Chrysalis PV 41001 (US re-issue, 1980's?)
side 1: PV41001 A CC2 G1 A1 STERLING
side 2: PV41001 B CC1 G1 A1 STERLING
"...Ten Years After was a well established major rock/blues band by 1971, but their album sales
inexplicably had begun to fall away and, from here on, dwindle down to a small trickle. Just previously
in this early 1970's period, all they released was received with open arms. It could not have gone much better. In 1970, "Cricklewood Green" had a No. 4 UK success, and took up residency in the UK charts for 27 weeks.
The following year,"Watt" made it to the No. 5 position in January, 1971. Their second 1971 album, "A Space In Time", became the biggest selling Ten Years After album of all in the USA, where it reached No.17 and was awarded a platinum disc for achieving a million copies in America. That was how loved and highly regarded "A Space In Time" was in the US, by then Ten Years After had signed to CBS/Columbia for all their USA releases.
However in the UK, to now experience such a drastic slide in record sales for such a globally acclaimed album, was unbelievable to have happened. Ten Years After had produced an incredible run of albums since 1967 and they earned their success the hard way. They carved out a well-earned reputation as one of the most dynamic live bands, in England and then around the world, that had be backed up by equally prolific studio recordings and they certainly did that.
The magnificent "A Space In Time" only made it to No.36 in the UK, spending one week in the charts before it dropped out into oblivion. That makes a UK first pressing extremely rare.
Unlike so many of the 1960's bands by the early 70's, in 1971 Ten Years After still had all their original founder members and they had been forged into a water-tight band, when playing live or in the studio.