Solid Rock

Ten Years After, Alvin Lee & Ten Years After | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 26, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000024V3X
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,731 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rock and Roll Music to the World

2. Detroit Diesel

3. I'm Coming On

4. Jenny, Jenny

5. 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain [A Favorite Live Jam]

6. Play It Like It Used to Be [#]

7. Let's Shake It Up

8. Shot in the Dark

9. You Can't Win Them All

10. Too Late to Run for Cover

11. Baby Won't You Let Me Rock'n'roll You

12. Fight for Your Rights [#]

13. I Love You When You Rock and Roll [#]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The rocking side of Alvin Lee, March 31, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Solid Rock (Audio CD)

Think Alvin Lee and most people will tell you what a great blues guitarist he is, but he's also one great rock and roller and this collection showcases that. This is a collection of songs he did both with his old band Ten Years After and "solo". The songs were picked by Alvin himself so you've got a great insight into his own favorite rockers too. Great choices! There really aren't any weak spots at all.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars NEVER TOO LATE TO TURN ON!, September 30, 2000

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Noel Proffitt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Solid Rock (Audio CD)

TEN YEARS TOO LONG. FANS OF ALVIN LEE&CO. HAVE WAITED PATIENTLY FOR NEW OR UNRELEASED TRACKS BY THIS PHENOMENAL GUITARIST. THIS LISTENERS EARS WERE PLEASED! "BABY WONT YOU LET ME ROCK& ROLL YOU" WITH A DIFFERENT TWIST! ALL HAIL, ALVINS BACK!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an aging fan for an ageless artist, December 12, 2004

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myxptlyk - See all my reviews

This review is from: Solid Rock (Audio CD)

I was managing a Radio Shack in Spokane in 1973 when I first got turned on to Alvin Lee. We had a quadrophonic (remember quad?)demo LP that featured an eclectic mix of artists, including TYA doing "I'd love to Change the World". My first impression of the band was "dang, who is this guy burning up the rosewood?" At that time the guys getting all the accolades for guitar work were, of course, Hendrix and Clapton. Lee's accomplishments on the instrument just astounded me, and still do. Record industry brass, being who they are, just have buried this guy in the forgotten pile. He is truly one of the unsung heroes of rock and blues. Ask 10 rock fans about Alvin Lee and 5 have heard of him. Along with Terry Kath, Johnny Winter, Peter Green, and Kanny Kirwan.

Anyway, this album is an awesome collection of work. I cannot recommend it highly enough for devoted fans of rock who can appreciate and recognize a real guitar king. "Guitar god" is overused and I won't denigrade him by applying it here.

Oh yeah, if you want some sweet blues check out "Pure Blues", Alvin's collection of some of his favorite numbers done solo and with TYA.