My Web (Alvin Lee) - 7:42
06. (At The) Woodchopper's Ball (Woody Herman/Joe Bishop) - 7:38
07. Standing At The Crossroads (bonus) (Johnson) - 4:10
08. I Can't Keep From Crying, Sometimes (Kooper) / Extension On One Chord (Churchill/A.Lee/R.Lee/Lyons) / I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes (Kooper) (bonus) - 17:04
09. I'm Going Home (Alvin Lee) - 6:21

Personnel:
- Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals
- Chick Churchill - organ, drums
- Leo Lyons - bass
- Ric Lee – drums

Recorded live in a small London club, Undead contains the original "I'm Going Home," the song that brought Ten Years After its first blush of popularity following the Woodstock festival and film in which it was featured. However, the real strength of this album is side one, which contains two extended jazz jams, "I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always" and Woody Herman's "Woodchopper's Ball," both of which spotlight guitarist Alvin Lee's amazing speed and technique. Side two is less interesting, with an extended slow blues typical of the time, a drum solo feature, and the rock & roll rave-up of "I'm Going Home." ---Jim Newsom, Rovi

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01. One Of These Days – 5:48
02. Here They Come – 4:30
03. I'd Love To Change The World – 3:43
04. Over The Hill – 2:27
05. Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'N' Roll You – 2:14
06. Once There Was A Time – 3:20
07. Let The Sky Fall – 4:18
08. Hard Monkeys – 3:10
09. I've Been There Too – 5:43
10. Uncle Jam – 1:57

Personnel:
- Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals
- Leo Lyons - bass
- Chick Churchill - keyboards
- Ric Lee – drums

A Space in Time was Ten Years After's best-selling album. This was due primarily to the strength of "I'd Love to Change the World," the band's only hit single, and one of the most ubiquitous AM and FM radio cuts of the summer of 1971. TYA's first album for Columbia, A Space in Time has more of a pop-oriented feel than any of their previous releases had. The individual cuts are shorter, and Alvin Lee displays a broader instrumental palette than before. In fact, six of the disc's ten songs are built around acoustic guitar riffs. However, there are still a couple of barn-burning jams. The leadoff track, "One of These Days," is a particularly scorching workout, featuring extended harmonica and guitar solos. After the opener, however, the album settles back into a more relaxed mood than one would have expected from Ten Years After. Many of the cuts make effective use of dynamic shifts, and the guitar solos are generally more understated than on previous outings. The production on A Space in Time is crisp and clean, a sound quite different from the denseness of its predecessors. Though not as consistent as Cricklewood Green, A Space in Time has its share of sparkling moments. ---Jim Newsom, Rovi

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01. I'm Coming On - 3:45
02. My Baby Left Me - 5:21
03. Think About The Times - 4:41
04. I Say Yeah - 5:14
05. The Band With No Name - 1:34
06. Gonna Run - 6:00
07. She Lies In The Morning - 7:23
08. Sweet Little Sixteen (live, 1970) (Chuck Berry) - 4:08

Personnel:
- Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals
- Leo Lyons - bass
- Chick Churchill - keyboards
- Ric Lee – drums

Watt had many of the same ingredients as its predecessor, Cricklewood Green, but wasn't nearly as well thought out. The band had obviously spent much time on the road, leaving little time for developing new material. Consequently, a cover of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen," recorded live at the Isle of Wight Festival, is included here, as is a short instrumental with the uninspired title "The Band With No Name." Other song titles like "I Say Yeah" and "My Baby Left Me" betray the lack of spark in Alvin Lee's songwriting. Nonetheless, his guitar work is fast and clean (though the licks are beginning to sound repetitive from album to album), and the band continues to cook in the manner exemplified best on Cricklewood Green. ---Jim Newsom, Rovi

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