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I'm on the road to freedom,
On the road to love,
Yonder can you see them,
Who they're thinking of.

I met a rich man on the road, he told me where to go
To get my hands upon some gold, but still I answered, "No,"
'Cause freedom waits for me ahead, your gold will slow me down,
I smiled as I walked on my way, and left him with a frown.

I met an old man on the road, his eyes were clear and wise,
"Can you direct me on my way, to where the answer lies?"
"I'm looking for the road to freedom so I can be free."
He said, "Keep thinking as you walk, and one day you will see."

I'm on the road to freedom, on the road to truth,
Yonder can you see them wasting precious youth.

I thought as I walked down the road, of what the man had said,
It seems to me that what he meant, is freedom's in your head.
The road I walk along is time, it's measured out in hours,
And now I need not rush along, I stop to see the flowers.
Stop to smell the flowers.
ALVIN LEE & MYLON LeFERVRE "On The Road To Freedom" VERY RARE LP, THE FIRST AND ONLY UK PRESSING.
RECORDED AND PRESSED BY EMI IN 1973, THE ALBUM WAS NOT RELEASED UNTIL FEBRUARY,1974.
A truly stunning album, the cast of highly talented guest musicians playing with Alvin and Marlon, contributed to creating
something very special indeed.  If George Harrison and Ron Wood are not enough, you also get to hear how Traffic would have
sounded had Alvin Lee joined them.  That is the finest compliment you could give any musician, Traffic included Steve Winwood
and I cannot recommend  "On The Road To Freedom" enough!


ON THE TEXTURED GREEN CHRYSALIS LABEL: CHR 1054.

MAITRIX:  CHR 1054   A - 2 U/ CHR 1054  B - 2 U.
Huge selling charting titles and poor selling albums like this share the same possibility of variations, the above is typical of
an EMI early 1970's very first pressing, but some records made at the same time by EMI have this strange maitrix:

SIDE 1:  5C 062 - 95032 - A11 MC 21 . 207 - 1 - Y - 8
SIDE 2:  5C 062 - 95032 - B11 MC 21 . 208 - 1 - Y - 8

An unusual maitrix for Chrysalis or any other British 1970's record, I believe that represents the European maitrixes and only
appeared on some of the pressings, however small amounts records were made in, variations exist.   In my experience there
is a logical explanaition why some have either the above or the more conventional, 'CHR 1054 - A - 2 U/ CHR 1054 - B - 2 U.'
The very first pressings were Test Pressing records with plain white labels, but indexing was made with machine stamping or
hand scribing on the initial metal stamping plates or 'stampers.'   When Test Pressings are mastered they are usually not the
finished item, assuming the sound, track configuration and mixes are checked and accepted, the indexing for the commercial
records, the maitrix and any other information in the run-out grooves, is finalised.  The very first records were made from the
same stampers that produced the Test Pressings, so the above maitrixes would have appeared on the earliest records made.
The run-out grooves are best regarded as a 'blank canvas' for sound engineers, or maybe 'scribling pad' is a better term as the
alterations made and mistakes, were just crossed out and either re-stamped or hand scribed.   EMI pressed all the records
and they would have also produced the Test Pressings for Chrysalis.

EMI's THE STAMPING CODES;  M 1 / P 1
Proof that only a few records were indexed with a European maitrix because both sides were pressed from first mothers and with
single letters at 3 0'clock in the run-out grooves, this was incredibly low.
 

ORIGINAL 1974 EMI / CHRYSALIS INNER SLEEVE, UNUSED IN MINT- CONDITION.


FIRST ISSUE GATEFOLD COVER, WITH FULL PERSONNEL DETAILS AND CREDITS ON THE BACK, THE WHOLE ALBUM'S
LYRICS ARE PRINTED ON BOTH INSIDE PANELS.
   The outside of the gatefold cover has beautiful summer artwork  from a wooded setting in Berkshire, the same county Traffic moved
to when they got musically acquainted in 1967 before making their debut LP,"Dear Mr. Fantasy."  Steve and Jim returned there six
years later to play for an old friend recording his first solo album, life is full of such coincidences.  Unlaminated, this was
wide open to the severest wear, scuffing and terrible ring wear, this is in outstanding condition with only the very lightest
signs of being 43 years of age. There's no need to give specific details, all to tell is only the lightest possible brushing from
standing in storage.  The corners, edges and opening sides are all near perfect and the spine has unworn titles, unfortunately
the artwork was printed across the spine and being a forest setting, the light colour of the lettering is almost camouflaged,
I included a close up picture because the titles are unworn and readable.   Like so many gatefold covers in every decade, that
includes the 2000's, the top corner was factory assembled with a light 'bunching', how it was made and not from wear or even use,
please see my pictures for how superb this looks with unfaded colours.

Inside is in outstanding condition, this has superb drawings of Alvin & Marlon in the studio and around them are the lyrics for
every track, a creamy background colour with the artwork format similar to Ten Years After internal gatefold covers.
Every conceivable detail about the tracks is contained on the cover, a great one to have on your lap while listening to fantastic
music, becomes even more of a bonus to have the cover in beautiful condition. Any ink smudges and glue on the fingers of the
factory assembler were also how the cover was first finished back in early 1974 or more likely, late 1973. I cannot and will not
include factory finishes, but I will give precise details, not forgetting this has been holding an unplayed record since late 1973!
THE COVER IS IN UNUSED MINT- CONDITION.

THE PRISTINE LABELS DO NOT HAVE ANY  SPINDLE ALIGNMENT TRACES, THERE ARE NO MARKS OR SIGNS OF
EVER BEING PLAYED ON THE IMMACULATE VINYL.  ANY HANDLINGIS NEAR INVISIBLE.... TO INVISIBLE!  
THE RECORD IS IN UNPLAYED MINT CONDITION.
SIDE 1
"On The Road To Freedom"
"World Is Changing (I Got A Woman Back In Georgia)"
"So Sad (No Love Of His Own)"
"Fallen Angel"
"Funny"
"We Will Shine"
 
SIDE 2
"Carry My Load"
"Lay Me Back"
"Let 'Em Say What They Will"
"I Can't Take It"
"Riffin' "
"Rockin' Til the Sun Goes Down"

Alvin Lee - guitars, bass, lead vocals sitar & backing vocals
Mylon LeFevre - 12-string guitar, bass, percussion, lead vocals & backing vocals
  George Harrison - guitar, slide guitar, bass & backing vocals*
Ron Wood - 12 string & slide guitars, bass & drums
Steve Winwood - piano
Jim Capaldi - drums
Reebop Kwaku Baah - congas
  Mick Fleetwood - drums
Ian Wallace - drums
Tim Hinckley - piano, organ & backing vocals
Boz Burrell - bass & backing vocals
Mike Patto - percussion & backing vocals
Bob Black - steel guitar
Andy Stein - fiddle

*(In 1973 George Harrison was contractually bound and was not allowed to guest on other artists' records, his credit on the back
  cover is, 'Hari Georgeson', now cunningly anonymous, George was free to sing, play two guitars parts and the bass.)
 

Produced By Alvin Lee
  Recording Engineers, Harold Burgon & Andy Jaworski
  Mixed By Alvin Lee
With recent listings of early 1970's Ten Years After albums, I have been detailing how such a great band were suddenly faced with
  deserting fans and a dramatic fall in record sales in Britain.  Today I want to concentrate mainly on this stunning but rare 1974
  album, "On The Road To Freedom" LP, here is a brief summary about why Alvin Lee was recording his first solo record in late 1973.
  The sad demise of Ten Years After had nothing to do with their gifted ability to create some of the greatest records of all time,
  their electrifying concerts are legendary enough to use one word to sum the live gigs up, 'Woodstock.'  Over the last few weeks
I have listed all the TYA  albums that followed their most commercially successful period, 1969 to early 1971 and tried to account
for why after the January,1971 "Watt" LP, in the UK record buyers started  to ignore their brilliant albums. I witnessed that and
still find it frustrating to make any sense of albums selling in massive amounts in America but at first struggling to make a low
chart entry here, then not selling enough copies to even enter them.  TYA continued, but there was a feeling of finality in 1973
when Alvin Lee set about recording a solo album in his home studio without any of the band involved.  Making this album was the
first solo venture after seven very happy years of being with the same musicians since their formation in 1966, a rare event for
60's bands making the transition from psychedelia into heavy rock/blues. Ten TYA albums by 1973 was far more than most bands
manage in only six years of recording, the January,1973, "Recorded Live," only made it to No.36 in the UK and No. 39 in the USA.
   That signaled it was time to release the album Alvin Lee recorded in 1973 with the talented American r&b /gospel vocalist and
musician Mylon LeFevre, in February,1974.  Just to round this up and concentrate fully on "On The Road To Freedom", in the March
TYA played their final gig at the Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, a farewell album was released in June,1974, they went
out positively enough with "Positive Vibrations," but it failed to chart here and only reached No.81 in America.
 
  Naming "On The Road To Freedom" as an Alvin Lee solo album was incorrect, 'a solo project outside TYA with Mylon LeFevre' still
  fails to give an accurate description.  With that pair were some of the UK's greatest and most famous musicians and I am certain
this virtually unknown album has most people unaware of the astonishing talent playing with Alvin Lee and Mylon LeFevre in 1973.
Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Rebop were only missing Chris Wood to say the whole of Traffic are on so many of the tracks, the
same scenario was affecting Traffic in 1973 they were well and truly together and would record one final album in 1974 before
disbanding.  The early 1970's was a fascinating period and my weekly intake of three music papers is why I can write descriptions
like this without resorting to copy & pasting from websites, I read them from cover to cover! Then you had Ron Wood who was still
  in the Faces with Rod Stewart in 1973, another great band on 'borrowed time,' Ron would soon leave to join the Rolling Stones.
Drummer supreme, Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac fame, Boz Burrell late of King Crimson and about to join Bad Company, plus
along with the other rather talented musicians fully detailed above, was a certain 'Hari Georgeson.' Cryptically credited due to
contractual ties to Apple and EMI, his own composition, "So Sad," featured George Harrison playing a guitar, a slide guitar, bass
and he also sang the backing vocals.  So quite a package, Alvin Lee stretched his wings like never before and the musical variety
on the album made it one of the most overlooked and underrated work of the whole 1970's decade.  There are some truly inspired
compositions and performances, an album filled to the very brim with some of the most absorbing music you could wish to hear.
  rock, blues, acoustic, country etc. such variety and an extraordinary gathering of talent should have seen queues forming outside
record shops in February,1974, that sadly never happened in England or America.  Released at the very point the once keen fans
lost interest, the album was promoted well enough in the music press and only the hardcore of fans were eagerly waiting to hear
Alvin with Mylon and so many guest musicians.  Now you can understand why I did not want to discuss the previous TYA albms in
great detail, now I have to include the complete failure to sell in the UK, no chart entry and only managing No.137 in the USA,
adding up to an extremely rare LP......if still in listenable condition. The  few who bought "On The Road To Freedom" discovered
fantastic music and they returned to it over and over again, loving an album also went with inflicting excessive wear onto it in an
era when 60's mono equipment was well past it's 'sell by date.'   Only one UK pressing was made and few records are still in this
stunning Mint- condition and in a Near Mint- gatefold cover, with my very strict quality control, this is the first copy I have
been able to offer on ebay for around five years now, it took a small but superb collection to produce this, what an amazing LP
to describe!  Right, time to introduce Mylon LeFevre to anyone unaware about him, he grew up in a family singing Southern Gospel
music, when his long hair became offensive, it was time to leave home and become a professional musician, that was the 1960's!
   He formed a rock band, 'The Holy Smoke Doo Dah Band' and they  signed to the USA Cotillion label and released an album, "Mylon."
His next band were 'Broken Heart' and a love of singing gospel kept him out of mainstream rock, that's about all I know about him
except as both a musician  and a vocalist, he's highly regarded in America, if something of a cult figure. With so many different
musicians on the tracks, it will be easier to place the individual track titles above a list of who is playing on them, with music
    and sound info of course.  I decided to take one undetectable play due to the extent of how unknown this incredible album is, I
  never leave any signs of being on a turntable.  I listened carefully and made notes to type up  soon to give full info about the
  sound reproduction and contents of the individual tracks.  An EMI very first pressing,so  the sound quality was sheer perfection,
  any faint to non existing static belongs there, this record is precisely how it was pressed in 1973 and identical in sound to my
  own treasured copy.  I always respect such superb condition for a rare album like this, formatting the tracks is the best way to
present this wonderful album.  I also spent ages compiling all the correct musicians with the individual tracks, it was complex
  because they can play just about anything from bass to lead guitar and even drums, which did happen. One of the most multi-
  talented musicians on the album  was Steve Winwood and he strictly stuck to playing the piano, just one last but lovely story
  before I move.
 
  Alvin had just moved into his new home and had a studio installed, while sitting with Marlon in his local pub, a nearby neighbour
came in for a drink, George Harrison.  Alvin had never met him and was too shy to introduce himself, very English, but American
Marlon breezed over and said "Hi", pointed to Alvin and explained they were recording an album nearby in his house.  He invited
George to come over and play with them, George was thrilled and said being an ex-Beatle, he rarely got asked to play on any other
musician's recording sessions.  George not only played a full range of instruments on one of his finest compositions, "So Sad"
from 1973, it became a stand-out track. A genuine friendship and affinity formed with Alvin that lasted, because over the coming
years Alvin Lee returned the compliment and played on recording sessions for George's albums.
SIDE 1
"On The Road To Freedom" (Alvin Lee)

Alvin Lee - guitars, bass, lead & backing vocals
Mylon LeFevre - percussion & backing vocals
Steve Winwood - piano
Jim Capaldi - drums
Reebop Kwaku Baah - congas
Side 1's run-in grooves were near silent, 'near' signifies only faint natural static in the empty non music bands, please take it
as read all the track gaps run just as smoothly, that spares me constantly repeating that.  'On The Road To Freedon' begins with
stunning acoustic guitars and  contains the sound and feel of a TYA track.  In fact, with Mylon Le Fevre only singing the backing
harmonising vocals for the opening track the album was titled after, in effect this is Alvin Lee & Traffic!  Steve Winwood plays
the piano,J im Capaldi plays the drums and Rebob is on the congas, no doubt if a flute was needed Chris Wood would have been
summoned. Alvin is soon performing some brilliant electric blues in that unique and instantly recognisable style of his, a really
inspired Alvin Lee composition with Jim & Reebop providing rock solid solid drumming and with Steve Winwood's sympathetic piano,
this superb melody was in the hands of England's finest musicians.  As a Traffic & Ten Years After long standing fan this becomes
a form of musical heaven, with Alvin's Lee's vocals brilliantly delivered, it is indeed!  The sound quality is absolute perfection,
  true stereo mix is so typical of both Traffic's records and any Alvin Lee connected recording.
"The World Is Changing (I Got A Woman Back In Georgia)" (Alvin Lee / Mylon LeFevre)

Mylon LeFevre - lead & backing vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
Alvin Lee - guitars, bass, lead & backing vocals
Mike Patto - backing vocals
Jim Capaldi - drums
Tim Hinckley - organ
I sincerely do not want to create the impression of 'musical chairs,' because in spite of constant changes of backing musicians,
  Alvin and Mylon gave every song stability and consistency, allowing the tracks to flow together sweetly.  The gap was near silent
  before the jointly composed 'r&b meets country' song, featuring the two vocalists performing a duet together.  For anyone who
  is unacquainted with Mylon's voice, a loose comparison to Stephen Stills will give a rough idea, also how talented he was and
  able to move between rock and folk  with consummate ease, so very much like Alvin Lee!  Mike Patto will be well loved among the
  progressive music collector's, best known for his recently made LP's on the famous Vertigo 'swirl' label, he sings harmonies to
  Alvin and Marlon's stunning duet.  Playing a gentle organ is Tim Hinckley, a musician who later played with yet another hero of
mine, the great Steve Marriott, on the softly shuffling rhythm, Jim Capaldi settles into the drumming.  Suddenly the track takes
  off from that and moves into a gospel/r&b ending piece on the repeated refrain of, "I Got a Woman Back in Georgia." There is no
real need to give constant sound reports but I mught as well say how staggeringly clean that actually is.
"So Sad (No Love of His Own)" (George Harrison)

Mylon LeFevre - lead vocals & harmonies
George Harrison - guitar, slide guitar, bass & harmony vocals
Alvin Lee - guitars & backing vocals
Ron Wood - 12-string guitar
Mick Fleetwood - drums
If that above list of musicians doesn't send the blood pumping, you would have to be made of wood!  George had yet to even record
"So Sad" himself and it would not be until his 1974 "Dark Horse" album sessions, guess who played guitar on that album with him?
Alvin Lee!  Thanks to Marlon's out-going personality in a Berkshire pub, to march up to a then very recent ex-Beatle, inviting
him over and to bring some guitars. "So Sad" is my most loved track on the "Dark Horse" LP, arguably George Harrison's greatest
ever composition, deeply moving and such a beautiful haunting melody. George's guitar playing on here is exquisite, providing the
lead & slide, plus bass and singing with Alvin on the stunning backing vocals to a fantastic Marlon lead vocal. More like Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young, I think my comparison of Marlon to Still's vocal style before was right even on such a gentle rendition.
George's guitar  is incredible and sounding like it has come straight from the "Abbey Road" album, this would have made a great
  Beatles track with it's wash of wonderful acoustic and electric guitars.  On the drums is Mick Fleetwood, part of that wonderful
wall of acoustic guitars included Ron Wood's 12-string guitar.  This is awesome sound quality, "On The Road To Freedom" has to be
  one of the greatest records to remain unknown, but with some of the most famous musicians playing out of their skins together.
  Songs do not get any better than this and nor does how it was performed so inspiredly, I do love George's own 1974 version, but
  this really is something else!
"Fallen Angel" (Alvin Lee)

Mylon LeFevre - lead vocals & percussion
Alvin Lee - guitars & bass
Ron Wood - slide guitar
Steve Winwood - piano
Jim Capaldi - drums & percussion
How can you possibly follow "So Sad"?  No problem here, you get Alvin Lee to write one of those amazing rock / blues songs like
  "Love Like A Man," assembly an astonishing set of musicians, give Alvin Lee lead guitar duties and hand the vocals to someone who
  knows how to project his voice, but remain melodic. That was exactly what happened  in 1973, Winwood, Capaldi & Wood are rather
  special musicians and collectively rock their way through "Fallen Angel" with a style befitting their enormous talent.  Alvin Lee
  played the bass as well, but for me  me his lead guitar here equals anything he produced on the Ten Years After albums.  Although
  under different circumstances this track would have been the center piece of a TYA LP and this is yet another amazing track, your
  ears are spoilt for choice because of such sensational musicianship.  Mylon's lead vocals are just perfect, so is the extremely
  powerful yet crystal clear sound quality.
"Funny" (Alvin Lee)

Mylon LeFevre - lead vocals & harmony
Alvin Lee - guitars, drums, bass & harmony vocals
Andy Stein - fiddle
I must comment on how silent the gap is, such a perfectly clean intro to "Funny" with the lovely acoustic guitars and softly sung
  vocal harmonies is quite a rarity.  Another of Alvin's finest compositions, I guess you would call this acoustic blues but along
  with Alvin's sublime acoustic guitars, in comes a fantastic fiddle from  Andy Stein to give a folk meets country feel, along the
  lines of the 1968 / 1970 Fairport Convention.  Mylon is the lead vocalist and the more I hear his voice, the more I appreciate
  why he is so respected in America.  The vocal combination with Alvin's harmonies  make "Funny" so good to hear, this pair were
  made to sing two part part harmonies.  Instrumentally, this is very much a Lee solo performance because outside the fiddle he
  plays the acoustic guitars, the drums and the bass guitar.   The sound continues to be immaculate, I firmly believe this record is
  an ultimate for the sound quality.  Not because of the maitrix configuration but because it was hardly played  in 1974 and since
  then carefully stored.
"We Will Shine" (Mylon LeFevre)

Mylon LeFevre - 12-string guitar, lead & backing vocals
Alvin Lee - guitars & backing vocals
Steve Winwood - piano
Ron Wood - bass
The last gap is near silent, Mylon LeFevre wrote a melody just as beautiful as the previous "Funny" and during the lovely intro,
  there is no surface sound as there has not been on the entire first side. Even any natural static is unworthy of inclusion, Steve
  Winwood plays some beautiful melodic notes on the piano and Alvin's acoustic and electric guitars are both subtle and gentle.
  The Mylon LeFevre lead & backing harmony vocals with Alvin Lee hit such heights of stunning melody, I can only return to that
  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young comparison for the vocals and the very special feel of Mylon's composition.  The greatest praise
  possible for the immaculate sound quality, because this track sounds dreadful from a worn record and this is as stunning as I
  have ever heard.
 

SIDE 2
"Carry My Load" (Alvin Lee)

Alvin Lee - lead & backing vocals
Mylon LeFevre - lead & backing vocals, bass & 12-string guitar
Tim Hinckley - piano
Ian Wallace - drums
After such amazing songs I could settle for just one side of "On The Road To Freedom" but with such an inspirational setting,
  the great's keep on coming, my personal track of the album opens Side 2.  The side's run-in grooves are once more near enough
  silent before the beautiful acoustic guitar intro begins in ultra clean, clear sound quality, that describes how the whole of the
  delightful "Carry My Load" can be fully enjoyed without a single irritant.  Alvin Lee's introspective lyrics do sound like the
  troubles surrounding TYA inspired the song, it has to be the greatest he ever wrote outside of the heavier rock / blues songs.
   The melody is sublime and to have him singing the lead here emphasises the personal nature behind the lyrics, if you glance up
  at the list of musicians, Marlon was playing all the guitars and Alvin was just concentrating on his vocals.  A piano and drums
  are low level and the stunning vocal harmonies once more make this a very moving and melodic track to listen to.  The sound
  has absolutely staggering clarity, there is not a second of any surface sound to break the magical spell of "Carry My Load."
"Lay Me Back" (Mylon LeFevre)

Mylon LeFevre - lead & backing vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
Alvin Lee -  guitars, bass, sitar & backing vocals
Bob Black - steel guitar
Ian Wallace - drums
Tim Hinckley - piano
"Lay Me Back" is yet another fantastic Mylon LeFevre composition and the beauty of the melody is even as deep as the previous gem
  of a song and performance, "Carry My Load."   Alvin Lee is back playing all manner of guitars here, on top of those is the most
  beautiful steel guitar courtesy of Bob Black, Ian Wallace played the drums and Tim Hinckley had taken over from Winwood on the
  piano.  I always hear the Band, circa "Music From Big Pink" in the feel and the sound of "Lay Me Back", there are some incredible
  backing harmony vocals behind Marlon's lead voice.  How  an so many outstanding songs be on the same single album? Alvin Lee was
  learning to live with the rejection of his music in this period of the 1970's, it must have been devastating to release and watch
  "On The Road To Freedom" go the same way.  How perfect can sound get  on a record?  This delicate track answers that question,
  in fact the whole of the record does,  not only the sound, the stereo mix is just as stunning.
"Let 'Em Say What They Will" (Ron Wood)

Mylon LeFevre - lead vocals & percussion
Alvin Lee - guitar
Ron Wood - guitars, bass & drums
Tim Hinckley - piano
The mood shifts now and "Let 'Em Say What They Will" rocks with Mylon LeFevre singing with great force as the above band play
  some rather tasty licks.  Ron Wood wrote this song and he is so prolific on the backing,  as well as the bass guitar he mastered
  with the Jeff Beck Group before joining the Faces as lead guitarist, he and Alvin created truly amazing sounds on the guitars.
  Alvin's solo is mouthwatering stuff and this track really does suggest these musicians had a future together had they chosen to
  go down that road.  You could never tell it was the first time they had performed together and anyone who is only used to Alvin
  in TYA, I am certain you will instantly fall in love with this incredible album. I was always a bit of a completest and following
  artists as they moved around led to discovering some truly great music, this album is a classic example of that tenacity being
   being rewarded.  Nobody in England had heard of Mylon LeFevre in 1973, but the few who bought this LP were really impressed,
  as I a currently am by hearing the most stunning sound quality imaginable.
"I Can't Take It" (Mylon LeFevre)

Mylon LeFevre - lead vocals & acoustic rhythm guitar
Alvin Lee - guitars, bass & harmony vocals
Steve Winwood - piano
Ron Wood - guitars, bass & drums
Ian Wallace - drums
Yet another silent gap allows Alvin Lee's single  acoustic guitar intro to play in stunning clean, clear sound, a superb LeFevre
  composition that enforces my last comment about how it felt hearing his music for the first time, plus the inspirational impact
  he made on Alvin Lee.  Steve Winwood's piano gently plays with that wonderful acoustic guitar and Alvin's electric guitar show a
  subtlety he perhaps never explored fully in TYA.  There he had to be 'Mr. Dynamite' most of the time and Ron Wood adding his
guitar as well, placed less weight on his shoulders, just singing backing vocal harmonies to Marlon's magnificent lead produced
the most incredible results.  What a band here, they keep to a more melodic side of things until you reach the next two and last
tracks and then they really stretch out!  All was in immaculate sound quality.
"Riffin' " (Alvin Lee / Mylon LeFevre)

Mylon LeFevre - vocals
Alvin Lee - guitars
Tim Hinckley - organ
Boz Burrell - bass
Ian Wallace - drums
"Riffin' " as a song title does need my input and an Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre co-composing credit tells you how the pair arrived
  at this sensational performance.  Alvin Lee played all guitars and to my ears it sounds like there were three separate recordings
overdubbed here, exactly how it happened on the TYA records,  You get the amazing Lee rhythm guitar riffing to his amazing lead
guitar, this is purely into TYA territory and this is mean and heavy guitar work.  Punctuated by Tim Hinckley's outstanding r&b
organ, you can't help thinking of TYA and if not for Mylon on lead vocals this is indeed the very sound of them. Boz Burrell adds
to the proceedings with his very distinctive bass guitar and Ian Wallace pounds his drums superbly, the sound is crystal clear
and extremely loud, this is positively a very impressive record!
"Rockin' 'Til the Sun Goes Down" (Alvin Lee / Mylon LeFevre)

Mylon LeFevre - vocals
Alvin Lee - guitars & high vocals
Mylon LeFevre - lead & backing vocals
Tim Hinckley - piano & backing vocals
Boz Burrell - bass & backing vocals
Mike Patto - percussion & backing vocals
Ian Wallace - drums
The album finishes with nearly the same line-up with Mike Patto adding extra percussion and singing with five other vocalists,
in fact, only the drummer Ian Wallace did not contribute to the vocals.  Basically this picked up from where "Riffin'"left off,
only now they really do go 'hell for leather' and rock even harder!  Alvin Lee was inspired out of his skin and he really does get
down and play some great stuff after they get the song moving, his solo is sublime and the sheer enjoyment of playing transfers
to the listener.  This is just like an encore to end a concert and the band holds back a hard, heavy rock performance to leave an
audience totally drained. After all this typing that's how I feel, to the last note this record has been as perfect as anything I
have ever heard.  As an album, the sound quality is essential and I cannot recommend this album or the record enough.
{Roy}
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EVERY RECORD IS FULLY PLAYED AND COMES WITH A 'NO ARGUMENT' MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
  I USE GOOD OLD COMMON SENSE AS WELL AS A GLOBALLY ACCEPTED GRADING TERMINOLOGY
  FROM THE U.K. "RECORD COLLECTOR PRICE GUIDE" BOOK.
THERE IT CLEARLY STATES "Sound Quality" AFFECTS EVERY GRADING LEVEL AND THAT IS THE ONE
AND ONLY POSSIBLE WAY TO ACCURATELY GRADE RECORDS. i.e. COMBINING A STRICT VISUAL
INSPECTION WITH VERY CLOSELY LISTENING TO EVERY SECOND, UNLESS PERHAPS IN THE CASE
OF GENUINELY UNPLAYED VINYL.  EVEN THEN WE STILL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR A RECORD
WHEN A CUSTOMER RECEIVES EITHER A SEALED OR AN UNPLAYED RECORD.
 

  We take 100% responsibility after an item has been posted and offer our fullest support in the event of any problems.
"There Are No Problems, Only Solutions" (John Lennon)
MY DESCRIPTIONS WILL ALWAYS BE 100% HONEST AND TOTALLY ACCURATE ON ALL GRADINGS
FROM 'V.G.' ( VERY GOOD), TO THE ULTIMATE 'MINT' CONDITION.


ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR ITEMS ARE WELCOMED AND WILL BE PROMPTLY REPLIED TO.
 

WE ARE FULLY EXPERIENCED AT SHIPPING WORLDWIDE AND NO EFFORT IS SPARED TO PROTECT
RECORDS AND COVERS ETC.  WE WELCOME BIDDERS FROM ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

ALL RECORDS ARE REMOVED FROM THEIR SLEEVES AND PLACED INTO NEW PROTECTIVE CARD
SLEEVES AND THEN PLACED INTO NEW, HEAVYWEIGHT PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVES.
THE GREATEST ATTENTION IS PAID TO MAKING THE PACKAGING EXTREMELY STRONG & SECURE.
EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT IS MADE TO ENSURE A SAFE DELIVERY AND WE ONLY USE THE VERY BEST
QUALITY PACKAGING MATERIALS, THE COST OF THE ITEM IS IMMATERIAL, EVERY RECORD IS
TREATED EXACTLY THE SAME.

WE DO NOT TREAT POSTAGE AS A MONEY MAKING PROJECT, POSTAGE IS LESS THAN COST, USING
ONLY PROFESSIONALLY PACKED BOXES WITH SUBSTANTIAL PROTECTIVE PACKAGING THAT DOES
WEIGH A LITTLE EXTRA.

UNDER PAYPAL & EBAY'S GUIDELINES, ALL RECORDS WILL BE SENT VIA A FULLY INSURED TRACKABLE
SERVICE.


We have kept all our charges at the same level for years now, but due to the Post Office's new price increases, regretfully we
will have to increase the cost of LP's, however, singles will remain unchanged.  Ebay were aware of that happening and have
  increased their minimum postal cost for LP's to £7.00, that figure has been enforced by the UK Post Office and it will become
our UK First Class, Recorded Delivery cost for albums up to the value of £46.  A temporary reduction this week means we can
now post LP's for £5, but who knows how long before the Post Office return to £7?

For LP's valued above £46, the cost will be £9, we are unhappy about either increase but our high standard of packaging has meant
in 13 years of ebay trading, there has not been one record damaged, we are determined to maintain that in the present and future.

IN THE UK RECORDS UP TO THE VALUE OF £46 WILL BE SENT RECORDED DELIVERY, OVER £46 WILL BE
SENT SPECIAL DELIVERY.
  FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD ALL RECORDS WILL BE SENT VIA 'INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR.'

POSTAGE  COST FOR LP's
UK: UP TO VALUE OF £46, FIRST CLASS RECORDED DELIVERY  £5.00
UK: OVER VALUE OF £46, FULLY INSURED SPECIAL DELIVERY £9.00


EUROPE: FULLY INSURED VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR  £15.00


USA,JAPAN & REST OF THE WORLD FULLY INSURED VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR £20.00


POSTAGE COST FOR EP's & 7"
UK: UP TO THE VALUE OF £46 FIRST CLASS RECORDED DELIVERY £3.00
UK: OVER THE VALUE OF £46 FULLY INSURED SPECIAL DELIVERY £6.00
EUROPE: AIR MAIL VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR £10.00
USA, JAPAN ETC. AIRMAIL VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR £12.00


PAYMENT DETAILS.

WE WILL SEND ALL WINNING BIDDERS AN INVOICE WITH THE FULL PAYMENT AND POSTAL DETAILS,
AS NEAR TO THE AUCTION ENDING AS POSSIBLE.

OUR AIM IS TO MAKE YOUR PURCHASE SMOOTH AND TROUBLE FREE.


FOR UK BUYERS;

WE ACCEPT:  PAYPAL, CHEQUES, POSTAL ORDERS & BANK WIRES.


FOR OVERSEAS BUYERS;

WE ACCEPT:  PAYPAL, INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDERS IN POUNDS STERLING ONLY.
OR BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFERS.

WE WILL NOT MAKE FALSE STATEMENTS ON CUSTOMS DECLARATION FORMS AND WILL ALWAYS
CONDUCT ALL OF OUR BUSINESS WITH TOTAL HONESTY.
AS MUCH AS WE SYMPATHISE WITH THE WAY SOME COUNTRIES CHARGE SUCH HEAVY IMPORT
DUTIES, WE WILL NOT LIE.


  Pay me with PayPal.

I don't charge my buyers extra!