Biography
Alvin Lee was an English singer and guitarist, best known as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After.Ten Years After had success, releasing ten albums together, but by 1973, Lee was feeling limited by the band’s style. Moving to Columbia Records had resulted in a radio hit song, “I’d Love To Change the World”, but Lee preferred blues-rock to the pop to which the label steered them. He left the group after their second Columbia LP.Lee was named “the Fastest guitarist in the West”, and considered a precursor to shred-style playing that would develop in the 1980s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Lee
Album & Cover
Cover Location:
Who Did What: Photography: A. Powell/R. Brimson
Label: RSO RS-1-3033(US), Polydor 2344-103(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Rocket Fuel Gonna Turn You On Friday The 13th Somebody Callin’ Me Somebody Waltz |
Side Two Ain’t Nothin’ Shakin’ Alvin’s Blue Thing Baby Don’t You Cry The Devil’s Screaming – Part 1 (The Battle) The Devil’s Screaming – Part 2 |
Credits
Bass – Mick Hawksworth
Drums – Tom Compton
Engineer – Andy Jaworski, Mick Glossop
Engineer [Mix-Down] – John Stronach
Guitar, Vocals – Alvin Lee
Keyboards – Bernie Clarke, Mick Weaver
Management [Exclusive Representation] – Jon Brewer, Bob Patterson*
Other [Chinagraph] – Terry Smith
Producer – Alvin Lee, Bob Johnston
Written-By – Alvin Lee
