Cumular Limit is an album of previously unreleased live and studio recordings by English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 blues rock band The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds

- Current :* Chris Dreja - rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Jim McCarty - drums, backing vocals * Ben King - lead guitar * David Smale - bass, backing vocals...

 released in 2000. It features alternate versions of recordings from Little Games

Little Games

1992 Expanded editionAn expanded Little Games edition entitled Little Games Sessions and More, was released as a 2 disc set featuring additional sessions and alternate takes from the period, plus the singles "Ha Ha Said the Clown", "Ten Little Indians", and "Goodnight Sweet...

(#1, 6-9), live-recordings from Offenbach, 16 March 1967 (#2-5) and France TV ("Bouton Rouge", 9 March 1968, #14) and previously unreleased material from New York (#10-13).

Track listing

CD 1

1. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor" (Page, McCarty) [Alternate Version]
2. "Shapes of Things
   Shapes of Things
   "Shapes of Things" is a song written by Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, and Jim McCarty, originally recorded by The Yardbirds and released as a single in March 1966 by the Columbia Graphophone Company...
   
   " (Samwell-Smith, Relf, McCarty)
3. "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
   Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
   "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" was the first single by the British rock band The Yardbirds to feature future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page in the band. Page had recently replaced the original bassist for The Yardbirds, Paul Samwell-Smith. "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" was also the first of...
   
   " (Yardbirds)
4. "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" (Dreja, McCarty, Beck, Relf, Samwell-Smith)
5. "I'm a Man
   I'm A Man (Bo Diddley song)
   "I'm a Man" is a song written and recorded by Bo Diddley in 1955. A moderately slow blues with a stop-time figure, it was inspired by an earlier blues song and became a #1 R&B chart hit. "I'm a Man" has been acknowledged by Rolling Stone magazine and has been recorded by a variety of artists,...
   
   " (Ellas McDaniel)
6. "White Summer
   White Summer
   "White Summer" is a guitar instrumental by English rock guitarist Jimmy Page, recorded with both The Yardbirds and, later, with Led Zeppelin.-The Yardbirds version:...
   
   " (Page) [Alternate Version]
7. "Ten Little Indians
   Ten Little Indians (Harry Nilsson song)
   Ten Little Indians is a song by Harry Nilsson released on his 1967 album Pandemonium Shadow Show.It was covered by The Yardbirds and released the same year . However, Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty do not appear on this track...
   
   " (Harry Nillson)
8. "Glimpses" [Alternate Version]
9. "You Stole My Love" (Graham Gouldman
   Graham Gouldman
   Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...
   
   )
10. "Avron Knows" (Relf, Page, McCarty, Dreja)
11. "Spanish Blood" (McCarthy)
12. "My Baby" (Mort Shuman
    Mort Shuman
    Mort Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas"...
    
    , Jerry Ragovoy
    Jerry Ragovoy
    Jordan "Jerry" Ragovoy was an American songwriter and record producer.His best-known composition "Time Is on My Side" was made famous by The Rolling Stones, although it had been recorded earlier by Kai Winding and Irma Thomas...
    
    )
13. "Taking a Hold On Me" (Relf, McCarty, Dreja, Page)
14. "Dazed and Confused" (Jake Holmes
    Jake Holmes
    Jake Holmes is an American singer-songwriter and jingle writer who began a recording career in the 1960s...
    
     arr. Yardbirds)
15. "De Lane Lea Lee" [hidden bonus track - alternate version]

CD 2

1. Shapes of Things (video)
2. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (video)
3. I'm a Man (video)
4. Over Under Sideways Down (video)

Enhanced CD, The Yardbirds live in Offenbach, Germany. From the German TV-show "Beat - Beat - Beat", Hessischer Rundfunk.