Alvin Lee and Company

Alvin Lee and Company
Compilation album by Ten Years After
Released	30 March 1972
Recorded	1967–1969
Genre	Blues rock
Length	30:01 (original) 44:55 (reissue 1990)
Label	Deram
Producer	Mike Vernon
Ten Years After chronology
A Space in Time (1971) Alvin Lee and Company (1972) Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Alvin Lee and Company is a Ten Years After compilation album of material previously unavailable on LP released by their old record label Deram after they had switched to Chrysalis Records in the UK and Columbia Records in the US. It consists of 2 non album singles, "Rock Your Mama" and "Portable People", the latter's b side "The Sounds", a live track, "Crossroads" and two outtakes, "Hold Me Tight" and "Boogie On".

Track listing

All songs written by Alvin Lee, unless otherwise noted.

1. "The Sounds" – 4:13
2. "Rock Your Mama" – 2:55
3. "Hold Me Tight" – 2:15
4. "Standing at the Crossroads" (Elmore James, Robert Johnson) – 4:00
5. "Portable People" – 2:13
6. "Boogie On" – 14:25

CD reissue bonus tracks

1. "Spider in My Web" – 7:19
2. "Hear Me Calling" – 3:48 (Single version)
3. "I'm Going Home" – 3:37 (Single Version)

• NOTE: Some track times are incorrectly listed on the record sleeve: the Sounds (4:00), Rock Your Mama (3:00) and Boogie On (14:25).

Personnel

Ten Years After

• Alvin Lee – guitar, vocals
• Chick Churchill – organ
• Ric Lee – drums
• Leo Lyons – bass

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [2]	60
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [3]	9
US Billboard 200 [4]	55

References

1. Alvin Lee and Company at AllMusic
2. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 7723". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
3. "Top 30". Ekstra Bladet . 6 May 1972. p. 22.
4. "Ten Years After Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2025.