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Alvin Lee actually began his "solo"
career while he was still with TYA, with
ON THE ROAD TO FREEDOM is 1973 and IN FLIGHT
in 1974.
1975: Pump Iron is released
1976: Alvin prepares an album called Saguitar
but decides not to release it. Most of the
songs are eventually used on other recordings.
1977: TYA sans Ric Lee get back together
in Alvin's studio but no album is ever released
as the band decided it wasn't TYA if it wasn't
all four original members
1978: Alvin puts together a powerhouse
trio
with Mick Hawksworth on bass and Tom
Compton
on drums and TEN YEARS LATER is born.
They
release Rocket Fuel. Chrysalis Records
releases
"Let it Rock"
1979: Ride On, the second TYL album,
is released.
1980: Alvin changes musical direction
again
and forms Alvin Lee Band. Free Fall
is released
1981: RX5 is released, also with Alvin
Lee
Band
1983: Alvin reunites with TYA for the
20th
Anniversary of the Marquee Club, as
well
as a festival in Reading. Nothing more
comes
of the brief reunion, but a video "Live
at the Marquee" and later a CD
"Live
at Reading" are released.
1985: After an absence from recording
of
several years, Alvin is back with a
brilliant
rock album "Detroit Diesel"
1988: An instrumental by Alvin, "No
Limit" is a stand-out on the Guitar
Speak LP.
- Ten Years After is brought back together
for a series of summer festivals. Playing
to large enthusiastic audiences, they decide
to keep the reunion going.
1989: August: About Time is released.
1991: Deciding their reunion was no longer "fun",
the members of TYA go their separate ways
again.
- Chrysalis releases the Essential Ten Years
After, which becomes the definitive compilation
album.
1992: Alvin is back recording "solo".
Zoom is released.
1993: Rockspective, a video featuring unreleased
TYA/Alvin Lee clips and an in-depth interview
with Alvin, is released.
1994: The CD 1994 is released in Europe early in
the year. It follows in the US in November,
under the title I Hear You Rockin' . Alvin
tours the U.S. with Nine Below Zero as his
back-up band.
1995: Pure Blues, a compilation CD of both Alvin
Lee and Ten Years After songs, is released.
1996: Live in Vienna by Alvin Lee is
released. Detroit Diesel is reissued on CD.
- Alvin tours the USA as part of the Best of
British Blues
1997: May/June: Ten Years After reunite to play
three Scandinavian rock festivals. They decided
to "warm-up" for the gigs by playing
Brazil for the first time in their careers.
- October: A compilation of Alvin Lee &
TYA titles
is released, SOLID ROCK. It contains three previously unreleased titles.
1998: The year begins with all original
TYA members – Alvin Lee, leo Lyons, Ric Lee
and Chick Churchill - signing with a new
manager.
- August: They play various festivals, including making
a triumphant return to the United States to play at "A Day At The Garden", a three day music festival held on the same field
in Bethel NY as the original Woodstock
Festival
of 1969.
- November: Repertoire Records reissues "In
Flight" and "Pump Iron" on
CD
1999: January: Repertoire releases "Let it
Rock", "FreeFall" and "RX5"
on CD
- Summer: TYA take to the festival circuit
in Europe again.
- August/Sept: TYA tour the United States
2000: Once again, TYA go their separate ways.
Alvin goes back on the road with Alvin
Lee
Band.
2001: EMI Records releases Ten Years After
- Live at the Fillmore East and remasters
and reissues several of the band's albums
with bonus tracks
2002: Alvin Lee - The Anthology is
released
2003: Alvin travels to Nashville to record
with Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana of the
original Elvis Presley band
2004: In Tennessee is released. Alvin
returns
to touring with an extensive tour of
the
United Kingdom, including a performance
at
London's Royal Albert Hall
2007: Saguitar is released.
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