Ten Years After

Artist:  Ten Years After
Origin:  Nottingham, England
Genre:  Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock, British Blues

Original line-up:

Alvin Lee:  Guitar, Vocals, Harp
Chick Churchill:  Keyboards
Leo Lyons:  Bass
Ric Lee:  Drums

Ten Years After was a British Blues Rock Band from Nottingham, formed in 1967 by Alvin Lee (Guitar, Vocals), Chick Churchill (Keyboards), Leo Lyons (Bass), and Ric Lee (Drums), and was best known for tracks such as "I'm Going Home", "Love Like A Man", "I'd Love To Change The World" and more!.

Title:  Complete Studio Box 1967-1974  (2018)
Genre:  Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock, British Blues
Label:  Chrysalis Records
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

Title:  Ten Years After  (1967)

Tracks:

 1.  I Want To Know  (2:11)
 2.  I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes  (5:24)
 3.  Adventures Of A Young Organ  (2:34)
 4.  Spoonful  (6:05)
 5.  Losing The Dogs  (3:03)
 6.  Feel It For Me  (2:40)
 7.  Love Until I Die  (2:06)
 8.  Don't Want You Woman  (2:37)
 9.  Help Me (9:51)

Personnel:

Alvin Lee:  Guitar, Vocals
Chick Churchill:  Organ
Leo Lyons:  Bass

Ric Lee:  Drums

Disc 2:

Title:  Undead  (1968)

Tracks:

 1.  I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always  (9:49)
 2.  Woodchopper's Ball  (7:38)
 3.  Spider In My Web  (7:42)
 4.  Summertime/Shantung Cabbage  (5:44)
 5.  I'm Going Home  (6:24)

Personnel:

Alvin Lee:  Guitar, Vocals
Chick Churchill:  Organ
Leo Lyons:  Bass

Ric Lee:  Drums

Disc 3:

Title:  Stonehenge  (1969)

Tracks:

 1.  Going To Try  (4:52)
 2.  I Can't Live Without Lydia  (1:23)
 3.  Woman Trouble  (4:37)
 4.  Skoobly-Oobly-Doobob  (1:44)
 5.  Hear Me Calling  (5:44)
 6.  A Sad Song  (3:23)
 7.  Three Blind Mice (0:57)
 8.  No Title  (8:13)
 9. Faro  (1:10)
10. Speed Kills  (3:42)

Personnel:

Alvin Lee:  Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Chinese Fans
Chick Churchill:  Organ, Piano
Leo Lyons:  Bass, Bow-Bass, String Bass, Percussion


Ric Lee:  Drums, Tympani

Additional Musicians:

Roy Baker:  Sound Effects on Track 8
Martin Smith:  Train Sound Effects on Track 10
Simon Stable:  Bongos on Track 1
Mike Vernon:  Backing Vocals on Track 5

Disc 4:

Title:  Ssssh  (1969)

Tracks:

 1.  Bad Scene  (3:30)
 2.  Two Time Mama  (2:02)
 3.  Stoned Woman  (3:30)
 4.  Good Morning Little Schoolgirl  (7:01)
 5.  If You Should Love Me  (5:27)
 6.  I Don't Know That You Don't Know My Name  (2:02)
 7.  The Stomp  (4:35)
 8.  I Woke Up This Morning  (5:30)

Personnel:

Alvin Lee:  Guitar, Vocals
Chick Churchill:  Organ
Leo Lyons:  Bass


Ric Lee:  Drums

Disc 5:

Title:  Cricklewood Green  (1970)

Tracks:

 1.  Sugar The Road  (4:06)
 2.  Working On The Road  (4:18)
 3.  50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain  (7:39)
 4.  Year 3,000 Blues  (2:27)
 5.  Me And My Baby  (4:18)
 6.  Love Like A Man  (7:32)
 7.  Circles  (3:59)
 8.  As The Sun Still Burns Away  (4:44)

Personnel:

Alvin Lee:  Guitar, Vocals
Chick Churchill:  Organ, Piano, Harpsichord
Leo Lyons:  Bass


Ric Lee:  Drums

Disc 6:

Title: Watt  (1970)

Tracks:

 1.  I'm Coming On  (3:48)
 2.  My Baby Left Me  (5:23)
 3.  Think About The Times  (4:43)
 4.  I Say Yeah  (5:17)
 5.  The Band With No Name  (1:37)
 6.  Gonna Run  (6:02)
 7.  She Lies In The Morning  (7:24)
 8.  Sweet Little Sixteen  (4:09)

Personnel:

Alvin Lee:  Guitar, Vocals
Chick Churchill:  Organ
Leo Lyons:  Bass



Ric Lee:  Drums

Disc 7:

Title:  A Space In Time  (1971)

Tracks:

 1.  One Of These Days  (5:52)
 2.  Here They Come  (4:36)
 3.  I'd Love To Change The World  (3:44)
 4.  Over The Hill  (2:28)
 5.  Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'N' Roll You  (2:16)
 6.  Once There Was A Time  (3:22)
 7.  Let The Sky Fall  (4:19)
 8.  Hard Monkeys  (3:10)
 9.  I've Been There Too  (5:44)
10. Uncle Jam  (1:57)

Personnel:

Alvin Lee:  Guitar, Vocals
Chick Churchill:  Keyboards
Leo Lyons:  Bass




Ric Lee:  Drums

Disc 8:

Title:  Rock & Roll Music To The World  (1972)

Tracks:

 1.  You Give Me Loving  (6:33)
 2.  Convention Prevention  (4:23)
 3.  Turned-Off TV Blues  (5:13)
 4.  Standing At The Station  (7:11)
 5.  You Can't Win Them All  (4:06)
 6.  Religion  (5:49)
 7.  Choo Choo Mama  (4:02)
 8.  Tomorrow I'll Be Out Of Town  (4:29)
 9.  Rock & Roll Music To The World  (3:47)

Personnel:

Alvin Lee:  Guitar, Vocals
Chick Churchill:  Organ
Leo Lyons:  Bass



Ric Lee:  Drums

Disc 9:

Title:  Positive Vibrations  (1974)

Tracks:

 1.  Nowhere To Run  (4:02)
 2.  Positive Vibrations  (4:20)
 3.  Stone Me  (4:57)
 4.  Without You  (4:00)
 5.  Going Back To Birmingham  (2:39)
 6.  It's Getting Harder  (4:24)
 7.  You're Driving Me Crazy  (2:26)
 8.  Look Into My Life  (4:18)
 9.  Look Me Straight Into The Eyes  (6:20)
10. I Wanted To Boogie  (3:36)

Personnel:

Alvin Lee:  Guitar, Vocals
Chick Churchill:  Organ
Leo Lyons:  Bass




Ric Lee:  Drums

Disc 10:

Title:  The Cap Ferret Sessions  (Previously Unreleased 2017) 

Tracks:

 1.  Look At Yourself  (4:25)
 2.  Running Around  (5:12)
 3.  Holy Shit  (2:59)
 4.  There's A Feeling  (3:29)
 5.  I Hear You Calling My Name  (11:26)

Personnel:

Alvin Lee:  Guitar, Vocals
Chick Churchill:  Organ
Leo Lyons:  Bass




Ric Lee:  Drums

Complete Studio Box 1967-1974 is the Collection Box Set by Ten Years After, released on January 19, 2018 by Chrysalis Records, includes 8 studio albums, 1 live album and 1 previously unreleased album.  For Music Lovers and Music Collectors.