Ten Years Are Gone Explained

Ten Years Are Gone
Type:	Studio Album
Longtype:	/ Live album
Artist:	John Mayall
Cover:	John_Mayall_Ten_Years_Are_Gone.jpg
Released:	September 1973
Studio:	Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Jazz blues
Length:	82:59
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Don Nix
Prev Title:	Moving On
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	The Latest Edition
Next Year:	1974

Ten Years Are Gone is a double album by John Mayall. Record one (Tracks 1-9) was recorded at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, and record two (Tracks 10-14) was recorded in concert at the New York Academy of Music. The album was released in 1973. Like its predecessors Jazz Blues Fusion and Moving On, it features Freddy Robinson on guitar and Blue Mitchell on trumpet.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Mayall; except where indicated

1. "Ten Years Are Gone" – 4:46
2. "Driving Till The Break of Day" – 5:03
3. "Drifting" – 4.34
4. "Better Pass You By" – 5:12
5. "California Campground" – 3:12
6. "Undecided" (Freddy Robinson) – 2:51
7. "Good Looking Stranger" – 4:23
8. "I Still Care" – 4:17
9. "Don't Hang Me Up" – 4:11
10. "Introduction" – 2:05
11. "Sitting Here Thinking" – 7:58
12. "Harmonica Free Form" – 11:36
13. "Burning Sun" – 5:10
14. "Dark of the Night" – 17:41

Personnel

• John Mayall – piano, guitar, harmonica, vocals (on all tracks except 6)
• Freddy Robinson – guitar (on all tracks), vocal (track 6 only)
• Victor Gaskin – bass
• Keef Hartley – drums
• Sugarcane Harris – violin (studio album only)
• Blue Mitchell – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Red Holloway – alto & tenor saxophone, flute (studio album only)
• Fred Clark - saxophones (live album only)

Technical

• Wayne Dailey – engineer
• Leandro Correa, Andy Kent – photography

Live album recorded in late 1972.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: Logoz, Dinu. John Mayall : the blues crusader. 2015. Edition Olms . 978-3-283-01228-1. 899706600.