Audio CD review:
Ten Years After - Anthology 1967-1971

Ten Years After - Anthology 1967-1971

Band: Ten Years After Title: Anthology 1967-1971 Rating: Release Date: 2002-04-09 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: I Want To Know 2: I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes 3: Spoonful 4: Help Me 5: Portable People 6: The Sounds 7: Rock Your Mama 8: Spider In My Web 9: I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always (live) 10: Gong To Try 11: Woman Trouble 12: Hear Me Calling 13: Boogie On 14: I Woke Up This Morning 15: If You Should Love Me 16: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 17: I'm Going Home (recorded live at Woodstock) 18: Me And My Baby 19: Love Like A Man 20: 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain 21: I'm Coming On 22: My Baby Left Me 23: One Of These Days 24: Here They Come 25: I'd Love To Change The World 26: Let The Sky Fall

A band ahead their time! Their style in blues-based hard rock often ventured into avant-garde experimentalism. "Ten years after" remains as one of the most prestigious and well reminded ensembles the rock has had ever. The team comprised Alvin Lee (guitar and vocal), Chick Churchill (keyboards), Leo Lyons (bass) and Ric Lee (drums). Since November 1966, this British quartet were a true driving force. A complex musical fusion nourished by a wide brief of jazz, blues and rock and roll distinguished them above the rest of their musical colleagues who usually applied to well known standard formulas. Alvin Lee was the herald of the high-speed, frertboard burnout technique, cramming a countless number of notes into every guitar break without lacking the sense of the melody. After you listen them you will know why Joe Satriani, Steve Vai or Vinnie Moore draw their inspiration from. A cornerstone for any serious rock collector. . it's all coming back Ten Years after was more like 40 years ahead. This type of music is on a comeback, peace love and understanding. Their style is proving to be a catalist for new and up and coming bands, This anthology is a winner. Takes you back in time This album is a FANTASTIC collection of Ten Years After (TYA) masterpieces - the quality of the audio remastering is exceptional - plenty of signature extended jams - whether you are a long time TYA Fan or new to their music you won't be disappointed! If you don't have them in your CD collection already this is the one album to buy!! . Got me through Nam I was a Marine Infantry Radio Operator in the Nam from 1967 to 1970 - yeah, three straight years and then some - and this is some of the music that got me through some dark nights sitting in a hole on Charlie Ridge and in the Arizona. . This is the best rock and roll there is, anywhere, anytime. They Finally Get The Justice They Deserve! Very, very few bands could rival their energy and intensity, fewer still who could have survived their grueling workload. There may not have been another band on the planet who could just flat-out ROCK like Ten Years After. Ten Years After didn't care about being superstars or being famous, they only cared about one thing - blowing your mind with unbelievable music. First of all, the Woodstock version of "I'm Going Home" was always edited down to 9 minutes. But this compilation features the FULL version, all 12 minutes of it, in it's entirety. There has never, I repeat - NEVER been another song in the world that defines energetic, ballsy, sweaty rock 'n roll like this one. Describing it in words seems almost useless, and the energy that the boys display in the song is practically unearthly. Of course, Alvin Lee is the main hero of the song, unleashing crazy hurricanes of mind-blowing licks that are both fast and controlled at the same time. But the rhythm section is equally vicious, particularly at the end, where Ric Lee (drums) and Leo Lyons (bass) keep pounding their instruments so intensely that you'd think they were trying to shatter them! Definitely the most powerful rhythm section that I've ever heard. This song is just unreal, folks. Play it loud and feel yourself gasping for breath in no time. The end will give you a rush of adrenaline like you've never experienced. Nobody has ever played rock 'n roll like this before or since. Nobody. This anthology also features four songs from their debut album, which is not available here in America (of course), so that's all the more reason to buy this! I can't discuss all of the songs on here, 'cause there's too many. Suffice it to say that they are ALL excellent and they all jam. You can see a complete list of all Ten Years After discography, or go back to the Ten Years After tabs