The 10 best yardbirds repertoire for 2018
Finding the best yardbirds repertoire suitable for your needs isnt easy. With hundreds of choices can distract you. Knowing whats bad and whats good can be something of a minefield. In this article, weve done the hard work for you.
1. 1966: Live & Rare
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Limited 180gm orange colored vinyl LP pressing. Contains 17 remastered tracks! This LP features live performances from French TV Music Hall de France, the Sanremo Music Festival and the NME Poll Winners Concert. Also included are 10 rare mono studio recordings including Keith Relf solo recordings, commercials and more plus extensive liner notes by Chris Welch.2. Live At The BBC
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YARDBIRDS / Live At The BBC - 2CD set with 40 restored and remastered tracks. Over 1 hours of music. Rare BBC archive recordings. Authoritative liner notes and new quotes. The most 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. Several tracks have been expertly repaired from rare, hard-to-find recordings and feature for the first time on this set. Detailed data in the booklet, which also 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 an introduction exclusively for this the set, looking back at the BBC years. The songs from the 1965-1968 period - include smash hits such as 'For Your Love', 'Heart Full Of Soul' and Yardbirds classic stage favorites 'Jeff's Boogie', 'Too Much Monkey Business', 'Smokestack Lightning', 'I'm A Man' and 'Train Kept A-Rollin'.3. Live At The BBC
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Two CD set, 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 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 set covers numerous songs - including smash hits such as For Your Love', 'Heart Full Of Soul' and Yardbirds classic stage favorites '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 organization for radio transmission and these 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.4. Live At The BBC
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2LP set. 34 restored & remastered tracks from the BBC 1965-68 with Jeff Beck & Jimmy Page, incl White Summer and Dazed & Confused, later re-recorded by Led Zeppelin.5. Dazed & Confused: The Yardbirds In 68 - Live At The BBC & Beyond
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Remastered for vinyl by Eroc, 180g white vinyl. Limited edition release with 2,000 copies worldwide which includes a region free DVD with "The Yardbirds live at French TV, Paris 1968". The 2 page insert contains extensive notes by the well-known English music journalist and Yardbirds expert Chris Welch.6. The BBC Sessions
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Deluxe Digipack. Collects Rare 1965-1968 Recordings with Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page & Jeff Beck.7. Over Under Sideways Down
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1998 Repertoire reissue of historic 1966 album with 10 bonus tracks: five rare Yardbirds cuts (7in mono mixes of 'Over Under Sideways Down' & 'Jeff's Boogie', 'Hot House Of Omagarashid' (Alternate Take Mono A) and versions of 'PsychoDaisies' & 'Happenings Ten Years Time Ago' with Jimmy Page)and five solo cuts by the band's Keith Relf: both sides of his first 7 inch ('Mr. Zero' & 'Knowing' - which were the bonus tracks on the previous reissue), plus 'Shapes in My Mind', 'Blue Sands' and a previously unreleased alternate long version of 'Shapes in My Mind'. 22 tracks total.8. Yardbirds Aka Roger the Engineer
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Digitally remastered and expanded deluxe two CD edition. Celebrating 50 years of an iconic '60s rock album, this newly remastered and restored set now includes the complete mono and stereo versions of the classic album plus 12 bonus tracks, including eight mono recordings (featuring a non-album single, 'Stroll On' - featured in the film Blow Up - and five Keith Relf solo recordings from the same year) plus four rare alternate recordings, together for the first time on this set. Illustrated 28-page booklet with authoritative liner notes, including detailed data and quotes. Reproductions of the alternative USA, Canadian and German LP covers are displayed inside. Yardbird Jim McCarty writes a new sleeve note, looking back on the 50 years since the release in '66. Set your mind back to the cool and groovy era of the 1960s UK, when rock bands ruled and the world really was a-changin. At the forefront of that rock revolution was a hot young band, The Yardbirds, one of the world's first truly progressive groups. Rated by many critics and collectors as one of the greatest recordings of all time, the all-original Yardbirds album, released in July 1966, was a Top 20 UK hit and became known as Roger The Engineer due to guitarist Chris Dreja's quirky cover design. The album yielded the smash hit single 'Over, Under, Sideways, Down' and other exciting performances such as 'The Nazz Are Blue' and 'Jeff's Boogie' spotlighting ace guitar legend Jeff Beck, whose experimental and pioneering use of fuzz and sustain effects brought a new dimension to the sound of rock. This album is essential for Yardbirds and Jeff Beck fans alike, and indeed for all collectors of classic '60s pop.9. Having A Rave Up
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Remastered. Digipack. 21 Tracks, Live Tracks, Outtakes and Rarites.10. Yardbirds - Greatest Hits
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