Live In Vienna

Description

Hailed by fans as Alvin Lee's best live album since Ten Years After's Undead (1968), this 1994 concert captures Lee and his band on blistering form
First appearing in March 1995 in the US on Viceroy imprint, and in Britain on the Thunderbolt label, this 1994 concert, rated by fans as Alvin Lee's best live album since Ten Years After's Undead, released in 1968 to coincide with their first US tour, gives an idea of the evolution of his music and stagecraft
Recorded live at the Rockhaus in Vienna on the final night of his European tour
Remastered by Jon Astley at Close To The Edge
Alvin Lee made his professional debut in Nottingham in 1962. Like a generation of young men, he was inspired by the blues and rock'n'roll and galvanised by the beat boom. His band, the Jaybirds, became Ten Years After in 1966. The band signed to Decca Records' Deram subsidiary in 1967, touring so extensively that they were known as the hardest-working band in America, completing 28 tours in just seven years. Their prodigious work rate was matched in the studio with two albums per year in 1969 and 1970. It was the 1969 Woodstock festival, in particular the song 'I'm Going Home,' featured in Michael Wadleigh's movie, which changed everything. Interestingly, the 25th anniversary of the Woodstock festival was being celebrated that very summer of 1994, while Lee was promoting his latest album Nineteen Ninety Four (American title I Hear You Rockin') - a back-to-basics exercise. At the Rockhaus, Vienna, Lee made his purpose clear from the outset when he opened with the first three tracks from Nineteen Ninety Four. This was the final night of their European tour, and the band are captured on blistering form. Alvin remained hugely popular in Europe - Germany and Austria in particular - and the audience's enthusiasm is palpable.