TEN YEARS AFTER
SEATTLE 1969
COMPACT DISC
Item no. :GOSS061 Barcode :0823564036182 Artist :TEN YEARS AFTER Product type :Compact Disc Label :GOSSIP Release Date :09 September 2022
EARLY 1969 US BROADCAST SHOW, RECORDED FIVE MONTHS BEFORE TYA’s BREAKTHROUGH WOODSTOCK
PERFORMANCE
• Formed from the ashes of early-1960s Nottingham collective, The Jaybirds, Ten Years After became an entity in their own right around
1966, when they moved to London and changed their name.
• Ten Years After were soon gigging steadily, including holding down a residency at London's Marquee Club, and in 1967, after an
appearance at the Windsor Jazz Festival earned praise in the music press, the quartet signed a record deal with Deram Records, the
progressive subsidiary of the U.K. Decca label.
• Divided between originals by Alvin Lee and covers of blues classics, Ten Years After's self-titled debut (released in 1967) didn't
capture the group's on-stage fire, so for their second LP, 1968's Undead, they documented a show at a small club where TYA could
stretch out on blues jams, and the group unveiled a raucous new number, ‘I'm Going Home.’ The tune caught the notice of blues fans,
and the album charted in the United States, going to 115 on the Top 200 charts.
• As heavy touring spread the word about the act, TYA released the first of two 1969 albums in February, Stonedhenge, which charted
at number 61. But it was Ssssh, which came out in August that broke big in America, peaking at number 20, largely due to the press
attention generated by their showstopping appearance at the Woodstock festival that same summer.
• This new CD, however, features the band’s incredible show recorded for live broadcast in Seattle, Washington, a few months before
their appearance at the world-famous festival, on March 22nd ’69. Playing at the city’s Eagle Stadium that early spring evening, Ten
Years After performed a quite a sterling set featuring classic blues covers mixed with Lee originals (credited to his birth name Graham
Barnes, under which he composed), that made for a concert that remains a fan-favourite to this day.
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TRACKLIST
1 Spoonful 7:15
2 Love Until I Die 6:24
3 Spider In My Web 9:11
4 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 10:05
5 Hobbit/Drum Solo 5:51
6 I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes 15:56
7 Help Me 13:42
8 I’m Going Home 11:52
