Live at the Fillmore East [Live]

Ten Years After | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 8, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1970
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00005K1ZD
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,723 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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With its devotion to '50s rock and blues coupled to a manic, if decidedly middlebrow performance tack, Ten Years After could seem positively Jurassic, even by late-'60s standards. This collection culls magnificently recorded performances (kudos to Hendrix/ELP engineer Eddie Kramer) from a February 1970 weekend stand at the Fillmore East, capturing the band at its post-Woodstock performing peak. The running times of most of the tracks (three-quarters of which clock in at seven-plus minutes) will tip listeners to the show's jam-heavy take on covers of Sonny Boy Williamson (an ominous, revamped "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"), Willie Dixon (a slow, 16-minute burn through "Help Me"), and Chuck Berry (atypically economic romps of "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll Over Beethoven"). But with the band's own primordial originals (the titles "Skooby-Oobly-Doobob" and "Extension on One Chord" speak for themselves) there's an elemental, effusive--and, dare we say it--Ramones-like stoopidity to the tracks. Even Alvin Lee's trademark fret-burner "I'm Going Home" is hard to resist. This set perfectly captures one of the era's hardest working bands in a concise, double-disc time capsule. --Jerry McCulley

Product Description

2 CDs taken from two February 1970 concerts at the Fillmore East, with only one track ( Love Like a Man ) previously released! The rest is pure jam band material, with Alvin Lee's amphetamine-ized blues licks leading the way. Includes Good Morning Little Schoolgirl; The Hobbit; 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain; Spoonful; I'm Going Home; I Woke Up This Morning , and more. Band member Ric Lee contributes the liner notes let's boogie!

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63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten Years After Live From The Vaults, October 24, 2001

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J. E FELL "boogaloojef" (Carterville, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at the Fillmore East (Audio CD)

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.

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Lost Treasure, September 11, 2001

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Bluematter "Bluematter" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live at the Fillmore East (Audio CD)

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.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Guitarist of his Day?, September 14, 2001

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ALAN L KAPLAN (Nicholasville, KY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Fillmore East (Audio CD)

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.