Ten Years After
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| Origin | Nottingham, United Kingdom |
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| Associated acts | Ten Years Later |
| Website | ten-years-after |
| Members | Chick Churchill Ric Lee Marcus Bonfanti Colin Hodgkinson |
| Past members | Alvin Lee Leo Lyons Joe Gooch |
Ten Years After are a British 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.[1] In addition they had twelve albums enter the US Billboard 200.[2]
They are best known for tracks such as "I'm Going Home", "Hear Me Calling", "I'd Love to Change the World" and "Love Like a Man". Their musical style consisted of blues rock[3][4][5][6][7] and hard rock.[8]
History[]
Formation: 1962–1966[]
The band's core formed in late 1960 as Ivan Jay and the Jaycats. After several years of local success in the Nottingham/Mansfield area, they changed their name to the Jaybirds in 1962 and later to Ivan Jay and the Jaymen. Ivan Jay (born Ivan Joseph Harrison, 1939, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire; died April 2009, USA) sang lead vocals from late 1960 to 1962 and was joined by Ric Lee in August 1965, replacing drummer Dave Quickmire (born David Quickmire, 1940, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire), who had replaced Pete Evans (born Peter Evans, 1940, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire) in 1962. Roy Cooper (born 11 November 1943, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire) played rhythm guitar, plus did vocals from 1960 to 1962. The Jaybirds moved to London to back the Ivy League in 1966.[9] In the same year, Chick Churchill joined the group as keyboard player. That November, the quartet signed a manager, Chris Wright, and changed their name to Blues Trip. Using the name Blues Yard they played one show at the Marquee Club supporting the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Alvin Lee and Leo Lyons again changed their name in 1966 to Ten Years After – in honour of Elvis Presley,[10] one of Lee's idols.[10] (This was ten years after Presley's successful year, 1956).[9][11] Some sources[12] claim that the name was pulled by Leo Lyons from a magazine, advertising a book, Suez Ten Years After (referring to the Suez Crisis).
Classic Ten Years After: 1967–1974[]
The group was the first act booked by the soon-to-be Chrysalis Agency. It secured a residency at the Marquee, and was invited to play at the Windsor Jazz Festival in 1967. That performance led to a contract with Deram, a subsidiary of Decca — the first band Deram signed without a hit single. In October 1967 they released the self-titled debut album, Ten Years After.[13] In 1968, after touring Scandinavia and the United States, Ten Years After released a second album, the live Undead, with a first version of the noteworthy song, "I'm Going Home".[13] They followed this in February 1969 by the studio issue Stonedhenge, a British hit that included another well-known track, "Hear Me Calling", which was also released as a single. (In 1972, this song was covered by the British glam rock rising stars, Slade.) In July 1969, the group appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival, in the first event rock bands were invited to. Between 26 and 27 July 1969, they appeared at the Seattle Pop Festival held at Gold Creek Park. On 17 August, the band performed a breakthrough American appearance at Woodstock; their rendition of "I'm Going Home" featuring Alvin Lee as lead singer/lead guitar, was featured in both the subsequent film and soundtrack album and catapulted them to star status.[13] In 1970, Ten Years After released "Love Like a Man", the group's only hit in the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at #10.[1] It was the first record issued with a different playing speed on each side: a three-minute edit at 45 rpm, and a nearly eight-minute live version at 33 rpm.[citation needed] The full studio version song appeared on the band's fifth album, their most successful in Britain, Cricklewood Green.[13] In August 1970, they played the Strawberry Fields Festival near Toronto, and the Isle of Wight Festival 1970.[14]
In 1971, the band switched labels to Columbia Records (US) and Chrysalis (UK) and released the hit album A Space in Time, which marked a move toward more commercial material.[13] It featured the group's biggest hit, "I'd Love to Change the World".[13] 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.[13]
Break up and reformation[]
In the second half of the 1970s and early 1980s, Alvin actively toured with a new band he called Ten Years Later. The original Ten Years After reunited in 1983 to play the Reading Festival,[15] and this performance was later released on CD as The Friday Rock Show Sessions – Live at Reading '83' .
Reunion, split with Alvin Lee and Leo Lyons: 1988–present[]
In 1988, the members reunited for a few concerts and recorded the album About Time (1989) with producer Terry Manning in Memphis.[11][13] They stayed together for their longest continuous period, until 2003, however without releasing new studio effort. In 1994, they participated in the Eurowoodstock festival in Budapest. In 2003, the other band members replaced Alvin Lee with Joe Gooch, and recorded the album, Now.[13] Material from the following tour was used for the 2005 double album, Roadworks.[13] Alvin Lee mostly played and recorded under his own name following his split from the band. He died from complications during a routine medical procedure on 6 March 2013.[16][17][18] Ric Lee is also currently[when?] in a band called Ric Lee's Natural Born Swingers, along with Bob Hall. In January 2014, it was announced that both Gooch and Lyons had left Ten Years After.[19] Two months later, veteran bass player Colin Hodgkinson and singer/guitarist Marcus Bonfanti were announced as their replacements.[20] In October 2017, the band released its most recent studio album, A Sting in the Tale.[21][22]
Band members[]
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Timeline[]
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
| Title | Release Date | US [23] |
AUS [24] |
CAN [25] |
GER [26] |
FIN [27] |
FR [28] |
IT [29] |
DEN [30] |
NDL [31] |
SW [32] |
NOR [33] |
UK [34] |
Certification | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten Years After | 1967 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Deram | |
| Stonedhenge | 1969 | 61 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | Deram | |
| Ssssh | 20 | – | 10 | 6 | 14 | 9 | – | 7 | – | – | 16 | 4 |
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Deram | |
| Cricklewood Green | 1970 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 4 | – | – | 8 | 4 | Deram | |
| Watt | 21 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | Deram | ||
| A Space in Time | 1971 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 35 | 11 | – | – | 2 | – | 9 | 13 | 36 | Columbia | |
| Rock & Roll Music to the World | 1972 | 43 | – | 19 | 30 | 22 | – | – | 3 | – | 8 | 15 | 27 | Columbia | |
| Positive Vibrations | 1974 | 81 | 84 | 78 | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | 19 | 18 | – | Columbia | |
| About Time | 1989 | 120 | – | – | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Chrysalis | |
| Now | 2004 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Ten Years After | |
| Evolution | 2008 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Ten Years After | |
| A Sting in the Tale | 2017 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Ten Years After |
Live albums[]
| Title | Release Date | US [23] |
AUS [24] |
CAN [25] |
AUT [37] |
GER [26] |
FIN [27] |
FR [28] |
IT [29] |
DEN [30] |
SW [32] |
NOR [33] |
UK [34] |
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| Undead | Deram, 1968 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 |
| Recorded Live | Columbia, 1973 | 39 | 42 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 36 |
| The Friday Rock Show Sessions - Live At Reading 1983 | Raw Fruit Records, 1990 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Live 1990 | Edsel Records, 1993 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| BBC Sessions 1967-1968 | 2000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Live at the Fillmore East 1970 (double album) | Capitol, 2001 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| One Night Jammed (Live) | Fast Western, 2003 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Roadworks (double album) | Ten Years After, 2005 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| The Name Remains the Same | Kultopolis, 2014 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Naturally Live | Butler Records, 2019 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Live in Finland | 2020 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Compilation albums[]
| Title[38] | Release Date | US [23] |
CAN [25] |
DEN [30] |
SW [32] |
NOR [33] |
UK [34] |
Label |
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| Double Deluxe | 1970 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ten Years After | 1971 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Alvin Lee and Company | 1972 | 55 | 60 | 1 | – | – | – | Deram |
| Goin' Home! | 1975 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Classic Performances of Ten Years After | 1976 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Columbia |
| London Collectors Edition – Greatest Hits | 1977 | – | – | – | – | – | – | London |
| Profile | 1979 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ten Years After | 1980 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Hear Me Calling | 1980 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Decca |
| Time Warps | 1983 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| The Collection | 1985 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| At Their Peak | 1987 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Universal | 1987 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Chrysalis |
| Portfolio: A History | 1988 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| The Essential Ten Years After Collection | 1991 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pure Blues | 1995 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| I'm Going Home | 1996 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Premium Gold Collection | 1998 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| The Best of Ten Years After | 2000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| The Very Best 'Ten Years After' Album Ever | 2001 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ten Years After Anthology | 2002 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Best: Love Like a Man | 2003 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| The Essential | 2004 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Think About the Times: The Chrysalis Years 1969-1972 | 2010 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ten Years After 1967-1974 [10-CD Box Set] | 2017 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cap Ferrat Sessions (archive) | 2019 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Top Ten from Ten Years After | 2020 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Singles[]
| Year | Single | UK [39] |
US [40] |
CAN [25] |
FIN [27] |
FR [28] |
GER [26] |
DEN [30] |
NDL [31] |
AUT [41] |
BEL [42] |
IRE [43] |
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| 1968 | "Portable People" | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I'm Going Home" / "Hear Me Calling" | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | 11 | — | 28 | — | |
| 1970 | "Love Like a Man" | 10 | 98 | 56 | 37 | — | 9 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 26 | 13 |
| "I'm Coming On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1971 | "I'd Love to Change the World" | — | 40 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'n Roll You" | — | 61 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1972 | "Choo Choo Mama" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | "Tomorrow I'll Be Out Of Town" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | "It's Getting Harder" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | "Highway of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bibliography[]
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- Paytress, Mark (January 1997). "Ten Years After". Record Collector. No. 221. pp. 84–89.
- Alvin Lee and Ten Years After – Visual History – Herb Staehr, Free Street Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0970870001
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- Ten Years After Official Website 2014 - featuring Ric Lee, Chick Churchill, Marcus Bonfanti and Colin Hodgkinson
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- Ten Years After Fan Website
- History of Ten Years After with Alvin Lee
- Interview with Alvin Lee
- Alvin Lee official website
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