Love Like a Man - Ten Years After, Lee, Alvin [Rock]
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Ten Years After, Williamson, Sonny B
Working on the Road - Ten Years After, Lee, Alvin [Rock]
The Hobbit - Ten Years After, Lee, Ric
50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain - Ten Years After, Lee, Alvin [Rock]
Skoobly-Oobly-Doobob/I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes/Extension ... - Ten Years After, Churchill, M.G.
Track Listings (6) - Disc #2
Help Me - Ten Years After, Bass, Ralph
I'm Going Home - Ten Years After, Lee, Alvin [Rock]
Sweet Little 16 - Ten Years After, Berry, Chuck
Roll Over Beethoven - Ten Years After, Berry, Chuck
I Woke Up This Morning - Ten Years After, Lee, Alvin [Rock]
Spoonful - Ten Years After, Dixon, Willie [1]
UK live compilation for the British blues-rock quartet. Featuring 12 tracks recorded during two nights at the legendary venue, September 27th & 28th 1968. Highlights include, 'Spoonful' & 'The Hobbit'. 2001.
UK live compilation for the British blues-rock quartet. Featuring 12 tracks recorded during two nights at the legendary venue, September 27th & 28th 1968. Highlights include, 'Spoonful' & 'The Hobbit'. 2001.
J. E FELL | Carterville, Illinois United States | 10/25/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I read about this new cd in "Ice" magazine and I had to find a copy. This is a 2 cd import set recorded live at the Fillmore East during 2 nights in New York City. Ten Years After are an interesting band mixing elements of rock, blues, and jazz. The jazz elements are even more evident when they performed live in concert. This enabled Alvin Lee and company to stretch out and improvise within the framework of their songs. This release follows on the heels of two other excellent live albums "Undead" and "Recorded Live". This cd contains live versions of a number of songs not included on the previously mentioned disks. Among the those cuts are a live version on their single "Love Like A Man", and the rarely played Chuck Berry cover "Roll Over Beethoven" found in tandem with "Sweet Little Sixteen". The set list spotlights two cuts from their (unreleased at that point) "Cricklewood Green" album. These are smoking renditions of "Working On The Road" and "50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain". The second disc includes "Woke Up This Morning" and the rarely played by this time "Spoonful". Alvin's faster than light speed runs are spotlighted on "Help Me" and the inevitable "I'm Going Home". The underrated bass techique of Leo Lyons is featured on "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", while Ric Lee's drumming is featured on the "Hobbit". The collective improvisational skills of the entire band are highlighted in "I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes" which also contains brief bits of "Cat's Squirrel" and "Sunshine Of Your Love". The cd booklet descibes the concert experience at the Fillmore and is penned by drummer Ric Lee. This is a welcome addition to my collection and is in heavy rotation. Rumor has it that their individual albums originally issued on Chrysalis are scheduled to be remastered with the addition of bonus tracks. I am already chomping at the bit if this release is any indication of what goodies are left in the vaults."
Incredible Lost Treasure
Bluematter | Colorado | 09/11/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Every Ten Years After fan in the world should rejoice with this release. A stellar performance remastered to near perfect sound quality ensures the listener a feast of Alvin Lee and the boys. Great liner notes from Ric Lee with a host of photos from the event just add to the CD. The musical selection is what sets this live performance apart from other TYA releases. The band brings out material from Crickelwood Green and a number of never before released live takes from the past as an encore. The live take of "I woke up this morning" followed by "Spoonfull" is worth the price of admission alone. Bottom line on this CD is quality performance. A must have for any Ten Years After fan."
Best Guitarist of his Day?
ALAN L KAPLAN | Nicholasville, KY United States | 09/14/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"If you are at all a Ten Years After fan, you owe it to yourself to get this 2 disc set. Not only is it the best TYA performance I have heard (makes the Recorded Live CD completely obsolete), but the sound quality is just phenomenal. The remastering makes it sound like it could have been recorded last month. Just to give you an idea of the type of performance it is, out of 12 songs, only two or three are under 8 minutes long (several are over 15 minutes long). Soloing is the order of the day, with Alvin Lee turning in his best stuff yet available. The 16 minute version of Help Me is alone worth the price of the discs (he throws in some slide guitar, which I don't think I've ever heard from him). In the late 60's, I always thought that Hendrix, Clapton, and Alvin Lee were the three best guitarists of their day. Interestingly, I enjoy listening to Alvin Lee more than the other two. That ability of sheer speed while still staying within the structure of the song is something that Clapton and Hendrix never accomplished as well as Alvin Lee. They somewhat meandered while Alvin Lee and his rhythm section stayed in the flow. It takes a recording and performance like the one on these CDs to prove that point."
Vintage Ten Years After at their peak !
Herb Staehr | Hingham, MA | 07/29/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"These excellent quality live Ten Years After recordings were made by Jimi Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer on Friday February 27 and Saturday February 28, 1970 at the Fillmore East in New York. Ten Years After played two sets on each night and the tracks included here represent the best of those performances. This was midway between the legendary Ten Years After appearances at Woodstock in August 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival one year later. These Fillmore East shows were also played shortly before the release of the acclaimed "Cricklewood Green" album in April 1970. Songs such as "Love Like A Man", "Working On The Road" & "50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain" are therefore represented. But, in addition to the classics such as "Good Morning Little School Girl" & "I'm Going Home", the real bonus is inclusion of the earlier Ten Years After material - "Help Me", "Spoonful" and "I Woke Up This Morning". The latter two songs were played as special encores for a highly appreciative Fillmore audience. Established Ten Years After fans will drown in delight upon hearing these previously unreleased live tracks. Unlike the polished and somewhat routine sounding 1973 "Recorded Live" European Tour album, these early 1970 Ten Years After performances display an edge and intensity that was characteristic of their live shows during this period. It is shows like these that earned Ten Years After so many fans and made them so popular. For anybody curious to know why so much praise was given to lead guitarist Alvin Lee, buy this CD and you will understand. These unedited live recordings showcase a band that warrants a lot more attention than many of their less deserving contemporaries receive today."
This is the one to get
kireviewer | Sunnyvale, Ca United States | 05/11/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I would buy this CD instead of the other Ten Years After live CD, called Recored Live. This has one has more songs on it. There is about 2 hours of music on these 2 CD's. The sound quality is good but not excellent.Ten Years After played the same basic show for a decade. They had 5 core songs which would take up over an hour: I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Help Me, Good Morning Little School and the Hobbit. As the years went on, they would get more polished in how they would play these songs. I think some got better and some got worse. I can't quite give this CD 5 stars. The first CD starts out strong and burns all the way through. It is very intense and energetic. But, things seem to go downhill on the second CD. It has the weakest version of I'm Going Home I have ever heard. Then there is the needless Chuck Berry songs, that just really slow everything down. These are classic songs, but the band just goes through the motions in playing them. So, if you already own Recorded Live, should you buy Live at the Filmore East? I like this version of I Can't Keep From Crying better. They do more playing around with the song at the end. Also, Love Like A Man and 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain are fantastic, and they are not on Recorded Live. But, the second CD isn't so good. I bought it for Love Like A Man, and am glad I did."