Little Games
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1992 Expanded edition

An expanded Little Games edition entitled Little Games Sessions and More
Little Games Sessions and More
Little Games Sessions and More is a "two-CD set that assembles the complete Little Games album and all of the usable rehearsals, unmixed backing tracks, and alternate takes associated with it, along with a few Yardbirds-related holdings in the EMI vaults...

, 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
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...

", and "Goodnight Sweet Josephine".

Album

Chart (1967) Peak position
US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart (Pop Albums) 80

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1967 "Little Games" UK Singles Chart 52
1967 "Little Games" US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart (Pop Singles) 51
1967 "Little Games" US Cash Box Top 100 Singles Chart 48
1967 "Little Games" US Record World 100 Top Pop Chart 44
1967 "Little Games" Australian Go-Set Top 40 Singles Chart 27
1967 "Ha Ha Said the Clown" US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart (Pop Singles) 45
1967 "Ha Ha Said the Clown" US Cash Box Top 100 Singles Chart 52
1967 "Ha Ha Said the Clown" US Record World 100 Top Pop Chart 45
1967 "Ten Little Indians" US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart (Pop Singles) 96
1967 "Ten Little Indians" US Cash Box Top 100 Singles Chart 71
1968 "Goodnight Sweet Josephine" US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart (Pop Singles) 127

Personnel

  • Keith Relf
    Keith Relf
    Keith William Relf , was a musician best known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together, with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance, which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock...

     – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    , harmonica
    Harmonica
    The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

    , percussion
  • Jimmy Page
    Jimmy Page
    James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...

     – guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Chris Dreja
    Chris Dreja
    Chris Dreja was the rhythm guitarist, and later bassist, in the 1960s British band, The Yardbirds.-Early life:...

     – bass guitar
  • Jim McCarty
    Jim McCarty
    Jim McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance.-Early life:...

     – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , percussion, backing vocals


Additional personnel

  • Nicky Hopkins
    Nicky Hopkins
    Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins was an English pianist and organist.He recorded and performed on noted British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as a session musician....

     – keyboards
  • Clem Cattini
    Clem Cattini
    Clem Cattini , is an English rock and roll drummer who was a member of The Tornados before becoming well known for his work as a session musician...

     – drums
  • John Paul Jones
    John Paul Jones (musician)
    John Paul Jones is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. Best known as the bassist, mandolinist, and keyboardist for English rock band Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a solo career and has gained even more respect as both a musician and a...

    – bass guitar, cello on "Little Games", and string arrangements
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