Ten Years After
1968-08-14* London, England BBC "Top Gear" John Peel Session (M1-FM)

DimeTravel brings you "British Blues BOOM! Volume 12"

01. Spider In My Web

Total Time ::: 5:52

This is the "missing" version recorded on 1968-08-14 for John Peel's Top Gear. 4 of the songs were first played on the 1968-08-18 program (which all circulate together - "Woman Trouble" / "Woodchoppers Ball" / "No Title" / "I�m Going Home"). This 5th previously unused track, "Spider In My Web" was added as a bonus cut to the re-broadcast of the entire session on 1968-09-29. This is NOT the same as the live "In Concert" version on the boot "The Complete BBC Studio Sessions 1968-1969" ("Alvin introduces A Spider In My Web 4:55 (with audience heard at the end of the song)"). It is not on the Third Eye boot or other BBC compilations I have had over the years. This entire session was recorded live in a theatre with no audience (essentially a studio session) & "Spider In My Web" clocks in at 5:52, a full minute longer than the "In Concert" version that has circulated previously.

This ABOLUTELY NOT the same as the released 45 B-side studio version or the live version on the "Undead" album - comparisons were made with both (& life's too short to be mucking about with Universal...).

::: VERY fine mono radio broadcast recording. Check samples for a quickie.
::: Warts: Sounds heaven-sent but it wasn't recorded yesterday. NO complaints from my stereo. No dropouts or funny jiggling.
::: *1968-08-14 was the recording date. This song from the session was first broadcast on 1968-09-29 (from which this off-air recording was taken).
::: Session recorded at the Playhouse Theatre on Northumberland Avenue with no audience in attendance.
::: While very short upload, hopefully it'll fill a large gap in many collections & make some people smile - after having waited to hear it for 47 YEARS!

Recording Information ::: off-air broadcast -> unknown mono reel recorder -> master mono reel -> 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.

Playback 2011-07-xx ::: 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassettes on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby on, azimuth adjusted for individual tape, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch, bump, pop, click, dropout & dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, +.2% pitch (speed) fix after frequency analysis & with pitchpipe verification, NO equalisation] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded week of 2015-04-xx.

Line-up ::: Alvin Lee � electric guitar, vocals // Leo Lyons � electric bass // Chick Churchill � organ // Ric Lee � drums.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

DimeTravel 113 ::: Thanks to the original taper, & trader! ::: Corrections welcome ::: OK. Likely this is around in some collections (what isn't?) but it seems to be relatively unheard until now. My ears started swallowing TYA early on- insane hours. Loved that "Alvin Lee and Company" comp when it came out - finally got to hear some of the singles. Always suprised me at the mixed vibes about this band - people were fairly polarised - either in the TYA camp or really not into Alvin Lee. Happy to carry the torch, myself. Also happy to pass a piece of along to other campers. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

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