51.5 Years After

I see that a 50th anniversary edition of Ten Years After's A Space in Time is set to come out next month, about a year and a half late. Doesn't look like the vaults were plundered for this release and we instead get 3 surround mixes and a new stereo mix.

I recall buying this album back in the mid-90s seeking to find out more about the band whose only song to ever get on the radio was "I’d Love To Change The World".

A Space in Time turned out to be a rather eclectic album. While the band's affinity for the blues remains - hear "One of These Days", for example - but there's also boogie woogie rock'n'roll and a lot of well-crafted rock/pop songs built on a foundation of wonderfully melodic acoustic guitar of Alvin Lee. A favorite of mine is "Here They Come" with its brief psychedelic synth overture leading into a moody acoustic song that comes across as a bit symphonic and a bit like something from the soundtrack of a western. It finishes with a bouncy whistling section.

I believe that the above version of "I’d Love To Change The World" is the new stereo remix. To my ears, it sounds much like the original mix but everything sounds more up front.