How to show 10 previous posts (not recent posts)?

I have something sort-of similar in my sidebar… 1 post from 2004, 1 post from 2003, 1 post from 2002… etc… Someone on this forum wrote the code for me.

But I’m not sure how to change it to do just what you wanted. If this helps, my custom code is:

<ul>
<?php
$posts = get_posts('numberposts=2&category=2&offset=2');
foreach ($posts as $post) :
setup_postdata($post);
?>

Then this:

<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></a>
<?php
endforeach; ?>
</ul></li>
<?php
$year = date('Y');
$month = date('m');
for ($x = 0; $x <= 2; $x++){
$year--; ?>
<li><h2>1 Radio <?php echo $year ?> Setlist</h2>
<ul>
<?php
$query = new WP_Query("showposts=1&cat=2&year=$year");
while($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post();
?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></a>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul></li>
<?php
} // end for loop of previous year's playlists
?>