Alvin Lee - Ten Years After Gigs 1972The Ten Years After touring machine continues to crisscross the Atlantic with tours of the USA. UK and Europe, and the band also makes its first trip to Japan.
January 8, 1972 - University/Reading, England with: Stealers Wheel January 13, 1972 - University/Birmingham, England January 14, 1972 - University/Sheffield, England also on the bill: Supertramp January 15, 1972 - University/Lancaster, England with: National Head Band January 19, 1972 - University/Cardiff, England with: Jude January 21, 1972 - University/Liverpool, UK January 22, 1972 - University/Leeds, UK with: Spirogyra January 25, 1972 - University/Brighton, UK with: Jude January 27, 1972 - University/Nottingham, UK with: Jude January 26, 1972 - Concertgebouw/Amsterdam, NL Opening: Wild Turkey January 27, 1972 - De Doelen/Rotterdam, NL January 28, 1972 - University/Salford, UK also on the bill: Supertramp January 29, 1972 - University/Leicester, UK February 21, 1972 - Konserthuset/Gothenburg, Sweden March 3, 1972 - Deutschlandhalle/Berlin, Germany One Of These Days, Once There Was A Time, Standing At The Station, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Jam, Sweet Little Sixteen, Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You. March 4, 1972 - Musikhalle (Großer Saal)/Hamburg, Germany March 5, 1972 - Phillipshalle/Dusseldorf, GER March 6, 1972 - Oberrheinhalle/Offenburg, GER March 8, 1972 - Ebertshalle/Ludwigshafen, Germany One Of These Days, Once There Was A Time, Standing At The Station, Silly Thing, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, Slow Blues In C, Jam (20+ minutes long!), Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You also on the bill: Patto March 10, 1972 - Messehalle/Nuremberg, GER March 24, 1972 - Ahoy Hall/Rotterdam, NL March 25, 1972 - Forest National/Brussels, Belgium Partial Set List: Once There Was A Time, Let The Sky Fall, Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You, I'm Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen. with: Supertramp March 28, 1972 - Bolzano, Italy March 29, 1972 - Reggio Emilia, Italy March 30, 1972 - Rome, Italy April 1, 1972 - Festhalle/Frankfurt, Germany One Of These Days, Once There Was A Time, Standing At The Station, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit (introduced as "Frankfurt Express"), Slow Blues In C, You Give Me Loving, Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You. with: Patto April 2, 1972 - Karlsruhe, Germany April 3, 1972 - Festhalle/Bern, Switzerland Supertramp opened this show One Of These Days, Once There Was A Time, Standing At The Station, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, Slow Blues In C, You Give Me Loving (introduced by Alvin as "a new number"), Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You April 15, 1972 - War Memorial Auditorium/Rochester, NY also on the bill: Procol Harum April 16, 1972 - Memorial Auditorium/Buffalo, NY also on the bill: Procol Harum April 17, 1972 - Winnipeg Arena/Winnipeg, MB also on the bill: Fludd April 19, 1972 - Metropolitan Sports Centre/Bloomington, MN also on the bill: Procol Harum April 25, 1972 - Memorial Auditorium/Dallas, TX also on the bill: Procol Harum April 26, 1972 - Coliseum/Phoenix, AZ also on the bill: Procol Harum April 27, 1972 - Tucson Community Center/Tucson, AZ also on the bill: Procol Harum April 28, 1972 - Santa Clara County Fairgrounds/San Jose, CA with Chilliwack and High Flying Bird April 29, 1972 - University of the Pacific/Stockton, California Opening acts Wild Turkey, Tower of Power Set List: One of These Days, Once There Was a Time, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, Slow Blues in “C”, Classical Thing, Scat Thing,I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock and Roll You, Sweet Little Sixteen, Roll Over Beethoven: May 4, 1972 - Nippon Budokan/Tokyo, Japan With Procol Harum One Of These Days, Once There Was A Time, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, Slow Blues In C, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home/Blue Suede Shoes, Sweet Little Sixteen. May 6, 1972 - Koseinenkin Hall/Osaka, Japan May 7, 1972 - Osaka Festival Hall/Osaka, Japan June 5, 1972 - Hofheinz Pavilion/Houston TX June 15, 16 & 17, 1972 - Boston Tea Party/Boston, Massachusetts Mott the Hoople is the opening act. August 13, 1972 - Berkshire - Reading, England Ten Years After headlines on the third and last day of the 11th National Jazz, Blues, Folk and Rock Festival. On the bill with Ten Years After were: Quintessence, Status Quo, Roy Wood's Wizard, Stray, Matching Mole, Vinegar Joe, Gillian McPherson, Stachridge, Sutherland Brothers, Mahatma Kane Jeeves and String Driven Thing September 11, 1972 - Stadthalle/Bremen, GER September 12, 1972 - Grugahalle/Essen, GER September 13, 1972 - Circus Krone/Munich, GER September 26, 1972 - Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto Also on the bill were Edgar Winter & Frampton's Camel Setlist: One of These Days, You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Rock 'n Roll Music to the World,Hobbit, Standing at the Station, Turned Off TV Blues, I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama September 28, 1972 - Onondaga County War Memorial/Syracuse, NY also on the bill: J. Geils Band September 29, 1972 - Nassau Coliseum/Uniondale, NY also on the bill: Edgar Winter September 30, 1972 - Baltimore Civic Center/Baltimore, MD also on the bill: J. Geils Band The ninth TYA album 'Rock & Roll Music to the World' is released in October 1972 October 1, 1972 - Academy of Music/New York City, New York One Of These Days, You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little School Girl, Jam in "G", Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hobbit (introduced as "Rambling Rose"), Standing At The Station, Turned Off TV Blues, brief Jam (introduced by Alvin as a "Fox Trot"), Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Choo Choo Mama, Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You (instrumental only, an exhausted Alvin mis-cues on the vocal), Roll Over Beethoven/I Hear You Knockin' But You Can't Come In/Johnny B. Goode (medley). with: Ramatam October 3, 1972 - Rhode Island Auditorium/Providence, RI also on the bill: Edgar Winter, Eggs Over Easy October 4, 1972 - Music Hall/Boston, MA(1st of 2 nights) Set List: One of These Days, You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Jazz Jam, Rock 'n Roll Music to the World, Hobbit, Standing at the Station, Turned Off TV Blues, Silly Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Choo Choo Mama, Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'n Roll You, October 5, 1972 - Music Hall/Boston, Massachusetts One Of These Days, You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little School Girl, Jam (introduced by Alvin as a "Jazz Jam"), Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hobbit, Standing At The Station, Turned Off TV Blues, Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Choo Choo Mama, Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You October 6, 1972 - Civic Arena/Pittsburgh, PA also on the bill: Edgar Winter October 7, 1972 - Arie Crown Theatre/Chicago, IL October 8, 1972 - Cleveland Public Hall/Cleveland, OH also on the bill: Black Oak Arkansas October 9, 1972 - Cobo Arena/Detroit, MI also on the bill: Poco, Flo & Eddie October 11, 1972 - Scope Arena/Norfolk, VA October 12, 1972 - Atlanta Municipal Auditorium/Atlanta, GA also on the bill: Ramatam October 13, 1972 - Jacksonville Coliseum/Jacksonville, FL October 14, 1972 - Hollywood Sportatorium/Hollywood, FL also on the bill: Ramatam October 15, 1972 - Bayfront Center/St. Petersburg, FL also on the bill: Ramatam, Nils Lofgren October 26, 1972 - Hard Rock/Manchester, England also on the bill: Frankie Miller October 28, 1972 - Town Hall/Birmingham, England October 29, 1972 - City Hall/Newcastle, England October 30, 1972 - Caley Cinema/Edinburgh, Scotland November 2 & 3, 1972 - Rainbow/London, England November 4, 1972 - Stadium/Liverpool, England November 6, 1972 - DeMontfort Hall/Leicester, England November 7, 1972 - St. George's Hall/Bradford, England November 8, 1972 - Victoria Hall Hanley/Stoke On Trent, England One Of These Days, You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little School Girl, Jam, Rock & Roll Music To The World, Turned Off TV Blues, Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama. November 9, 1972 - Colston Hall/Bristol, England November 16, 1972 - Lubbock Municipal Coliseum/Lubbock, TX also on the bill: Wild Turkey, B.W.Stevenson November 17, 1972 - Hofheinz Pavilion/Houston, TX with: Wild Turkey November 18, 1972 - Myriad Convention Center/Oklahoma City, OK also on the bill: ZZ Top, Wild Turkey November 19, 1972 - Pershing Auditorium/Lincoln, NE also on the bill: Wild Turkey, B.W.Stevenson November 22, 1972 - Kiel Auditorium/St. Louis, MO also on the bill: REO, Ted Nugent, Wild Turkey November 24, 1972 - The Spectrum/Philadelphia, PA also on the bill: Chuck Berry, Wild Turkey November 25, 1972 - Cumberland County Memorial Arena/Fayetteville, NC November 26, 1972 - Carolina Coliseum/Columbia, SC also on the bill: Edgar Winter, Wild Turkey November 28, 1972 - Salt Palace/Salt Lake City, UT also on the bill: The Eagles, Wild Turkey November 29, 1972 - Denver Coliseum/Denver, CO also on the bill: ZZ Top December 1 & 2, 1972 - Winterland/San Francisco, California Dec. 2 setlist: One of these Days, You Give Me Loving, Spoonful, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Hobbit (Winterland Express), Rock 'n Roll Music to the World, Standing at the Station, Slow Blues in C, Jam in the key of C, Help Me, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen, Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'n Roll You also on the bill: ZZ Top, Wild Turkey December 3, 1972 - Pacific Coliseum/Vancouver, BC The support act is Chilliwack. December 4, 1972 - Seattle Center Arena/Seattle, WA One Of These Days, Silly Thing, You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little School Girl, Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hobbit, Standing At The Station, Turned Off TV Blues, Crossroads , Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen. December 7, 1972 - Forum/Inglewood, CA with: Malo December 8, 1972 - San Diego Sports Arena/San Diego, CA with: Malo, Wild Turkey December 10, 1972 - Honolulu Intl. Center Arena/Honolulu, HI with: The Eagles December 11, 1972 - Portland Memorial Coliseum/Portland, OR with: Malo December 13, 1972 - Palladium/Hollywood, California Spoonful , You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little School Girl, Rock & Roll Music To The World, Jam in the key of E, Hobbit, Standing At The Station, I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always (Alvin says "we would like to do something a bit different for old time's sake, this is something we used to do"), Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama also on the bill: Wild Turkey, Roxy Music "Choo Choo Mama" & "Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'n Roll You" (c1972) Black and white video footage of these two songs being performed live by TYA in what is probably 1972 appeared in a 1989 Swiss TV Special about Ten Years After when the band reformed. Unfortunately, only about 30 seconds of each song is shown. |
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