TEN YEARS AFTER

TEN YEARS AFTER WAS A MAJOR ROCK BAND WITH USA & UK CHARTS ALBUMS BETWEEN 1967 TO 1974. AFTER RELEASING ALVIN LEE SOLO ALBUMS, ANOTHER TEN YEARS AFTER ALBUM CAME OUT "ABOUT TIME" IN 1989 WITH STEVE GOULD WHO USE TO BE IN RARE BIRD. THE 1971 ALBUM "A SPACE IN TIME" WAS MY FIRST STEPS INTO THE BAND WITH STYLISTIC VARIETY TRACKS. THE BIG HIT ON THIS ALBUM WAS ALSO THEIR SINGLE "I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THE WORLD" (40# USA 1971, 10# CANADA 1971), WITH ITS CATCHY ACOUSTIC GUITAR HOOK AND THE IMMORTAL OPENING LINE, 'EVERYWHERE IS FREAKS AND HAIRIES. OTHER HIGH SPOTS INCLUDES ANOTHER SINGLE: "BABY WONT YOU LET ME ROCK AND ROLL YOU" (61# USA 1971), THE BANDS FIRST STAB AT STONES-STYLE RAUNCH (COMPLETE WITH A RIFF FROM LED ZEPPELIN); THE COUNTRY-ISH STYLE ROMP "ONCE THEIR WAS A TIME"; AND THE GENTLY FOLKY "OVER THE HILL", WHICH FEATURES STRINGS, A MOVE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE FOR THIS BAND A YEAR OR TWO EARLIER.

RECORDED AT OLYMPIC STUDIOS, LONDON, ENGLAND.

BAND LINE-UP: ALVIN LEE (VOCALS, GUITAR);

CHICK CHURCHILL (KEYBOARDS);

LEO LYONS (BASS GUITAR);

RIC LEE (DRUMS).

TEN YEARS AFTER