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43 RESTORED AND REMASTERED TRACKS FROM THE 1965-68 ERA WITH JEFF BECK AND JIMMY PAGE IN THE VARIOUS YARDBIRDS LINE-UPS.
RARE BBC ARCHIVE RECORDINGS TOP GEAR AND JOHN PEEL THE COMPLETE LAST 1968 BBC SESSIONS, INCLUDING DAZED AND CONFUSED AND WHITE SUMMER,OVER 1½ HOURS OF MUSIC.
INTRODUCTION BY YARDBIRDS JIM MCCARTY WITH QUOTES FROM PAUL SAMWELL-SMITH IN THE AUTHORITATIVE LINER NOTES.
A comprehensive collection of the Yardbirds BBC live recordings, assembled with the assistance of the BBC, with several tracks now all together the first time on this newly restored and remastered 2CD set.
Many tracks have been expertly repaired from rare, hard-to-find and archive sources and now feature for the first time on these best available recordings.Sourced from the BBC, this newly updated 43-track set covers numerous songs - including smash hits such as For Your Love , Heart Full Of Soul and Yardbirds classic stage favourites Too Much Monkey Business , Smokestack Lightning , I m A Man and Train Kept A-Rollin .
Guitar legends Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page feature alongside front man Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith and Jim McCarty in these sessions, recorded by the world renowned broadcasting organisation for radio transmission and our CDs explore the best available Yardbirds BBC Radio One output from 1965-1968.
The booklet, with detailed data, includes authoritative liner notes by Richard Morton Jack, editor of Flashback magazine, and contains new quotes from Yardbirds Jim McCarty and Paul Samwell-Smith.Jim McCarty also adds his exclusive personal introduction for this set, looking back at those BBC years.
Tracklist
Disc: 1
1 I Ain't Got You
2 Interview: Keith Relf Talks About the Band's Background
3 For Your Love
4 I'm Not Talking
5 I Wish You Would
6 Interview: Paul Samwell-Smith Talks About the Recording and the USA Tour
7 Heart Full of Soul
8 I Ain't Done Wrong
9 Heart Full of Soul
10 Too Much Monkey Business
11 Love Me Like I Love You
12 I'm a Man
13 Evil Hearted You
14 Interview: Paul Samwell-Smith Talks About the 'Still I'm Sad' Single
15 Still I'm Sad
16 Hang On Sloopy
17 Smokestack Lightning
18 Interview: The Yardbirds Give Their New Year's Resolutions
19 You're a Better Man Than I
20 The Train Kept A-rollin'
21 Smokestack Lightning (Edited Version)
Disc: 2
1 Shapes of Things
2 Dust My Broom
3 You're a Better Man Than I
4 Baby, Scratch My Back
5 Interview: Keith Relf Talks About His Solo Single
6 Over, Under, Sideways, Down
7 The Sun Is Shining (Edited Version)
8 Interview: Keith Relf Talks About Their USA Tour
9 Shapes of Things
10 The Sun Is Shining (Edited Version)
11 Over, Under, Sideways, Down (Original TV Version)
12 Comment: Jeff Beck's Guitar Playing
13 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
14 Little Games
15 Drinking Muddy Water
16 Think About It
17 Interview: Jimmy Page Talks About Touring
18 Goodnight Sweet Josephine
19 My Baby