ALVIN LEE

Alvin Lee & Ten Years After
Film/TV appearances

		Top Pop/Danish TV (February 16, 1968) Based on an audio copy, three numbers were apparently performed - I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always, Love Until I Die".,Spoonful. Scandinavian TV (1968) On the audio tape of this show two numbers are included, Spider In My Web and Help Me - although the show apparently did include additional songs ! P.O.W. TV - San Francisco (1968 ?) Ten Years After perform Spider In My Web. It is not known whether this TV broadcast is from 1968 or 1969, although it would appear to be from 1968. On the audio the announcer says, "This is an English group that record for Deram... they are going to do a song called Spider In My Web and it is beautiful...the group is composed of Alvin Lee on guitar, Ric Lee on drums, Chick Churchill on organ and Leo Lyons on bass...and watch Alvin Lee, this man to me is the best rock guitarist playing today... a matter of taste...but watch !!". Beat Club (German TV 1969) Ten Years After perform Good Morning Little Schoolgirl on the German TV show. The performance is in black and white and about 6 minutes long. It has been released on the "Beat Club" video series in the Guitar Heroes volume and also on the VH-1 "My Generation" Guitar Legends volume (Rhino Home video). Rehearsals Film (Frankfurt, Germany 1969) This 16mm color film by Wim Wenders was recently broadcast on German TV. It is about 46 minutes long and is a single camera front view of TYA performing I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes (in which Alvin breaks a string) and two versions of I Woke Up This Morning (different lyrics and arrangement than what was later to appear on the Sssh LP). Colour Me Pop Show (U.K. TV 1969) An audio tape indicates that three songs were performed: A Sad Song, No Title and I'm Going Home. ". Danish TV December 6, 1969) This broadcast was from the K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen. The audio tape has four songs: I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always, Good Morning Little School Girl, Scat Thing and a marathon length I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes. Montreux Casino, Switzerland (Swiss TV 1969) This 18 minute black & white video features Ten Years After performing Summertime / Shangtung Cabbage and I'm Going Home at the Montreux Jazz Festival in the casino on Lake Geneva. Woodstock Festival/Bethel, NY - August 17, 1969 (Warner Bros Film) The familiar 9 minute "split-screen" version of I'm Going Home appears in the feature film. Another 6 minute edited version with alternate camera footage and without the split screen was broadcast on the Showtime cable TV special in 1994 and was released on home video in Japan ("Woodstock - 1969.8.17" Video Arts Music). Note: The following is quoted from the "Making Films In New York" magazine October 1970 issue cover story - Woodstock The Longest Optical, which explains how the Woodstock movie was filmed. "Ten Years After offered us a simple optical solution. We filmed only one number of this group, that everlasting encore, Goin' Home. We began filming with three cameras. Mid-way, one of the cameras ran out of film. When we saw the rushes together with the sound, we realized right away we had to show Alvin Lee, the lead performer in triple image. So at the point at which the third camera ran out of film, we simply took the continuing image from the right side, flipped it, and let it run on the left side to continue the triple image optical throughout. It is also a sequence that has very few cuts. When filmed, the sequence ran eleven minutes; in the final edited version, it runs nine." "Got No Shoes/Got No Blues" Dallas International Pop Festival - September 1, 1969 Home video released by Whoopy Cat Records that contains 16mm color film footage shot during the three day event, including concert footage of several of the bands that performed. The Ten Years after song is Spoonful, which lasts about 6 minutes. T Music Scene TV Show - October 27, 1969 Ten Years After appears along with Jerry Lee Lewis, the group Smith, Richie Havens, Janis Joplin and Isaac Hayes. Ten Years After performsBad Scene From the Sssh LP. Fortunately, this complete episode has been released on home video ("Music Scene - The Best of 1969-1970, Volume Three". Fritz-Harris Productions/MPI Home Video 1996). "Groupies"/Documentary Film - Maron 1970 Includes backstage and concert footage of Ten Years After, Terry Reid, Spooky Tooth and Joe Cocker & The Grease Band. The TYA footage (about 10 minutes total) includes comments from Alvin and live clips of Help Me and Good Morning Little Schoolgirl. "Festival Express" (Trans-Canada Tour 1970) . Ten Years After was filmed performing I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes and Love Like A Man in Winnepeg and Ottawa, however the footage was not included in the recent release of the Festival Exopress film "Message To Love"/Isle Of Wight Festival (August 29, 1970) The Isle of Wight film was finally released for BBC television and home video in 1995 (Castle Communications/Pulsar Productions) to mark the 25th Anniversary of the event. Ten Years After is afforded an all too brief 5 minutes in the film, an edited version of I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes. "I'd Love To Change The World"/Columbia Records Promo Film (1971) This 16mm film promo was released by Columbia Records in 1971 to promote the "Space In Time" LP. It starts with comments from Alvin, he then proceds to play the opening chords to "I'd Love To Change The World" on acoustic guitar, then the film switches to the entire band recording the song in the studio. his film originally aired on a U.S. TV show in 1971, and later reappeared in a 1989 German TV special about the reformation of Ten Years After. "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. Alvin Lee & Mylon Le Fevre - "Midnight Special TV Show" (November 30, 1973) Alvin Lee appeared with Mylon LeFevre on the weekly NBC-TV rock show. The performance was filmed at the "Rainbow Room" of the London department store Biba. The band included Steve Winwood,Jim Capaldi, Boz Burrell, Ian Wallace, Mike Patto and Tim Hinkley. The TV broadcast included Rockin' Til The Sun Goes Down, Carry My Load and The World is Changing (I Got a Woman Back in Georgia). Rainbow Theater, London (March 1974) This debut Alvin Lee & Company concert (released as the "In Flight" LP) was filmed. "Money Honey" and "Don't Be Cruel" were broadcast on the U.K. TV show "Old Grey Whistle Test" a few weeks later, but none of the footage has since been released. Alvin Lee & Company - "Midnight Special TV Show" (March 21, 1975) This show was apparently filmed at the Marquee Club in London and the TV broadcast was a full half hour segment . Thesongs performed were. Somebody Callin' Me, Somebody's Waltz, Going Through The Door, Money Honey and Ride My Train. Winterland/San Francisco, California (August 4, 1975) This Ten Years After "Farewell Tour" concert at the Winterland in San Francisco is one of the shows that exists in the Bill Graham Presents video archives. "Speakeasy TV Show" (1975) "Speakeasy" was a New York area network TV music/talk show hosted by Chip Monck who is best remembered for his stage announcements at Woodstock - "Don't eat the brown acid" !! Alvin Lee was interviewed and performed on a 1975 Speakasy show that also included Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper "Pump Iron" Promo Films (1975) Alvin made four 16mm promo films for the 1975 "Pump Iron" LP. These include promos for: Truckin' Down The Other Way, One More Chance, Time In Space and You Told Me. These promos are included in the 1993 Viceroy Music Alvin Lee "Rockspective" home video. Ten Years Later - 16mm Concert Footage (1978) Stage footage of Ten Years Later (Alvin, Tom Compton & Mick Hawksworth) was filmed in 16mm color, although the film has not been released. The only use of this film has been as some brief sepia tone footage that was dubbed-in as a video montage during a portion of the August 1988 Ten Years After concert footage (during "Slow Blues In C") that appears in the Alvin Lee "Rockspective" home video. Winterland/San Francisco, California (May 19, 1978) This Ten Years Later concert also resides in the Bill Graham Presents video archives. Ten Years Later - "Old Grey Whistle Test" (1978) Ten Years Later appeared on the U.K. TV show upon return from their 1978 U.S. tour. The song performed is Hey Joe. Ten Years Later - "Rockpalast"/Essen, Germany (September 13, 1978 German TV live concert music show. The following songs from the Ten Years Later concert at the Grugahalle in Essen were broadcast: Gonna Turn You On, Help Me, Ain't Nuthin' Shakin', I'm Going Home and Roll Over Beethoven. This has been released on DVD. Ten Years Later - "Rock Pop" (1979) Ten Years Later performs Hey Joe and Ain't Nuthin' Shakin' for the studio audience on the German TV show (total time: 17 minutes). "Gas Tank"/U.K. TV Music Show (1983) Alvin appeared on the following "Gas Tank" shows: January 15, 1983 with Eric Burdon and friends performing Heart Attack, Lawdy Miss Claudy & Bee-Bop-A-Lula; February 12, 1983 with Chris Farlowe and friends performing Watching The River Flow, Stormy Monday Blues & Lucille; and on February 26, 1983 Alvin performed Rock & Roll Guitar Picker & I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always. These shows were released on the "Great Rock House" home video series, but in Japan only. "Goin' Home"/Live At The Marquee (July 1, 1983) Ten Years After reforms to play at the London Marquee Club's 25th Silver Anniversary celebration. Songs included on the video release are: Love Like A Man (4:57), I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always (6:11), Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (6:25), Help Me (10:53), Woodchopper's Ball (4:29), Slow Blues In "C" (6:37) and Goin' Home (13:33). In this, their first reunion, Ten Years After pick right up where they left off and give a great performance. During this 1983 reunion, they also performed at the Reading Festival on August 28th and at the "Fastnacht" Festival in Basel, Switzerland on September 3rd. Ten Years After - Milan, Italy (July 1988) Portions of the Ten Years After concert in Milan were broadcast on the RAIDUE Italian TV channel. The songs include: Hear Me Calling, Love Like A Man and Choo Choo Mama. Total broadcast time about 14 minutes. Molson Park Blues Festival/Barrie, Ontario (August 27, 1988) Although a single-camera video shot from the audience, this is of interest because it is the first North American Ten Years After concert since their farewell tour in 1975. The songs performed are: Hear Me Calling, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Slow Blues In C, Love Like A Man, Hobbit, Johnny B. Goode, Scat Thing, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, Baby Won't You let Me Rock 'N Roll You, Help Me, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama and Sweet Little Sixteen. Parts of this video were used in the Viceroy Music "Alvin Lee Rockspective" home video released in 1993. I.R.S. Special/Alvin Lee Interview (1988) U.S. TV special to promote the I.R.S. "No Speak" LP. Includes a 5 minute interview with Alvin in which he discusses his guitar playing. "Night Of The Guitar Live !" (November 1988) Two volume home video recorded at concerts during the "Night Of The Guitar" U.K. Tour in November 1988. Volume 1 includes No Limit by Alvin, and Alvin also leads Leslie West, Ted Turner and Steve Hunter in the closing Whole Lotta Shakin' jam. In Volume 2 Alvin performs a great instrumental version of Ain't Nuthin' Shakin'. "Yesterday Special"/German TV (1989) German TV music show special on Ten Years After features an interview with Alvin and Ric Lee (overdubbed in German translation) and clips from the About Time LP "Highway Of Love" promo video. The most interesting part is inclusion of the "I'd Love To Change The World" 1971 Columbia Records promo at the end. Total time is about 12 minutes. Swiss TV Special (1989) Includes an interview of Alvin and Leo Lyons spaced between clips of the Woodstock "I'm Going Home" performance. Also includes brief black & white clips of TYA performing Choo Choo Mama and Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'N Roll You from what looks to be a 1972 concert. Total time about 10 minutes. CNN-TV "Showbiz Today" (October 1989) Entertainment news story about the reformation of Ten Years After which includes an interview with Alvin and clips from the Highway Of Love promo. About 4 minutes total. East Berlin, Germany (December 4, 1989) German TV broadcast of an interview with Alvin Lee (over-dubbed in German translation) and Ten Years After performing I'm Going Home before a huge crowd in East Berlin. Total time about 17 minutes. Ten Years After - "Live Legends" (1990) Castle Music Pictures home video of Ten Years After live in Nottingham, England 1990. Songs performed include: Let's Shake It Up (3:29), Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (6:35), Slow Blues in C (5:30), Hobbit (2:22), Love Like A Man (4:49), Johnny B. Goode (1:31), Bad Blood (5:52), Victim Of Circumstance (1:01), I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes (9:36), I'm Going Home (9:10) and Sweet Little Sixteen (3:48). Ten Years After - Frankfurt Jazz Festival/Music Hall - Frankfurt, Germany (1991) German TV broadcast in which the following songs are performed: I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always, Slow Blues In C, Hear Me Calling (Alvin inserts Canned Heat's "On The Road Again" into the middle of the song - great !!), Help Me (a nice abbreviated jazzy version of this song !), I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes and I'm Going Home. Total time 45 minutes. Peter Maffay with Alvin Lee/German TV (October & December 1991) Two German TV shows in which Alvin sits in with German rock artist Peter Maffay. In the first show ("Gottschalk 10/91), the song peformed is Kreuzfeuer. In the second 12/91 show, three songs were performed including Kreuzfeuer and two others. A Little Bit Of Love/German TV (October 4, 1992) Alvin and his band perform A Little Bit Of Love from the Zoom LP on the German TV Thomas Gottschalk variety show. Alvin Lee - "Rockspective" (1993) Viceroy Music home video release in which Alvin is interviewed by British rock historian John Platt and he discusses the formation of Ten Years After, the band's history and his musical influences. Also included are B&W clips of Ten Years After performing at the Fillmore East in New York, songs from the 8/27/88 Molson Park Ontario TYA concert, plus the four promo videos from the "Pump Iron" LP and two from the "Zoom" LP (A Little Bit Of Love and Jenny Jenny). Total time 60 minutes. "Powerplay" Woodstock Retrospective (1994) U.S. TV 25th Anniversary Woodstock special in which Alvin is interviewed about his remembrances, and the About Time LP Highway Of Love promo is shown in its entirety. About 8 minutes total time. "Ohne Filter Extra"/Baden Baden, Germany (April 18, 1994) German TV broadcast of the Alvin Lee Band live in Baden Baden. Includes the following songs: Keep On Rockin', Long Legs, I Hear You Knockin', Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Slow Blues In C, I Don't Give A Damn, Johnny B. Goode, I'm Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Rip It Up. Also included is a 5 minute interview with Alvin Lee. Total time is about 60 minutes

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