Ten Years After
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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
. In addition they have had twelve albums enter the US
Billboard 200
, and are best known for their tracks "I'm Going Home", "Hear Me Calling", "I'd Love To Change the World" and "Love Like a Man
".
/Mansfield
area as a band known since 1962 as The Jaybirds (its core was formed in late 1960 as Ivan Jay and the Jaycats), and later as Ivan Jay and the Jaymen, Ten Years After was founded by Alvin Lee
and Leo Lyons
. Ivan Jay sang lead vocals from late 1960 to 1962 and was joined by Ric Lee
in August 1965, replacing drummer Dave Quickmire, who had replaced Pete Evans in 1962. In 1966 The Jaybirds moved to London
, where Chick Churchill
joined the group. That November the quartet signed a manager, Chris Wright, and decided to change its name to Blues Trip, Blues Yard (under which they played a show at the Marquee Club
supporting the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
), and finally in November 1966, to Ten Years After, (in honor of Elvis Presley
, an idol of Lee's whose momentous year in rock - 1956, helps to better explain the band's name). The group became the first act booked by the soon-to-be Chrysalis Agency. It secured a residency at the Marquee, and received an invitation to play at the Windsor Jazz Festival in 1967. That performance led to a contract with Deram, a subsidiary of Decca
– the first band so signed without a hit
single
. In October, its 1967 self-titled debut album
was released.
In 1968 after touring Scandinavia
and the United States
, Ten Years After released its second album, the live Undead
, which brought the noteworthy song "I'm Going Home". This was followed in February 1969 by the studio
issue Stonedhenge
, a British hit, that included another well-known track, "Hear Me Calling" (it was released also as a single, and covered
in 1972 by the British glam rock
rising stars, Slade
). In July 1969 the group appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival
, in the first event to which rock band
s were invited. On August 17th, the band performed a breakthrough American appearance at Woodstock
; their rendition of "I'm Going Home" featuring Alvin Lee as lead singer, was featured in both the subsequent film
and soundtrack album
and catapulted them to star status.
During 1970, Ten Years After released "Love Like a Man
", the group's only hit in the UK Singles Chart
. This song was on the band's fifth album, Cricklewood Green
. The name of the album comes from a friend of the group who lived in Cricklewood
, London. He grew a sort of plant which was said to have hallucinogenic effects. The band did not know the name of this plant, so the members called their album Cricklewood Green. It was the first record
to be issued with a different playing speed on each side – one a three-minute edit at 45rpm, the other, a nearly eight-minute live version at 33rpm
. In August 1970, Ten Years After played the Strawberry Fields Festival
near Toronto
, and the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
.
In 1971 the band switched labels to Columbia Records and released the hit album A Space in Time, which marked a move toward more commercial material. It featured the group's biggest hit, "I'd Love to Change the World". In late 1972 the group issued their second Columbia album Rock & Roll Music to the World and in 1973 the live double album Ten Years After Recorded Live. The band subsequently broke up after their final 1974 Columbia album Positive Vibrations. The members reunited in 1983 to play the Reading Festival
, and this performance was later released on CD as The Friday Rock Show Sessions - Live At Reading '83' . In 1988 the members reunited for a few concert
s and recorded the album About Time (1989). In 1994, they participated in the Eurowoodstock festival in Budapest
.
Alvin Lee has since then mostly played and recorded under his own name. In 2003, the other band members replaced him with Joe Gooch
, and recorded the album, Now. Material from the following tour was used for the 2005 double album
, Roadworks. Ric Lee is currently in a band called The Breakers, along with Ian Ellis (ex-Clouds
).
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
blues-rock
Blues-rock
Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
, 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
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
. In addition they have had twelve albums enter the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, and are best known for their tracks "I'm Going Home", "Hear Me Calling", "I'd Love To Change the World" and "Love Like a Man
Love Like a Man
"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.-Singles Chart success:The single is the group's only hit in the UK Singles Chart....
".
History
After several years of local success in the NottinghamNottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
/Mansfield
Mansfield
Mansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the main town in the Mansfield local government district. Mansfield is a part of the Mansfield Urban Area....
area as a band known since 1962 as The Jaybirds (its core was formed in late 1960 as Ivan Jay and the Jaycats), and later as Ivan Jay and the Jaymen, Ten Years After was founded by 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 Leo Lyons
Leo Lyons
Leo Lyons is an English rock musician, who was also the bassist of the British late 1960s to 1970s rock group Ten Years After....
. Ivan Jay sang lead vocals from late 1960 to 1962 and was joined by Ric Lee
Ric Lee
Ric Lee is the English drummer of the British late 1960s to 70s rock group, Ten Years After.-Biography:...
in August 1965, replacing drummer Dave Quickmire, who had replaced Pete Evans in 1962. In 1966 The Jaybirds moved to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, where Chick Churchill
Chick Churchill
Chick Churchill is the keyboard player of the British late 1960s to 70s rock band, Ten Years After.-Career:...
joined the group. That November the quartet signed a manager, Chris Wright, and decided to change its name to Blues Trip, Blues Yard (under which they played a show at the Marquee Club
Marquee Club
The Marquee was a music club first located at 165 Oxford Street, London, England when it opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts.It was also the location of the first ever live performance by The Rolling Stones on 12 July 1962....
supporting the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band are a band created by a group of British art-school denizens of the 1960s...
), and finally in November 1966, to Ten Years After, (in honor of Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
, an idol of Lee's whose momentous year in rock - 1956, helps to better explain the band's name). The group became the first act booked by the soon-to-be Chrysalis Agency. It secured a residency at the Marquee, and received an invitation to play at the Windsor Jazz Festival in 1967. That performance led to a contract with Deram, a subsidiary of Decca
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
– the first band so signed without a hit
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
single
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...
. In October, its 1967 self-titled debut album
Ten Years After (Ten Years After album)
Ten Years After is the debut album by the English rock/blues band Ten Years After. It features Spoonful, a cover that the more famous British blues rock group Cream also covered...
was released.
In 1968 after touring Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Ten Years After released its second album, the live Undead
Undead (Ten Years After)
Undead is the second album by Ten Years After, recorded live at the small jazz club, Klooks Kleek, in London, May 1968. This album set out to give listeners a real feel to what it was like to hear Ten Years After...
, which brought the noteworthy song "I'm Going Home". This was followed in February 1969 by the studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
issue Stonedhenge
Stonedhenge
Stonedhenge is the third album released by the English rock/blues band Ten Years After, released in 1969.-Side one:#"Going to Try" - 4:52#"I Can't Live Without Lydia" - 1:23#"Woman Trouble" - 4:37...
, a British hit, that included another well-known track, "Hear Me Calling" (it was released also as a single, and covered
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
in 1972 by the British glam rock
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...
rising stars, Slade
Slade
Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles...
). In July 1969 the group appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival
Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. It was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard, who, together with husband Louis Lorillard, financed the festival for many years. The couple hired jazz impresario George Wein to organize the...
, in the first event to which rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
s were invited. On August 17th, the band performed a breakthrough American appearance at Woodstock
Woodstock Festival
Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969...
; their rendition of "I'm Going Home" featuring Alvin Lee as lead singer, was featured in both the subsequent film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and soundtrack album
Soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...
and catapulted them to star status.
During 1970, Ten Years After released "Love Like a Man
Love Like a Man
"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.-Singles Chart success:The single is the group's only hit in the UK Singles Chart....
", the group's only hit in the UK Singles Chart
UK 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 ...
. This song was on the band's fifth 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...
. The name of the album comes from a friend of the group who lived in Cricklewood
Cricklewood
Cricklewood is a district of North London, England whose northeastern part is in the London Borough of Barnet, western part is the London Borough of Brent and southeastern part is in London Borough of Camden.-History:...
, London. He grew a sort of plant which was said to have hallucinogenic effects. The band did not know the name of this plant, so the members called their album Cricklewood Green. It was the first record
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
to be issued with a different playing speed on each side – one a three-minute edit at 45rpm, the other, a nearly eight-minute live version at 33rpm
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
. In August 1970, Ten Years After played the Strawberry Fields Festival
Strawberry Fields Festival
The Strawberry Fields Festival was a rock music festival held at Mosport Park Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, about 100 kilometers east of Toronto, between August 7 and the early morning hours of August 10, 1970. Although accounts vary, the audience has been estimated at between 75,000...
near Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, and the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Isle of Wight Festival 1970
The 1970 Isle of Wight Festival was held between 26 and 31 August 1970 at East Afton Farm an area on the western side of the Isle of Wight. It was the last of three consecutive music festivals to take place on the island between 1968 and 1970 and widely acknowledged as the largest musical event of...
.
In 1971 the band switched labels to Columbia Records and released the hit album A Space in Time, which marked a move toward more commercial material. It featured the group's biggest hit, "I'd Love to Change the World". In late 1972 the group issued their second Columbia album Rock & Roll Music to the World and in 1973 the live double album Ten Years After Recorded Live. The band subsequently broke up after their final 1974 Columbia album Positive Vibrations. The members reunited in 1983 to play the Reading Festival
Reading and Leeds Festivals
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, sharing the same bill. The Reading Festival is held at Little John's Farm...
, and this performance was later released on CD as The Friday Rock Show Sessions - Live At Reading '83' . In 1988 the members reunited for a few concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
s and recorded the album About Time (1989). In 1994, they participated in the Eurowoodstock festival in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
.
Alvin Lee has since then mostly played and recorded under his own name. In 2003, the other band members replaced him with Joe Gooch
Joe Gooch
Joe Gooch is Ten Years After's most recent lead guitarist.-Biography:Gooch was introduced to jazz and blues at an early age. By thirteen, taking his music seriously, he enrolled on a course of classical guitar lessons...
, and recorded the album, Now. Material from the following tour was used for the 2005 double album
Double album
A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....
, Roadworks. Ric Lee is currently in a band called The Breakers, along with Ian Ellis (ex-Clouds
Clouds (60s rock band)
Clouds were a 1960s Scottish rock band that disbanded in October 1971. The band consisted of Ian Ellis , Harry Hughes and Billy Ritchie .- Early days: The Premiers :...
).
Band members
- Alvin LeeAlvin LeeAlvin 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...
: guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, harpHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
; born Graham Barnes, 19 December 1944, NottinghamNottinghamNottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, NottinghamshireNottinghamshireNottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
. - Leo LyonsLeo LyonsLeo Lyons is an English rock musician, who was also the bassist of the British late 1960s to 1970s rock group Ten Years After....
: bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
; born David William Lyons, 30 November 1943, MansfieldMansfieldMansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the main town in the Mansfield local government district. Mansfield is a part of the Mansfield Urban Area....
, Nottinghamshire. - Chick ChurchillChick ChurchillChick Churchill is the keyboard player of the British late 1960s to 70s rock band, Ten Years After.-Career:...
: keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
; born Michael George Churchill, 2 January 1946, IlkestonIlkestonIlkeston is a town within the Borough of Erewash, in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the River Erewash, from which the local borough takes its name. Its population at the 2001 census was 37,550...
, DerbyshireDerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
. - Ric LeeRic LeeRic Lee is the English drummer of the British late 1960s to 70s rock group, Ten Years After.-Biography:...
: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
; born Richard Lee, 20 October 1945, MansfieldMansfieldMansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the main town in the Mansfield local government district. Mansfield is a part of the Mansfield Urban Area....
, Nottinghamshire. - Joe GoochJoe GoochJoe Gooch is Ten Years After's most recent lead guitarist.-Biography:Gooch was introduced to jazz and blues at an early age. By thirteen, taking his music seriously, he enrolled on a course of classical guitar lessons...
: guitar, vocals; born 3 May 1977, HighburyHighbury- Early Highbury :The area now known as Islington was part of the larger manor of Tolentone, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Tolentone was owned by Ranulf brother of Ilger and included all the areas north and east of Canonbury and Holloway Road. The manor house was situated by what is now...
, North LondonNorth LondonNorth London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
(joined in 2003).
Studio and live albums
| Ten Years After | Deram, 1967 | |
| Undead (live album Live album A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album... ) |
Deram, 1968 | |
| BBC Sessions | 1967–1968 | |
| Stonedhenge Stonedhenge Stonedhenge is the third album released by the English rock/blues band Ten Years After, released in 1969.-Side one:#"Going to Try" - 4:52#"I Can't Live Without Lydia" - 1:23#"Woman Trouble" - 4:37... |
Deram, 1969 | |
| Ssssh Ssssh Ssssh is the fourth album by bluesrock band Ten Years After, released in 1969. The album charted #20 at Billboard 200 and #4 at the UK charts.-Side one:#"Bad Scene" – 3:30#"Two Time Mama" – 2:02#"Stoned Woman" – 3:30... |
Deram, 1969 | |
| 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... |
Deram, 1970 | |
| Watt Watt (album) Watt is the sixth album by the English blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 1970.-Track listing:All songs written by Alvin Lee, unless otherwise noted.#"I'm Coming On" - 3:48#"My Baby Left Me" - 5:23#"Think About the Times" - 4:43... |
Deram, 1970 | |
| A Space in Time | Columbia, 1971 | |
| Rock & Roll Music to the World Rock & Roll Music to the World Rock & Roll Music to the World is the eighth album by the English blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 1972.-Track listing:All songs written by Alvin Lee.#"You Give Me Loving" - 6:33#"Convention Prevention" - 4:23... |
Columbia, 1972 | |
| Recorded Live Recorded Live Recorded Live is a live album by British blues rock musicians Ten Years After, which was released as a double LP in 1973.--This album is a truthful recording of Ten Years After with no overdubs or additives. What you--hear is what happened on the night... (double live album Live album A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album... ) |
Columbia, 1973 | |
| Positive Vibrations Positive Vibrations Positive Vibrations is the ninth album by the English blues rock band, Ten Years After, which was released in 1974. Shortly after the release of this album, the band broke up... |
Columbia, 1974 | |
| Rocket Fuel | RSO, 1978 | by Alvin Lee & Ten Years Later |
| Ride On | RSO, 1979 | by Alvin Lee & Ten Years Later |
| About Time About Time (Ten Years After album) About Time is a 1989 album released by blues rock band Ten Years After, the final studio album released featuring Alvin Lee, their singer and most prominent songwriter since the band's creation... |
Chrysalis, 1989 | |
| Live at the Fillmore East 1970 Live at the Fillmore East 1970 Live at the Fillmore East 1970, was a double disc live album by Ten Years After recorded in February 1970. Live at the Fillmore East features many blues covers, such as Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen", and "Roll Over Beethoven" and also Willie Dixon's Spoonful, which was also covered by Cream... (double live album Live album A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album... ) |
2001 | |
| One Night Jammed (Live) | 2003 | |
| Now | 2004 | |
| Roadworks (double live album) | 2005 | |
| Evolution | 2008 | |
| Live at Fiesta City (live DVD) | 2009 |
Compilations
- Double Deluxe (1970)
- Ten Years After (1971)
- Alvin Lee and CompanyAlvin Lee and CompanyAlvin Lee & Company is a compilation album by Ten Years After released by their old record label Deram after they had switched to Columbia Records...
(Deram, 1972) - Goin' Home (Deram, 1975)
- Classic Performances of (Columbia, 1976)
- London Collector – Greatest Hits (London, 1977)
- Profile (1979)
- Ten Years After (1980)
- Timewarps (1983)
- The Collection (1985)
- At Their Peak (1987)
- Universal (1987) (Chrysalis RecordsChrysalis RecordsChrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...
) - Portfolio: A History (1988)
- The Collection (1991)
- Essential (1991)
- Pure Blues (1995)
- I'm Going Home (1996)
- Premium Gold Collection (1998)
- The Best of (2000)
- Very Best Ten Years After Album Ever (2001)
- Ten Years After Anthology (2002)