“Choo Choo Mama” boogies the set to its conclusion, and you’re strongly advised to take a long break before moving on. The version is as hyper-active and astonishing as ever, although the immortal Woodstock version remains singular in its spontaneous brilliance and moment in time. “Scat Thing,” “I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes,” “Silly Thing” and “Slow Blues In C” all get to the core of the band’s blues roots before ‘Extension On One Chord” and ‘Slow Blues in C” fire off all cylinders and “I’m Going Home” finishes them off. This “Jam” and the other one that ends the first CD aptly convey the band’s collective strength at improvisation and more or less reading each other’s minds. “Help Me Babe,” “I Woke Up This Morning” “Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Jam,” four more bonus tracks, begin the second CD. The interplay on the latter with Alvin Lee is almost too astonishingly mind-blowing to describe. Drummer Ric Lee takes flight on “Hobbit,” but then keyboardist Chick Churchill assumes a lead role on two of the bonus “Time Is Flying” and “Standing At The Station” that make you wonder why he never gets the credit he deserves. Taken from the band’s January 1973 in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Paris, Recorded Live lifts off elegantly enough with three steady and strong rockers - “One Of These Days” “You Give Me Loving,” and “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl,” each offering bursts here and there of Alvin Lee’s amazing speed and dexterity on the guitar, along with some pumping bass from Leo Lyons. For 2013, Chrysalis and Rhino have taken the original set, remastered it and expanded it with seven previously unreleased tracks that cast light on a four-piece powerhouse that took ownership of a concert stage from the first note on. Undead from 1968 doesn’t do them justice five years later with over a half-dozen studio albums under their belt to choose from, 1973’s double Recorded Live set is really the definitive document of TYA at their absolute best. Once Ten Years After’s performance in the Woodstock film cemented their command of the concert stage, it was only a matter of time before Chrysalis would want a full live album from the band.
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