TEN YEARS AFTER ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC 1ST UK PRES N/MINT ArChIvE BLUES PROG ROCK

	£		282
	$		374

[zipedit] Ten Years After "Rock & Roll Music to the World"
1st UK Pressing Cat No CHR 1009 1972
Mint Vinyl!  Near Mint Audio! Barely Played More Than A handful Of Times Ever!
Earliest -1U -1U Matrix Endings Earliest "1" to"1" Mother Stampers!
Fully Laminated 1st Issue Gatefold Cover!
Rare and Scarce To Find Like This



Another from my personal collection of over 50,000 UK albums that I have collected over a period of more than 45 years! Here is a very early original 1st UK pressing of the Rock & Roll Music to the World by Ten Years After featureing the earliest possible Matrix endings -1U -1U and earliest "1" to "1" mother stampers! The vinyl has only ever been played a handful of times ever,visually the vinyls playing surface looks near mint in my opinion it is hard for me to see a blemish!
The audio is clear and very vibrant and plays through without distortion just minor isolated scuff pop heard in two places on side one. I would grade the audio at least excellent plus to very near mint ! The fully laminated gate fold cover is the first issue, the fron is lovely and the rear has a slight manufacturing fault where the laminate is creased across the back to mention. The vinyl has always been stored in a case separated from the cover for protection this is how I have always stored my records!
Hear the complete album in the player below! (Actual recording from the vinyl)





Rock & Roll Music to the World is the seventh album by the English blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 1972.

All songs written by Alvin Lee.

"You Give Me Loving" - 6:33
"Convention Prevention" - 4:23
"Turned-Off TV Blues" - 5:13
"Standing at the Station" - 7:11




"You Can't Win Them All" - 4:06
"Religion" - 5:49
"Choo Choo Mama" - 4:02
"Tomorrow I'll Be Out of Town" - 4:29
"Rock & Roll Music to the World" - 3:47






Ten Years After are an English blues-rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, Ten Years After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart. In addition they had twelve albums enter the US Billboard 200, and are best known for tracks such as "I'm Going Home", "Hear Me Calling", "I'd Love to Change the World" and "Love Like a Man".






The band's core formed in late 1960 as Ivan Jay and the Jaycats. After several years of local success in the Nottingham/Mansfield, known since 1962 as the Jaybirds and later as Ivan Jay and the Jaymen, Alvin Lee and Leo Lyons founded Ten Years After. Ivan Jay (born Ivan Joseph Harrison, 1939, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire died April 2009, USA) sang lead vocals from late 1960 to 1962 and was joined by Ric Lee in August 1965, replacing drummer Dave Quickmire (born David Quickmire, 1940, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire), who had replaced Pete Evans (born Peter Evans, 1940, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire) in 1962. Ray Cooper (born 11 November 1943, Husthwaite, Nottinghamshire) played rhythm guitar, vocals from 1960 to 1962.





In 1966, The Jaybirds moved to London to back The Ivy League. In the same year Chick Churchill joined the group as keyboard player. That November the quartet signed a manager, Chris Wright, and changed their name to Blues Trip. Using the name Blues Yard they played one show at the Marquee Club supporting the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. They again changed their name, to Ten Years After – in honour of Elvis Presley, an idol of Lee's. (This was ten years after Presley's successful year, 1956). Some sources claim that the name was pulled by Leo Lyons from a magazine, advertising a book, Ten Years After The Suez (referring to the Suez Crisis).





The group was the first act booked by the soon-to-be Chrysalis Agency. It secured a residency at the Marquee, and was invited to play at the Windsor Jazz Festival in 1967. That performance led to a contract with Deram, a subsidiary of Decca — the first band Deram signed without a hit single. In October 1967 they released the self-titled debut album, Ten Years After.






In 1968, after touring Scandinavia and the United States, Ten Years After released a second album, the live Undead, with the noteworthy song, "I'm Going Home". They followed this in February 1969 by the studio issue Stonedhenge, a British hit that included another well-known track, "Hear Me Calling" (it was released also as a single, and covered in 1972 by the British glam rock rising stars, Slade). In July 1969, the group appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival, in the first event rock bands were invited to. Between 26–27 July 1969, they appeared at the Seattle Pop Festival held at Gold Creek Park. On 17 August, the band performed a breakthrough American appearance at Woodstock; their rendition of "I'm Going Home" featuring Alvin Lee as lead singer, was featured in both the subsequent film and soundtrack album and catapulted them to star status.






In 1970, Ten Years After released "Love Like a Man", the group's only hit in the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at #10. It was the first record issued with a different playing speed on each side: a three-minute edit at 45rpm, and a nearly eight-minute live version at 33rpm.[citation needed] This song was on the band's fifth album, Cricklewood Green. In August 1970, Ten Years After played the Strawberry Fields Festival near Toronto, and the Isle of Wight Festival 1970.







In 1971, the band switched labels to Columbia Records and released the hit album A Space in Time, which marked a move toward more commercial material. It featured the group's biggest hit, "I'd Love to Change the World". In late 1972, the group issued their second Columbia album Rock & Roll Music to the World and, in 1973, the live double album Ten Years After Recorded Live. The band subsequently broke up after their final 1974 Columbia album, Positive Vibrations. The members reunited in 1983 to play the Reading Festival, and this performance was later released on CD as The Friday Rock Show Sessions – Live at Reading '83' . In 1988, the members reunited for a few concerts and recorded the album About Time (1989) with producer Terry Manning in Memphis. In 1994, they participated in the Eurowoodstock festival in Budapest.










The Matrix Endings
Side 1. "CHR 1009 A-1U"
Side 2 "CHR 1009 B-1U"

The Mother Stampers
Side 1 "1" "O"
Side 2  "1" "R"

The Vinyl

This is the original thicker /heavier type of vinyl only found like this on the earliest 1st pressings. The vinyl is free of any warping and lays perfectly flat on the turntable! On initial inspection the vinyl looks barely ever played and I find it hard to even see a blemish at all on the playing surface. In strong light any marks that could possibly be seen would be sleeve removal only but importantly nothing that would cause any loud constant clicks or pops during the audio.

The Audio Quality:
I have played this vinyl at very loud volume on a top system. Absolutely clean clear and very vibrant graded at least excellent plus to near mint. (Two individual, isolated scuff type pops noticed only on side one.) Very bassey feel that can only be heard like this on the earliest pressings! Audio graded at least Excellent plus to very near mint in my opinion! Hear the complete album in the player above (Actual recording from the vinyl)

Please note! This album has been stored in a case for at least 40 years or more! ,and would benefit from a constant clean before each play to reduce any static crackle that may be heard during some quiet parts! from my experiance build up of dirt and dust trapped in the grooves over the years cause static ticks/crackle and subsequent cleaning before each play does greatly improve the audio quality!

Please note! I always make this disclaimer! Please allow for the odd isolated static, crackle/tick isolated scuff pop (not) consistant throughout the audio! Although i never heard any major problems at all and have given my honest opinion, this is a genuine 40 year old vinyl (not a reissue) that would have originally been played on a 40 year old system!

The Record Sleeve

This is the plain white poly lined sleeve. Light creasing/staining with age no splits or tears!

The Cover
This is the 1st issue fully laminated gate fold cover. There are no splits or tears. The laminate is super glossy in appearance. The front has no nasty creases or marks, just light/minor corner bumping to mention. There is some laminate creasing at the rear which is a manufacturing fault and a small crease/bumping at bottom left corner at the rear. All in all, I would grade this much better than excellent to excellent plus in my opinion, no real rubbing and all text is readable. This cover has always been stored separately from the vinyl in a case for over 40 years at least! Very hard to find this album like this!