Ten Years After i Undead.

Ten Years After La carrière de Ten Years After est épinglée dans l'espace-temps des 9 minutes et 29 secondes de la prestation du guitariste Alvin Lee, au festival de Woodstock, en 1969. Cet épisode a sublimé pour toujours le parcours d'un groupe issu du British Blues Boom anglais. Le morceau de bravoure intitulé « I'm Going Home » ne doit pas occulter les cinq albums studio enregistrés entre 1967 et 1970 pour le label Deram, ni les albums en public Undead (1968) et Recorded Live (1973), qui représentent l'âge d'or du groupe. Parmi eux, les classiques Stonedhenge (1969) et Cricklewood Green (1970) permettent d'apprécier la formation à son apogée. Par la suite, Ten Years After signe avec Chrysalis (notamment pour l'album A Space in Time en 1971), puis se sépare en 1975. Il ne revient que quinze ans plus tard avec l'album About Time (1989), le dernier avec Alvin Lee qui décède en 2013. Entre temps paraissent Now (2004) et Evolution (2008), avec le nouveau chanteur et guitariste Joe Grooch. En 2017, Marcus Bonfanti prend sa succession sur A Sting in the Tale. Le coffret de dix CD 1967-1974 paru l'année suivante comprend les neuf premiers albums et les séances inédites de The Cap Ferrat Sessions, datant de 1972.

Ssssh was Ten Years After's new release at the time of their incendiary performance at the Woodstock Festival in August, 1969. As a result, it was their first hit album in the U.S., peaking at number 20 in September of that year. This recording is a primer of British blues-rock of the era, showcasing Alvin Lee's guitar pyrotechnics and the band's propulsive rhythm section. As with most of TYA's work, the lyrics were throwaways, but the music was hot. Featured is a lengthy cover of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl," with reworked lyrics leaving little doubt as to what the singer had in mind for the title character.

Recorded live in Amersterdam and Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Frankfurt, Germany; Paris, France.
Originally released as a double LP set, RECORDED LIVE … Full Descriptionwas a response to the proliferation of bootlegs of the band's concerts. It was to be as faithful a representation of the band's onstage firepower as possible. In this regard, it succeeds; it's better recorded than their breakthrough UNDEAD, and the performances are generally stronger.
The highpoint is the jazzy, nearly 16-minute assault on "I Can't Keep From Crying." (Historical note: On the Blues Project's REUNION IN CENTRAL PARK album, also released in 1973, Al Kooper, who wrote the song, tells the audience that Ten Years After's version paid for his new car that year). There are also enthusiastic run-throughs of the band's best known numbers, including their salacious take on "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" and (of course) their Woodstock showstopper "I'm Going Home."

Fifty years, 11 CDs, 11 Doctors and 389 tracks. This is the release that Doctor Who fans worldwide have been waiting for, assembled after years of research and trawls through dusty archives and libraries. It's a comprehensive overview of the very special music that has accompanied the Doctor over his travels through time and space from William Hartnell in 1963 to present day Matt Smith. From Ron Grainer's iconic theme realised by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop's Delia Derbyshire to Murray Gold's orchestral tapestries, this is a musical saga of monumental proportions. The esteemed collection of composers featured include Tristram Cary, Brian Hodgson, Wilfred Josephs, Dudley Simpson, Geoffrey Burgon, Paddy Kingsland, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, Keff McCulloch, Dominic Glynn, John Debney and many more. The lavish 32 page booklet with the set includes liner notes from Doctor Who composer Mark Ayres on the history of music in the series and details of the episodes.