Love Like a Man
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"Love Like a Man" is a popular song and hit single
by British blues rock group Ten Years After
first released in 1970 and taken from their album Cricklewood Green
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Written by the group's lead vocalist Alvin Lee
and produced by the group, it was the band's fourth single. The song entered the UK charts at #48 in June 1970 and reached #10 in August finally leaving the chart in October 1970.
Unusually the A-side of this single is to be played at 45 rpm
whilst the B-side is to be played at 33 rpm. The B-side is a live version of the song recorded at Bill Graham
's Fillmore East
and runs at 7:56 in marked contrast to the A-side's shorter, 3:05. Earlier versions of the disc carried no mention that the B-side is 'live' only an overprint in black ink on the paper label that the playing speed is 33 rpm.
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
by British blues rock group Ten Years After
Ten Years After
Ten Years After is an English blues-rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, Ten Years After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart...
first released in 1970 and taken from their album Cricklewood Green
Cricklewood Green
Cricklewood Green is the fifth album by blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 1970.-Track listing:#"Sugar the Road" – 4:06#"Working on the Road" – 4:18#"50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain" – 7:39...
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Singles Chart success
The single is the group's only hit in the UK Singles ChartUK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
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Written by the group's lead vocalist Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee is an English rock guitarist and singer. He began playing guitar at the age of 13, and with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After in 1960...
and produced by the group, it was the band's fourth single. The song entered the UK charts at #48 in June 1970 and reached #10 in August finally leaving the chart in October 1970.
Unusually the A-side of this single is to be played at 45 rpm
45 RPM
45 RPM is a collection of songs by The The. 45 RPM was released in 2002. All the songs were 24 bit digitally remastered to, as the slipcase tells us, "reveal the full richness and complexity of the original recordings". The album was also released as a limited hardback 2 CD set...
whilst the B-side is to be played at 33 rpm. The B-side is a live version of the song recorded at Bill Graham
Bill Graham (promoter)
Bill Graham was an American impresario and rock concert promoter from the 1960s until his death.-Early life:...
's Fillmore East
Fillmore East
The Fillmore East was rock promoter Bill Graham's rock venue on Second Avenue near East 6th Street in the East Village neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City. It was open from 1968 to 1971, and featured some of the biggest acts in rock music at the time...
and runs at 7:56 in marked contrast to the A-side's shorter, 3:05. Earlier versions of the disc carried no mention that the B-side is 'live' only an overprint in black ink on the paper label that the playing speed is 33 rpm.