''Ten Years After'' is the debut album by English

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band

Ten Years After Ten Years After are a British rock group, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, the band had eight consecutive Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart. In addition, they had twelve albums enter the US ''Billboar ...

. Recorded at

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in London in September 1967, and released on October 27, 1967, it was one of the first blues rock albums by British musicians. It has less original material than the band's later works, which were, in most cases, composed entirely of

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's songs. It features "Spoonful", a

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song (written for him by

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) that the British blues rock group

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had covered the previous year on their debut album ''

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'' with an extended live version on ''

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''.

Track listing

;Side one #"I Want to Know" (Sheila McLeod as pseudonym Paul Jones) – 2:08 #" I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes" (

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) – 5:21 #"Adventures of a Young Organ" (

Chick Churchill Michael George "Chick" Churchill (born 2 January 1946) is an English keyboard player of the late 1960s to 1970s blues rock band Ten Years After. Career Churchill began playing the piano at the age of six and studied classical music until he wa ...

) – 2:32 #"

Spoonful "Spoonful" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf. Called "a stark and haunting work", it is one of Dixon's best known and most interpreted songs. Etta James and Harvey Fuqua had a pop and R&B record ...

" (

) – 6:00 #"Losing the Dogs" (Alvin Lee,

Gus Dudgeon Angus Boyd "Gus" Dudgeon (30 September 1942 – 21 July 2002) was an English record producer, who oversaw many of Elton John's most acclaimed recordings, including his commercial breakthrough, "Your Song". Their collaboration led to seven US No ...

) – 2:58 ;Side two #

"Feel It for Me" (Alvin Lee) – 2:37 #"Love Until I Die" (Alvin Lee) – 2:04 #"Don't Want You Woman" (Alvin Lee) – 2:34 #" Help Me" (

Ralph Bass Ralph Basso Jr. (May 1, 1911 – March 5, 1997), known as Ralph Bass,The birth surname of Ralph Bass's paternal grandfather, who was born in Italy, was DuBasso. was an American rhythm-and-blues record producer and talent scout for several indepen ...

, Sonny Boy Williamson) – 9:46

2002 bonus tracks

Remastered CD, Deram 8828972 *"Portable People"

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(Alvin Lee) – 2:17 *"The Sounds"

(Alvin Lee) – 4:29 *"Rock Your Mama" (Alvin Lee) – 3:01 *"Spider in My Web" (Alvin Lee) – 7:11 *"Hold Me Tight" (Alvin Lee) – 2:18 *"(At the) Woodchopper's Ball" (

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) – 7:46

Personnel

;Ten Years After *

– guitar, vocals *

Leo Lyons Leo David William Lyons (born 30 November 1943) is an English musician, who was most notably the bassist of the blues rock band Ten Years After. Biography Leo Lyons was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in November 1943 and became a professi ...

– bass *

Ric Lee Richard "Ric" Lee (born 20 October 1945) is an English drummer of the blues rock band Ten Years After. Biography Lee was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Was a founding member of his first band, The Falcons. He was also a drummer ...

– drums *

– organ

References

{{Authority control 1967 debut albums Ten Years After albums Albums produced by Mike Vernon (record producer) Albums produced by Gus Dudgeon Decca Records albums