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Ten Years After – Rock & Roll Music To The World (1972) (@256)
20 Feb 2010
(Review from amazon, starling.ru)
While 1972′s ‘Rock and Roll Music To the World’ is often panned as a shallow effort for Ten Years After, a large number of quality tracks received airplay on the burgeoning FM radio dial. A lot of the music is good, old-fashioned rock and roll.
The album kicks off with the magnificent rocker ‘You Give Me Loving’ which gives absolutely no quarter. With its pulsating, driving seven-note riff and angry, scornful lyrics, it stands up several heads higher than anything else on this record.
Other highlights include the roaring ‘Choo Choo Mama’ which became a staple at concerts for a number of years to come, ‘Standing At the Station’ giving keyboardist Chick Churchill and bassist Leo Lyons opportunities to solo, the lone country-rock track .
The compositions at times offer lyrical depth. ‘Religion’, for example, has the strongest philosophical bent, offering reasonings such as “once you’re dead there’s nothing left for giving, so life means fighting for your every breath”. On ‘Convention Prevention’, one of my favorite tunes from the disc, Lee turns some nice phrases such as, “I’d like to reach out to you and learn just how do you do, so we can still relate; I’d like to open my mind so you can come inside, and see that we communicate”. The ‘dream’ of the psycedelic ’60′s is given a final nod in ‘Rock and Roll Music To the World’ as Lee intones, “Give peace a chance, get up and dance”.
Line-up:
- Leo Lyons / Bass
- Alvin Lee / Guitar and Vocals
- Chick Churchill / Organ
- Ric Lee / Drums
Track List:
01. You Give Me Loving – 6:34
02. Convention Prevention – 4:23
03. Turned Off T.V Blues – 5:13
04. Standing At The Station – 7:11
05. You Can’t Win Them All – 4:06
06. Religion – 5:48
07. Choo Choo Moma – 4:02
08. Tomorrow I’ll Be Out Of Town – 4:29
09. Rock & Roll Music To The World – 3:50
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about 5 years ago
OGG!
Filesonic -> http://tinyurl.com/4x73pgr
Hotfile -> http://tinyurl.com/3s9dwl8
Rapidshare -> http://tinyurl.com/yaq8v76
Password -> sakalli
about 1 year ago
Dear Sakalli, today I came to Your beautiful blog and went to “Amos Key” post. But when I tried to go to the “Hotfile” download page I found that it had been removed. Same thing on “Rapidshare”. It was strange since You uploaded it little time ago. So I searched the blog a bit more and I sadly found that all of the followings had been removed:
Triumvirat – Pompeii (1977) (@256)
Triumvirat – Old Loves Die Hard (1976) (@256)
Ten Years After – Alvin Lee and Company (1967-69) (@256)
Triumvirat – Illusions On A Double Dimple (1973) (@256)
Ten Years After – Live at the Fillmore East (1970) (@256)
Triumvirat – Mediterranean Tales (1972) (@256)
Ten Years After – Watt (1970) (@256)
Amos Key – First Key (1973) (@256)
Ten Years After – Ssssh (1969) (@256)
Yes – Symphonic Live (2002) (@256)
Ten Years After – Stonedhenge (1969) (@256)
Atila – Reviure (1977) (@256)
Ten Years After – Undead (Live 1968) (@256)
I listed them here hoping it can be helpful. I really hope You can do something. It’s sad thinking that someone made this. Thank You for all of Your efforts. Good luck Sakalli.
about 1 year ago
Thanks for the report, I’ll replace them as soon as possible.
about 1 year ago
Welcome in our new place : http://allmusic-wingsofdream.blogspot.com/
Jancy.Dmitrich (Wings of Dream)
and correct our links,please.
about 1 year ago
> and correct our links,please.
Sure, I added your new link right away.
about 1 year ago
Hanx, great stuff,
J.