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Ten Years After — Let The Sky Fall
Album: A Space In Time
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Released: 1971
Length: 3:57
Plays (last 30 days): 4
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Let the sky fall
Let the sea sink
Let the earth shake
Let the sun blink
Let the universe
Go spinning free
If my darling
Ever leaves me

Let the air freeze
Let the moon cry
Let the stars go out
Let the world die
Let the eyes go blind
Let the grass turn blue
If I ever
Think of leaving you

Let our love be
With our minds free
Let our hearts beat
Let our eyes see
Let the universe
Share our love
Let me be
What you're thinking of
Comments (250)add comment
 pburrow328 wrote:

was he not the best guitarist in that period. Outside of Dwane Allman.



Use to have these discussions driving a 1965 Impala with no heat in Feb...but would add another 10 guitarists to the list.
Posted 1 month ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Thank you William! A sleeper album...every cut is a 10.
Posted 1 month ago by Baha_48    [ Reply ]
was he not the best guitarist in that period. Outside of Dwane Allman.
Posted 1 month ago by pburrow328    [ Reply ]
Never heard it.
It bangs! A 9 for me.
Thanks RP!
Posted 2 months ago by eranzangvil    [ Reply ]
 renegade_X wrote:

Not heard this in a while. I always think it is Morphine at first.



WTF? I guess you don't realize that Morphine was a combo or trio at the most. They've never had a guitarist.

Morphine = 
Drummer + Bass/Vocal
or
Drummer + Bass/Vocal + Sax

That's it.
Posted 2 months ago by TC1    [ Reply ]
Nice bright sunny day here in the Duke City and we're loving this very cool song to start the morning. Thanks RP!
Posted 3 months ago by SchoepTone    [ Reply ]
One of the smoothest, hippest bass lines in all of Rock and Roll. 
Posted 3 months ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
 Majoran wrote:

Guter Song. Aber das Gitarrensolo erinnert doch sehr stark an "Oh, sweet nuthin'" von Velvet Underground.



Du meinst "inspiriert", aber deswegen nicht schlechter,oder?
Posted 3 months ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
I very much appreciate the song structure, careful production, and respectful to the performances mixing.
Which brings me to the performances and song craftmanship, masterful.
Posted 4 months ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
Guter Song. Aber das Gitarrensolo erinnert doch sehr stark an "Oh, sweet nuthin'" von Velvet Underground.
Posted 4 months ago by Majoran    [ Reply ]
I was at a Ten Years After concert at the ballroom on the Ocean Park Pier in the late 60's. Nice to hear them on RP!
Posted 8 months ago by rob311    [ Reply ]
 jwarren wrote:

Alvin Lee. Underrated guitar God.



I  Agree!!
Posted 11 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Not heard this in a while. I always think it is Morphine at first.
Posted 1 year ago by renegade_X    [ Reply ]
Classic Alvin shredding "Big Red"...love it
Posted 1 year ago by Johnwayne    [ Reply ]
 tonyinnj wrote:


My buddy hadda '67 Plymouth Valiant...Slant six an' it used more oil than
gas but wouldn't die...;-)

Tonym in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.


Had a '68 Dodge Dart with that same engine. One of the best engines ever. INDESTRUCTIBLE and surprisingly fast. Beat my buddies Mach 1 once with a rolling start on Oakland Park Blvd at 2 am.  He still wont admit it.
Posted 1 year ago by KudaRey    [ Reply ]
This is why I patronize RP. Thanks RP team! 
Posted 1 year ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Both Albums - A Space in Time & Stonehenge are definite classics...A total trip listing to either of these albums....Thanks for playing & Happy Listening, 
Posted 2 years ago by MKoMOne    [ Reply ]
When did Morphine get a guitar?
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 snagle.1776 wrote:

Sounds like Mark Sandman of Morphine. Cool song. 




Ten Years After was 1st!  Maybe, Mark was a fan. I love both bands!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

Shout out to TFG, aka "That Fucking Gabbert," from St. Louis, for educating us underclassmen at UMR back in the early '80s... No matter the grumbling, he would insist that cuts from this album be played at nearly every gathering. Some folks wanted to hear insipid things from commercial radio, you understand...but John would gently but firmly set us on the proper path to Rock Enlightenment. I count myself lucky and blessed to have seen Mr. Lee rock us to Heaven at The Rainbow in Denver back in Fall of '83; truly a masterful talent! His spirit lives on, and here's hoping that Enlightenment is still within reach of all!


Long Live TFG and the Rock Enlightenment that lives within each and everyone of us!!  LLRP
Posted 2 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Shout out to TFG, aka "That Fucking Gabbert," from St. Louis, for educating us underclassmen at UMR back in the early '80s... No matter the grumbling, he would insist that cuts from this album be played at nearly every gathering. Some folks wanted to hear insipid things from commercial radio, you understand...but John would gently but firmly set us on the proper path to Rock Enlightenment. I count myself lucky and blessed to have seen Mr. Lee rock us to Heaven at The Rainbow in Denver back in Fall of '83; truly a masterful talent! His spirit lives on, and here's hoping that Enlightenment is still within reach of all!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 PaganSkier wrote:

50 years ago a social studies teacher slapped a set of headphones on my noggin and plugged me into a Space in Time. Best thing a teacher ever did for me in my entire life.




Totally Cool!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
50 years ago a social studies teacher slapped a set of headphones on my noggin and plugged me into a Space in Time. Best thing a teacher ever did for me in my entire life.
Posted 2 years ago by PaganSkier    [ Reply ]
Timeless! Cool 😎 in any era!
Posted 2 years ago by xc.farmer.antoine486    [ Reply ]
First time hearing this song, instantly caught me. Such a great tune
Posted 2 years ago by TrevorWGoodchild    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:

Excellent!!




I agree!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 jamesat43 wrote:


Sounds like one of my favorite Stephen Wright jokes:  "A buddy and I took a cross-country trip last summer...we only brought one casette for music...I can't remember what it was.


Funny! I had a Trans Am with two 8 track tapes, Al Kooper's Blues Project and a lesser known Allman Brothers album, the one that contained "It Ain't Over Yet." That might have actually been the album's name too.
Posted 2 years ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Mark Sandman of Morphine. Cool song. 
Posted 3 years ago by snagle.1776    [ Reply ]
Good god, there's no article on Wikipedia at all for "Let The Sky Fall", but there articles for two other Ten Years After songs.
 
And "Let The Sky Fall" has a redirect to the Adele song Skyfall.  {#Snooty}
 
This aggression will not stand, man.
Posted 3 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
I remember a red guitar with a peace symbol on it.
Posted 3 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
 below72 wrote:

1971 - high school. A 1967 Plymouth, a tape deck, and two buddies.  Driving around every night listening to the same three 8 tracks!
POCO - From The Inside; James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim; and this tape - I know the 25 or so tunes on those three albums backwards.
Great memories. 



My buddy hadda '67 Plymouth Valiant...Slant six an' it used more oil than
gas but wouldn't die...;-)

Tonym in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
Posted 3 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
 ger-man wrote:

Nearly Fifty Years After and still great

Greetings from Bavaria to all the Listeners outside. Stay safe



Stimmt!
Schöne Grüße zu Bayern von den Verrückten Amerikanen!
Mach's Gut!
Posted 3 years ago by bc    [ Reply ]
owned the record and am ashamed to say I didn't recognize Alvin Lee in The Concert for George...blame on the times?
Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Saw them live at the Marquee club on Wardour Street in London's Soho district. John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers opened which is ironic since TYA were the new kids on the block.

Alvin Lee's guitar pyrotechnics gave them top billing. They did not disappoint. Took the roof off the place with "I'm Going Home".
Posted 4 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
Ten Years After é uma banda britânica de blues-rock formada em 1967 por Leo Lyons, Ric Lee, Chick Churchill e Alvin Lee. Seu segundo álbum, Undead, apresentava um dos maiores sucessos do grupo, "I'm Going Home", que foi seguido pelo segundo album de estúdio Stonedhend e uma aparição explosiva no Festival de Woodstock.

Gravadora: Chrysalis
Posted 4 years ago by tadeuluciano39    [ Reply ]
I love Alvin Lee and Ten Years After. What a great guitarist he was (e.g. the solo on "Help me" live). Definitely underrated and I'm not sure why.

I have very fond memories of a concert  back in 1983 in Basel. I think they were back together for a tour and the guys were in a great mood and enjoyed playing. The venue was in a small football stadium and after the concert they signed autographs. They were relaxed and exchanged a few words with the fans before signing. Still have that double-album.
Posted 4 years ago by oHelvetos    [ Reply ]
 below72 wrote:
1971 - high school. A 1967 Plymouth, a tape deck, and two buddies.  Driving around every night listening to the same three 8 tracks!
POCO - From The Inside; James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim; and this tape - I know the 25 or so tunes on those three albums backwards.
Great memories. 
 

They are also cool forward.
Posted 4 years ago by dougalbumski    [ Reply ]
Nearly Fifty Years After and still great

Greetings from Bavaria to all the Listeners outside. Stay safe
Posted 4 years ago by ger-man    [ Reply ]
Could really be a "The Doors" song
Posted 4 years ago by StefLauwers    [ Reply ]
 gjones wrote:
Loved it when it came out and still dig it.  Very cool
 
Yes! Another of these tunes that will make you stop the email you're writing or the paper you're reading for a bit of comment reading 
Groovy tune !! Thanks!
Posted 4 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
 below72 wrote:
1971 - high school. A 1967 Plymouth, a tape deck, and two buddies.  Driving around every night listening to the same three 8 tracks!
POCO - From The Inside; James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim; and this tape - I know the 25 or so tunes on those three albums backwards.
Great memories. 
 

Sounds like one of my favorite Stephen Wright jokes:  "A buddy and I took a cross-country trip last summer...we only brought one casette for music...I can't remember what it was.
Posted 4 years ago by jamesat43    [ Reply ]
Awesome to still hear this tune and that it's still killer.
Posted 4 years ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
Cricklewood Green 1970 was amazing too!!!!
Posted 4 years ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
Alvin Lee. Underrated guitar God.
Posted 4 years ago by jwarren    [ Reply ]
Your choice is my too.   
Stefan Loß.   Peter_Bradshaw wrote:
{#Bananapiano} ..... what a band, big FAT 9
 

Posted 4 years ago by stefan-loss124    [ Reply ]
great tune but did the keyboard player take the day off?
Posted 4 years ago by hal2222    [ Reply ]
Love Alvin Lee. 
Posted 4 years ago by rabaak    [ Reply ]
rock only rock !!!
Posted 5 years ago by tolomiro52    [ Reply ]
Once upon a time ...there was rock and roll
Posted 5 years ago by 67nj    [ Reply ]
One of the all-time great classic rock albums that blew everyone away when it came out. I've always loved this tune.  My first R&R band in 1972 covered Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You (first set opener) and One of These Days.  Great stuff!
Posted 5 years ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
Love this album! Miss you, Alvin. 
Posted 5 years ago by Copenhagen_Cat    [ Reply ]
Feeling nostalgic.
Posted 5 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 25demayo wrote:

Maybe I'm missing something but what does Jack White have to do with this song? He was not even born when this came out.{#Stupid} 
 
Misplaced comment from the song before, Love Interruption.
Posted 5 years ago by AnchorMan    [ Reply ]
 blotto wrote:
Jack White is like fine scotch, an acquired taste
 
Maybe I'm missing something but what does Jack White have to do with this song? He was not even born when this came out.{#Stupid} 
Posted 5 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
Jack White is like fine scotch, an acquired taste
Posted 5 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Opening reminds me of this "Hey, little school girl" tune..
Posted 5 years ago by jcyr    [ Reply ]
I basically think this is Spinal Tap ...
Posted 6 years ago by NeilBlanchard    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}just friggin so cool and zesty ! rip Alvin so glad I caught u live coupl times
Posted 6 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
1971 - high school. A 1967 Plymouth, a tape deck, and two buddies.  Driving around every night listening to the same three 8 tracks!
POCO - From The Inside; James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim; and this tape - I know the 25 or so tunes on those three albums backwards.
Great memories. 
Posted 6 years ago by below72    [ Reply ]
 below72 wrote:
1971-72. Driving around p-burgh with the "freak brothers" in the 67' Plymouth Valiant and listening to the 8 track tape player.  I had three tapes: JT - Mud Slide Slim; Poco - From The Inside; and this Ten Years After tape - wore 'em out.
great.
g 

 
sounds like something i would do   {#Biggrin}
Posted 6 years ago by miamizsun    [ Reply ]
Head banging at it's finest back in the day...oh, I mean today. Twirlin' in the kitchen! {#Daisy} Good, good stuff.
Posted 6 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
At their peak as a band and sound even though, at least, Alvin Lee disparaged "I'd Love to Change the World" as a "pop song". On the other hand, I remember his name and music after he's shuffled-off his mortal coil because of that song.
Posted 7 years ago by marktberry    [ Reply ]
1971-72. Driving around p-burgh with the "freak brothers" in the 67' Plymouth Valiant and listening to the 8 track tape player.  I had three tapes: JT - Mud Slide Slim; Poco - From The Inside; and this Ten Years After tape - wore 'em out.
great.
g 
Posted 7 years ago by below72    [ Reply ]
 torino390 wrote:
cool. may have to check out the album.
 
This was actually a really good album back in the day.  Haven't heard this in years so I think a trip back in time is definitely in order.
Posted 7 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
What a great love song. {#Sunny}
Posted 7 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
Whoever mastered this song was a genius.  Analog at its best. 
Posted 7 years ago by jsd52756    [ Reply ]
Groovy!
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
love this one
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 sunflowerbee wrote:
{#Music}{#Sunny}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Cowboy}

 
Hey Sunflowerbee, greetings from the other Hillsborough... in County Down, Northern Ireland.

We have a local rock festival called the Sunflowerfest which nicely links us both {#Sunny}

I just about remember listening to Ten Years After albums in a friend's house after school when I was about 16 or 17.  Still sounds good to my ears too!
Posted 7 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
{#Music}{#Sunny}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Cowboy}
Posted 7 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Make rock great again.
Posted 8 years ago by JeffoFitts    [ Reply ]
{#Music} ZESTY !
Posted 8 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
cool. may have to check out the album.
Posted 8 years ago by torino390    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing Pink Floyd's Obscured By Clouds.
Posted 8 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
loved hearing this today-first love bought me the album in 71'
Posted 8 years ago by divisionlane    [ Reply ]
 Chrisjea wrote:

Agree.

 
and...remarkably awesome, like I'd love to Change the World, Once there was a Time, and the best: I 've been there too
 

Posted 8 years ago by zunismyst    [ Reply ]
 dickmahoon wrote:
The entire album is an absolute classic...
 


 
Agree.
Posted 8 years ago by Chrisjea    [ Reply ]

Looking at Wikipedia and it seems that “Between 1968 and 1973,Ten Years After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK”. I hadn’t realised how big they were back in the day!


Posted 8 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
from Sonny Landreth to Ten Years After,
if there is a connecting vibe Bill will find it
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing Tubular Bells in that baseline 
Posted 8 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}
thank you! made my morning much more enjoyable!
Posted 8 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
10 Years After! What a great band!
Posted 8 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
 Kaw wrote:
I was born ten years after, but I like it too!

 
Then you probably also enjoyed Alvin Lee's Ten Years Later. {#Ask}
Posted 8 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
Check out Alvin's The Bluest Blues on Youtube, it's stunning.
Posted 8 years ago by madaxeman    [ Reply ]
 risingson wrote:
Solid rock...but man this album cover reminds me there were some pretty weird looking rockers that came outta the 60/70's!!!

I mean cmon on fellas you can't blame all ur looks on hair styles and poor facial hair choices!
 
You know what would have been really ugly? If they'd had shaved heads and goaties/stupid looking beards like the nimrods today.

Posted 8 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
{#Cheers}  classic! 
Posted 8 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
 Propayne wrote:
Nice,

'69 to about '73 is such a nice sweet spot in rock music. 

 
{#Yes}
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
My most fav album of 1971 {#Hearteyes}

the whole album is an 11!
Posted 8 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
I was born ten years after, but I like it too!
Posted 8 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
I suddenly heard Velvet Underground's Oh Sweet Nothing in the guitar solo, and figured that Lou must have been listening to TYA.  But Loaded was released in 1970, a Space in Time in 1971, so I guess it was the other around (?).
Posted 9 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
Perfection!
Posted 9 years ago by mgh    [ Reply ]
ALVIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 9 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
wonderfull stuff and watt is no doubt one of their best efforts !
Posted 9 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
The entire album is an absolute classic...
 

Posted 9 years ago by dickmahoon    [ Reply ]
Solid rock...but man this album cover reminds me there were some pretty weird looking rockers that came outta the 60/70's!!!

I mean cmon on fellas you can't blame all ur looks on hair styles and poor facial hair choices!
Posted 9 years ago by risingson    [ Reply ]
Simple. Magical. 10.
Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
Alvin was very under rated in my opinion.
Posted 9 years ago by ScottD    [ Reply ]
 Piranga wrote:
Those were such good days. I miss my hair.

 
{#Clap} You got that right. Awesome album for its time. My hair is long gone, too.
Posted 9 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
Thank you thank you thank you, this song made my morning!
Posted 9 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Those were such good days. I miss my hair.
Posted 9 years ago by Piranga    [ Reply ]
10 Mahalo Bill !{#Bananajam}
Posted 9 years ago by kh808    [ Reply ]
 Old_Pat wrote:
so so so so close to a 10.
 

 
tis a 10 Lad!
Posted 9 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
One of the all time fav albums, had it on LP and 8 track for the car!

thanks Bill!
Posted 9 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]

Jim Jarmusch    'Dead Man Walking'   soundtrack by Neil Young    stunning

thewaxtadpole wrote:

It's a dead man's party, who could ask for more?

 


Posted 10 years ago by n_amee    [ Reply ]
 ScottN wrote:
 Randomax wrote:
RIP Alvin.  I just can't believe it
Indeed.  Too bad RP doesn't play a few other TYA/AL songs .


 
Though I wish there were more yet. Love Like a Man and I'm Goin' Home, for starters. 

4 Search Results for "Ten Years After" on Radio Paradise:

ArtistSong TitleAlbumTen Years After50,000 Years Beneath My BrainCricklewood GreenTen Years AfterI'd Love To Change The WorldA Space In TimeTen Years AfterLet The Sky FallA Space In TimeTen Years AfterOnce There Was A TimeA Space In Time


2 Search Results for "Alvin Lee" on Radio Paradise:

ArtistSong TitleAlbumAlvin LeeKeep On Rockin'Best of Alvin LeeAlvin LeeThe Bluest BluesNineteen Ninety-Four


Posted 10 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
It always seemed to me like he modified the riff he had worked out for "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl" (a cover from a few years earlier) for this tune - and made it a little more mellow - good tune.
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
so so so so close to a 10.
 
Posted 10 years ago by Old_Pat    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:
RIP Alvin.  I just can't believe it
Indeed.  Too bad RP doesn't play a few other TYA/AL songs .


Posted 10 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
outstanding!
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
I'm grateful the old E-School mates turned me onto this and made it a perennial party-jam feature!  KennyB, ConeHead, Click,& TFG!
Posted 10 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Fine classic album!{#Sunny}
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano} ..... what a band, big FAT 9
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Ha ha, reminds of why I wanted so much to see Alvin Lee at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970   {#Bananajam}
Posted 10 years ago by BobbyCat    [ Reply ]
 emmilina wrote:
Where else will you hear this? Radio Paradise!! Thanks guys!!
 

I've never heard of these guys...but grew up with this era of music. I agree - Thank You Radio Paradise!!!
Posted 11 years ago by Spiderwoman    [ Reply ]
It's a dead man's party, who could ask for more?
Posted 11 years ago by thewaxtadpole    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
I failed to appreciate 10 Years After in their time. I somehow got my hands on this album and another one but it never thrilled me. I hold them in higher regard 40 years after.  
 

One of the less acknowledged benefits of listening to Radio Paradise is that you often hear music that you dismissed during the foolishness of youth. Over the years I have pulled several records/DVD’s from my collection that I didn’t get back in the day.

If only I could have a second chance at other aspect of my life that I got wrong as a young man!


Posted 11 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah, from back in time when musicians actually had technique, variety and talent. Cricklewood Green.
Posted 11 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
Wow, hasn't played since the day he died.....Sure do miss ya Alvin...gone WAY too soon
Posted 11 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
RIP Alvin.  I just can't believe it
Posted 11 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
Where else will you hear this? Radio Paradise!! Thanks guys!!
Posted 11 years ago by emmilina    [ Reply ]