The Yardbirds

The Best Of The Yardbirds


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RENOWNED BRITISH BLUES-ROCK ACT, THE YARDBIRDS, WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED AS THE GROUP THAT INTRODUCED LEGENDARY GUITARISTS ERIC CLAPTON, JEFF BECK AND JIMMY PAGE TO THE BROADER PUBLIC, THE OUTFIT SCORING COUNTLESS CHART HITS DURING THE MID-1960S, IN VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS. TAKING OVER RESIDENCY AT THE SOUTHWEST LONDON CRAWDADDY BLUES CLUB FROM THE ROLLING STONES, CLUB IMPRESARIO GIORGIO GOMELSKY BECAME THEIR MANAGER AND PRODUCER; THEIR 1964 DEBUT HAD CLAPTON AND FOR YOUR LOVE AND HAVING A RAVE UP A MIX OF CLAPTON AND PAGE, BEFORE A SPLIT WITH GOMELSKY SAW YARDBIRDS CO-PRODUCED BY SIMON NAPIER-BELL AND BASSIST PAUL SAMWELL-SMITH WITH THE GUITAR SPOTLIGHT ON BECK, THEN LITTLE GAMES, PRODUCED BY MICKIE MOST, HAD PAGE ON BASS AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TRACKS WITH PAGE AND BECK IN A TWIN-GUITAR LINEUP, BEFORE BECK LEFT IN 1966, THE GROUP CONTINUING WITHOUT HIM UNTIL A 1968 DISSOLUTION, BRINGING PAGE INTO LED ZEPPELLIN. THIS ULTRA- RARE BEST-OF WAS RELEASED IN SLIM NUMBER BY THE ITALIAN LABEL RICORDI IN 1967; OUR EDITION HAS EIGHT ADDITIONAL BONUS TRACKS, MAKING THIS SCARCE COLLECTION EVEN MORE APPEALING.

Tracklist

FOR YOUR LOVE
HEART FULL OF SOUL
I AM AM AN
STILL I AM SAD
SHAPES OF THINGS
YOU ARE A BETTER MAN THAN I
I’M NOT TALKING
OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN
EVIL HEARTED YOU
LITTLE GAMES
SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING
MY GIRL SLOOPY
THE NAZZ ARE BLUE
GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL
HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIME AGO
JEFF’S BOOGIE
PUZZLES
PSYCHO DAISES
HOT HOUSE OF OMAGARARSHID
WHITE SUMMER