Alvin Lee and Company

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| name = Alvin Lee and Company

| type = Compilation Album

| artist = Ten Years After

| cover = Alvin Lee and Company - Ten Years After.jpg

| alt =

| released = 30 March 1972

| recorded = 1967–1969

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Blues rock

| length = 30:01 (original) 44:55 (reissue 1990)

| label = Deram

| producer = Mike Vernon

| prev_title = A Space in Time

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Rock & Roll Music to the World

| next_year = 1972

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r50967}}

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Alvin Lee and Company is an album of material previously unavailable on LP released by their old record label Deram after they had switched to Chrysalis Records in the UK and Columbia Records in the US. It consists of 2 non album singles, "Rock Your Mama" and "Portable People", the latter's b side "The Sounds", a live track, "Crossroads" and two outtakes, "Hold Me Tight" and "Boogie On".

Track listing

All songs written by Alvin Lee, unless otherwise noted.

"The Sounds" – 4:13
"Rock Your Mama" – 2:55
"Hold Me Tight" – 2:15
"Standing at the Crossroads" (Elmore James, Robert Johnson) – 4:00
"Portable People" – 2:13
"Boogie On" – 14:25

=CD reissue bonus tracks=

"Spider in My Web" – 7:19
"Hear Me Calling" – 3:48 (Single version)
"I'm Going Home" – 3:37 (Single Version)

NOTE: Some track times are incorrectly listed on the record sleeve: the Sounds (4:00), Rock Your Mama (3:00) and Boogie On (14:25).

Personnel

;Ten Years After

Alvin Lee – guitar, vocals
Chick Churchill – organ
Ric Lee – drums
Leo Lyons – bass

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Chart (1972) ! Peak position
{{Album chart\|Canada\|60\|artist=Ten Years After\|album=Alvin Lee and Company\|chartid=7723\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
scope=row\|Danish Albums (Hitlisten){{cite magazine \|date=6 May 1972 \|title=Top 30 \|magazine=Ekstra Bladet \|page=22}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| 9
{{Album chart\|Billboard200\|55\|artist=Ten Years After\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

! Chart (1972)

! Peak
position

{{Album chart|Canada|60|artist=Ten Years After|album=Alvin Lee and Company|chartid=7723|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}

scope=row|Danish Albums (Hitlisten){{cite magazine |date=6 May 1972 |title=Top 30 |magazine=Ekstra Bladet |page=22}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 9

{{Album chart|Billboard200|55|artist=Ten Years After|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}

References

Category:1972 compilation albums

Category:Ten Years After albums

Category:Deram Records compilation albums

Category:Albums produced by Mike Vernon (record producer)