Recorded Live

Recorded Live
Live album by Ten Years After
Released	June 1973
Recorded	26–29 January 1973 live in Frankfurt, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Paris
Genre	Blues rock
Length	79:46
Label	Chrysalis Columbia
Ten Years After chronology
Rock & Roll Music To The World (1972) Recorded Live (1973) Positive Vibrations (1974)

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Allmusic	[1]

Recorded Live is the second live album by British blues rock musicians Ten Years After, which was released as a double LP in 1973.

This album, containing no overdubs or additives, was recorded over four nights in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Frankfurt and Paris with the Rolling Stones' mobile recording truck and later mixed from sixteen tracks to stereo at Olympic Studios in London. The album was rereleased as a CD in 2013, with seven previously unreleased tracks. ^[2]

Track listing (original album)

All tracks composed by Alvin Lee; except where indicated

Side one

1. "One of These Days" – 5:36
2. "You Give Me Loving" – 5:25
3. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Sonny Boy Williamson I) – 7:15

Side two

1. "Hobbit" (excluded from some CDs) (Ric Lee) – 7:15
2. "Help Me" (Sonny Boy Williamson II, Willie Dixon, Ralph Bass) – 10:44

Side three

1. "Classical Thing" – 0:55
2. "Scat Thing" – 0:54
3. "I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes (Part 1)" (Al Kooper) – 1:57
4. "Extension on One Chord" (Alvin Lee, Ric Lee, Chick Churchill, Leo Lyons) – 10:46
5. "I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes (Part 2)" (Al Kooper) – 3:21

Side four

1. "Silly Thing" – 0:26
2. "Slow Blues in 'C'" – 7:24
3. "I'm Going Home" – 9:30
4. "Choo Choo Mama" – 2:56

Track listing (CD reissue of original album)

CD 1

1. "One of These Days" (A. Lee) – 5:36
2. "You Give Me Loving" (A. Lee) – 5:25
3. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Williamson) – 7:15
4. "Hobbit" (excluded from some CDs) (R. Lee) – 7:15
5. "Help Me" (Williamson, Bass) – 10:44

CD 2

1. "Classical Thing" (A. Lee) – 0:55
2. "Scat Thing" (A. Lee) – 0:54
3. "I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes (Part 1)" (A. Kooper) – 1:57
4. "Extension on One Chord" (A. Lee, R. Lee, Churchill, Lyons) – 10:46
5. "I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes (Part 2)" (A. Kooper) – 3:21
6. "Silly Thing" (A. Lee) – 0:26
7. "Slow Blues in 'C'" (A. Lee) – 7:24
8. "I'm Going Home" (A. Lee) – 9:30
9. "Choo Choo Mama" (A. Lee) – 2:56

Track listing (2013 CD reissue with bonus tracks)

CD 1

Original album

1. "One of These Days" (A. Lee) – 6:20 (Frankfurt)
2. "You Give Me Loving" (A. Lee) – 6:10 (Frankfurt)
3. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Williamson) – 7:27 (Frankfurt)
4. "Hobbit" (R. Lee) – 8:36 (Frankfurt)
5. "Help Me" (Williamson, Bass) – 10:49 (Amsterdam)

Bonus tracks

6. "Time Is Flying" (A. Lee) – 5:36 (Frankfurt)
7. "Standing at the Station (A. Lee) – 11:51 (Frankfurt)
8. "Jam" (A. Lee, R. Lee, C. Churchill, L. Lyons) – 18:09 (Amsterdam)

CD 2

Bonus tracks

1. "Help Me" (Williamson, Dixon, Bass) – 12:06 (Paris)
2. "I Woke Up This Morning" (A. Lee) – 4:26 (Rotterdam)
3. "Sweet Little Sixteen" (Chuck Berry) – 4:24 (Frankfurt)
4. "Jam" (A. Lee, R. Lee, C. Churchill, L. Lyons) – 16:33 (Frankfurt)

Original album

5. "Classical Thing" (A. Lee) – 0:53 (Paris)
6. "Scat Thing" (A. Lee) – 0:57 (Paris)
7. "I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes (Part 1)" (A. Kooper) – 1:57 (Paris)
8. "Extension on One Chord" (A. Lee, R. Lee, Churchill, Lyons) – 10:45 (Paris)
9. "I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes (Part 2)" (A. Kooper) – 3:12 (Paris)
10. "Silly Thing" (A. Lee) – 1:09 (Frankfurt)
11. "Slow Blues in 'C'" (A. Lee) – 8:14 (Frankfurt)
12. "I'm Going Home" (A. Lee) – 10:54 (Frankfurt)
13. "Choo Choo Mama" (A. Lee) – 3:21 (Frankfurt)

Personnel

Ten Years After

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

Additional personnel

• Recording Engineer – Chris Kimsey
• Photography by Brian Cooke
• Cover by Visualeyes
• Cover Conception – Walter Wanger
• Executive Coordination – Chris Wright
• Produced by Ten Years After

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [3]	42
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4]	7
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [5]	28
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [6]	23
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [7]	28
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8]	10
Italian Albums ( Musica e Dischi ) [9]	25
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [10]	9
UK Albums (OCC) [11]	36
US Billboard 200 [12]	39

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [13]	Gold	20,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Recorded Live - Ten Years After". AllMusic .
2. Forte, Dan (April 2014). "Forever Rocking: Ten Years After, Recorded Live, and Alvin Lee and Ten Years After, Live At Rockpalast". Vintage Guitar . p. 141.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 307. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
4. "Austriancharts.at – Ten Years After – Recorded Live" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
5. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4896". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
6. "Top 30". Ekstra Bladet . 8 August 1973. p. 21.
7. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Ten Years After – Recorded Live" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
9. "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 15 May 2025. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Ten Years After".
10. "Norwegiancharts.com – Ten Years After – Recorded Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
11. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
12. "Ten Years After Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
13. "Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, and Leo Sayer 1976 Festival Records Australian Award Presented To Terry Ellis". Archived from the original on 15 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.