(Review from starling.rinet.ru)

This “official Ten Years After bootleg” was culled from performances during nights in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Paris and Frankfurt, and the sound quality of the live recording is just fantastic.

It’s interesting to compare this record to “Undead”. How ‘huge’ have they grown – almost in every sense. From a secluded club scene to large arenas in major European capitals; from a homemade lousy equipment to the Rolling Stones mobile; from half-hour gigs to extended concerts; from half-obscure jazz covers to international hits; finally, from the raw, unpolished, even though mighty energetic tones to a well-polished, professional, intoxicating ‘wall-of-sound’.

“Recorded Live” was recorded at a rather late period in the band’s career, when they were already almost spent creatively and on the brink of dissolution, but it is a well-known fact that live playing and “general creative state” are two absolutely different things. Live playing and its quality depend on quite a few factors, including, simply speaking, the particular mood of the band’s members on the day of the gig, which, in turn, may depend on the weather or the expression on that guy in the front row’s face. Luckily, most of the performances on this album were drawn from moments when the band seemed to be in relatively high spirits.

The album feature a lengthy run-through of their most driving and famous numbers. They kick off with ‘One Of These Days’, only to continue with the unforgettable riff of ‘You Give Me Loving’. Later on, the band, as usual, breaks in some of the oldies, like ‘Help Me’ and ‘Good Morning Little Schoolgirl’. On the way, Alvin displays some cute little tricks, like showing his prowess at classical guitar (‘Classical Thing’), resurrecting the ‘Skoobly-oobly-dooboob’ ditty (‘Scat Thing’) and just playing the fool (‘Silly Thing’).

The two highlights of the show are, of course, a terrific fifteen-minute version of “I Can’t Keep From Crying”, which is again transformed into tons of different things on the way, including even a few lines from “Cat’s Squirrel” and even “Sunshine Of Your Love” and “I’m Going Home”. “I Can’t Keep From Crying” was the central point for showing Alvin Lee as a ‘guitar experimentator’ – in particular, he liked to tune his guitar and play it at the same time. “I’m Goin’ Home” is predictably close to the Woodstock version, except that the various sections are interspersed in a different way and the drums are much more prominent. With all the ‘boo-boo-babys’ in place, and the old rockabilly classics medley in the middle, it’s simply a superb version.

Line-up:
* Alvin Lee – guitar, vocals, harp
* Leo Lyons – bass
* Chick Churchill – keyboards
* Ric Lee – drums

Track List:
01. One Of These Days
02. You Give Me Loving
03. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
04. Help Me
05. Classical Thing
06. Scat Thing
07. I Can’t Keep From Cryin’, Sometimes (part 1)
08. I Can’t Keep From Cryin’, Sometimes (part 2)
09. I Can’t Keep From Cryin’, Sometimes (part 3)
10. Silly Thing
11. Slow Blues In ‘C’
12. I’m Going Home
13. Choo Choo Mama

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