It was a little wonder that TEN YEARS AFTER‘s third studio broke into Top 20 in the “Billboard” charts: “Ssssh” was the British band’s first longplay which saw the light of day just a month after their triumphant performance at Woodstock. Comprising seven Alvin Lee originals and a cover of Sonny Boy Williamson’s perennial, that album still sounds great, yet somehow remains underrated by many listeners – only this situation is about to be remedied on October 31st with the appearance of the classic’s expanded variant.
Ssssh
The new edition might signal the start of a proper reissue programme of the group’s catalogue, as it follows the arrival of similarly styled "A Space In Time" two years ago. But while there were just two CDs, split between its remaster and remix, now fans will be glad to see three discs out dedicated to, respectively, the remaster of 1969’s mix, a new stereo version created from old multitracks, and the recording of the foursome’s set at “Kulttuuritalo Hall” in Helsinki a couple of months after the album’s release. Not that any of the fresh material, apart from the aforementioned blues staple, was brought to the stage, yet it doesn’t matter.
CD 1 – Original 1969 Mix:
1. Bad Scene
2. Two Time Mama
3. Stoned Woman
4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
5. If You Should Love Me
6. I Don’t Know That You Don’t Know My Name
7. The Stomp
8. I Woke Up This Morning
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CD 2 – Stereo Mix:
1-8 – as on CD 1
CD 3 – Live in Helsinki – December 3rd, 1969:
1. Spoonful
2. I May Be Wrong, But I Won’t Be Wrong Always
3. The Hobbit
4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
5. No Title
6. I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes
