TEN YEARS AFTER - BBC Sessions 1967-68

After several years of local success in the Nottingham/Mansfield area as a band known since 1962 as The Jaybirds (its core was formed in late 1960 as Ivan Jay and the Jaycats. Later Ivan Jay and the Jaymen) by Alvin Lee and Leo Lyons, Ivan Jay lead vocals (late 1960 to 1962) joined by Ric Lee in August 1965, replacing original drummer Dave Quickmire, who had joined the band 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 then they decided to change their name to Blues Trip, Blues Yard (under it they played a show at the legendary Marquee Club, supporting Bonzo Dog Band), and finally Ten Years After in November 1966. They became the first bands of the soon-to-be Chrysalis Agency. They secured a residency at the Marquee, and received an invitation to play at the renowned Windsor Jazz Festival in 1967. That performance led to a contract with Deram, a subsidiary company of Decca — the first band so signed without a hit single. In October, 1967 self-titled debut album was released. In 1968, after touring Scandinavia and the United States, Ten Years After released the second album, live Undead, which brought their first classic, "I'm Going Home". This was followed in February, 1969 by studio issue, Stonedhenge, a British hit, that included another classic, "Hear Me Calling" (it was released also as a single, covered in 1972 by British glam rock rising stars, Slade). In July, 1969 they appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival, in the first event to which rock bands were invited. In August, Ten Years After performed a breakthrough American appearance at Woodstock; their furious-to-slow-to-furious rendition of "I'm Going Home" was featured in both the subsequent film and soundtrack album and catapulted them to star status.

01. I'm Going Home
02. Don't Want You Woman
03. Love Until I Die
04. I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always
05. Love Until I Die
06. Spoonful
07. Portable People
08. Rock Your Mama
09. Ain't Seen No Whiskey
10. Woman Trouble
11. Woodchoppers Ball
12. No Time For The Blues
13. Hear Me Calling
14. Woman Trouble
15. Crossroads
16. Spider In My Web
17. I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always
18. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
19. I'm Going Home

tracks 1-3: November 21, 1967
tracks 4-6: TOP POP, Danish TV, February 16, 1968
tracks 7-9: March 13, 1968
tracks 10-12: August 14, 1968
tracks 13-15: December 13, 1968
tracks 16-19: BBC In Concert, unknown date