Ten Years After Ssssh/Cricklewood Green 2 on 1 MFSL Gold CD Neu OVP Sealed UDCD 687 Ultradics II mit J-Card

Erscheinungsdatum:  1. März 1997
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Import aus: USA
Format: Audio CD

     Tracks


1. Bad Scene (3:29)
2. Two Time Mama (2:02)
3. Stoned Woman (3:30)
4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (7:00)
5. If You Should Love Me (5:23)
6. I Don't Know That You Don't Know My Name (1:59)
7. The Stomp (4:36)
8. I Woke Up This Morning (5:34)
9. Sugar The Road (4:07)
10. Working On The Road (4:17)
11. 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain (7:37)
12. Year 3,000 Blues (2:25)
13. Me And My Baby (4:10)
14. Love Like A Man (7:38)
15. Circles (3:59)
16. As The Sun Still Burns Away (4:45)


Produktbeschreibungen

Audio
( Gold - CD ) Es ist länger als Zehn Jahre her, daß Ten Years After ihren Zenit erlebten: Anfang der 70er Jahre waren die Briten aus Nottingham um Sänger und Gitarrist Alvin Lee die Rächer der Rock-Enterbten; die Alben "Ssssh." (1969) und "Cricklewood Green" (1970) - jetzt auf einer Gold-CD gemeinsam und remastert zu haben - landeten jeweils auf Platz vier der Insel-Charts. Lee, damals selbsternannt "schnellster Gitarrist der Welt", mixte Rock'n'Roll-Attitüden und energiegeladenen Blues-Rock. die Gold-CD ist fast ein gut klingender Best Of-Sampler. ** Musik: 03-04
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Stereoplay
Mal wieder ein Gold-Volltreffer von MFSL: Auf einer CD zwei Original-LPs von Englands beständigster Bluesrock-Truppe aus ihrer absoluten Bestzeit. "Ssssh", im Woodstock-Monat August 1969 veröffentlicht, und "Cricklewood Green" vom April 1970 erreichten beide in England Top 5 und in USA Top 20. Sie zeigen das Quartett um Bandleader und Gitarrero Alvin Lee auf dem Höhepunkt seines instrumentalen und kompositorischen Schaffens. Das Gitarre-Bass-Duell in "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" ("Ssssh") oder die grandiose Steigerung in "50.000 Miles..." ("Green") setzen bis heute Maßstäbe. Und wenn Lee im Rock-Slowblues "I Woke Up This Morning" seine halbakustische Gibson in seinem einzigartigen Sound von der Leine läßt, lüften selbst Hightech-Rocker den Hut. Immer mal wieder ziehen TYA kleine Überraschungen aus dem Bluesrock-Zylinder: country in "Year 3000 Blues", jazzy in "Me And My Baby", groovy im Hit "Love Like A Man" und fast "unplugged" in "I Don't Know That You Don't Know My Name". Beim Klang fällt gegenüber den lieblos überspielten Erst-CD-Ausgaben der deutlich präzisere und vor allem bei "Green" im Baß verschlankte Sound auf. Rauscharmut und Dynamik machen auch die seltene und teure Japan-Version von "Ssssh" (Toshiba) absolet. Denn erstaunlicherweise schlägt die Gold-CD sogar die LP-Ausgabe mit runderen Höhen und stärkerer Stimm-Präsenz. Ein echtes Goldstück.

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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Mobile Fidelity reissued two of Ten Years After's best albums, 1969's Ssssh and 1970's Cricklewood Green, on one gold disc in 1997. These records are among the group's best and this is a good way to acquire them, but fans should know that this disc costs more than buying the two records separately. For audiophiles, this won't be a problem, since the remastered tapes will be worth the extra money, but less dedicated fans should be aware of the steep retail price of this disc.

 
Review by Jim Newsom
Ssssh was Ten Years After's new release at the time of their incendiary performance at the Woodstock Festival in August, 1969. As a result, it was their first hit album in the U.S., peaking at number 20 in September of that year. This recording is a primer of British blues-rock of the era, showcasing Alvin Lee's guitar pyrotechnics and the band's propulsive rhythm section. As with most of TYA's work, the lyrics were throwaways, but the music was hot. Featured is a lengthy cover of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl," with reworked lyrics leaving little doubt as to what the singer had in mind for the title character. Also included was a 12-bar blues song with the ultimate generic blues title "I Woke Up This Morning." Ssssh marked the beginning of the band's two-year run of popularity on the U.S. album charts and in the underground FM-radio scene.



Review by Jim Newsom
Cricklewood Green provides the best example of Ten Years After's recorded sound. On this album, the band and engineer Andy Johns mix studio tricks and sound effects, blues-based song structures, a driving rhythm section, and Alvin Lee's signature lightning-fast guitar licks into a unified album that flows nicely from start to finish. Cricklewood Green opens with a pair of bluesy rockers, with "Working on the Road" propelled by a guitar and organ riff that holds the listener's attention through the use of tape manipulation as the song develops. "50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain" and "Love Like a Man" are classics of TYA's jam genre, with lyrically meaningless verses setting up extended guitar workouts that build in intensity, rhythmically and sonically. The latter was an FM-radio staple in the early '70s. "Year 3000 Blues" is a country romp sprinkled with Lee's silly sci-fi lyrics, while "Me and My Baby" concisely showcases the band's jazz licks better than any other TYA studio track, and features a tasty piano solo by Chick Churchill. It has a feel similar to the extended pieces on side one of the live album Undead. "Circles" is a hippie-ish acoustic guitar piece, while "As the Sun Still Burns Away" closes the album by building on another classic guitar-organ riff and more sci-fi sound effects.