Undead (Ten Years After album)
Undead | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | July 1968 [USA][1][2] 16 August 1968 [UK][3] | |||
Recorded | 14 May 1968 | |||
Venue | Klooks Kleek, London | |||
Genre | Blues rock[4] | |||
Length | 38:25 68:41 (reissue) | |||
Label | Deram | |||
Producer | Mike Vernon | |||
Ten Years After chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Rolling Stone | (positive)[6] |
Undead is a live album by Ten Years After, recorded at the small jazz club Klooks Kleek in London on 14 May 1968, and released in July of that year. The show combined blues, boogie and jazz playing that merged more traditional rock and roll with 1950s-style jump blues. The album "amply illustrates" Alvin Lee's "eclectic" use of the pentatonic scale mixed with other modalities.[7]
Track listing
- Side one
- "I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always" (Alvin Lee) - 10.28
- "Woodchopper's Ball" (Woody Herman, Joe Bishop) - 7:48
- Side two
- "Spider in My Web" (Alvin Lee) - 7:46
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin) / "Shantung Cabbage" (Ric Lee) - 5:56
- "I'm Going Home" (Alvin Lee) - 6:27
2002 CD reissue
- "Rock Your Mama" (Alvin Lee) - 3:46
- "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) - 6:23
- "I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always" - 9:49
- "Summertime" / "Shantung Cabbage" - 5:44
- "Spider in Your Web" - 7:43
- "Woodchopper's Ball" - 7:38
- "Standing at the Crossroads" (Elmore James & Robert Johnson) - 4:10
- "I Can't Keep from Crying, Sometimes / Extension on One Chord / I Can't Keep from Crying, Sometimes (reprise)" (Al Kooper, Chick Churchill, Leo Lyons, Alvin Lee, Ric Lee) - 17:04
- "I'm Going Home" - 6:24
Personnel
- Ten Years After
- Alvin Lee – guitar, vocals
- Chick Churchill – organ
- Ric Lee – drums
- Leo Lyons – bass
Charts
Album – Billboard (United States)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1968 | The Billboard 200 | 115 |
Release history
Year | Type | Label | Country | Catalog # |
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1968 | LP | DERAM | US, Canada | DES 18016 |
LP | DERAM | Netherlands | 9286 927 | |
LP | DECCA | Germany | 6.21 585 | |
LP | DERAM | UK | SML 1023 | |
2002 | CD | DERAM | UK | 8828992 |
CD | DERAM | Germany | 820 533-2 | |
2009 | CD | Universal Distribution | 94203[8] |
References
- ^ "New Album Releases" (PDF). Billboard. 27 July 1968. p. 40. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Ten Years Later" (PDF). Record Mirror. 20 July 1968. p. 4. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Advert" (PDF). Melody Maker. 17 August 1968. p. 4. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". Classic Rock. Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Undead - Ten Years After". AllMusic.
- ^ Hansen, Barrett (12 October 1968). "Records". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Cope, Andrew L. (2010). Black Sabbath and the Rise of Heavy Metal Music. Ashgate. p. 32. ISBN 9780754699903.
- ^ "Undead - Ten Years After". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 January 2011.