Shapes of Things (album)
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Shapes of Things is a double LP compilation album
of classic recordings from 1964-1966 of the English
blues rock band The Yardbirds
, released in 1977.
Introduction: Hamish Grimes
Side Two
Side Three
Side Four
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of classic recordings from 1964-1966 of the English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
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 1977.
Track listing
Side OneIntroduction: Hamish Grimes
- "Too Much Monkey BusinessToo Much Monkey Business"Too Much Monkey Business" is a song written and performed by rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry. It was released as Chuck's fifth single in September 1956 for Chess Records, and appeared as the third track on Chuck's first solo LP, After School Session in May 1957, as well as the EP of the same name...
" 2:51 - (C. Berry) - "I Wish You WouldI Wish You Would"I Wish You Would" is a song recorded by Chicago blues musician Billy Boy Arnold in 1955. It was developed while Arnold was performing with Bo Diddley and incorporates a Diddley-style rhythm...
" 2:18 - (Billy Boy Arnold) - "Good Morning Little SchoolgirlGood Morning, School Girl"Good Morning, School Girl" or "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" is a blues standard that has been "covered countless times across the decades"...
" 2:48 - (D. Level/B. Love) - "For Your LoveFor Your Love-Album reissues:The Yardbirds' 2001 compilation album Ultimate! contains eight of the eleven tracks from the original album. For Your Love has been reissued by several record labels, including JVC, Castle, and Repertoire...
" 2:27 - (GouldmanGraham GouldmanGraham 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...
) - "A Certain Girl" 2:18 - (Neville)
- "Got to Hurry" 2:34 - (O. Rasputin)
Side Two
- "Smokestack LightningSmokestack Lightning"Smokestack Lightning" is a classic of the blues. In 1956, Howlin' Wolf recorded the song and it became one of his most popular and influential songs...
" 5:30 - (C. Burnett) - "Evil Hearted YouEvil Hearted You"Evil Hearted You" is a 1965 single by the British Invasion band The Yardbirds. It charted at #3 in the UK. The single was not released in the USA, but was featured on the compilation albums Having a Rave Up and Shapes of Things....
" 2:26 - (Gouldman) - "Still I'm Sad" 3:00 - (Samwell-Smith/McCarty)
- "Steeled Blues" 2:37 - (Jeff BeckJeff BeckGeoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...
/Keith RelfKeith RelfKeith 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...
) - "Train Kept A Rolling" 3:23 - (BradshawTiny BradshawMyron C. Bradshaw was an American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer from Youngstown, Ohio.-Early years:...
/Mann/Howie/Kay) - "Here 'Tis" 5:20 - (McDanielBo DiddleyEllas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...
)
Side Three
- "What Do You Want" 3:10 - (Beck/Relf/Samwell-SmithPaul Samwell-SmithPaul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page...
/McCartyJim McCartyJim McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance.-Early life:...
/DrejaChris DrejaChris Dreja was the rhythm guitarist, and later bassist, in the 1960s British band, The Yardbirds.-Early life:...
) - "New York City Blues" 4:17 - (Relf)
- "For R.S.G." 4:04 - (Beck/Relf/Samwell-Smith)
- "You're a Better Man Than I" 3:17 - (M. Hugg/B. Hugg)
- "Jeff's Blues" 3:03 - (Beck)
- "I Ain't Got You" 1:59 - (Carter)
Side Four
- "I Ain't Done Wrong" 3:39 - (Relf)
- "Someone to Love (Part 1)" 2:23 - (Beck/Relf/Samwell-Smith/McCarty/Dreja)
- "Someone to Love (Part 2)" 4:17 - (Beck/Relf/Samwell-Smith/McCarty/Dreja)
- "Boom Boom" 2:04 - (Hooker)
- "My Girl Sloopy" 5:34 - (Russell/Farrell)
- "Shapes of ThingsShapes 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...
" 2:24 - (McCarty)