CD Details
- Released: July 23, 1996
- Originally Released: 1998
- Label: Capitol
Tracks:
- 1.One Of These Days
- 2.You Give Me Loving
- 3.Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- 4.Help Me
- 5.Classical Thing
- 6.Scat Thing
- 7.I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes
- 8.I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes (Cont'd)
- 9.I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes (Cont'd)
- 10.Silly Thing
- 11.Slow Blues In "C"
- 12.I'm Going Home
- 13.Choo Choo Mama
Product Description:
2 LPs on 1 CD; the song "The Hobbit" is ommitted from the original LP release.
Ten Years After: Alvin Lee (vocals, guitar); Chick Churchill (piano, organ); Leo Lyons (bass); Ric Lee (drums).
Recorded live in Amersterdam and Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Frankfurt, Germany; Paris, France.
Personnel: Alvin Lee (vocals, guitar); Chick Churchill (piano, organ, keyboards, drums); Ric Lee (drums).
Recording information: Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Frankfurt, Germany; Paris, France; Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Photographer: Brian Cooke.
Originally released as a double LP set, RECORDED LIVE was a response to the proliferation of bootlegs of the band's concerts. It was to be as faithful a representation of the band's onstage firepower as possible. In this regard, it succeeds; it's better recorded than their breakthrough UNDEAD, and the performances are generally stronger.
The highpoint is the jazzy, nearly 16-minute assault on "I Can't Keep From Crying." (Historical note: On the Blues Project's REUNION IN CENTRAL PARK album, also released in 1973, Al Kooper, who wrote the song, tells the audience that Ten Years After's version paid for his new car that year). There are also enthusiastic run-throughs of the band's best known numbers, including their salacious take on "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" and (of course) their Woodstock showstopper "I'm Going Home."