TEN YEARS AFTER reissue Cricklewood Green
The DELUXE EDITION IS a 2026 Album Remaster with 4 bonus tracks plus Live At Fillmore East February 1970 "Set Two"
Originally released in 1970, Cricklewood Green arrived at a moment when Ten Years After were riding a wave of international success following their explosive performance at Woodstock. Led by the lightning-fast guitar work of Alvin Lee and complimented superbly by bass player Leo Green, drummer Ric Lee (no relation to Alvin) and organist Chick Churchill, the band had quickly evolved from a traditional blues outfit into one of the most exciting and commercially viable rock acts of the latter half of the ’60s alongside Led Zeppelin, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac and Rory Gallagher’s Taste. Widely regarded as the band’s finest long player, Cricklewood Green reflects that transition, combining their Chicago blues roots with heavier rock, psychedelia, boogie rhythms, and early progressive influences.
Recorded at the Olympic studios in London, the album shows the band expanding beyond their live reputation into more layered and exploratory territory. Tracks such as ’50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain’, ‘Love Like A Man’ and the percussive opener ‘Sugar The Road’ are outstanding cuts, and then there’s the classic single ‘Love Like a Man’ which became a defining track of the era and a UK Top Ten hit in June 1970.
Newly remastered and cut at Air Mastering, this reissue restores the album’s original power and nuance. In addition to the album are a selection of rarities with the standout being a newly discovered ‘Cricklewood Jam’ instrumental demo, recorded during the album’s sessions and never heard until now. CD/LP 2 is a newly mixed performance by Charlie Russell of their second set at the Fillmore East on Friday 27th February 1970, where the sheer power of the band is on full display, none more so than on the glorious full 11-minute version of ‘I’m Going Home’.
At the centre of the package are newly written liner notes by journalist Nigel Williamson, with band member interviews and previously unseen photographs and rare ephemera.
