Ten Years After - Live at the Fillmore East

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Free Music Review: Live at Filmore Mott
Hit: 5 Stars

If this album had been released at the time of its recording (1970) I am sure that it would of gone down in history as one of the great Rook `n' Roll live albums of all time, (along with albums like Deep Purple's "Made In Japan" & U.F.O's "Strangers In The Night") As it was recorded when the band were at their glorious peak, in between their show stealing performances at Woodstock U.S.A in 1969 and The Isle Of Wight Festival in the U.K. in the summer of 1970 (by the time the band released a live album "Recorded Live" in 1973 the band had burnt themselves out, and put in a very lack luster performance).

But anyone who has been to the wonderful Tahitian Queen Rock `n' Roll Happy Hour on Friday will have seen the thirteen minute version of the Ten Years After standard bearer closing song "I'm Goin Home" on D.V.D and will bare out that this was a red hot band in the day when the band come in for the finale of the song, the roof nearly comes off the place.

What you actually get here is the full set from 1970 selected from four sets recorded by sound wizard Eddie Kramer at the Fillmore East probably Americans leading venue at the time. Three of the guys are basically the rhythm section, a fine one true, but basically there to do a job, I mean keyboard player Chick Churchill, doesn't bother with anything so fancy as a Mellotron, or Moog Synthersiser or even piano, just sticking to his trusty Hammond organ.

This albums star of the show Alvin Lee gets full reign to lay out his wares, Billed as the fastest guitar in the west, Lee would often leave all behind in his wake. And here he is given plenty of opportunity to show off his talents, of the twelve songs on this collection two are over 15 minutes long, and only three are shorter than eight minutes, subtlety may not be a part of Ten Years After repertoire, but my word these boys could Rock `n' Roll. This live set was released thirty three years too late, but don't let that fool you, it is still a great slab of fat, dirty, Rock `n' Roll, played like they don't know how any more.
Mott the Dog.

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