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Ten Years After – Live at the Fillmore East (1970) (@256)
17 Feb 2010
(Review from amazon)
With its devotion to 50s rock and blues coupled to a manic, if decidedly middlebrow performance tack, Ten Years After could seem positively Jurassic, even by late-60s standards. This collection culls magnificently recorded performances from a February 1970 weekend stand at the Fillmore East, capturing the band at its post-Woodstock performing peak.
The running times of most of the tracks (which clock at 7+ minutes) will tip listeners to the show’s jam-heavy take on covers of Sonny Boy Williamson (an ominous, revamped “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl”), Willie Dixon (a slow, 16-minute burn through “Help Me”), and Chuck Berry (atypically economic romps of “Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Roll Over Beethoven”). But with the band’s own primordial originals (the titles “Skooby-Oobly-Doobob” and “Extension on One Chord” speak for themselves) there’s an elemental, effusive–and, dare we say it–Ramones-like stoopidity to the tracks. Even Alvin Lee’s trademark fret-burner “I’m Going Home” is hard to resist.
This set perfectly captures one of the era’s hardest working bands in a concise, double-disc time capsule.
Line-up:
- Leo Lyons / Bass
- Alvin Lee / Guitar and Vocals
- Chick Churchill / Organ
- Ric Lee / Drums
Track List:
CD1
01. Love Like A Man – 9:35
02. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – 7:26
03. Working On The Road – 3:34
04. The Hobbit – 10:52
05. 50000 Miles Beneath My Brain – 9:58
06. Skoobly-Oobly-Doobob, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, Extension On One Chord – 19:30
CD2
01. Help Me – 16:06
02. I’m Going Home – 11:57
03. Sweet Little 16 – 4:38
04. Roll Over Beethoven – 4:44
05. I Woke Up This Morning – 8:09
06. Spoonful – 8:01
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