1972 TYA Visit Japan
Alvin Lee – Ten Years After Gigs 1972
The Ten Years After touring machine continues to crisscross the Atlantic with tours of the USA. UK and Europe, and the band also makes its first trip to Japan.
January 8, 1972 – University/Reading, England with: Stealers Wheel
January 13, 1972 – University/Birmingham, England
January 14, 1972 – University/Sheffield, England also on the bill: Supertramp
January 15, 1972 – University/Lancaster, England with: National Head Band
January 19, 1972 – University/Cardiff, England with: Jude
January 21, 1972 – University/Liverpool, UK
January 22, 1972 – University/Leeds, UK with: Spirogyra
January 25, 1972 – University/Brighton, UK with: Jude
January 27, 1972 – University/Nottingham, UK with: Jude
January 28, 1972 – University/Salford, UK also on the bill: Supertramp
January 29, 1972 – University/Leicester, UK
February 18, 1972 – Fyens Forum/Odense, Denmark
February 20, 1972 – Tivolis Koncertsal/Copenhagen, Denmark
February 21, 1972 – Konserthuset/Gothenburg, Sweden
February 24, 1972 – Royal Tennishallen/Stockholm, Sweden
February 25, 1972 – Olympen/Lund, Sweden
February 26, 1972 – Tivolis Koncertsal/Copenhagen, Denmark
March 3, 1972 – Deutschlandhalle/West Berlin. with Patto
TYA set list included: One Of These Days, Once There Was A Time, Standing At The Station, Good Morning Little School Girl, Slow Blues In C, Jam, Sweet Little Sixteen, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock & Roll You.
March 4, 1972 – Musikhalle (Großer Saal)/Hamburg, Germany March 5, 1972 – Phillipshalle/Dusseldorf, GER with Patto
March 5, 1972 – Phillipshalle/Dusseldorf, Germany with Patto
March 6, 1972 – Oberrheinhalle/Offenburg, Germany with Patto
March 7, 1972 – Oberschwabenhalle/Ravesburg, Germany with Patto
March 8, 1972 – Ebertshalle/Ludwigshafen, Germany With Patto
TYA set list included: One Of These Days, Once There Was A Time, Standing At The Station, Silly Thing, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, Slow Blues In C, Jam (20+ minutes long!), Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock & Roll You
also on the bill: Patto
March 9, 1972 – Circus Krone/Munich, Germany with Patto
March 10, 1972 – Messehalle/Nuremberg, Germany with Patto
March 19, 1972 – Halls de la Foire de Champagne, Festival St. Gratien/ Troyes-Aube, France
with Travelling, Contrepoint, Presence, Shampoo, Jackson Heights, Vander Graf Generator, Wishbone Ash, Magma
March 24, 1972 – Ahoy Hall/Rotterdam, Netherlands
March 25, 1972 – Forest National/Brussels, Belgium
TYA set list included: Partial Set List/ Once There Was A Time, Let The Sky Fall, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock & Roll You, I’m Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen.
with: Supertramp
March 28, 1972 – Palazzo dello Ghiaccio , Bolzano, Italy March 29, 1972 – Reggio Emilia, Italy March 30, 1972 – Rome, Italy
March 29, 1972 – Reggio Emilia, Italy
March 30, 1972 – Palasport/Rome, Italy
April 1, 1972 – Festhalle/Frankfurt, Germany
TYA set list included: One Of These Days, Once There Was A Time, Standing At The Station, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit (introduced as “Frankfurt Express”), Slow Blues In C, You Give Me Loving, Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock & Roll You.
with: Patto
April 2, 1972 – Karlsruhe, Germany
April 3, 1972 – Festhalle/Bern, Switzerland
Supertramp opened this show
TYA set list included: One Of These Days, Once There Was A Time, Standing At The Station, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, Slow Blues In C, You Give Me Loving (introduced by Alvin as “a new number”), Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock & Roll You
April 13, 1972 – Arena/New Haven, Connecticut
April 15, 1972 – War Memorial Auditorium/Rochester, New York also on the bill: Procol Harum
April 16, 1972 – Memorial Auditorium/Buffalo, New York also on the bill: Procol Harum
April 17, 1972 – Winnipeg Arena/Winnipeg, Manitoba , MB also on the bill: Fludd
April 19, 1972 – Metropolitan Sports Centre/Bloomington, Minnesota also on the bill: Procol Harum
April 20, 1972 – Cambria County War Memorial/Johnstown, Pennsylvania with Wild Turkey & Law
April 21, 1972 – Pirates World/Dania, Florida (cancelled)
April 22, 1972 – Alexander Memorial Coliseum/Atlanta, Georgia with Wild Turkey
April 23, 1972 – University of New Mexico Arena/Albuquerque, New Mexico with Edgar Winter
April 25, 1972 – Memorial Auditorium/Dallas, Texas also on the bill: Procol Harum
April 26, 1972 – Coliseum/Phoenix, Arizona also on the bill: Procol Harum
April 27, 1972 – Tucson Community Center/Tucson, Arizona also on the bill: Procol Harum
TYA set list included: One of These Days, Once There Was a Time, Standing At The Station, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, Slow Blues in “C”, Classical Thing, Scat Thing,I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, Rock & Roll Music To The World, I’m Going Home, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock and Roll You, Sweet Little Sixteen, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock and Roll You
April 28, 1972 – Santa Clara County Fairgrounds/San Jose, California
April 29, 1972 – University of the Pacific Stadium/Stockton, California
Opening acts Wild Turkey, Tower of Power
TYA set list included: One of These Days, Once There Was a Time, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, Slow Blues in “C”, Classical Thing, Scat Thing,I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock and Roll You, Sweet Little Sixteen, Roll Over Beethoven:
May 4, 1972 – Nippon Budokan/Tokyo, Japan
With Procol Harum
TYA set list included: One Of These Days, Once There Was A Time, Standing At The Station ,Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, Slow Blues In C, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home/Blue Suede Shoes, Sweet Little Sixteen.
May 6, 1972 – Koseinenkin Hall/Osaka, Japan With Procol Harum
May 7, 1972 – Osaka Festival Hall/Osaka, Japan With Procol Harum
With Procol Harum
TYA set list included: One Of These Days, Once There Was A Time, Standing At The Station, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, Slow Blues In C, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home/Blue Suede Shoes, Sweet Little Sixteen, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock and Roll You.
August 13, 1972 – Thames Side Arena – Reading, England
Ten Years After headlines on the third and last day of the 11th National Jazz, Blues, Folk and Rock Festival. On the bill with Ten Years After were: Quintessence, Status Quo, Roy Wood’s Wizard, Stray, Matching Mole, Vinegar Joe, Gillian McPherson, Stachridge, Sutherland Brothers, Mahatma Kane Jeeves and String Driven Thing
September 11, 1972 – Stadthalle/Bremen, Germany with Stray
September 12, 1972 – Grugahalle/Essen, Germany with Stray
September 13, 1972 – Circus Krone/Munich, Germany with Stray
September 15, 1972 – Koncerthaus/Vienna, Austria with Stray
September 16, 1972 – Koncerthaus/Vienna, Austria with Stray
September 26, 1972 – Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto , Ontario
Also on the bill were Edgar Winter & Frampton’s Camel
TYA set list included: One of These Days, You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Rock ‘n Roll Music to the World,Hobbit, Standing at the Station, Turned Off TV Blues, I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Choo Choo Mama
September 27, 1972 – Gardens/London, Ontario
September 28, 1972 – Onondaga County War Memorial/Syracuse, New York also on the bill: J. Geils Band & Eggs Over Easy
September 29, 1972 – Nassau Coliseum/Uniondale, New York also on the bill: Edgar Winter
September 30, 1972 – Baltimore Civic Center/Baltimore, Maryland also on the bill: J. Geils Band
The ninth TYA album ‘Rock & Roll Music to the World’ is released in October 1972
October 1, 1972 – Academy of Music/New York City, New York
TYA set list included: One Of These Days, You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little School Girl, Jam in “G”, Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hobbit (introduced as “Rambling Rose”), Standing At The Station, Turned Off TV Blues, brief Jam (introduced by Alvin as a “Fox Trot”), Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Choo Choo Mama, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock & Roll You (instrumental only, an exhausted Alvin mis-cues on the vocal), Roll Over Beethoven/I Hear You Knockin’ But You Can’t Come In/Johnny B. Goode (medley).
with: Ramatam
October 2, 1972 – Farm Show Arena/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
October 3, 1972 – Rhode Island Auditorium/Providence, Rhode Island also on the bill: Edgar Winter, Eggs Over Easy
October 4, 1972 – Music Hall/Boston, Massachusetts with Ramatam
TYA set list included: One of These Days, You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Jazz Jam, Rock ‘n Roll Music to the World, Hobbit, Standing at the Station, Turned Off TV Blues, Silly Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Choo Choo Mama, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock ‘n Roll You,
October 5, 1972 – Music Hall/Boston, Massachusetts with Ramatam
TYA set list included: One Of These Days, You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little School Girl, Jam (introduced by Alvin as a “Jazz Jam”), Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hobbit, Standing At The Station, Turned Off TV Blues, Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Choo Choo Mama, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock & Roll You
October 6, 1972 – Civic Arena/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania also on the bill: Edgar Winter
October 7, 1972 – Arie Crown Theatre/Chicago, Illinois with Nils Lofgren
October 8, 1972 – Cleveland Public Hall/Cleveland, Ohio also on the bill: Black Oak Arkansas
October 9, 1972 – Cobo Arena/Detroit, Michigan also on the bill: Poco, Flo & Eddie
October 11, 1972 – Scope Arena/Norfolk, Virginia
October 12, 1972 – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium/Atlanta, Georgia also on the bill: Ramatam
October 13, 1972 – Jacksonville Coliseum/Jacksonville, Florida
October 14, 1972 – Hollywood Sportatorium/Hollywood, Florida also on the bill: Ramatam
October 15, 1972 – Bayfront Center/St. Petersburg, FL also on the bill: Ramatam, Nils Lofgren
October 26, 1972 – Hard Rock/Manchester, England also on the bill: Frankie Miller
October 28, 1972 – Town Hall/Birmingham, England
October 29, 1972 – City Hall/Newcastle, England
October 30, 1972 – Caley Cinema/Edinburgh, Scotland
November 2 & 3, 1972 – Rainbow/London, England
November 4, 1972 – Stadium/Liverpool, England
November 6, 1972 – DeMontfort Hall/Leicester, England November 7, 1972 – St. George’s Hall/Bradford, England November 8, 1972 – Victoria Hall Hanley/Stoke On Trent, England
November 8, 1972 – Victoria Hall Hanley/Stoke On Trent, England
TYA set list included: One Of These Days, You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little School Girl, Jam, Rock & Roll Music To The World, Turned Off TV Blues, Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Choo Choo Mama.
November 9, 1972 – Colston Hall/Bristol, England
November 16, 1972 – Lubbock Municipal Coliseum/Lubbock, Texas also on the bill: Wild Turkey, B.W.Stevenson
November 17, 1972 – Hofheinz Pavilion/Houston, Texas with: Wild Turkey
November 18, 1972 – Myriad Convention Center/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma also on the bill: ZZ Top, Wild Turkey
November 19, 1972 – Pershing Auditorium/Lincoln, Nebraska also on the bill: Wild Turkey, B.W.Stevenson
November 22, 1972 – Kiel Auditorium/St. Louis, Missouri also on the bill: REO, Ted Nugent, Wild Turkey
November 24, 1972 – The Spectrum/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania also on the bill: Chuck Berry, Wild Turkey
November 25, 1972 – Cumberland County Memorial Arena/Fayetteville, North Carolina
November 26, 1972 – Carolina Coliseum/Columbia, South Carolina also on the bill: Edgar Winter, Wild Turkey
November 28, 1972 – Salt Palace/Salt Lake City, Utah also on the bill: The Eagles, Wild Turkey
November 29, 1972 – Denver Coliseum/Denver, Colorado also on the bill: ZZ Top
December 1 & 2, 1972 – Winterland/San Francisco, California
Dec. 2 setlist included : One of these Days, You Give Me Loving, Spoonful, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Hobbit (Winterland Express), Rock ‘n Roll Music to the World, Standing at the Station, Slow Blues in C, Jam in the key of C, Help Me, I’m Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock ‘n Roll You
also on the bill: ZZ Top, Wild Turkey
December 3, 1972 – Pacific Coliseum/Vancouver, British Columbia The support act Wild Turkey & Motherhood
December 4, 1972 – Seattle Center Arena/Seattle, Washington with Wild Turkey
TYA set list included: One Of These Days, Silly Thing, You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little School Girl, Rock & Roll Music To The World, Hobbit, Standing At The Station, Turned Off TV Blues, Crossroads , Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Choo Choo Mama, Sweet Little Sixteen.
December 7, 1972 – Forum/Inglewood, California with: Malo (Wild Turkey cancelled)
December 8, 1972 – San Diego Sports Arena/San Diego, California with: Malo, Wild Turkey
December 9, 1972 – Civic Auditorium/Bakersfield, California
December 10, 1972 – Honolulu International. Center Honolulu, Hawaii with: The Eagles
December 11, 1972 – Portland Memorial Coliseum/Portland, Oregon with: Malo
December 13, 1972 – Palladium/Hollywood, California also on the bill: Wild Turkey, Roxy Music
TYA set list included: Spoonful , You Give Me Loving, Good Morning Little School Girl, Rock & Roll Music To The World, Jam in the key of E, Hobbit, Standing At The Station, I May Be Wrong But I Won’t Be Wrong Always (Alvin says “we would like to do something a bit different for old time’s sake, this is something we used to do”), Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Choo Choo Mama also on the bill: Wild Turkey, Roxy Music
“Choo Choo Mama” & “Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock ‘n Roll You” (c1972)
Black and white video footage of these two songs being performed live by TYA in what is probably 1972
appeared in a 1989 Swiss TV Special about Ten Years After when the band reformed. Unfortunately, only about 30 seconds of each song is shown.
Alvin Lee – Ten Years After Gigs 1972
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