Ten Years After - Studio rehearsal in Germany, 1969 

True legends of the 60’s and 70’s! What incredible memories come flooding back to my teenage years of and uncomplicated time grooving to great blues. RIP to the best guitarist i have ever heard. A tight band so easy to listen to and smile with amazement at their skills.

Finding this is like finding a big chunk of gold.

Don' t we just love the passion of Leo??!

I am 73 Saw them at the Royal Albert Hall & Isle of Wight in 1970 Greatest band of all time.

10 years gone now. Unbelievable what that generation had to offer. Glad to have recordings and footage. Thx

Alvin Lee , Johnny Winter two exceptional guitar players that don't get the recognition they deserve. The world of " The Blues " would not be what it is today if not for these two gentleman's contributions. Your welcome 🙏. Peace ✌️.

Leo is monster bass player and Alvin is the king. This is one of best bands of all time.

Thank you to the chain of people who made this available, it is pure gold. Here's to Alvin!!!!! Hats Off!!!!

Alvin is so young here and yet he has completely mastered every inch of “it”, just a beast!!!! It pisses me off that people don’t realize he was one of the best ever!!!

Alvin Lee with a Strat...NO WAY DUDE. Lifelong fan here. R.I.P. bro!!!

I've always said how Alvin Lee is somehow left out of the conversation of best British blues guitarists, or just best blues guitarists in general, is absolutely preposterous. He could do what everyone else was doing and a whole lot more.

fantastic, never have ever seen him on a Strat, beautiful, absolutely

Good lord, what a fabulous early piece of archival footage.

Please dont ever take this down man.Its special.

The essence of rock. Uncluttered, no frills just emotion and riffs. Leo is the real madman across the water. Wished I could have seen this band in their heyday. Thanks for posting.

Saw them in London ontario just after choo-choo mama album came out. I was 14 my brother 15. We hung out in the arena after the concert was over and talked to the band. We gave them 3 joints for 2 drum sticks which my sister now has . They chatted us up while yiadies tore down equipment. To sit with Alvin Lee and Co. Was a special memory for a kid. Thank you for this .

Alvin was definitely one of the best guitarists of his or any other time.

One of my favorite bands, even before woodstock,where i saw them. Alvin Lee doesn;t get enough respect, air play or mention. Man, what a band.

This. Is. Incredible. I really miss those days. Every day filled with new discoveries and priceless treasures. Life was so damn good back then.

Excellent OCTAVE PLAYING,. ALVIN LEE IS A MASTER GUITARIST.GREAT BAND .🎸😎🎵

Leo is an amazing bassist.

Alvin Lee ONE OF THE BEST

Such a good natural sound .This was how it was done then.

Hi... at 73 this year me n my mates n girl friends use to go to the dancing slipper at '''West Bridgford''Nottingham around 1966ish to dance n watch the Jay Birds ,,, Alvin Lee on Lead guitar ,,, I lost touch as I emigrated to Australia 1968 ..............then in Sydney in the seventies I saw an LP with his pic, on it ,,,, OMG that's the Jay Birds , but no TEN YEARS AFTER ,, I still remember you and brilliant guitaring , RIP Alvin ,,

Ten Years After and Alvin Lee are icons of Rock and Roll.

The Bass Player really ROCKS!!!!!

I love Alivin Lee, i drew him by hand in 1976. I would sit an listen to that album with headphones all day ..along with Hendrix, also drawn. Love this..ty for the person who filmed an treasured this gem

I love this. Real band, real sound,

Alvin Lee, one of the greatest to ever live. A true genius and artist. I LOVE this guy!

this is so badass man what no alvin in the rock n roll hall of fame shame on you RIP Alvin one of the greats ever

Amazing...I'm 68 now, A Space in Time was the first album I ever bought...thank you!

Leo Lyons is the absolute epitome of what a bass player should be! we are not worthy.

Leo Lyons the best bass player in the world!!!!!!!

Sadly I was a shade too young to really enjoy these guys on first go round, Wasn't till much later when starving for good new music that I started going back in time to search for the bands i had missed.. Happy to say this was one of the first I rediscovered. Doesn't get much better than this.

Just Thank You. To whoever filmed this, whoever kept it, whoever put it on here and of course the Band. Thank You All, it's wonderful.

saw these guys at winterland in san francisco fall of 1971....got out of vietnam in winter of 1971...they played for 2 hours nonstop and did only four songs....tripping with binoculars,, was really intense....at one time had all their albums...switched from vinyl to casettee ....made three 45 minute tapes with tunes the way i wanted them...to this day i know this is some of the most creative radical music ever made ....

Alvin Lee was one of my biggest influences on guitar....RIP Alvin Lee

Incredible...

Leo Lyons one of the best bass players ever

RIP Alvin Lee. The greatest ever

I have a bootleg gig of Alvin lee called made in Germany 1969 looks similar to this and of course incredible guitar playing way ahead of his time rip Alvin lee you will never be forgotten!

This pure gold...and when finishing I see the cameraman was...Wim Wenders! This is ridiculously good

Wim Wenders was the camera man. That is how world careers are starting.

This is so good, so great to watch, brings me back to a time filled with so many amazing memories...it almost hurts to watch. In that good way.

I love this band and think rick lee is an awesome drummer!!!!

How is it that Alvin Lee/Ten Years After isn't in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame?!?!

Don't try this at home kids.. you'll never get close!

4 incredibly talented players.Thankfully they found each other.

I had forgotten how good this band was. And what a great guitar player Alvin Lee was. I saw them at Miami Jai Alai in 1970 or 1971, and I still remember them as having given one of the best performances I ever saw.

Bass player looks like he has a neurologic condition with those funky moves. I like it.

I was lucky enough to TYA twice, and seen him with TYL, Alvin Lee & Company, the Alvin Lee Band, and he was always amazing! This is such a great find, and thanks for posting it! Alvin playing a Strat is so cool to see!

Alvin understood the antics of blues guitar naturally. A rare talent.

This is incredible! What a find. Watching this made me feel like a kid again, as I saw them in 1972. Watch Leo.....he is a madman!!!! Alvin is the godfather of shredding.

Leo is a GOD!

Hello world to Ten Years After ?.... thank the gods for Ten Years After !!!😊Cheers from New Zealand

Love Ten years After , boys must of had extra cup of coffee that day.RIP Alvin

RIP Alvin. I'm glad I got to see you live in the early 70's in Vancouver.

Thanks for posting this . Many TYA fans still out there .

It was such a pleasure seeing TYA live way back when - I had the luxury of seeing them 3 times in very different venues - they shined in each one - blues, jazz, rock, they could do it all. Chicks head barely moves thruout the 1st track - while Leos head never stops. Its raw and beautiful. Theres random music and finesse melodies. I;m 50,000 miles outside my brain as I watch and listen to you. SSSHHHHH

I have been playing guitar for 50 years . Alvin Lee has always been my no.1 mentor , its always impressive to play even close to the way he does !

Alvin Lee never misses a note , and this is a rehearsal ? R.I.P. Alvin. Best guitartist that ever lived.

A thousand thank yous for this upload!!!

Le groupe est tout simplement génial. Je l'ai découvert au début des années 70. Que de souvenirs!! Dommage qu' Alvin Lee n'a pas été reconnu à sa véritable valeur par les médias spécialisés. C'est pour moi le meilleur guitariste de tout les temps. Merci à celui qui a mis cette vidéo en ligne. ❤

Man the whole band is jamming they all Kick-Ass love the bass player man the way he play that bass is awesome❤❤😮

OMG, for 50 seconds there I feared I was suffering from hysterical deafness upon seeing this video exists... Can't type either, so excited.

Excellent footage of my favorite band ever. They kick ass

Alvin was so good ,I Shure miss him what a power on the guitar and vocals nobody sounded like him and at Woodstock with Johnny winters they tore it up man he was hot as always he had fingers a fire love n miss ya ALVIN LEE RIP

The tone of that guitar sounds so good.

Just DIAMOND !RESPECT !

Alvin Lee,on the stage where he offered a Show he never ceased to impress the public with his talent and in recording after year Still we admire his play in Rock ,Blues & Jazz 🎸🎸🥁🎹 AL , RIP.

When Alvin Lee was in Phoenix we heard what sounded to us a tight band until Ten Years After followed. I've seen the Doors, Hendrix, Janus etc. But Lee and the band were the tightest I ever heard. RM

One of the most underrated guitar players...ever.

In the early 80's they played a small nightclub in my town. I absolutely idolized Alvin, but was too young to go. My sister and a couple friends of mine went & ended up hanging with them all in the parking lot after the show sharing a smoke, (nothing illegal, of course). I was devastated to have missed that, but I did get to see them perform together once & saw Alvin solo two more times. Such an underrated master of the guitar. I guess he gave up on the Fender since it kept falling out of tune from the whammy bar, but he sure made it sing. RIP Alvin!

This is some of the greatest music I ever heard! A great band and Alvin Lee is off the chart with that blues guitar playing.

For me one of the BEST of the guitar men in world

And here I am Ten Years After you posted this video. Glad it popped up in my area of space. I am Magnetic Connection Audio Visual Archive. We preserve the present for the future. Well the future has arrived for this video.❤️📹✌️

Leo Lyons, one of the most underrated bass player. He could play bass as fast as Alvin did with the guitar.

The man! And this was rehearsal! RIP Alvin

just Screamer! TYA - Alvin Lee, Leo Lyons, Chick Churchill, Rick Lee - thank you WV

Incredible footage of the band and listen to the sound…amazing Alvin playing a strat never seen such wonders…a million thanks for whoever is involved with this putting it up and taking the footage.what a great insight into an incredible blues band

Busts a string around the 16 minutes area, re-tunes the rest and just keeps on going. Amazing guitarist and band. Saw them live in Edinburgh on the same bill as Jethro Tull as substitutes for Stevie Winwood and Traffic - Stevie was "ill". A memorable night.

46 Years ago...Some Precious Blues from Ten Years After :-)

from the Alvin Lee official instagram: “Ten Years After was called a 'Underground Movement'. It was the time when we could get on stage and play in street clothes, like jeans and t-shirts. You didn't have to bow and do the show-biz kind of thing. It was pure, one hundred percent music. That was what it was all about. It was about the playing, and of course the extended solos, and the ten minute songs. It might've been self indulgent, but it was a very healthy situation for a band to be able to play just the way they wanted to play. I think that attitude is, what is interesting people today. It's a good healthy attitude towards music”

This is like waking up finding aliens grilling in your backyard roasting marshmallows at midnight Still can’t believe this is captured . Even his axe !!!! Listen to the solo and all the influence he gave out to other legends . Alvin pioneered the entire sound . The solo riffing and lines are incredible . The story he is telling ! Definitely the greatest blues guitar rock ever .

Great muppet analogy. Thanks for the video. It's fun to see bands in a low-production environment as it shows what they can do. Alvin Lee was amazing.

Unbelievable! Very artfully played

This should be played on the radio with no introduction. Not classic radio. Let these younger generations minds melt while they wonder why they've never heard such sounds growing up

Yeah great find after all these years.

Alvin Lee was definitely another one who was not recognize d enough of his era of music,most definitely a unique and rare breed of guitar players.

Interesting seeing the great Mr. Alvin Lee (r.i.p.) playing a "stratocaster".

I always thought Alvin was a massively underrated guitarist and won't soon forget the moments of pleasure I had watching them perform at the Filmore East, back then...

Ten Years After you uploaded this people are still enjoying. Thank you for changing our World

please dont ever take this down its so awesome

How they are so god damn good! rick lee is such a good drummerrr

What an amazing band they were playing live

Ten year after better and better for ever

Yeah, this was my way of honoring him after the sad news.

Thank you man! This is a treasure! What a band! What a sound! Alvin doesn't get half the recognition he deserves!

Five seconds in and I knew this was gonna be real good. Alvin with a Strat!

those were the great bands from the 60's and 70's we miss so much.