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Ten Years After
 
 
All writing credits are for Alvin Lee; R Lee (for Ric)

Gotta Start Somewhere...

The Jaybirds
Juliet / Here I Go Again
Fryer-Morton-Wilsh (?) / Shuman-Westlake (?)
Embassy WB-635 [UK], 5/64

 
All Day And All Of The Night / Google Eye
Davies (?) / Loudermilk (?)
Embassy WB-663 [UK], 10/64

early group for both Alvin Lee and Leo Lyons

Ten Years After
Deram DES-18009
2/68 [UK: 10/67]
Back Cover

Side One
I Want To Know MacLeod 2:06
I Can't Keep From Crying, Sometimes Kooper 5:23
Adventures Of A Young Organ Churchill-R Lee 2:29
Spoonful Dixon 5:49
Losing The Dogs Dudgeon-Lee 3:07
Side Two
Feel It For Me Lee 2:38
Love Until I Die Lee 2:03
Don't Want You Woman Lee 2:34
Help Me Bass-Dixon-Williamson-Williamson 9:45
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Alvin Lee-guitar, harmonica, vocals
Chick Churchill-keyboards
Leo Lyons-bass
Ric Lee-drums
§Cover Photo-uncredited
Produced by: Gus Dudgeon, Mike Vernon

Note: Don't Want You Woman is an early "unplugged" effort with Alvin on acoustic, Leo on string bass and Ric on wood blocks.
 

Portable People¹ / The Sounds¹
Lee (2:12) / Lee (4:30)
Deram 85027, 3/68

These two tracks will show up on Alvin Lee & Company, a comp album (5/72)
6/14-18/68: Cheetah Mint, Venice, CA
with Tatoo

Undead
Deram DES-18016
7/68 BB [UK: 8/68] UK
Back Cover

Side One
I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always Churchill-Lee-R Lee-Lyons 9:50
Woodchopper's Ball Bishop-Herman 7:40
Side Two
Spider In My Web Lee 7:50
Summertime/Shantung Cabbage Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward/R Lee 6:00
I'm Going Home Lee 6:30
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Alvin Lee-guitar, vocals
Chick Churchill-Hammond B3
Leo Lyons-bass
Ric Lee-drums
§Cover Photo-John Fowley
Produced by: Mike Vernon

Note: Recorded live [5/14/68] at Klook's Kleek, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, London
 

Hear Me Calling³ / I'm Going Home³
Lee (3:38) / Lee (3:35)
Deram 85035, 11/68

B-side is edited live version from Undead

Stonedhenge
Deram DES-18021
1/69 BB [UK: 2/69] T20
Back Cover

 
Inside Cover

 
UK Full Cover

 
UK Inside Cover

Side One
Going To Try Lee 4:50
I Can't Live Without Lydia[Chick Churchill solo, four pianos] Churchill 1:20
Woman Trouble Lee 4:36
Skoobly-Oobly-Doobob[Alvin Lee solo] Lee 1:41
Hear Me Calling Lee 5:43
Side Two
A Sad Song Lee 3:24
Three Blind Mice[Ric Lee solo] arr R Lee 0:55
No Title Lee 8:12
Faro[Leo Lyons solo] Lyons 1:09
Speed Kills Lee-Vernon 3:37
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Alvin Lee-guitar, harmonica, percussion, piano, vocals
Chick Churchill-organ, piano, celeste, drums, keyboards
Leo Lyons-bass, bowed bass
Ric Lee-drums, percussion
with:
Roy Baker-sound effects
Martin Smith-train sound effects
Count Simon (Stable) de la Bedoyere-bongos
Mike Vernon-harmony vocals (Hear Me Calling)
§Cover Art-both US & UK uncredited
Produced by: Mike Vernon

Note: The "stereo" album—bowl of good stuff and great headphones and you're set!
 

Newport Jazz Festival(7/4/69)
Laurel Pop Festival(7/12/69)
Seattle Pop Festival(7/25/69)

Ssssh
Deram DES-18029
8/69 T20 [UK: 8/69] T20
Back Cover

 
Inside Cover

Side One
Bad Scene Lee 3:20
Two Time Mama Lee 2:05
Stoned Woman Lee 3:25
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Williamson 6:34
Side Two
If You Should Love Me Lee 5:25
I Don't Know That/You Don't Know My Name Lee 1:56
The Stomp Lee 4:34
I Woke up This Morning Lee 5:21
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Alvin Lee-guitar, vocals
Chick Churchill-keyboards
Leo Lyons-bass
Ric Lee-drums
§Album Design-John Williams; Photos-Graham Nash, John Fowlie
Produced by: Alvin Lee

 

Woodstock Music & Art Fair(8/17/69)
Texas International Pop Festival(9/1/69)
Music Scene: 10/27/69,
Bad Scene

 ➜ Live: 2/28-3/1, Fillmore East; released 2001: Live At The Fillmore East 1970 

Woodstock(3/26/70)
From Richie to Jimi—3 days of music, mud, and meandering

Cricklewood Green
Deram XDES-18038
3/70 T20 [UK: 4/70] T20
Full Cover

 
Inside Cover

 
Poster


Side One
Sugar The Road Lee 3:46
Working On The Road Lee 4:15
50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain Lee 7:37
Year 3,000 Blues Lee 2:17
Side Two
Me And My Baby Lee 4:12
Love Like A Man Lee 7:13
Circles Lee 3:55
As The Sun Still Burns Away Lee 4:42
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Alvin Lee-guitar, vocals
Chick Churchill-organ, piano, harpsichord
Leo Lyons-bass
Ric Lee-drums
§Cover Artwork-Peter Classey; Photos-John Fowlie
Produced by: Ten Years After

 

Love Like A Man³ / If You Should Love Me³
Lee (3:05) / Lee (4:55)
Deram 7529, 5/70 BB T20

The UK release had a live version of Love Like A Man, recorded at the Fillmore East as their B-side.
Festival Express(6/27, 28/70)
Atlanta International Pop Festival(7/5/70)
New York Pop(7/18/70)
Goose Lake International Music Festival(8/7/70)
Strawberry Fields Festival(8/9/70)
Isle of Wight Festival(8/29/70)
Groupies(11/8/70)
no actual plaster was cast in this movie—Spooky Tooth & Terry Reid also appear

Watt
Deram XDES-18050
11/70 BB [UK: 1/71] T20
Full Cover

 
Inside Cover

 
Poster


Side One
I'm Coming On Lee 3:45
My Baby Left Me Lee 5:20
Think About The Times Lee 4:41
I Say Yeah Lee 5:15
Side Two
The Band With No Name Lee 1:35
Gonna Run Lee 6:00
She Lies In The Morning Lee 7:21
Sweet Little Sixteen† Berry 4:08
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Alvin Lee-guitar, vocals
Chick Churchill-keyboards
Leo Lyons-bass
Ric Lee-drums
§Album Design & Photos-John Fowlie; Balloon-Alan Black
Produced by: Ten Years After

Note: †Recorded live the Isle of Wight Festival, 1970 [8/29]
 


A Space In Time
Columbia KC-30801
8/71 T20 [UK: 10/71] UK
Back Cover

 
UK Back Cover

Side One
One Of These Days Lee 5:55
Here They Come Lee 4:38
I'd Love To Change The World Lee 3:43
Over The Hill Lee 2:27
Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You Lee 2:15
Side Two
Once There Was A Time Lee 3:20
Let The Sky Fall Lee 4:18
Hard Monkeys Lee 3:10
I've Been There Too Lee 5:43
Uncle Jam Churchill-Lee-R Lee-Lyons 1:57
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Alvin Lee-guitar, vocals
Chick Churchill-keyboards
Leo Lyons-bass
Ric Lee-drums
§Cover Photo-Ed Caraeff; Back Cover Photo-Alvin Lee
Produced by: Ten Years After

 

I'd Love To Change The World³ / Let The Sky Fall
Lee (3:11) / Lee (4:18)
Columbia 45457, 9/71 BB

 
Three more Columbia album (two studio, one live) then broke up.
Alvin continued with Ten Years Later. The guys reformed in 1983 for tour and album.

Links!

Official Ten Years After web site
Official Alvin Lee web site
History of Ten Years AfterHighly recommended!

 


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