Recorded Live [Live]

Ten Years After | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000008LH5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,279 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: TEN YEARS AFTER
Title: RECORDED LIVE
Street Release Date: 08/31/1989
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Caveat Emptor! Don't get the one w/out "Hobbit!", January 9, 2004

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Douglas J. Hultsman "doogie_rigel4" (Corinth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Recorded Live (Audio CD)

Save up a few extra coins and get the Import version or the re-mastered version of this release. The omission of "Hobbit" for the first USA release was a big mistake. Not only are you missing Ric Lee's bombastic drum solo, but also Alvin's smokin' tone to kick off the drum solo from "Big Red", his 1958 Gibson ES-335 wired through enough Marshall stacks to blow the house down. The omission is like Led Zepplin II without "Moby Dick" on it!

For those interested in such trivia, Big Red was acquired by Alvin in the early 60's for around 45 pounds, case included! Being an amateur boffin(guitar tech), Alvin removed the pickup covers and installed a single coil pickup in-between the bridge and neck humbuckers "to give it more top end". Suffice it to say that the tones and controlled feedback that emanate from this heavy duty axe border on magical.

The many decals that decorate Big Red were passed along to Alvin at Woodstock and other venues and "just got slapped on". The guitar was re-laquered after being repaired(the neck got broken), and the decals became permanent fixtures, "which is fine" as Alvin put it.

A good view of one of Alvin's ES-335's(not Big Red though...it has a Bigsby!)is on the back cover of the A SPACE IN TIME album, laying atop a pinball machine with the strings in disarray.

For those lucky enough to witness TYA live, we have the memories of a so-tight band in full swing. Leo Lyons has to be the most energetic bass player on the planet. He bobs, he weaves, he seemed to be in perpetual motion for the whole show! Chick Churchill's excellent keyboard work layed down the rhythmic foundation along with Leo and Ric for Alvin's jacked solo's and smooth riffing.

This "official TYA bootleg" was culled from performances during nights in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Paris and Frankfurt, and the sound quality of the live recording is just fantastic(I noticed that some other reviewers had actually critiqued the varying sound quality of the different released versions, so you may want to read up a bit before making your decision).

The song selection ran from cuts off of the very first TYA album, up through ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC TO THE WORLD. Sadly, no cuts were offered from the most excellent CRICKLEWOOD GREEN album. I agree with another reviewer that the version of "I'm Going Home", although fantastic, pales in comparison to the benchmark, which was of course from Woodstock.

For the sake of proper running order, it is "Extension on One Chord" that is sandwiched between the intro and outro of "I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes". The blistering guitar pyrotechnics during this extended jam are just awesome. Alvin slides, scrapes, chicken picks and plays with reckless abandon on this jam. Note Alvin's tuning down of the low E string during one part to play some tasty bass, including a rocking send up of the "Peter Gunn" theme. At one point, a brief cover of the main riff from Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love" gets a big applause from the audience. The intro to this medly, where Alvin does fast scat vocals along with his guitar picking is a joy, and the way he slides into "Cryin'" from this is a master stroke.

All in all, a jolly good show, and IMHO one of the best live albums of the era, along with the Who's "Live at Leeds", Allman Bros. "Live at the Fillmore East", Humble Pie's "Rockin' the Fillmore" and The Stones "Get Your Ya Ya's Out".

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many years after...., December 25, 1999

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BDH (Massachusetts USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Recorded Live (Audio CD)

I recently bought "Ten Years After Recorded Live" on CD. I definitely missed it, primarily because my only other copy was on vinyl, bought when vinyl records were 'in'. This is *THE* definitive Ten Years After album, and a perfect display of Alvin Lee's raw excellence. People have a tendency to think that live albums aren't usually very good. In some cases that may be true, but not in this one. 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 brown 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 extravaganzas. "Help Me" is easily one of the greatest live blues-rock recordings ever done, right up there with Cream's "Crossroads". Listening to this album has been a rejuvenated pleasure.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must for your TYA collection, November 7, 1999

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Bill Greiner ([e-mail]) (Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Recorded Live (Audio CD)

I saw Ten Years After early in their careers at the Fillmore in New York. Then I saw them at Woodstock and then at The Arc in Boston. They are one of the greatest rock acts ever, live or in the studio. The unfortunate thing about this album (and this is only my selfish opinion) is that the engineering (overall sound) quality lacks here. For the most part Alvin Lee fulfills his role as one of rock's greatest guitarists. "Choo-choo Mama", "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" and "I Can't Keep From Crying" knock me out. "Help Me" was the first TYA production I ever heard. It's up to par here. I have to say that their signature song, "I'm Going Home" is not the best on this album. The Woodstock version remains the best rendition I've ever heard. That's not becuse I was there but it is just so complete in terms of defining the group's rock and roll abilities. As I said, if you like TYA, buy this disc.