Artist: ALVIN LEE
Album: LET IT ROCK REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1978/ 1999
Media type: CD

Alvin Lee was born on December 19, 1944 in Nottingham, England and began his career playing with the Jaybirds, a beat group popular in both Germany and the UK during the early Sixties. In 1966 the group's line up was expanded and they took on the name Ten Years After.

The group staged its break through at London's Marquee Club in 1967 and quickly became established as one of the finest blues rock groups of the era, regularly performing at festivals and clubs, where Alvin's high speed guitar solos and scat singing on 'I'm Goin' Home' became hugely popular. Their success was capped by an historic appearance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the group's act proved one of the most exciting in the all-star 'Woodstock' movie.

After the original group broke up Alvin released a series of fine solo albums, all now available on Repertoire including 'On The Road To Freedom' (released just before TYA's demise), 'In Flight', 'Pump Iron!' and several more. Alvin continued to tour with such outfits as Ten Years Later, the Alvin Lee Band and a revived TYA. He continues to record new material and make 'live' appearances and is hailed as one of rock's legendary guitar giants.


Alvin Lee always works with red hot drummers and one of the delights of this excellent album is the driving drum work of American funkster John Susswell, visiting England when Alvin was planning this 1978 solo effort. Vintage performances by the guitarist are sparked by a tasty rhythm section that includes stalwart bass player Alan Spenner. Twelve top tracks written by Alvin include the intriguing 'Chemicals, Chemistry, Mystery & More'.

TRACKLIST:

1 Chemicals, Chemistry, Mystery And More
03:52

2 Love The Way You Rock Me
03:19

3 Ain't Nobody
05:08

4 Images Shifting
04:45

5 Little Boy
04:45

6 Downhill Lady Racer
03:42

7 World Is Spinning Faster
05:27

8 Through With Your Lovin'
05:00

9 Time To Meditate
03:56

10 Let It Rock
03:00

11 Snake Jam
04:51

12 Break Jam
06:49