Recorded Live - TEN YEARS AFTER****

One Of These Days/You Give Me Loving/Good Morning Little Schoolgirl/Hobbit/Help Me/Classical Thing/Scat Thing/I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes/Silly Thing/Slow Blues In C/I'm Going Home/Choo Choo Mama

Double album first live release from the heavy rock band Ten Years After fronted by guitar wizard Alvin Lee. Recorded from concerts at Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Frankfurt and Paris. (US:39 UK:36)

“This is a good recording of a great band live. Each member was a master of their instrument and in a live setting they get to rock out and they do.”

“Few can deny this outfit were truly at home on the stage. Great, live, hard blues rock, with some boogie material as well.”

“There was something about their live albums that just lays waste to the studio stuff. Maybe it's because the band knew what a live audience wanted, and delivered it in spades. Nobody went to see Ten Years After with the intention of mellowing out. They wanted straight on rockin' blues, and that's what Alvin and the boys delivered every single time. This is a very good representation of how it was.”

“Its not just pyrotechnics as Alvin, unlike many modern guitar virtuosos, really plays from the heart. As a vocalist he is not that great, but personally I dig his style. His backing band is good too, and from years and years together playing on the road, they are tight.”

“Although a bit uneven, this is a good testament to this fine band. Alvin Lee could wail on guitar as well as anyone from his time.”

“This live recording is of superb sound and quality, and it has captured the raw performance essence of one of the world's greatest heavy blues-rock bands. Alvin Lee's Gibson guitar tone comes out solid, warm and flowingly through his Marshall stacks. Recorded in Europe where the rock fans are known more for listening than making noise, the band displays a tight repertoire of rocked up British blues, fronted by Lee's guitar extravaganza.”

“This is frequently overlooked by even knowledgeable listeners, which is a pity as it is easily one of the best live blues or rock albums ever. The song selection is good. The versions are frequently definitive and the sound is wonderful.”

“The quartet stretches out here, jamming ably with their straightforward and driving style, with a tight-but-loose rhythm section and tasty organ as well.”