Probably one of the hardest working, constantly touring and well respected bands of the late 1960's UK Blues Revival, Ten Years After fronted by guitar icon Alvin Lee enjoyed an international success, capped by an appearance during the 1969 Woodstock Festival that still remains one of the milestones in live Rock performances.

Tonight it's some of their live material, recorded in session at The BBC in 1967 when the band was just breaking on the scene.

Three tracks from that November 21, 1967 session:

1. I'm Going Home
2. Don't Want You Woman
3. Love Until I Die

Sadly, the sound quality of these recordings isn't as good as it could be. Probably because a lot of BBC sessions, like the master tapes for this one managed to get destroyed and all that's available are airchecks from faithful fans.

But you get an idea how high energy they were and what they were like in person if you aren't familiar with Ten Years After. If you are, you'll know after the first twenty seconds.

Here comes the weekend.

With the heavy influence of Blues on the UK, and bands like John Mayall' s Bluesbreakers achieving massive appeal, another band at the forefront were The Savoy Brown Blues Band, later shortened to just Savoy Brown. Initially getting together in 1965, going official in 1966 and grabbing a label deal with Decca Records (Deram, the adventuresome subsidiary) in 1967. Being produced by Mike Vernon, who was responsible for numerous bands of the period including the early Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack and Duster Bennett (among so many others) and garnering a healthy following throughout the UK and Europe. What came out of their deal with Decca was their first album Shake Down. It did very well, although it wasn't issued in the U.S. (which was too bad as it was a great album and with a slightly different lineup). At this point there was shakeup in band personnel, with their first singer Bryce Portius, leaving and being replaced by Chris Youlden, whose voice made an unmistakable impression on their sound. With the new lineup in place, they went back to the studio and cut their first singles. The result is tonight's track, Taste And Try, Before You Buy. Again, never released in the States. It wasn't until their third album Blue Matter which came out in 1969 that they finally got exposure in the U.S. - after that, their popularity and non-stop touring of the U.S. made them much more of a household name here than in the UK.

The number of people in and out of Savoy Brown over the years probably rivals John Mayall's incarnations and just as many went on to achieve great names for themselves. And like Mayall, Savoy Brown are still together (although the only original member is Kim Simmonds) and still gigging around.

But if you wanted to hear them as they were back almost at the beginning, here's your chance.